Founded in 2000 by Barry Eggers, Ravi Mhatre, Christopher Schaepe and Peter Nieh, spinning out of Weiss, Peck & Greer at the peak of the dot-com bubble. It survived the crash to become one of the largest multi-stage platforms, with major franchises in India, China, Israel and Europe.
Multi-stage and multi-geography: early-stage conviction bets plus large growth vehicles; increasingly active in AI, including co-leading Anthropic's 2025 round.
Enterprise software, consumer, fintech, AI, health
Snap, Affirm, MuleSoft, AppDynamics, Rubrik, Epic Games, Anthropic, Carta
Snap IPO (it wrote Snapchat's first institutional check), MuleSoft ($6.5B to Salesforce), AppDynamics ($3.7B to Cisco), Affirm IPO
Lightspeed's $485K seed check into Snapchat in 2012 came after partner Barry Eggers noticed his teenage daughter obsessively using the app.
| Company | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic AI | 1 round, 1 led | $13B |
| Reflection AI AI | 1 round | $2B |
| Anduril deeptech | 1 round | $1.5B |
| Skild AI Robotics | 1 round | $1.4B |
| Ineffable Intelligence AI | 1 round, 1 led | $1.1B |
| Base Power Energy | 1 round | $1B |
| FTX Web3 | 1 round | $900M |
| Helsing DeepTech | 1 round | $696M |
| Zepto E-Commerce | 1 round | $665M |
| Blockchain.com Web3 | 3 rounds, 1 led | $420M |
| Mistral AI AI | 1 round | $418M |
| Udaan Marketplace | 1 round | $340M |
| Amca Hardware | 1 round | $300M |
| Temporal DevTools | 1 round | $300M |
| Ricursive Intelligence AI | 1 round, 1 led | $300M |
| Wiz Cybersecurity | 1 round, 1 led | $300M |
| Fireworks AI AI | 2 rounds, 2 led | $250M |
| Rain Fintech | 1 round | $250M |
| Vinted Marketplace | 1 round | $250M |
| Beacon Software SaaS B2B | 1 round, 1 led | $250M |
| Cato Networks Cybersecurity | 1 round, 1 led | $238M |
| Science Healthtech | 1 round | $230M |
| Physics Wallah EdTech | 1 round | $210M |
| Alchemy Web3 | 1 round, 1 led | $200M |
| Stori Fintech | 2 rounds, 1 led | $182.5M |
| Stability AI AI | 2 rounds, 1 led | $181M |
| Laiye AI | 1 round | $160M |
| Goodfire AI | 2 rounds, 1 led | $157M |
| TripActions Fintech | 1 round | $155M |
| EvenUp LegalTech | 1 round | $150M |
| Inferact DevTools | 1 round, 1 led | $150M |
| Matillion SaaS B2B | 1 round | $150M |
| Proxima Fusion Energy | 1 round | $150M |
| CredAvenue Fintech | 1 round | $137M |
| Magic Eden Web3 | 1 round | $130M |
| ScaleOps DevTools | 1 round | $130M |
| Hasura DevTools | 2 rounds, 1 led | $125M |
| Resolve AI DevTools | 2 rounds, 2 led | $125M |
| Kodiak Robotics Mobility | 1 round | $125M |
| Eightfold AI HR Tech | 1 round | $125M |
| Suno Media | 1 round, 1 led | $125M |
| Zetwerk Marketplace | 1 round | $120M |
| Multiverse EdTech | 2 rounds | $114M |
| Exa AI | 2 rounds, 1 led | $107M |
| Personio HR Tech | 1 round | $103.6M |
| Eve LegalTech | 1 round | $103M |
| Nirvana Insurance InsurTech | 1 round | $100M |
| RobCo Robotics | 1 round, 1 led | $100M |
| Alloy foodtech | 1 round, 1 led | $100M |
| Profound SaaS B2B | 1 round, 1 led | $96M |
| Emergent DevTools | 2 rounds, 1 led | $93M |
| DualEntry SaaS B2B | 1 round, 1 led | $90M |
| Payhawk Fintech | 1 round, 1 led | $89.2M |
| Modus Fintech | 1 round, 1 led | $85M |
| Tripledot Studios Gaming | 1 round | $78M |
| tem Energy | 1 round, 1 led | $75M |
| Naboo SaaS B2B | 1 round, 1 led | $70M |
| Aqua Security Cybersecurity | 1 round | $60M |
| Everyrealm Web3 | 1 round | $60M |
| ZyG SaaS B2B | 1 round | $60M |