Lightspeed congratulates Netskope on its IPO and celebrates over a decade of partnership and innovation in cybersecurity

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Netskope

From day one, Netskope's founders had an early vision for reimagining security in the cloud era, and the appetite to take on the hardest challenges in cybersecurity. Lightspeed has been honored to partner with this exceptional team since 2013, watching Sanjay Beri and Krishna Narayanaswamy's unwavering commitment to going long at every turn. Partners Arif Janmohamed and Ravi Mhatre have served as trusted advisors throughout this transformational journey, now witnessing how that early cloud vision perfectly positions Netskope for the AI era. Here, a timeline of key moments in building the future of security:

October 2012
Netskope Founding — Vision for Cloud-First Security
November 2012
Netskope Raises Series A
April 2013
Lightspeed Leads Series B
May 2014
Netskope Raises Series C
September 2015
Netskope Raises Series D
April 2017
Hypergrowth
September 2025
IPO
Leadership
Sanjay Beri - Co-Founder & CEO
Krishna Narayanaswamy - Co-Founder & CTO
Ravi Ithal - Co-Founder
Lebin Cheng - Co-Founder
Founded
2012
Stage Invested
Series B
Backed Since
2013
Status
IPO
Lightspeed Team
Arif Janmohamed - Partner
Ravi Mhatre - Partner & Co-Founder

Netskope, a global cybersecurity leader, secures and accelerates organizations without sacrificing security or network performance. The fast and resilient architecture of its Netskope One platform enables customers to protect data, reduce risk, simplify infrastructure, and optimize performance from anywhere while providing exceptional visibility into any cloud, web, and private application activity. 

Thousands of customers, including more than 25 of the Fortune 100, trust Netskope to address evolving threats, new risks, technology shifts, and organizational and network changes in the new AI era.

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Netskope

GREATER THAN 5% STOCKHOLDERS

  • Lightspeed Venture Partners

    64,493,207 shares 19.3% Voting Power

  • ICONIQ

    64,267,513 shares 19.2% Voting Power

  • Wiliam Griffith

    64,267,513 shares 19.2% Voting Power

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    29,637,545 shares 8.9% Voting Power

  • Sanjay Beri

    24,449,151 shares 7.3% Voting Power

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