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Lightspeed Venture Partners — 2015 Investments

16 investments dated 2015 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all

Appdynamicsappdynamics.comin𝕏Oct 2015Acquired

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

Forty Seven Incfortyseveninc.comin𝕏Nov 2015acquired by Gilead · Mar 2020

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

Gynesonicsgynesonics.com𝕏Apr 2015acquired by HologicSEC filingmedium confidence

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

Mulesoftmulesoft.comMay 2015Acquired

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

Tintritintri.comin𝕏Jul 2015SEC filingmedium confidence

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)

Aquantiamarvell.comin𝕏Mar 2015acquired by Marvell Technology · May 2019 · $452M

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

Exabeamexabeam.com𝕏Sep 2015

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

Giphygiphy.comJan 2015

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

Origami Logicorigamilogic.cominSep 2015 · $15M

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

Percolatepercolate.comMay 2015 · $40M

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

Varagesalevaragesale.comin𝕏Apr 2015 · $34M

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.