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Lightspeed Venture Partners

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Lightspeed Venture Partners is an early stage, global venture capital firm with offices and partners inMenlo Park, China, India, and Israel. Lightspeed focuses on investments in enterprise infrastructure, internet media and commerce, mobile, digital media, semiconductors, and cleantech.

Past notable investments include Brocade communications, Ciena, DoubleClick, Phone.com, and Riverbed.

Selected current portfolio companies in the enterprise infrastructure space include:

• AppDynamics
• Cirtas
• Delphix
• Embrane
• FusionIO
• MapR Technology
• Nimble Storage
• Pliant Technology
• Riptano
• Tintri

Selected current portfolio companies in internet media and commerce space include:

• Thefind.com
• Kosmix
• Living Social
• MediaV
• Playdom
• RockYou
• Shoedazzle
• Wikio

Selected current portfolio companies in the mobile and digital media space include:

• Bling
• Lucky Pai
• Rhythm NewMedia
• Skyfire
• HaoLianLuo
• WeFi

Selected current portfolio companies in the semiconductor and cleantech space include:

• Link A Media
• LS9
• Provigent
• Siport
• Stion
• Solazyme
• SolarEdge

Milestones

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  Lightspeed Venture Partners invested in Pivot3. (2/8/12)
  Posted 2/8/12 at 6:18pm via techcrunch.com
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  Lightspeed Venture Partners invested in Nicira Networks. (2/5/12)
  Posted 2/7/12 at 8:02pm via venturebeat.com
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  Lightspeed Venture Partners invested in Skyfire Labs. (1/25/12)
  Posted 1/25/12 at 3:36pm via techcrunch.com
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  Lightspeed Venture Partners invested in AppDynamics. (1/17/12)
  Posted 1/17/12 at 4:48am via techcrunch.com
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  Lightspeed Venture Partners invested in EyeView. (1/10/12)
  Posted 1/10/12 at 10:30am via techcrunch.com
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  Lightspeed Venture Partners invested in Natera. (1/6/12)
  Posted 1/8/12 at 7:49pm via finsmes.com
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  Lightspeed Venture Partners invested in Gene Security Network. (1/6/12)
  Posted 1/6/12 at 5:21am via xconomy.com
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  Lightspeed Venture Partners invested in Stion. (12/20/11)
  Posted 12/20/11 at 4:15am via finsmes.com
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  Lightspeed Venture Partners invested in Outbrain. (12/14/11)
  Posted 12/14/11 at 6:10pm via techcrunch.com
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  Lightspeed Venture Partners invested in TaskRabbit. (12/13/11)
  Posted 12/13/11 at 9:47pm via techcrunch.com
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  Lightspeed Venture Partners invested in Giftly. (3/1/11)
  Posted 12/9/11 at 4:09pm via techcrunch.com
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  Lightspeed Venture Partners invested in LivingSocial. (11/18/11)
  Posted 12/7/11 at 1:45pm via techcrunch.com
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  Lightspeed Venture Partners invested in XtremIO. (12/5/11)
  Posted 12/5/11 at 7:44pm via bizjournals.com
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  Lightspeed Venture Partners invested in Boundary. (11/15/11)
  Posted 11/15/11 at 6:27pm via techcrunch.com
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  Lightspeed Venture Partners invested in GrubHub. (9/20/11)
  Posted 11/7/11 at 2:26pm via techcrunch.com
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  Lightspeed Venture Partners invested in Nutanix. (10/25/11)
  Posted 10/25/11 at 6:51pm via finsmes.com

