Lightspeed Venture Partners — 2015 Investments
16 investments dated 2015 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all
AppDynamics (now part of Splunk Observability) provides full-stack observability and application performance monitoring for hybrid, on-premises, and multi-tier applications, helping enterprise teams troubleshoot performance and security issues linked to business impact.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Jyoti Bansal(Founder)inBhaskar Sunkara(Co-Founder & Director of Engineering (2008–2014); Chief Technology Officer (2014–2019))inDavid Wadhwani(Founder)inDaniel J. Wright(Senior Vice President and General Counsel)Randy Gottfried(Chief Financial Officer)inKendall Collins(Chief Marketing Officer)in
Board seatRavi Mhatre· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsArtisanal VenturesBattery VenturesCross Creek AdvisorsFounders Circle CapitalGeneral AtlanticGreylock Partners+10 more
Gilead discovers, develops, and delivers therapeutic medicines for life-threatening diseases, with focus on virology, oncology, and inflammation across 35+ countries.
BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesPalo Alto, US
Ravindra Majeti(Director)Irving Weissman(Director)Eric Jensen(Executive Officer)
BoardJeffrey Bird(Director)Dennis Henner(Director)
Board seatJonathan MacQuittyChristopher Schaepe· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsBluebird VenturesGV (Google Ventures)Sofinnova VenturesClarus VenturesSutter Hill VenturesWellington Management
FemTechHealthtechMedical DevicesRedwood City, US
Christopher Owens(Executive Officer, Director)Darrin Uecker(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardKen Haas(Director)Mike Carusi(Director)inDoug Fisher(Director)
Board seatJonathan MacQuitty· per SEC Form D · $3M raise · filed Apr 2015
Co-investorsAmzak HealthBain Capital Life SciencesEndeavour VisionFemHealth VenturesKaiser Permanente VenturesKluz Ventures+6 more
MuleSoft is a San Francisco enterprise software company providing integration, API management and automation via its Anypoint Platform.
San Francisco, US
Ross Mason(Founder)inGregory G. Schott(Executive Officer, Director)Matthew Langdon(Executive Officer)Robert Horton(Executive Officer)Michael DiFilippo(Executive Officer)Brent Haywardin
Board seatRavi Mhatre· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsArtisanal VenturesCanvas VenturesCategory VenturesHummer Winblad Venture Partners (HWVP)IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Lumia Capital+13 more
Tintri provides on-premises data management and workload management solutions with autonomous operations and AI-driven analytics for enterprise data centers.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMountain View, US
Kieran Harty(Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer)inIan Halifax(Executive Officer)inKen Klein(Chairman and Chief Executive Officer)in
BoardAdam Grosser(Director)Jeff Horing(Director)inPeter Sonsini(Director)
Board seatChristopher Schaepe· per SEC Form D · $124.6M raise · filed Aug 2015
Co-investorsAkkadian VenturesInsight PartnersSilver Lake PartnersMenlo VenturesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)
Marvell designs custom silicon and provides interconnect and network switch products for AI data center infrastructure, serving hyperscalers, enterprises, and telecom carriers.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureSemiconductorsSan Jose, US
Phil Delansay(Co-Founder; President & CEO (2004-2009), later SVP Business Development)Ramin Farjadrad(Co-Founder; Chief Architect (2005-2012), later VP Technology Development)inRamin Shirani(Senior Vice President, Engineering; Director)Linda Reddick(Senior Vice President, Finance (previously Chief Financial Officer, Sept. 2009-Jan. 2016))Phillippe Delansay(Executive Officer)Mark Voll(Chief Financial Officer)
Co-investorsAllegisCyber CapitalAugust CapitalCelesta CapitalCisco InvestmentsGLOBALFOUNDRIESICCP Venture Partners+11 more
Exabeam provides a security operations platform that ingests logs and telemetry from multiple point solutions, enriches data with behavioral analytics, and correlates alerts to deliver threat detection and investigation capabilities for security teams.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Mateo, US
Domingo Mihovilovic(Founder)inNir Polak(Founder)inSylvain Gil(Founder)inPeter Harteveld(Chief Executive Officer)Steve WilsoninChris Petersen(Founder)
Co-investorsAcrew CapitalAspect VenturesBlue Owl CapitalCisco InvestmentsIcon VenturesJunipero+8 more
GIPHY is a platform for discovering, creating, and sharing animated GIFs and stickers.
ConsumerCreator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentNew York, US
Alex Chung(Founder)Brad Zeff(Executive Officer)Joshua Auerbach(Executive Officer)Jonathan Chin(Executive Officer)Adam Leibsohn(Founder)Jace Cooke(Founder)
Co-investorsBetaworksGlynn Capital ManagementGV (Google Ventures)IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Lerer HippeauNotable Capital+6 more
Brand marketing intelligence platform
Menlo Park, US
Ofer Shaked(Executive Officer, Director)inOpher Kahane(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardTom Rikert(Director)Jake Flomenberg(Director)Jeb Miller(Director)in
Co-investorsAccelDag VenturesIcon VenturesSaban VenturesViola Ventures
Marketing technology / system of record platform.
New York, US
Noah Brier(Founder)inJames Gross(Founder)in
BoardMichael Dixon(Director)Jeff Richards(Director)in
Co-investorsAdvancit CapitalLerer HippeauNotable CapitalTransmedia CapitalFirst Round CapitalGGV Capital+2 more
VarageSale is an online marketplace where people join a verified local community to buy and sell secondhand items with others in their neighborhood.
Circular EconomyConsumerMarketplaces
Tami Zuckerman(Founder)in
Co-investorsVenture OntarioVersion One VenturesFloodgateSequoia Capital
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
EvariantHeighten SoftwareJauntPalo Alto Health SciencesPlexxi
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.



































































