Lightspeed Venture Partners
Lightspeed Venture Partners is a major global venture capital investment firm offering seed, early, and growth stage investments for startups.
Overview
Emergence is Lightspeed Venture Partners' current program for emerging venture managers, evolved from the Lightspeed Scout Program. It focuses on individuals from Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and Pacific Islander communities, providing access to capital, connections, content, and community. Participants receive business-accelerating capital, programming, and connections, with a focus on building their venture businesses. The program includes regular sessions on firm-management fundamentals and an annual Limited Partner Demo Day for networking with LPs.
Investment focus
Emergence supports emerging managers whose venture strategies may differ, focusing on capital, content, community, and connections. Lightspeed itself invests across various stages from Seed to Series F, with interests in sectors like fintech, healthcare, consumer, and enterprise.
Program details
Designed for Scouts, Investors. The program is hybrid. Participation is generally part time.
Who it is for
A historical description identifies the intended audience as emerging VCs within Lightspeed’s ecosystem. Formal eligibility requirements are not established by the available evidence.
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A historical post described Lightspeed’s support for emerging VCs through capital, content, and connections. The evidence does not establish specific funding amounts or guarantee that each participant receives capital.
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Questions about this program
Who can apply for the Emergence program?
The program is designed for emerging managers from Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and Pacific Islander communities.
What benefits do participants receive?
Participants receive access to capital, content sessions on firm management, community support, and connections to LPs through events like the Limited Partner Demo Day.
About Lightspeed
Lightspeed
Venture Capital
Investing in innovative companies globally.
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From public sources
What the sources say about Lightspeed Venture Partners
VC Sheet identifies New Age Capital’s LaDante McMillon as a former Lightspeed scout.
Source: LaDante McMillon (New Age Capital) / VC Breakdown & ContactA July 2017 Wall Street Journal article, reprinted by Bain Capital Ventures, reported Lightspeed’s use of scouts.
Source: Bain Capital Ventures on scout programsIn the July 2021 interview, Sydney Sykes described collaborating with investors on several scout deals.
Source: Lightspeed Scout Spotlight: Sydney SykesIn July 2021, Sydney Sykes described Mercedes Bent as the leader of Lightspeed’s Scout Program.
Source: Lightspeed Scout Spotlight: Sydney SykesMercedes Bent’s July 2021 interview identifies Sydney Sykes as a Lightspeed Scout.
Source: Lightspeed Scout Spotlight: Sydney SykesIn a historical response, Aaron Samuels says he and Brian Hollins presented Collide Capital’s work at Lightspeed’s AGM.
Source: Claudia Levan’s Post
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