Investments

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1. Samsung Leads $23M Round In Data Storage Hardware Company Pivot3 (techcrunch.com) [edit]
2. With $50M raised, Nicira disrupts Cisco and Juniper with network virtualization (venturebeat.com) [edit]
3. Skyfire Raises $8 Million In A Round Funded By Verizon And Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
4. AppDynamics Lands $20M From KPCB, Others For Application Performance Management Solutions (techcrunch.com) [edit]
5. Eyeview Raises $5.2 Million For Personalized Video Ads (And They’re Pretty Nifty) (techcrunch.com) [edit]
6. Natera Completes $20M Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
7. Gene Security Network, Now Natera, Adds $20M For Prenatal Tests (xconomy.com) [edit]
8. Stion Raises $130M in Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
9. Outbrain Raises $35M In Series D Funding For Content Discovery Platform (techcrunch.com) [edit]
10. TaskRabbit Gets $17.8M For “Aggressive” Expansion, Wants To Grow Internationally And Beyond (techcrunch.com) [edit]
11. XtremIO raises $19M extended Series B funding round (bizjournals.com) [edit]
12. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
13. Boundary Raises $4M; Monitors Private And Public Clouds In Realtime (techcrunch.com) [edit]
14. Nutanix Raises $25M in Series B Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
15. SolarEdge Closes a $37M Round for Panel Electronics (greentechmedia.com) [edit]
16. Craftsvilla.com Raises Early-Stage Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
17. Backed By $10M In Funding, Lemon.com Lets You Store, Organize Your Receipts In The Cloud (techcrunch.com) [edit]
18. DataStax Closes $11M Series B Round of Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
19. Food Delivery Search Engine GrubHub Raises $50M, Buys Campusfood And Allmenus (techcrunch.com) [edit]
20. Exclusive: Hadoop Companies Multiply as MapR Lands $20M in Funding (allthingsd.com) [edit]
21. Embrane Secures $18 Million in Series-B Funding (embrane.com) [edit]
22. Link_A_Media Devices Secures $16 Million in Series D Funding (freshnews.com) [edit]
23. Lightspeed Invests In Indian Consumer Company OneAssist (fis.dowjones.com) [edit]
24. Leyden Energy Receives $20M in Series B Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
25. KIXEYE Raises $18m in Series C Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
26. Networking-Of-The-Future Startup Plexxi Closes $20 Million Series B Round (businessinsider.com) [edit]
27. CloudBees Zooms To $10.5 Million In Funding For ‘Java-As-A-Platform’ (techcrunch.com) [edit]
28. ZestCash gets $19M to offer data-driven loans (gigaom.com) [edit]
29. What Cloud? Nimble Grabs $25 Million For Storage And Backup Boxes (techcrunch.com) [edit]
30. PetFlow.com Raises $10M in Series B Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
31. Virtualization And Cloud Security Startup Bromium Raises $9.2M From Andreessen Horowitz And Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
32. Tintri Lands Another $18M For Storage Appliance For Virtual Machines (techcrunchit.com) [edit]
33. Semiconductor Company Aquantia Raises $21 Million (techcrunchit.com) [edit]
34. Online Shopping Startup ProjectSlice Raises $9.4 Million From Eric Schmidt, Michael Birch And Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
35. ShoeDazzle raises a dazzling $40M from Andreessen Horowitz (venturebeat.com) [edit]
36. Peel Raises $16.7M To Turn Your Smartphone Into Your Television’s Best Friend (techcrunch.com) [edit]
37. Online video ad co Eyeview raises $1m from Google CEO (globes.co.il) [edit]
38. Evolv Raises $15.8 Million For Talent Matching And Intelligence Software (techcrunch.com) [edit]
39. Industry Veterans Come Together to Launch IO Turbine, Secures Nearly $8 Million in Funding (ioturbine.com) [edit]
40. Nutanix Raises $13.2 Million in Oversubscribed Series A Round of Funding (it.einnews.com) [edit]
41. LivingSocial Files To Authorize Up To $565M In Series E [Update: And Raises $400M] (techcrunch.com) [edit]
42. Aerohive Networks Adds $25M Series D (pehub.com) [edit]
43. Tintri Lands $17M (silicontap.com) [edit]
44. MyBuys Raises $20 Million To Help Online Retailers Cater To Individual Visitors (techcrunch.com) [edit]
45. Giftly Now Lets You Give The Gift Of Discovery (And Some Money, Too) (techcrunch.com) [edit]
46. Khosla Ventures Leads $5.6 Million Funding For MyLikes; Buchheit Joins Board (techcrunch.com) [edit]
47. techcrunch.com [edit]
48. Outbrain Raises $11 Million in Series C Funding (marketwire.com) [edit]
