Lightspeed Venture Partners

International · active in EuropeMulti-stage platform Series-A

01 · Thesis & focus

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that engages in consumer, enterprise, technology, and cleantech markets.

Cheque range

£1M – £20M

Stages

Series A

Avg deals / year

33.3

Leads rounds

Yes

Menlo Park, California, United States

Fund type

Multi-stage platform

Mistral Series D · Sep 2026 · $7.5B total raised ↗

Full-stack AI solutions for enterprises and governments, focusing on high-stakes industries such as finance, manufacturing, and defense.

ElevenLabs Series D · Jun 2026 · $792M total raised ↗

AI audio platform that generates realistic and contextually-aware speech and sound effects in over 70 languages.

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