Published in Lightspeed Venture Partners·Jan 18When 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…Gaming4 min readGaming4 min read
Published in Lightspeed Venture Partners·Apr 6, 2022Meet the Newest Members of the Lightspeed Consumer Team: Sydney Sykes and Faraz FatemiAt 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…3 min read3 min read
Published in Lightspeed Venture Partners·Mar 8, 2022A Journey Through 100 Influencer & Creator Startups — Part 4: Web3The 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…Web 34 min readWeb 34 min read
Published in Lightspeed Venture Partners·Mar 1, 2022A Journey Through 100 Influencer & Creator Startups — Part 3: The HowHow 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 Marketing5 min readInfluencer Marketing5 min read
Published in Lightspeed Venture Partners·Mar 1, 2022Daybreak makes it easier for our kids to get the mental health support they needIf 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 Health4 min readMental Health4 min read
Published in Lightspeed Venture Partners·Feb 22, 2022A Journey Through 100 Influencer & Creator Startups— Part 2: The WhyWhy 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. …Influencers4 min readInfluencers4 min read
Published in Lightspeed Venture Partners·Feb 15, 2022A Journey Through 100 Influencer & Creators Startups — Part 1: The MapThe 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…Creators4 min readCreators4 min read
Published in Lightspeed Venture Partners·Jan 19, 2022Autograph — 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 Capital4 min readVenture Capital4 min read
Published in Lightspeed Venture Partners·Jan 5, 202210 Predictions for 2022: From Masked to the MetaverseMuch 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. …Metaverse8 min readMetaverse8 min read
Published in Lightspeed Venture Partners·Nov 1, 2021FlickPlay is where the creator economy and social networks convergeIt 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…AR3 min readAR3 min read