49. Nicira Networks raises $26M for enterprise network virtualization (sec.gov) [edit]
50. Cirtas Systems Closes $22.5M Series B Funding Round (finsmes.com) [edit]
51. Deals & More: Scenechronize scores $5M to streamline film production, GlobalTranz raises $10M for goods transport (venturebeat.com) [edit]
52. Inside Facebook (insidefacebook.com) [edit]
53. Chinese Luxury Shopping Site Ihaveu.com Bags $11M (fis.dowjones.com) [edit]
54. TechCrunch [edit]
55. Bonobos Raises $18.5 Million. Metrosexuals Unite! (techcrunch.com) [edit]
56. Nimble Storage Closes $16 Million in Over-Subscribed Series C Round of Funding (earthtimes.org) [edit]
57. techcrunch article (fr.techcrunch.com) [edit]
58. LivingSocial Confirms $175 Million Amazon Investment (techcrunch.com) [edit]
59. Rhythm NewMedia Raises Another $10 Million For Its Premium Mobile Video Ad Network (techcrunch.com) [edit]
60. Riptano Prophesizes Success With Cassandra Database, $2.7M Funding (fis.dowjones.com) [edit]
61. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
62. Memoir Systems brings in $5.1M to improve memory technology (venturebeat.com) [edit]
63. $25M for SolarEdge’s Solar Panel Power Optimizers (greentechmedia.com) [edit]
64. Cirtas Completes $10 Million Series A (cirtas.com) [edit]
65. GGV, Lightspeed Venture invest MediaV (avcj.com) [edit]
66. Apptera Raises Another $10 Million For Its Voice & Visual Mobile Advertising Networ (techcrunch.com) [edit]
67. AppDynamics Raises $11 Million in Series B Round (prnewswire.com) [edit]
68. LivingSocial Raises Another $14 Million To Expand Group Buying Sites. (paidcontent.org) [edit]
69. AltAssets (altassets.com) [edit]
70. Fusion-io (fusionio.com) [edit]
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72. Open Source Enterprise Company MuleSoft Raises $12 Million From SAP And Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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74. Texas TechPulse (texastechpulse.com) [edit]
75. Venture Beat (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
76. Pliant catches $27.3M for enterprise flash drives (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
77. Skybox closes $2M to produce risk management software (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
78. Aquantia Announces $44M Financing as it Begins its Next Leap in 10G Ethernet Connectivity Solutions (aquantia.com) [edit]
79. Exclusive: Playdom Raises A Huge Round At A Huge Valuation (techcrunch.com) [edit]
80. Link_A_Media Devices Secures $18 Million in Series C Funding (linkamedia.com) [edit]
81. Link_A_Media takes $18M for data recovery (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
82. LS9, Inc.: Series C $25M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
83. SkyFire Raises $5 Million More For Rich Mobile Browser (techcrunch.com) [edit]
84. WeFi’s Directory Nearly 30 Million WiFi Hotspots Strong, Raises More Funding (techcrunch.com) [edit]
85. Bling Nation raises $8M for cell phone payment system (digital.venturebeat.com) [edit]
86. TechCrunch []
87. Solazyme Snags $57M to Make Algal Oil for Cars and Salad (greentechmedia.com) [edit]
88. Semiconductor Memory Start-up Unity Semiconductor Closes $22m Series C Financing (unitysemi.com) [edit]
89. Fusion-io Raises $47.5 Million (pehub.com) [edit]
90. Pliant Tech Raises $15 Million (sanjose.bizjournals.com) [edit]
91. Outbrain Raises $12 Million Series B; Massive $18 Million Total Funding To-Date (centernetworks.com) [edit]
92. Delphix raises $8M for database management (venturebeat.com) [edit]
93. Provigent takes $10M for wireless chips (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
94. Kosmix Raises $20 Million More For Its Universal Search Engine (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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96. Apptera Raises $10.5 million for Mobile Advertising (startupmeme.com) [edit]
97. Game Site Casual Collective Gets $1 Million Funding, Relaunches (paidcontent.org) [edit]
98. OpTier Raises $63M in Fourth Round of Funding (optier.com) [edit]
99. Aprius Raises $20M to Advance I/O Virtualization Systems (aprius.com) [edit]
100. techcrunch.com [edit]
101. SailPoint Secures $6.5 Million from Existing Investors (sailpoint.com) [edit]
102. Algae Oil Maker Solazyme Gets $45.4 Million More (greentechmedia.com) [edit]
103. TutorVista.com gets $18-m PE funding (economictimes.indiatimes.com) [edit]
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105. Skyfire scores $13 million in funding (mobilecrunch.com) [edit]
106. paidcontent.org (paidcontent.org) [edit]
107. Serious Business Raises $4 Million For Facebook Apps (paidcontent.org) [edit]
