While the majority of our portfolio companies are US-based, Lightspeed has offices in Shanghai, China and Tel Aviv, Israel, and our partners have been investing internationally for over ten years. 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. In an industry that often glorifies individual investors and their egos, we believe that enduring success is shared success. We take a collaborative, team approach to investing with two partners dedicated to each portfolio company. 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. Lightspeed’s hallmark is lead early stage investing, including an active seed investment program. Areas of investment focus include the following: Because we focus on investments in specific sectors, portfolio companies benefit from Lightspeed’s specialized industry knowledge and deep global network of relationships. Approximately 2 billion is for its Series A and B practice, 2.3 billion for existing portfolio companiesand some new investmentsand a further 2.4 billion for breakout companies. Our team invests in the U.S., China, India and Israel and has contributed strong operational and sector expertise to market leaders such as Blue Nile, Brocade, Ciena, eHealthinsurance, Galileo Technology, Informatica, Kiva Software, Metasolv,, Quantum Effect Devices, Riverbed, Sirocco and Waveset, working closely with these companies throughout the early stages of their business development lifecycles. Lightspeed Venture Partners raised 6.6 billion across three different stage global funds and a separate fund for its India office of 600 million. The partners of Lightspeed manage $1.3Bn of committed capital and have invested in more than 150 technology companies over the past two decades. SemEquip – ion implantation subsystems (US) Lucky Pai – television home shopping network (China) Gmedia – 2D barcode advertising platform for mobile carriers (China) He holds an AB magna cum laude in Economics from Harvard and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.Īquantia – high speed, low power communications semiconductors (US) The firm seeks to make investments in the enterprise, health, fintech, and consumer sectors. The firm has regional offices in Israel, India, China, Southeast Asia, and Europe. Prior to Ciena, Eric served as an Associate at InterWest Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm, where he focused on communications and software investments, and as an Analyst at Morgan Stanley in the telecom mergers and acquisitions group. Portfolio 422 Exits 402 General Information Description Founded in 2000, Lightspeed Venture Partners is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. Previously, he worked in product management at Ciena (formerly Lightera Networks). He has over nine years of venture capital experience and two years of industry experience. He is also the US-based lead partner for Lightspeed’s investment efforts in China. Eric O'Brien,Lightspeed Venture Partners,General Partner Eric O'Brien,Lightspeed Venture Partners,General PartnerĮric is a General Partner at Lightspeed where he focuses on investment opportunities in digital media, datacenter infrastructure, and semiconductors.
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