There’s never been a better time to build a Spanish language audio platform. We are thrilled to announce that Lightspeed Venture Partners is leading Beek’s Series A round, and to welcome the whole team to the Lightspeed family and our LATAM portfolio along with angels Sam Altman (OpenAI), Dylan Field…

No More Catfishing. Digital Identities — It’s not a matter of if, but whom. This is Part 4 of the Series. Read Part 1, Part 2 (Messaging), & Part 3 (Utility). If you’re like me, you’ve had a friend who’s about to go on a first date with someone they…

What are Web3, NFTs, and crypto actually good for? Quite a lot, actually. By Mercedes Bent | Read Part I, Part II, Part IV of the series People who know of my interest in NFTs in the arts and crypto in general often ask me, “Okay, but are these things…

Read Part I of the series here, Part III, Part IV. Crypto’s ‘You’ve got mail’ moment is coming To steal a line from Mark Twain, the demise of crypto has been greatly exaggerated. Yes, token values are falling, and crypto companies built on the assumption of an ever-rising tide are starting to trim their sails. And yes…

I caught up with Lightspeed Scout Cheryl Campos about her journey to VC and advice for aspiring investors. This is a continuation of Lightspeed’s “Scout Spotlight” series showcasing our amazing Scouts, what they care about, and some lessons learned along the path to venture. Me: Let’s start with who you…

This is the first part in a series, find Part 2 on Messaging here, Part 3 on Utility, Part 4 on Digital Identities. Every major technology shift has eventually brought forth a new wave of consumer tech companies. The emergence of the Internet led to messaging apps like AOL and…

You Deserve — Two and a half years ago I joined Lightspeed and laid out how my investing focus mapped to communities and sectors I care about. I’ve been so proud to watch it come to life through investments in: Players driving financial inclusion through fintech + retail investing such as Trading TV…

We are excited to announce our investment in trading.tv, a next generation social media platform for retail investing. Trading.tv enables creators to distribute investment content through a livestream-enabled social media platform. By linking creator content to a trading brokerage, trading.tv allows users to instantly invest on ideas they hear about…

We’re thrilled to be partnering with Everyrealm as they announce their $60M Series A. Everyrealm is an investor and developer of NFT properties in the virtual world. They launched in April 2021 and built Fantasy Islands and the infamous $650k yacht in Sandbox. The team believes (as do we) that…