108. VentureBeat (venturebeat.com) [edit]
109. Flixster Raises $5 Million Of Planned $8 Million Second Round; No Sale (paidcontent.org) [edit]
110. paidcontent.org (paidcontent.org) [edit]
111. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
112. Pliant Gets $8M For SSD Drives (silicontap.com) [edit]
113. Aquantia Closes $26 M Series B Funding Round. (aquantia.com) [edit]
114. Cap Funding Report [edit]
115. Pivot3 Generates $24M in Series C Funds (texastechpulse.com) [edit]
116. Vertical Search Firm Kosmix Raises $10 Million Third Round (paidcontent.org) [edit]
117. NYT Dealbook (dealbook.nytimes.com) [edit]
118. MyBuys, behavioral targeting for online retailers, raises $10M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
119. Teknovus Raises 28 Million In “Oversubscribed” Mezzanine Financing Round (teknovus.com) [edit]
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122. thealarmclock.com [edit]
123. Star Analytics, data integration company, raises $3.5M. (venturebeat.com) [edit]
124. Cap Funding Report [edit]
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126. Mobius Power, secretive battery company, raises $4.5M (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
127. Apptera raises $9.74M for mobile search advertising (venturebeat.com) [edit]
128. IceBreaker Secures $7.2 Million in Funding for Mobile Social Networking Platform (icebreaker.mobi) [edit]
129. Photovoltaic Startup, Stion Raises $15 Million in Series B Financing (compoundsemi.com) [edit]
130. paidcontent.org (paidcontent.org) [edit]
131. VCs Back WeFi For WiFi Location Network (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
132. MuleSource, open-source integration company, raises $12.5M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
133. Alarm:clock (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
134. Blaze DFM Closes $10 Million Series B Funding. (highbeam.com) [edit]
135. techcrunch.com [edit]
136. Clean Coal Maker CoalTek Raises $33M (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
137. VentureBeat (venturebeat.com) [edit]
138. Citation Needed [add]
139. Calista Technologies to Deliver Zero-Touch Access to Windows Vista (findarticles.com) [edit]
140. Techcrunch article (techcrunch.com) [edit]
141. SailPoint Secures $10 Million in Series B Funding. (sailpoint.com) [edit]
142. siliconbeat.com [edit]
143. vccafe.com [edit]
144. TUTORVISTA SECURES $10.75 MILLION SECOND ROUND FUNDING LED BY LIGHTSPEED VENTURE PARTNERS (tutorvista.co.in) [edit]
145. Lightspeed Debuts In India: Puts In $22.5 Million In Mercantila, $7 Million In TutorVista (contentsutra.com) [edit]
146. MonoSphere Closes $11 Million in Funding to Address Growing Storage Capacity Planning Market Demand. (encyclopedia.com) [edit]
147. ADVANCED MICROFABRICATION EQUIPMENT INC. RAISES $35 MILLION IN SERIES B FINANCING (amec-inc.com) [edit]
148. China’s AMEC Raises $35M (redherring.com) [edit]
149. Citation Needed [add]
150. Cap Funding Report [edit]
151. Shopping Social Bookmarking Site Stylehive Gets $2.62 Million Funding (paidcontent.org) [edit]
152. Cap Funding Report [edit]
153. Identity Engines clinched $13 million in Series B funding (networkcomputing.com) [edit]
154. Nextance Reports Strong Momentum and Closes $10.1M in New Funding; Sustained Growth and Large Deals Point to Increasing Demand for Contract Performance Management (findarticles.com) [edit]
155. Cap Funding Report [edit]
156. Skybox Secutrity (skyboxsecurity.com) [edit]
157. Innovative Transaction Workload Management Software Company Secures $7 Million in Additional Financing (optier.com) [edit]
158. Cap Funding Report [edit]
159. Cap Funding Report [edit]
160. Cap Funding Report [edit]
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162. Personeta Secures $12 Million in Series D Funding Round. (goliath.ecnext.com) [edit]
163. venturebeat.com [edit]
164. Identity Engines raises $8.7M (sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com) [edit]
165. Cap Funding Report [edit]
166. MonoSphere's Back in New 'Capacity' (networkcomputing.com) [edit]
167. Extraprise Closes Venture Financing to Support Expansion (extraprise.com) [edit]
168. SemEquip Announces Completion of $26 Million in Financing (semequip.com) [edit]
169. Funding Round Nets $13.5M for Ellacoya (multichannel.com) [edit]
170. NeoScale Secures $12M (networkcomputing.com) [edit]
171. Cap Funding Report [edit]
172. Software firm Valchemy raises $8.5M (bizjournals.com) [edit]
173. Cap Funding Report [edit]
174. SEC D (sec.gov) [edit]
175. Citation Needed [add]
176. Cap Funding Report [edit]