Lightspeed Venture Partners founders (44)

Lightspeed Venture Partners founders covers 44 founders on Base Power, AppZen and ASTRO and 40 other companies. The most common sectors are AI Infrastructure (10), SaaS (10) and Fintech (7). Members are based in 28 cities, led by San Francisco, CA (7), New York, NY (6) and Austin, TX (4). The remaining members span Cybersecurity (4), Climate (3), Healthtech (3), Developer Tools (2), Education (2), Biotech (1), E-commerce (1) and Media (1). Companies represented include Beacon Software, Blink Ops, Brale, Casap, Cato Networks, Data Sutram, Descope, Distyl AI, Doctronic, Dual Bird, DualEntry and Emergent, plus 28 more. Every founder below links to a profile with their company, backers, and the filings behind each round.

Founders listed: 44
Companies represented: 43
Top sector: AI Infrastructure (10 founders)
Top location: San Francisco, CA (7 founders)
Sectors represented: 11
Locations represented: 28

Aadit Palicha — Zepto
Ali Hussain — Tabs
Amir Gilad — Dual Bird
Anant Kale — AppZen
Ankur Shah — Straiker
Anshul Sadana — Nexthop AI
Arjun Moorthy — Rocksalt
Arjun Prakash — Distyl AI
Bala Kuchibhotla — Tessell
Ben Milne — Brale
Cameron McCord — Nominal
Danny Goldman — Trove AI
Dylan Parker — Moment
Erez Kaminski — Ketryx
Eric Ho — Goodfire
Fangchang Ma — Nuance Labs
Gary Glick — Odyssey Therapeutics
Gil Barak — Blink Ops
Hjalmar Nilsonne — Neko Health
Jay Madheswaran — Eve
Jérémy Goillot — The Mobile-First Company
Jorge Mazal — Outsmart Education
Mark Gilbert — Zocks
Martin Sokk — Lightyear
Matt Pavelle — Doctronic
Mo Elkhidir — Epiminds
Mukund Jha — Emergent
Nathan Gruber — Manex
Nilam Ganenthiran — Beacon Software
Noah Pepper — Multiplier
Rafael Broshi — Notch.cx
Rajit Bhattacharya — Data Sutram
Rami Karabibar — EvenUp
Rohit Choudhary — Seekho
Santiago Nestares — DualEntry
Shanthi Shanmugam — Casap
Shlomo Kramer — Cato Networks
Slavik Markovich — Descope
Spencer Penn — LightSource
Vincent Tjendra — ASTRO
Will Bryk — Exa
William Fedus — Periodic Labs
Zachary Dell — Base Power
Zach Dell — Base Power

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