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Lightspeed Venture Partners Summary    Nb of employees : 100-250 Investor type : VC Investment Stage : Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, PE Launch date : 2000 Founders : Barry Eggers, Christopher Schaepe, Peter Nieh, Ravi Mhatre Headquarters : Menlo Park Notable known LPs: Praesidium Site : https://lsvp.com Significant investments : Snap Inc.  Activity: Snapchat is a social networking app that offers free image messaging application and augmented reality platform. Amount Raised: $485k Lead Investor: Lightspeed Venture Development: Seed Round Date of Deal : May 2012 Mistral AI  Activity: Mistral AI is a developer of an open-source platform that assembles team to develop the generative AI models. Amount Raised: $105 million Lead Investor: Lightspeed Venture Development: Seed Round Date of Deal : Dec 2023   Vestwell Activity: Vestwell develops a digital savings platform to create a retirement plan for employees. Amount Raised: $125 million Lead Investor: Lightspeed Venture Development: Series D Date of Deal : Dec 2023   Wiz  Activity:Wiz is a cybersecurity company that allows companies to find security issues in public cloud infrastructure. Amount Raised: $300 million Lead Investors: Index Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Greenoaks Development: Series D Date of Deal : Feb 2023   ScaleOps - Cloud-Native Optimization  Activity: ScaleOps is a workload optimization platform developer focused on streamlining a new Kubernetes experience for engineering teams. Amount Raised: $21.5 million Lead Investor: Lightspeed Venture, Glilot Capital Partners and NFX Development: Series A Date of Deal : Dec 2023   @Resilience Activity: Fresh approach to the middle market in cyber insurance backed by a top-rated carrier and an in-house claims team. Amount Raised: $100 million Lead Investor: Lightspeed Venture and General Catalyst Partners Development: Series D Date of Deal : Aug 2023

Teamshares attains a staggering $245m from top VC firms - FinTech Global: ... QED Investors · RegTech 2023 · Slow Ventures · Spark Capital · Teamshares · Union Square Ventures · Venture Capital 2023 · wealthtech 2023. #regtech #cdo #datagovernance

🎉 Big News Alert from Flintlock Capital! 🎉 We are thrilled to officially announce the successful closing of our pioneering venture capital fund dedicated entirely to fintech! This significant move underlines our firm belief in the immense potential of fintech to revolutionize the financial industry, and our commitment to strategically harness this potential. This fund represents more than just financial resources. It embodies our commitment to serve as strategic partners to the most promising, forward-thinking, and disruptive startups in the fintech ecosystem, offering them mentorship, vital connections, and the necessary resources to scale their operations. To the innovators, dreamers, and change-makers in the fintech space, we cannot wait to join you in shaping a more exciting and prosperous future. We are deeply grateful for the trust our investors have placed in us and are excited about the transformative possibilities that lie ahead. Here's to a future crafted by innovation, and to the pioneers in fintech who dare to reimagine the world of finance! Joe Shamess Seda Atam Goff #FlintlockCapital #VentureCapital #Fintech #Innovation #InvestmentFund #Finance https://lnkd.in/eBgckqE4

Dozens of Silicon Valley-based VCs are changing their fund's structures to private equity-style continuation funds in order to avoid liquidating their portfolio stakes amidst economic downturns and relieve the pressure to return money to investors. Prominent investors New Enterprise Associates and Insight Partners are a few of the VCs that have established continuation funds, which have no fixed tenor, and limited partners have the option of either rolling over their investment or exiting the fund at their convenience. Investors are also considering "strip sales," in which VCs sell off a portion of the fund's assets to new investors. A typical VC fund has a tenor of 10 years, at which point they have to divest their stakes and return cash to investors. However, being in an economic downturn can put undue pressure on VC investors to force a sale of portfolio companies or shut them down. Industry Ventures' founder Hans Swildens said, "During the next year, if the IPO market doesn't function and M&A is light, the only way for VC firms to [distribute funds back to investors] is . . . secondaries." Insight Partners moved 32 portfolio companies from its funds into the continuation vehicle, which helped return $1.3B in distributions to limited partners.

Sharing how proud I am of my former colleague, Seda Atam Goff, for raising $50M for her VC firm Flintlock Capital. Although VC fundraising is very different than philanthropic fundraising (I've had the pleasure of doing both), the most important factor remains the same: Building intentional relationships based on trust. A mere 2.1% of venture funding went to women-founded companies in 2022, and only 8% of venture capitalists are women. Let's continue to support women in the VC space!--Go, Seda, Go! #venturecapital #womenempoweringwomen #womeninvesting

Starting your own fund is more than just getting deal flow and picking the best deals. It means... 1. Choosing a lucrative but hopefully not too crowded lane, which includes stage and sector, that will hopefully last you multiple funds. 2. Crafting a brand and messaging. 3. Sourcing Limited Partners. 4. Working with a law firm to paper the agreements and economics you have with your fellow GPs and your Limited Partners. 5. Setting up the administrative functions of the fund--calling capital, having bank accounts to put it in, getting everyone paid, healthcare, etc. 6. Potentially managing a team, including developing up-and-coming talent (which some funds are getting my help on whether they realize it or not ;) https://lnkd.in/eyP3WY8P) 7. Communicating to LPs regularly. 8. Staying in touch with your portfolio. 9. Helping your portfolio. 10. Keeping your firm top of mind in the community of new founders. Next Wednesday in NYC, we'll be discussing how Karin Klein of Bloomberg Beta, Erica Duignan Minnihan of Reign Ventures and John Neamonitis of Lakehouse Ventures went out crossing off all these tasks and more at the first installment of nextNYC's New to VC Series for 2024. If you're an up and coming or aspiring VC professional, especially those who bring diversity to the VC ecosystem, please join us! Application link below. Special thanks to Cooley LLP and HAYMAKER, who can help with some of these tasks along the way. Haymaker is a public relations firm based in New York, which works with the most exciting high-growth companies operating in the U.S., including Oatly, G2, Gympass, and Pipedrive.  Cooley lawyers advise venture capital firms, corporate VCs, growth equity firms, family offices and high-growth companies on 1,700+ private financings each year. We understand all angles and offer support at all stages of investment. Our integrated, cross-disciplinary team can take you from fund formation to investment to exit, partnering with your internal resources to guarantee seamless collaboration and offering the specialty platform you need to support your portfolio companies.

