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Lightspeed Venture Partners

Menlo Park, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 160187

Filed as LIGHTSPEED VENTURE PARTNERS · Legal name Lightspeed Management Company, L.L.C.

Lightspeed Venture Partners is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Menlo Park, CA, registered since 2025, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 6, 2026.

1 year
registered since 2025
$50,005,412,721
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Lightspeed Venture Partners compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Lightspeed Venture Partners reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees.

Where is Lightspeed Venture Partners located?

Lightspeed Venture Partners' principal office is in Menlo Park, CA, according to its Form ADV; the June 2026 filing also lists 6 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Lightspeed Venture Partners registered with the SEC or a state?

Lightspeed Venture Partners is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2025. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 160187.

How much does Lightspeed Venture Partners manage?

Lightspeed Venture Partners reports $50,005,412,721 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 6, 2026 (95% discretionary).

How have Lightspeed Venture Partners' assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Lightspeed Venture Partners: Regulatory assets under management: $31,189,537,233 in the October 2025 data and $50,005,412,721 in the October 2026 data, up 60%. Total employees: 137 in October 2025 and 132 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Lightspeed Venture Partners serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (51).

Does Lightspeed Venture Partners report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/160187

Does Lightspeed Venture Partners state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 26, 2026 says: "Lightspeed does not currently have a minimum size for a Fund."

What changed in Lightspeed Venture Partners' recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 129 to 125. Regulatory assets under management went from $31,189,537,233 to $50,005,412,721 (+60%). No longer lists an office in Berlin.

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Performance-based fees

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

Account minimum: None

The brochure's wording
Lightspeed does not currently have a minimum size for a Fund.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 26, 2026. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement. Read the brochure on the SEC's IAPD site

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$50,005,412,721

$50,005,412,721 as of October 2026, filing dated May 6, 2026.

Discretionary: $47,322,785,837.Non-discretionary: $2,682,626,884.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 51 Assets $50,005,412,721 (100%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Lightspeed Management Company, L.L.C.
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2025 (1 year)
Employees
Total: 132. Performing investment advisory functions: 125.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
6 other offices, as of the June 2026 filing
BarcelonaLondonNew York, NYParisSan Francisco, CATel Aviv
States registered or notice-filed
2 states or jurisdictions
CANY

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

None Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Item 11 asks about criminal, regulatory, and civil events involving the firm and its advisory personnel. The detail of each yes answer is on the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
Not reported 2021 Not reported 2022 Not reported 2023 Not reported 2024 $31.2B 2025 $50B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$50,005,412,721132May 6, 2026
October 2025$31,189,537,233137March 27, 2025
October 2024Not reportedNot reportedMarch 29, 2024
October 2023Not reportedNot reportedMarch 29, 2023
October 2022Not reportedNot reportedMarch 25, 2022
October 2021Not reportedNot reportedMarch 29, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $31,189,537,233 in the October 2025 data and $50,005,412,721 in the October 2026 data, up 60%.

Total employees: 137 in October 2025 and 132 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 129 to 125.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $31,189,537,233 to $50,005,412,721 (+60%).
    • No longer lists an office in Berlin.

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
lsvp.commedium.com/lightspeed-venture-partnersopen.spotify.com/show/0KhbgET4zCWpF464Jj2ZBIopen.spotify.com/show/2CCSJUxJZZYmkyCZnUhSJ3podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/generative-now-ai-builders-on-creating-the-future/id1709773028podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/out-of-office/id1851032430sprout.link/lightspeedventurepartnersvimeo.com/user23347172

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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AdvisorCensus. Lightspeed Venture Partners (CRD 160187): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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