Lightspeed Venture Partners

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The partners of Lightspeed have invested over $800M in more than 100 technology companies over the past two decades. Our team invests in the U.S., Israel and Asia and has contributed strong operational and sector expertise to market leaders such as Blue Nile, Brocade, Ciena, eHealthinsurance, Galileo Technology, Informatica, Kiva Software, Metasolv, Phone.com, Quantum Effect Devices, Sirocco and Waveset, working closely with these companies throughout the early stages of their business development lifecycles. Because we focus on investments in specific sectors, portfolio companies benefit from Lightspeed's specialized industry knowledge and deep global network of relationships. Areas of investment focus include the following:Lightspeed's hallmark is lead early stage investing, including an active seed investment program. We are proud of the fact that a number of executives with whom we have partnered in the past have chosen Lightspeed as the lead investor for their subsequent ventures.We take a collaborative, team approach to investing with two partners dedicated to each portfolio company. Because we are active lead investors with an emphasis on quality, not quantity, portfolio companies receive a high level of attention and support, independent of location. While the majority of our portfolio companies are US-based, Lightspeed partners have been investing in Israel for over ten years in companies such as Galileo Technology, Optier, ScaleMP and Skybox Security. We are further committed to expanding our investment footprint in Asia with recent investments in China such as AMEC.

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