Lightspeed Venture Partners

Indonesia’s Pintu Exchange Raises $35M in Extended Series A Led by Lightspeed Venture

Funding will go toward hiring efforts, improving Pintu's market position, undertaking educational campaigns and delivering new products.

News  ·  9 August 2021

Lightspeed, Pantera Join $20M Raise for Crypto Market Maker Wintermute

The Series B will fund a push into Asia and the launch of a derivatives business.

Business  ·  20 January 2021
Lightspeed Venture Partners

Lightspeed Venture Invests $2.8M in Crypto Market Maker Wintermute

Funding will go towards expanding its liquidity products across the crypto derivatives market.

News  ·  7 July 2020
Investments

Bain, Lightspeed Back First ICO With $133 Million Basis Funding

There are many stablecoins, but only one that has one investor who busted a central bank and another who used to help run one. Also, Google and Bain.

Markets  ·  18 April 2018
Ribbit Capital

10 VC Firms Betting Big on Bitcoin and the Blockchain

With more than $800m so far invested in the bitcoin industry, CoinDesk highlights some of the leading firms driving these headline-grabbing rounds.

Business  ·  19 July 2015
Ribbit Capital

CoinSummit Venture Capitalists Seek ‘Killer’ Bitcoin App

Notable industry investors assembled at CoinSummit for a candid talk about what kinds of companies have the most appeal.

Business  ·  25 March 2014
Exchanges

OKCoin Raises $10 Million to Become China’s ‘Largest Exchange’

OKCoin, the exchange claiming to be China's largest by trading volume, has announced a $10m Series A funding round.

Business  ·  16 March 2014
Bitcoin

Why Lightspeed Venture Partners Sees Bitcoin as a Good Investment

The company has a global reach and a track record investing in bitcoin startups. We look at why.

Tech  ·  20 February 2014