Lightspeed Venture Partners

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28 April, 2023

Deals Digest: Big-ticket transactions missing but total value edges up

The total value of private equity and venture capital deals saw a slight jump this week from the previous five-day ......

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Finance

21 April, 2022

Indian VCs evaluate overseas arms to invest in crypto assets

Indian domiciled venture capital funds are evaluating ways to register overseas investment arms as they grapple with ways to participate ......

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28 March, 2022

Lightspeed Venture Partners bets big on Web3 startups in India, SEA

Mumbai: Lightspeed Venture Partners is betting big on Web3 startups. Having invested in over seven crypto-related investments in India and ......

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Finance

01 June, 2020

Illinois' pension fund returns as LP for India VC fund

Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) has committed to invest up to $25 million (Rs 187 crore) in a US-based venture ......

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23 March, 2020

Lightspeed, Accel back smart dialer app co-founded by former VC exec

Venture capital firms Accel Partners and Lightspeed Venture Partners have invested in a smart dialing platform, a person privy to ......

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Finance

05 February, 2020

Lightspeed scores multi-bagger returns from one of its oldest bets

Lightspeed Venture Partners has fully exited a company in which it had come in as one of the first institutional ......

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Finance

22 July, 2019

How a 10-month lead in backing OYO boosted Lightspeed's returns over Sequoia

Lightspeed Venture Partners is set to outshine Sequoia Capital India in reaping the bumper returns both the venture capital firms ......

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Finance

06 December, 2018

Fund Scan: Can Lightspeed retain knack for trendspotting as it doubles down on India?

Global venture capital firms started testing the waters of India’s startup ecosystem in the early years of the new millennium. ......

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12 April, 2018

Lightspeed leads Series A round in Brattle co-founder's tech startup

Lightspeed Venture Partners has led the first institutional round of funding in the three-year-old tech startup launched by a co-founder ......

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Infrastructure

11 October, 2017

PE firms pull out $60 mn from IEX in a deal with IIFL's pre-IPO fund, others

Private equity investors in Indian Energy Exchange Ltd (IEX) have sold shares worth Rs 395.5 crore ($60 million) to a ......