Do Lightspeed Venture Partners and Sapphire Ventures invest together?

Yes — Lightspeed Venture Partners and Sapphire Ventures appear together in 14 tracked portfolio companies, including BetterUp, Cyera, Dremio, Exabeam, FalconX.

How do Lightspeed Venture Partners and Sapphire Ventures compare on check size?

Lightspeed Venture Partners typically writes checks of $1.7M – $87M, while Sapphire Ventures writes $5M – $20M.

Lightspeed Venture Partners vs Sapphire Ventures

Two firms that co-invest: side by side on stage, sector, check size, and track record, from public filings and the firms' own sites.

	Lightspeed Venture Partners	Sapphire Ventures
Type	Venture capital	Venture capital
HQ	Menlo Park	Menlo Park
Founded	2000	2011
Check size	$1.7M – $87M	$5M – $20M
Stages	Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage	Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage
Sectors	AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Crypto & Web3, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Gaming, Healthtech, SaaS, Sector Agnostic	AI & Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Fintech, SaaS, Sector Agnostic
AUM	$50B	$10.4B
Tracked investments	491	223
Exits (acquired/public)	16	13
Led rounds on record	20	2
Dated deals, last 24 mo	13	9

Shared portfolio · 14

BetterUp Cyera Dremio Exabeam FalconX Glean AI Grafana (Link Matillion Moveworks MuleSoft Nominal Nutanix ThoughtSpot Yugabyte

Frequently asked questions

Do Lightspeed Venture Partners and Sapphire Ventures invest together?: Yes — Lightspeed Venture Partners and Sapphire Ventures appear together in 14 tracked portfolio companies, including BetterUp, Cyera, Dremio, Exabeam, FalconX.
How do Lightspeed Venture Partners and Sapphire Ventures compare on check size?: Lightspeed Venture Partners typically writes checks of $1.7M – $87M, while Sapphire Ventures writes $5M – $20M.