Lightspeed Venture Partners

Lightspeed traces its roots to Weiss, Peck & Greer Venture Partners, rebranding under its current name in 2000 as it sharpened its focus on enterprise infrastructure and consumer technology. The firm's willingness to back unproven, young founders paid off dramatically in 2012, when partner Jeremy Liew wrote the first institutional check into a then-tiny disappearing-photo app called Snapchat.

$25B+ AUM 80/100 Power Score™ 2000 Founded Menlo Park, CA

Enterprise Infrastructure Consumer

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Signature Exit

Snap's 2017 IPO, five years after Lightspeed wrote Snapchat's first-ever institutional check

Key Partners & Leadership

Barry Eggers

Co-Founder

Ravi Mhatre

Co-Founder

Jeremy Liew

Partner, wrote Snapchat's first check

Firm Timeline

2000

Rebrands from Weiss, Peck & Greer Venture Partners into Lightspeed Venture Partners.

2012

Partner Jeremy Liew writes the first institutional check into a then-tiny app called Snapchat.

2017

Snap goes public, five years after that first bet.

2020s

Expands heavily into enterprise infrastructure alongside its consumer roots.

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Signature Exit

Key Partners & Leadership

Firm Timeline

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