Lightspeed India

Lightspeed India is the India-focused investment platform of Lightspeed, a global multi-stage venture capital firm. It backs bold founders building disruptive companies in India and from India for the world. Lightspeed invests across stages, including seed, Series A and growth, and has historically positioned itself as first institutional capital for many Indian startups. Its India strategy covers both early-stage and later-stage investments.

• * Ambitious founders building disruptive or market-leading businesses.
• * Companies can apply from idea/seed stage through growth stages.
• * Strong market opportunity and potential to build a large business.
• * Technology-led businesses are a major focus, while Lightspeed also considers businesses across a broad range of sectors.
• * Early-stage companies may be pre-product, pre-revenue or at an early-revenue stage.

• * Equity investment across seed, Series A and growth stages.
• * Historical India seed investments generally ranged from USD 500K–1M, while Series A investments ranged from USD 2M–5M.
• * Support with strategy, talent acquisition, organisational design, marketing, customer introductions and corporate development.
• * Access to Lightspeed's global network and capital pool.
• * Support for international expansion and subsequent fundraising.

• Lightspeed is highly selective and conviction-driven. The investment team evaluates the founding team, market opportunity, product/business model and potential to create a market-leading company. The firm can invest from the idea or seed stage and may continue supporting companies through subsequent stages.