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Lightspeed Venture Partners

·Jan 18

When you’re serious about gaming — you work with a former pro gamer.

Meet Lightspeed’s newest partner, Moritz Baier-Lentz. We are excited to announce that Moritz Baier-Lentz is joining our Consumer Team as a Partner to lead Lightspeed’s gaming practice and expand the firm’s presence in Los Angeles, where he is currently based. At Lightspeed, we look back on more than 15 years…

Gaming

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When you’re serious about gaming — you work with a former pro gamer.
When you’re serious about gaming — you work with a former pro gamer.
Gaming

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

·Apr 6, 2022

Meet the Newest Members of the Lightspeed Consumer Team: Sydney Sykes and Faraz Fatemi

At Lightspeed we’re constantly on the hunt for great investment talent. We’re also always hiring with at least one eye on diversity — not merely in gender, ethnicity, or orientation, but also in thought, background, and experience. We’re thrilled to announce we’ve just added two members to the consumer investing…

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Meet the Newest Members of the Lightspeed Consumer Team: Sydney Sykes and Faraz Fatemi
Meet the Newest Members of the Lightspeed Consumer Team: Sydney Sykes and Faraz Fatemi

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

·Mar 8, 2022

A Journey Through 100 Influencer & Creator Startups — Part 4: Web3

The decentralized web will enable influential creators to reach their full potential In my previous blogs in this series, I talked about the growing ecosystem of influencer and creator platforms (Part 1), why influential creators matter more than ever (Part 2), and how companies can use these creators to amplify…

Web3

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A Journey Through 100 Influencer & Creator Startups — Part 4: Web3
A Journey Through 100 Influencer & Creator Startups — Part 4: Web3
Web3

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

·Mar 1, 2022

A Journey Through 100 Influencer & Creator Startups — Part 3: The How

How influencers can help amplify your brand and grow your business — Though the concept of influencers has been around for many years, the influencer economy (as described in Part 1) is really just getting revved up. In the third installment of this series, I’ll talk about how companies can use influencers to help amplify their brands and reach new customers. …

Influencer Marketing

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A Journey Through 100 Influencer & Creator Startups — Part 3: The How
A Journey Through 100 Influencer & Creator Startups — Part 3: The How
Influencer Marketing

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

·Mar 1, 2022

Daybreak makes it easier for our kids to get the mental health support they need

If the last two years have proven anything, it’s that maintaining good mental health is more important — and more challenging — than ever. This is especially true for our children, who may have suffered more than anyone else from isolation and the lack of social connection throughout the pandemic. …

Mental Health

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Daybreak makes it easier for our kids to get the the mental health support they need
Daybreak makes it easier for our kids to get the the mental health support they need
Mental Health

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

·Feb 22, 2022

A Journey Through 100 Influencer & Creator Startups— Part 2: The Why

Why influential creators matter more now than ever before — In my last Medium post, Part 1 (the map), I attempted to organize and categorize the sprawling influencer economy. In Part 2 of this series, I’ll talk about why it is important to work with influential creators. …

Influencers

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A Journey Through 100 Influencer & Creator Startups— Part 2: The Why
A Journey Through 100 Influencer & Creator Startups— Part 2: The Why
Influencers

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

·Feb 15, 2022

A Journey Through 100 Influencer & Creators Startups — Part 1: The Map

The influencer ecosystem is more diverse than you probably realize — Over the last year, the influencer and creator economies have converged. Many creators are undeniably influential, just as influencers continually create content to satisfy their audiences. It’s increasingly difficult to draw distinctions between the two. This is not necessarily a new thing. The original influencers were people like Oprah Winfrey…

Creators

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The 100 most interesting influencer / creator startups — Part 1: The Map
The 100 most interesting influencer / creator startups — Part 1: The Map
Creators

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

·Jan 19, 2022

Autograph — How NFTs will enter the mainstream.

Some little girls collect comic books or Pokemon cards. I, however, was a golf nerd and liked to collect autographs from the players. So when Tiger Woods came to the UK to play in the Volvo PGA tournament at Wentworth, I begged my father to take me. …

Venture Capital

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Autograph — How NFTs will enter the mainstream.
Autograph — How NFTs will enter the mainstream.
Venture Capital

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

·Jan 5, 2022

10 Predictions for 2022: From Masked to the Metaverse

Much like crypto, the only constant last year was the pace at which it changed. At Lightspeed, the pace was… well, at lightspeed! We partnered with over 150 new Founders across Consumer, Enterprise, and Health, welcomed 8 new Partners to the firm and saw many IPOs, including Affirm and Honest. …

Metaverse

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10 Predictions for 2022: From Masked to the Metaverse
10 Predictions for 2022: From Masked to the Metaverse
Metaverse

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

·Nov 1, 2021

FlickPlay is where the creator economy and social networks converge

It isn’t every day I get to introduce a new genre-defining social app. That’s why I’m especially thrilled to announce Lightspeed’s seed investment in FlickPlay. What Snap’s lenses did for selfies, FlickPlay intends to do for the rest of the world. By layering augmented reality filters over your phone’s outward-facing…

AR

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FlickPlay is where the creator economy and social networks converge
FlickPlay is where the creator economy and social networks converge
AR

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Investor at Lightspeed, Stanford alum, Former Consumer Analyst at Morgan Stanley and British 100m sprinter

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