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Lightspeed has invested in companies across industries worldwide.

The International Landing Pad Network (ILPN) is a resource for growth-stage international companies outside the United States seeking to expand in New York City.

The program will feature one in-person cohort event each month as well as two U.S. Expansion Summits held in March and October (each running 2–3 days in NYC). Attendance is strongly encouraged and sessions may be joined by either a founder or a senior NYC-based team member.

Emergence is an evolution of the Lightspeed Scout Program that brings together people from Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and Pacific Islander communities. After joining the program in 2018, LaDante McMillon and Ivan Alo launched NEW AGE CAPITAL.

An annual list to celebrate and accelerate extraordinary startups in gaming & interactive media.

Lightspeed has partnered with founders for nearly 25 years. This year, it focuses on AI and the regionalization of global politics, including the effects of AI on industries and of trade fragmentation and protectionist policies on the flow of capital, talent, and resources.

The Launch program combines over 20 years of investing experience with hard-learned lessons from founders and executives, covering key topics such as Founder-Led Sales, Core Team Building, Finding Product-Market Fit, and Managing the Business.

NFTs emerged in 2017 as a cryptographic tool for tokenizing digital items and assigning ownership. A major NFT rally followed in 2021, driven by a rise in cryptocurrency and a resulting cultural phenomenon.

Stori raised $125 million in a Series C equity round led by GGV and GIC; Lightspeed had led its Series B earlier that year. Stori had more than 10 times as many active credit cards and received over 2 million card applications.

Autonomous transportation is estimated to represent a market worth more than $9.4 trillion. Aurora is among the companies working on the problem, which requires substantial capital, expertise, and time.

Business users logged into more than 96 applications per day on average in 2021 and entered login credentials, credit card details, and contact information online hourly, raising concerns for IT and security teams as employees used more software tools and teams became more distributed.

Lightspeed’s Tel Aviv office has three investing partners: Yoni, who started the office in 2006; Dudu, who joined in 2008; and the author, who joined in 2017.

The page describes the Lightspeed consumer group and its colleagues, including Mercedes, Jeremy, and Alex.

The Lightspeed team brings together people with diverse expertise who collaborate to support founders.

Lightspeed hires investment talent with attention to diversity in gender, ethnicity, orientation, thought, background, and experience. It added two members to its consumer investing team.

Lightspeed welcomed Natalie Luu to its investing team as a partner. Her experience includes technology banking, sourcing and evaluating startups, and earning dual degrees from Stanford.

Lightspeed invests in companies worldwide from Seed to Series F.

Lightspeed formed the Lightspeed Advisory Council to foster collaboration, shared learning, and community.

Lightspeed’s Lighthouse platform team includes senior operators, industry figures, and executives focused on delivering impact.

Lightspeed invests from seed to IPO and supports companies across the U.S., Europe, Israel, India, and Southeast Asia.

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a multi-stage VC firm backing bold founders and disruptive innovations from Seed to Series F.

Lightspeed India Partners is a multi-stage VC firm backing bold founders and disruptive innovations from Seed to Series F.

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DoubleAI introduces a new AI model category designed to reduce computing costs for businesses. The Tel Aviv-based startup, backed by Nvidia, aims to optimize resource efficiency in AI operations. The solution targets enterprises seeking cost-effective alternatives in AI infrastructure.

Oct 2026 · Wall Street JournalNews article

Abby Care secures $82 million in funding to formalize and compensate family members for caregiving roles. The platform connects immigrant families with healthcare navigation services, addressing gaps in medical support. Founder Havi Nguyen’s personal experience—balancing school with Medicaid paperwork for her immigrant family—inspired the solution.

Oct 2026 · FortuneNews article

The funding comes as Ramp's annualized revenue crosses $2B, and its customer count reaches 85,000.

Oct 2026 · TechCrunchNews article

Descope launches Agentic Identity Hub 3.0 to help companies inventory and secure employee-built or adopted AI agents. The release adds an approval-based onboarding portal that assigns each approved agent an owner and scoped access, plus native integrations with MCP gateways to apply identity and policy controls across agents and servers. It also introduces short-lived, private-key-signed client assertions and centralized access revocation.

Oct 2026 · SiliconANGLENews article