Lightspeed Venture Partners

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Lightspeed Venture Partners is a multi-stage venture capital firm focused on accelerating disruptive innovations and trends in the enterprise and consumer sectors.The Lightspeed team has backed and helped build more than 400 companies globally, many of which have become market leaders. Lightspeed currently manages $10.5B across the global Lightspeed platform, with investment professionals and advisors in Silicon Valley, Israel, India, and China. The Lightspeed team has invested in Israeli companies for over twenty years, with exits such as SolarEdge, XtremeIO, Provigent, Fireglass, Terayon, Galileo and others. It strongly believes in the innovation and technology excellence that characterizes Israeli entrepreneurs and their ability to create world-class companies. Lightspeed has opened its Israel office in 2006 and is committed to advising and consulting with its Israeli entrepreneurs to bring value through its collective industry expertise and its experience in building leading businesses worldwide.

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Apr 12, 2025 · www.themarker.com

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הסטארט-אפ סייף סופראינטליג'נס (SSI) מפתח "בינת-על מלאכותית" המיועדת להשתוות לבינה האנושית ואף להתעלות עליה, אך הפרטים המלאים על הטכנולוגיה שלו עדיין אינם ידועים ■ את סבב הגיוס הובילו הקרנות Greenoaks, לייטספיד ואנדריסן הורוביץ לצד אלפבית ואנבידיה

Safe Superintelligence (SSI), an AI startup with some Israeli founders, has completed a significant funding round, raising $2 billion at a valuation of $32 billion. The investment was led by prominent investors including Greenoaks, Lightspeed, Andreessen Horowitz, Alphabet, and Nvidia. SSI is developing advanced AI technology aimed at matching or surpassing human intelligence, although specific details about the technology are not yet disclosed. This substantial investment indicates a strong growth trajectory for the company, positioning it as a significant player in the AI sector.

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Jan 7, 2025 · www.prnewswire.com

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/PRNewswire/ -- Senseera, a liquid biopsy company pioneering chromatin epigenomics, announced the successful close of a $7.1 million seed funding round led by...

Senseera, a liquid biopsy company specializing in chromatin epigenomics, has successfully closed a $7.1 million seed funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from I-Next Capital and the Lowy Medical Research Institute. The funding will be used to advance Senseeras GEM BIOMARKERS™ platform, which provides non-invasive, biopsy-level insights for diagnosing and monitoring diseases. The platform is particularly focused on liver diseases, offering solutions for early detection and management of conditions like MASLD/MASH and hepatocellular carcinoma. The funds will also support clinical trials and expand partnerships with global biopharma companies, accelerating drug development in oncology, immunology, and metabolic diseases.

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Oct 1, 2024 · www.theinformation.com

Lightspeed, After Backing xAI and Anthropic, Aims to Raise $7 Billion in New Funds

Nov 10, 2023 · coinpedia.org

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Lightspeed Ventures Invests $285M in Blockchain Startups

Lightspeed Ventures, a venture capital firm with over 20 years of experience, has invested $285 million in the global blockchain space. The firm has also partnered with Faction, a company that connects founders with seasoned blockchain experts. This partnership is valued at $25 billion. The investment and partnership come at a crucial time for the blockchain industry and will provide support to emerging companies with potential for significant growth. Lightspeed Ventures has a history of backing early-stage projects and is known for its crypto-native insights.

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Jul 13, 2022 · www.finsmes.com

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Lightspeed Raises Over $7 Billion For Four Funds - FinSMEs

Lightspeed Venture Partners has closed four funds, raising over $7 billion. The funds will support founders in various stages of company development, accelerate existing portfolio companies, back breakout companies globally, and invest in early-stage companies in India and Southeast Asia. The firm has also launched Lightspeed Faction, a team dedicated to blockchain infrastructure. Lightspeeds global and multi-stage strategy has supported over 500 founders and their companies, with a quarter of them being acquired or going public.

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Sarona, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

2220 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA, USA

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4th Block Koramangala, Koramangala, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Nelson Mandela Marg, Pocket 8, Sector B, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, Delhi, India

Taicang Road, New World, Huangpu, Shanghai, China

Jianguo Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China

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