An engaging discussion at Mumbai Tech Week 2025, organized by the Maharashtra Government and Tech Entrepreneurs Association of Mumbai (TEAM), where Hemant Mohapatra and Sandhya Devanathan, VP & Head of India, Meta, took the stage for the session 'Building AI for India: Shaping the Next Decade.' Some key takeaways: - Indian startups are customizing open-source AI (e.g., Sarvam for local language applications). - AI adoption is growing in healthcare, education, and legal tech, driving social impact innovation. - AI safety must be tailored for India, considering language, culture & bias challenges. #MTW2025
Lightspeed India
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
Bangalore, Karnataka 55,643 followers
Possibility grows the deeper you go. Serving bold builders of the future.
About us
Lightspeed is a global multi-stage venture capital firm focused on accelerating disruptive innovations and trends across sectors. Over the last two decades, Lightspeed has backed entrepreneurs and helped build companies of tomorrow including Snap, Hasura, OYO, Affirm, AppDynamics, Nutanix, Supabase, Darwinbox, Razorpay, Udaan, and more. Lightspeed’s global teams currently manage more than $18 Billion in investments across the global platform, with investment professionals and advisors in India, Silicon Valley, Israel, China, Southeast Asia, and Europe. Lightspeed has a long-standing and deep presence in India with offices and advisory teams based in Bengaluru, Mumbai, New Delhi and Singapore. Together, we discover and serve the people who shape the future. 📧: team@lsip.com
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- Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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- 11-50 employees
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- Bangalore, Karnataka
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- 2008
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- Venture capital, Startup, finance, founder, early stage, VC, india, indonesia, singapore, AI, and DeepTech
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The role of a company leader is inseparable from shaping a mission-driven working environment. Prateek Maheshwari, Co-Founder at PW (PhysicsWallah), emphasizes that a shared vision aligns teams and strengthens purpose, fostering a culture focused on impactful decisions. #FounderQuotes #PrateekMaheshwari #PhysicsWallah #MissionDriven
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Strategic decisions are often slowed by limited data and expert insights. Bridgetown Research is changing that with AI-powered agents that autonomously gather intelligence, interview experts, and deliver consultant-level analysis. Thrilled to partner with Harsh Sahai and the team as they redefine AI-driven research for faster, more effective decision-making! Read more about our investment: https://lnkd.in/d-TDwfPe Ishaan Preet Singh Dev Khare Abhiram Tarimala
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Still reminiscing about our #LiftOffByLightspeed! Here’s a glimpse of how our founders and business leaders spent the two days with us. Thank you for joining us and making this year a success! Ankit Jaipuria Ashish Chandra Ayush Bhargava
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Lightspeed India reposted this
At Lightspeed, we believe that AI will dramatically change services. We’ve been exploring and investing behind this thesis over the past year and today we’re excited to announce our investment in Bridgetown Research Bridgetown is building research agents to help businesses make better strategic decisions, starting with private equity, consulting and IT, reimagining a market with $400B+ in spends! Dev and I met Bridgetown's founder, Harsh, when we were working on our AI + Services thesis. We were blown away by the product, the pace of execution and the scale of ambition. If you’re an investor, consultant or strategy executive, this will absolutely change how you work!
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#India is one of the few markets that has seen a good run of #tech IPOs recently (Swiggy, Ola Electric, etc). Which means #investors are getting ready to recycle that money back into the next round of tech #startups. The next Indian tech boom is going to look different — more focused on #deeptech areas like #EVs, #renewables and #agtech. We took a look here at what is coming up: https://lnkd.in/ebjFGUbG #VC #CVC #IPO Ravi Jain, TDK Ventures, Romit Mehta, Lightspeed India
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Earlier this month, Shreyam Desai moderated a panel at the ASU+GSV & Emeritus Summit on 'Navigating the EdTech IPO Journey: Strategies for Growth and Market Success'. Shreyam, along with Hetal Dalal (Institutional Investor Advisory Services (IiAS), Richa Choudhary (Trilegal), and Shubham Majumder (Kotak Investment Banking) explored key IPO strategies for EdTech, including navigating SEBI regulations and the redomiciling process. The discussion also covered how EdTech companies can attract investors, address challenges, and leverage India’s evolving financial markets for sustainable, long-term growth.
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Thank you for joining us, Tushaar—it was a pleasure to have you back at #LiftOffByLightspeed. Looking forward to reconnecting next year!
Attending the Lightspeed India Lift-Off event for the third year has been a transformative journey. Engaging with top minds in the startup world, VC, investor, and founder community has fueled bold ideas and scaling ambitions, while Lightspeed has been more than an investor—acting as a true partner and mentor in Officebanao’s growth. My 15 years of bootstrapping taught me the value of credibility, commitment, and customer delight. This partnership has strengthened that foundation—deepening our talent pool, driving a data-led approach with enhanced MIS, sharpening our focus on customer success through NPS, and helping us scale with solid economic fundamentals. Staying connected to the VC ecosystem keeps me pushing boundaries and striving for excellence. Grateful to Bejul Somaia, Rahul Taneja, Gaurav Punia, Dev Khare and their teams for their unwavering support and to Lightspeed for hosting Lift Off—an event I look forward to every year.
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Bejul Somaia shares his perspective on why India remains a strong bet for Lightspeed, even amid a global reset in technology and geopolitics. In an interview with ETtech, he discusses India’s prospects for global capital firms, the rise of quick commerce and AI, and evolving liquidity and IPO pathways. Read more: https://lnkd.in/g_sXqJg7
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Vivek Gambhir joined a panel at the ET Now Leaders of Tomorrow Delhi Springboard, along with Deepak Gupta (Bombay Shaving Company) and Apeksha Jain (The Gourmet Jar), hosted by Ritwika Gupta, to explore Delhi’s thriving startup ecosystem. Sharing his views, he highlighted the city’s strong fundamentals, growth potential, and proximity to the government as key factors driving the growth of startups in Delhi. Watch the full discussion, links in the comment 👇
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