In my experience hosting VCs and Founders at Prodcircle, I've noticed a growing interest in continuation funds, especially given the current market conditions. Continuation funds are becoming a really important tool for fund managers. They serve as an effective strategy for holding onto valuable assets or portfolios that show clear potential for further growth. These funds allow managers to extend the investment horizon for their best-performing assets, which can be particularly beneficial when exit opportunities like IPOs or M&As are not favorable. One of the key benefits of continuation funds is the liquidity they offer in uncertain markets. This liquidity is crucial for both fund managers and investors. In situations where assets are hard to price and managers of closed-ended funds are facing a challenging choice at the end of their investment horizon, continuation funds provide a flexible option. They enable existing investors to either exit by selling their stakes to new investors or to roll over their interests into the new fund, thereby maintaining their investment in promising ventures. Continuation funds can be structured to align closely with the interests of both the managers and investors. They offer the prospect of ongoing management fees and further carry or performance fees. This alignment is beneficial as it can lead to a more focused and dedicated management approach, potentially increasing the value of the assets in the fund. These examples demonstrate the strategic use of continuation funds by well-known firms to manage their prized assets effectively. Interested in startups and venture capital? Check my free newsletter for more insights: https://lnkd.in/dBjV_4w9

🌍💡 In 2023, the UK saw a significant shift in venture capital, with climate tech ventures securing 29% of total VC funding, reaching a record $6.2 billion [1]. To gain deeper insights into this burgeoning trend, we had the privilege of speaking with Cameron McLain, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Giant Ventures on the role of VC-funded purpose-driven businesses in solving the world's most pressing challenges.  Click below to read the insights. #InvestmentTrends #ImpactInvesting #VC #Wealthmanagement #Finance #ClimateTech #BedrockGroup [1] https://lnkd.in/dZEijyyj

#London-based Launchbay Capital secures $100million in funding with over 25% committed by a group of early investors. This also marks a #strategic rebrand from its former #namesake Digital Horizon to more accurately reflect the evolution from a primarily early stage VC to a multi-stage data platform-driven fund manager. Launchbay Capital’s secondary growth fund is focused on creating #liquidity in growth stage venture-backed #technology companies with potential exits in three to four years. The fund leverages the team’s venture expertise and #extensive knowledge of private capital markets to enable active management of growth investments that yield high #accelerated real returns for founders, businesses and investors. These founding principles combined with proven track record allow the firm to operate with the level of agility and #resilience required to #successfully execute investment solutions through the market cycles. Unlike traditional venture capital investments that span several decades, Launchbay Capital’s secondary growth fund operates on an investment period of four years, enabling investors to #tactically realize returns, recycle capital in a timelier manner and access secondary exit #opportunities in addition to traditional avenues like IPO or M&A. Launchbay Capital provides multiple #investment solutions across various stages, including early and secondary growth funds, digital platform based direct investments #opportunities, and software solution for private markets brokers and asset managers. Launchbay Capital Alan Vaksman To share your startup story write us on - contact@startuprise.co.uk #launchbaycapital #funding #eustartup

Here's an exciting news for all finance enthusiasts! A list of groundbreaking Angel Investment startups shaping the financial landscape of New York has just been published. Learn more about who these game changers are and how they're revolutionizing the industry. Please check this out at https://lnkd.in/g4CSnViB Featuring: FORCE Family Office, Founded by Steven Saltzstein, setting a new standard in the field of financial services and private investment. Visit them at https://lnkd.in/gHab9wdA Radial Equity Partners, whose major goal is to invest in middle-market businesses serving consumer and industrial markets. Get inspired at https://lnkd.in/gmbZJtau Investry, LLC, Founded by Prem G. Hira, specializes in aligning investments with clients' values. Follow their journey at https://www.investry.com DataFrame Ventures, helmed by David Yakobovitch, Jeremy Baksht & Taimur Sajid, invests in data-driven companies. Discover more at https://www.dataframe.vc/ GlobalEdgeMarkets, founded by Alex Romanovich & Pauline Sushko, a marketplace and consultancy on the edge of emerging technologies. Dive deeper at https://lnkd.in/gwjp3wdc Hive Hatch, Founded by Isaac Saldana & Mike Rowan, helping founders to focus on building product by managing their business operations. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/gxBxPvZU Eminence Grise Holdings LLC, Founded by Andrew Bogle and Marianne Brunet, a global investment and advisory firm assisting small and middle-market privately held companies. Find out more at https://lnkd.in/gBTiVY9p Reinvest, Founded by Alexander Kreindler is a leading private markets investments platform. Check them at http://www.reinvest.com/ This innovation doesn't happen in a vacuum. It's the result of hard work, passion, and a dedication to changing the world for the better. Let's celebrate these companies and their founders for their achievements. #AngelInvestment #NewYorkFinance #Startups #FinancialInnovation #GameChanger