Startup-creation
is increasingly global as more entrepreneurs emerge from an increasingly diverse range of places. Anyone can have an office or cut a check abroad, but building true authenticity with founders in their market is not built overnight. It's built slowly and methodically over time.
2000
LightSpeed founded
2006
INDIA, CHINA & ISRAEL OFFICES OPENED
2012
FIRST CHINA FUND
2015
FIRST INDIA FUND
2019
EUROPE OFFICE OPENED
2020
SEA OFFICE OPENED / LATAM INVESTMENTS
15+ years
of operating globally
More outlier companies are located outside of the US than inside. The best ideas and most innovative business models can come from anywhere in the world. If you’re not operating globally as a firm, you’re not meeting founders where they are. With teams on the ground in the US, Europe, India, China, Southeast Asia, and Israel, Lightspeed has been architected to back the best entrepreneurs, regardless of where they reside.