Overview
Lightspeed Venture Partners is a multi-stage venture capital firm investing from seed to Series F and beyond[1]. The firm is headquartered in New York City[2] and invests at Series A and beyond[2]. Lightspeed describes itself as having served as "AI founders' first call" for over a decade, with investments including Anthropic and Mistral AI[3]. In July 2026, the firm led Harmony's $34 million seed round in New York[4].
Leadership & org chart
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10 alumniInvestments
Ramp
Corporate card and spend-management platform that uses AI agents to automate expense reporting, bill pay, procurement and accounting close.
Profound
Answer-engine optimization platform measuring and improving how brands appear in AI search engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity and Claude
Cyera
NYC company founded in 2021 by Yotam Segev and Tamar Bar-Ilian, running an AI-powered data security platform that gives enterprises contextual insight into their data for cyber-resilience and compliance.
Tennr
NYC healthcare AI company founded in 2021 by Trey Holterman, Diego Baugh and Tyler Johnson, offering an automation platform for processing medical documents and referrals.
Tabs
AI revenue automation platform for B2B contracts, billing, collections and revenue recognition
Doctronic
New York City-based company building an AI doctor that provides free AI medical consultations, symptom assessment and connections to licensed physicians.
Eon
NYC company founded in 2024 by Ofir Ehrlich, Gonen Stein and Ron Kimchi, running a cloud backup posture management platform that gives instant, searchable access to backed-up cloud data.
DualEntry
NYC company founded in 2024 by Benedict Dohmen and Santiago Nestares, building AI-powered accounting software (an AI-native ERP) for mid-market enterprise transactions.
Moment
NYC company founded by Dylan Parker, Dean Hathout and Ammer Soliman, building a fixed-income operating system that automates trading and portfolio management workflows.
Harmony
An enterprise service management platform that delivers AI-native employee support across IT, HR, finance, procurement, and legal
Ocean Security
A cybersecurity platform that uses AI agents to investigate and stop sophisticated email attacks
In the news
- The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 9/14/26The notable startup funding rounds for the week ending 9/12/26 featuring funding details for Fab2, Maven Robotics, Latitude, and thirty-six other deals representing $10.2B in new funding that you need to know about.
AlleyWatch · Sep 13, 2026
- Lightspeed is building its edge on followers, not just fundsVenture firms are turning to creators to build trust with the next generation of founders before a check is ever written. It’s a trend that’s been building with a16z’s acquisition of Erik Torenberg’s Turpentine podcast and OpenAI’s acquisition of TBPN. Lightspeed Venture Partners just made its own notable hire in that vein, bringing on Claire Zau, a seed investor with a major following on Instagra
TechCrunch Venture · Aug 5, 2026
- Why Lightspeed is going all-in on creator-led venture capitalVenture firms are turning to creators to build trust with the next generation of founders before a check is ever written. It’s a trend that’s been building with a16z’s acquisition of Erik Torenberg’s Turpentine podcast and OpenAI’s acquisition of TBPN. Lightspeed Venture Partners just made its own notable hire in that vein, bringing on Claire Zau, a seed investor with a major following on Instagra
- VC Spotlight: Josh Machiz, Chief Marketing Officer, Lightspeed Venture PartnersWe caught up with Lightspeed Venture Partner’s Josh Machiz to discuss his
career, how the job of building a VC firm’s brand has changed, his tech
stack, how founders can tell a good story, and much more.
Tech:NYC · Jun 18, 2026
Alumni 1 went on to found or lead
- Michael MignanoPartner→General Partner at Union Square Ventures
AI investing
- Describes itself as 'over a decade as AI founders' first call', with investments including Anthropic and Mistral AI[3]
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