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Lightspeed Venture Partners
Lightspeed Venture Partners Lightspeed Venture Partners, as part of a spin-off from
Weiss, Peck & Greer LLC, following the sale of the invest-
ment management business to Robeco.[1]
In 2008, Lightspeed closed an $800 million fund,
Industry Private equity
which brought the firm’s committed capital to over $2
Founded 1971 billion.[2]
Founder(s) Stephen H. Weiss, Roger Weiss, Philip
Greer, Stephen Peck Significant Investments
Headquarters Menlo Park, California, United States Lightspeed Venture Partners’ significant investments in-
Key people Ravi Mhatre clude Flixster, LivingSocial and AppDynamics.
Products Venture Capital
References
Total assets $2 billion
[1] ^ "Lightspeed Venture Partners".
Website www.lightspeedvp.com http://investing.businessweek.com/research/
stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=471694.
Lightspeed Venture Partners is a venture capital firm fo- Retrieved 2008-11-20.
cusing on early stage investments in IT companies.[1] [2] "Lightspeed Venture Partners Closes $800 Million
The firm is based in Menlo Park, California and has Fund VIII". http://au.biz.yahoo.com/080512/43/
raised approximately $2 billion of investor capital since 1qleb.html. Retrieved 2008-11-20.
inception across eight venture funds.
History External links
The firm was founded in 1971, originally as Weiss, Peck • Lightspeed Venture Partners (company website)
& Greer Venture Partners by Stephen H. Weiss as the • Lightspeed Venture Partners (company blog)
venture capital arm of a larger investment management
business. In October of 2000, its name was changed to
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Categories:
• Companies established in 1971
• Venture capital firms
• Companies based in Menlo Park, California
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