Lightspeed Venture Partners
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].
Alumni
Investments
- CCyera
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.
Doctronic
New York City-based company building an AI doctor that provides free AI medical consultations, symptom assessment and connections to licensed physicians.
- CDualEntry
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.
- CEon
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.
- CHarmony
An enterprise service management platform that delivers AI-native employee support across IT, HR, finance, procurement, and legal
- CMoment
NYC company founded by Dylan Parker, Dean Hathout and Ammer Soliman, building a fixed-income operating system that automates trading and portfolio management workflows.
Ocean Security
A cybersecurity platform that uses AI agents to investigate and stop sophisticated email attacks
Profound
Answer-engine optimization platform measuring and improving how brands appear in AI search engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity and Claude
Ramp
Corporate card and spend-management platform that uses AI agents to automate expense reporting, bill pay, procurement and accounting close.
Tabs
AI revenue automation platform for B2B contracts, billing, collections and revenue recognition
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.
In the news
- Lightspeed is building its edge on followers, not just fundsTechCrunch Venture · Aug 5, 2026
- Why Lightspeed is going all-in on creator-led venture capitalTechCrunch Venture · Aug 5, 2026
- VC Spotlight: Josh Machiz, Chief Marketing Officer, Lightspeed Venture PartnersTech:NYC · Jun 18, 2026
Alumni
- 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]
Something wrong or missing? Send a correction. Fixed within 24 hours.