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05/23/2025

At the latest meetup, our Partner caught up with Christopher Pedregal and Sam Stephenson, Co-Founders of Lightspeed-backed Granola, who just launched a suite of new product features designed to get all the context from your team’s meetings, in one place, powered by AI.

Check out the full episode to hear about how they identified a problem, built a solution, and scaled with AI at the .

There is still time left to get your Game Changers 2025 applications in! Just like last year, this annual list, in partn...
08/07/2024

There is still time left to get your Game Changers 2025 applications in! Just like last year, this annual list, in partnership with GamesBeat by , celebrates extraordinary startups in gaming and interactive media. The winners will be determined by and receive mentorship from industry leaders. In addition to welcoming some stellar new judges this year, we’re thrilled about the many familiar faces returning for a second year of Game Changers.

Meet the returning mentors and judges:

Anna Sweet, CEO at Games
Ben Feder, Fr. President at and Fr. CEO at
Bonnie Rosen, GM of The Walt Company Accelerator
Danny Lange, VP of BI & AI at
, Lead Writer at GamesBeat
John Hanke, CEO at
John W. Thompson, Fr. Chairman at and Fr. CEO at Symantec
Ken Wee, CSO at
Kylan Gibbs, CEO at
Leo Olebe, VP of Global Partnerships at
Hyeri Maria Park, VP Corp. Dev & Strategy at
Michael Chow, CEO at The Believer Company
, Partner at Lightspeed
V Pappas, Fr. COO

Game Changers 2025 submissions are open through September 15th – check out the criteria and submit your applications and nominations at the

Congratulations to the following Lightspeed-backed companies on their recent funding announcements.
06/14/2024

Congratulations to the following Lightspeed-backed companies on their recent funding announcements.

With many businesses struggling to collect cash and find profitability, Tabs is launching an AI-driven platform to revol...
04/11/2024

With many businesses struggling to collect cash and find profitability, Tabs is launching an AI-driven platform to revolutionize Accounts Receivable (AR). Backed by a $7M seed round led by Lightspeed, Tabs AI automates complex billing and remittance processes to boost bottom lines, saving companies time and money. Learn more at the .

What impact is Gen AI having on industry entertainment leaders like and Gardens? Catch this recap from our latest mee...
03/19/2024

What impact is Gen AI having on industry entertainment leaders like and Gardens? Catch this recap from our latest meetup as Bonnie Rosen and Stephen Bell discuss the challenges and opportunities in a fireside chat moderated by Lightspeed Partner .

Last week, we hosted the Sundance 2024 Field Trip, a Lightspeed community-building event that brought together founders ...
01/31/2024

Last week, we hosted the Sundance 2024 Field Trip, a Lightspeed community-building event that brought together founders and luminaries. This Field Trip focused on championing storytelling and learning from some of the best storytellers in film, including Olivia Wilde.

In response to a shift in cultural challenges in 2023, startup leaders were faced with finding a balance between support...
01/24/2024

In response to a shift in cultural challenges in 2023, startup leaders were faced with finding a balance between supporting employees and the demands of building sustainable and efficient businesses.

Lightspeed’s latest HR & People Trends Report uncovers how startups have redesigned their workforces and enacted in-office mandates. A few insights based on survey feedback from 183 startups:

- 96% offer some degree of remote work flexibility
- 74% have experienced employee reluctance or outright non-compliance with return-to-office policies

Read on to dig into each of these trends in detail, along with recommendations on how to improve your work culture.

We’re excited to announce our $3M seed investment in Patronus AI – a company that allows enterprises to use AI safely an...
09/14/2023

We’re excited to announce our $3M seed investment in Patronus AI – a company that allows enterprises to use AI safely and confidently. Patronus allows users to evaluate any LLM at scale. AI evaluation has historically been expensive, manual, and unscalable - but, Patronus AI is changing all of that. Read more by clicking the .

With the goal to “build something great,” Sanjay Beri, Founder of Netskope, learned quickly to navigate through doubt: “...
09/12/2023

With the goal to “build something great,” Sanjay Beri, Founder of Netskope, learned quickly to navigate through doubt: “When you start a company, 95% of people say you’re crazy.” Learn more about how Sanjay executed on a vision to build an open, collaborative, and transparent company designed to revolutionize cybersecurity. https://lsvp.com/company/netskope/

It’s founders like Laura Spiekerman who are driving change in their industries by challenging the status quo and followi...
08/11/2023

It’s founders like Laura Spiekerman who are driving change in their industries by challenging the status quo and following their intuition.

Laura and the team at set out to create a solution that didn’t exist in the fintech market. Today, nearly 500 banks and fintechs turn to Alloy’s end-to-end identity risk management platform because of the perseverance of their founding team - Laura Spiekerman, Tommy Nicholas, Charles Hearn.

Laura shared her story with us and the lessons learned on her journey to building Alloy. More at our .

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