By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Business Insider San Francisco Bay Area. Sequoia subsequently poached Accel Europe's Luciana Lixandru, and recently hired former Revolut product lead George Robson. "Candidly, there has been a cultural shift in Europe which is leading to there being more founders on the continent, that's been a catalyst for us.". Over the past 20 years, we've cultivated a team of partners who've mastered both the art and science of helping founders from various verticals build time-tested companies. Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners Israel 500+ connections. "The data speaks for itself, we're finding terrific founders in Europe and our London base gives us the chance to actually meet people.". Business Insider was the first to report in November 2019 that Sequoia had hired a talent search firm ahead of a London launch. Partner Lightspeed India Partners Advisors Oct 2015 - Present 5 years 3 months. A record number of US institutions, 552, participated in at least one investment round in Europe in 2020, a 36% increase since 2016, according to Atomico's State of European tech report for 2020. "It's only in the past few years that Europe as a continent has begun to have big tech companies," Vitkauskas told Business Insider. Lightspeed Venture Partners Jan 2020 - Present 1 year. Diversity is now table stakes for companies in the valley. Its 400-strong portfolio includes "Fortnite" creator Epic Games, Calm, and Snapchat. "We have 9 offices worldwide but Europe was a blank spot," Vitkauskas added. Pre-existing relationships are no longer the primary prerequisite to sniffing out bids and winning jobs. Today, GCs and subs maintain business and contact information in siloed databases that are often out of date. David Baga | San Francisco Bay Area | Chief Operating Officer at Lightspeed Venture Partners | 500+ connections | See David's complete profile on Linkedin and connect Dustin and I immediately connected around this shared vision, and today we’re excited to announce that Lightspeed Venture Partners is leading a $22M Series B investment in BuildingConnected. There are clear signs that's changing. Lightspeed's European investments to-date include Lithuanian unicorn Vinted, Clean Liquor, WhiteHat, alongside two German startups Candis and Personio. Our mission is to serve the world’s most extraordinary people who are building tomorrow’s companies today. Gaurav Gupta VC at Lightspeed, former Product exec at Splunk & Elastic. Lightspeed is an early-stage venture capital firm headquartered in Menlo Park, California, and with around $4 billion under management. For GCs entering a new geography, it’s easy to identify pre-qualified subs to invite to bid on projects, filter lists of subs based on specific criteria, and so on. Think “LinkedIn for commercial construction. And just as every founder is unique, so is each one of our partners. Nicole Quinn | San Francisco, California | Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners | 500+ connections | See Nicole's complete profile on Linkedin and connect In our first meeting, I introduced my thoughts around “‘LinkedIn for companies,”’ and they shared their vision for reinventing the commercial construction industry. Lightspeed Venture Partners is multi-stage, global venture capital firm focused on accelerating disruptive innovations and trends across sectors. BuildingConnected is the first unified database in the construction world. Learn about the people who’ve made Lightspeed a top-tier firm in multi-stage venture. These two have a massive vision for a space that’s been crying out for innovation. The venture capital firm set up an office in London last year, headed by partner Rytis Vitkauskas with support from US-based Nicole Quinn and Bradley Twohig. Lightspeed Venture Partners Follow Lightspeed is a multi-stage VC firm focused on accelerating disruptive innovations and trends in the enterprise and consumer sectors. The guts of the platform is a free-to-use open network that any general contractor (GC) or subcontractor (sub) can join. We also reported that New York-headquartered Bessemer was establishing a London office. Our Mission. That's a new phenomenon in the past this didn't happen. We are at our best as a global team. Lightspeed is an early-stage venture capital firm headquartered in Menlo Park, California, and with around $10.5 billion under management. A leading-edge research firm focused on digital transformation. "I do think you need to look everywhere, we want to be close to where the best talent is and go there.". as well as other partner offers and accept our, Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories, Atomico's State of European tech report for 2020, Business Insider was the first to report in November 2019, subsequently poached Accel Europe's Luciana Lixandru, LinkedIn and Pinterest backer Bessemer Venture Partners plans to establish base in Europe, tempted by big exits such as Adyen, Spotify, and TeamViewer. I’ve known Dustin and Jesse for two years, and they’ve not only hit every milestone, they’ve exceeded all of our growth and product expectations. Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners San Francisco, California 500+ connections. View Jeremy Liew’s profile on LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional community. Singapore We are investors in key Southeast Asian startups like Grab, Shipper, Chilibeli, Ula and several more to be announced. Partner insights. European founders say with remarkable consistency that they need to travel to California to raise serious rounds of cash. Major European IPOs on the horizon include food delivery firm Deliveroo, security firm Darktrace, and software firm UiPath. As I have dug into this line of questioning, I’ve come to believe that the “LinkedIn for companies” will be created in the form of vertical-specific procurement marketplaces. Join to Connect Lightspeed Venture Partners. "It's remarkable that we didn't have something in Europe previously," Vitkauskas told Business Insider in an interview. Harvard University. ABOUT US. See the companies. More specifically, my thesis is that over the next decade, we will see almost every business interaction initiated and completed online, and this transaction layer will be built on top of a vertical-specific company graph. Meredith Kendall Maines | San Francisco, California | Partner, Marketing at Lightspeed Venture Partners | 500+ connections | See Meredith's complete profile on Linkedin and connect There's another data point to add to the evidence that Europe is maturing as a tech ecosystem: Silicon Valley is moving in. Lightspeed Venture Partners is a multi-stage venture capital firm focused on accelerating disruptive innovations and trends in the Enterprise and Consumer sectors. BuildingConnected offers an open network approach, which means it maintains the most up-to-date information on each participant. Join to Connect Lightspeed Venture Partners. We were thrilled to jump on the opportunity to partner with BuildingConnected, and we couldn’t be more thrilled to support the vertical market network for the commercial construction world. "VCs should be going extra mile for founders so it's best to be on the ground," Quinn said. Over the last couple of years I’ve given a lot of thought to one question: Why is there no web-based platform that maps relationships between companies, analogous to how LinkedIn maps our professional relationships? I first met Dustin DeVan, co-founder and CEO of BuildingConnected, and his co-founder, Jesse Pedersen, in late 2015 after sending a cold email. Join to Connect Lightspeed Venture Partners. Sequoia has also begun adding European scouts to its roster, such as Station F chief Roxane Varza in Paris. Here’s how: Taking a network approach to bid management has many advantages: BuildingConnected has created massive efficiencies, and the platform is just getting started. Sign up to 10 Things in Tech You Need to Know Today. Essentially, each new project meant starting from scratch. In recent years, music streaming firm Spotify, Dutch payments firm Adyen, and fashion site FarFetch have all listed. "It's only in the past few years that Europe as a continent has begun to have big tech companies. Gaurav Gupta. Account active For subs looking to expand their business, there now exists a way to market on a platform used by the entire industry, making it easy and efficient to discover new opportunities by region or project type. So, for companies to transact online, the ideal platform must enable discovery, as well as the ability to engage in and negotiate complex transactions over time. Personal Website. since. View the portfolio. In short, Valley investors see a greater chance of exit. Nikki Pechet. Lightspeed is not the first US-based investor to explore a move to the continent, as backers look for good value deals in enterprise software and fintech. Report this profile Activity $25M Series A! Silicon Valley's venture capitalists have made concerted efforts to establish offices in Europe over the last year, in another indication of the continent's tech maturation. Enter BuildingConnected. Meet the team. "There's an excitement at the top of the firm to do this properly," Lightspeed's Quinn added. Nine months ago we started our journey at Noname Security with Cyberstarts - … Major European tech firms include Takeaway.com, Criteo, Spotify, Adyen, UiPath, and Farfetch. Venture isn't just a business; it's a craft. In the age of Facebook and LinkedIn, this didn’t make sense to any of us. Companies transact differently with each other than individuals interacting with services. Jeremy has 7 jobs listed on their profile. Valley investors have historically, fairly or unfairly, had a reputation for myopia in Europe. BE ONE LIGHTSPEED. At Lightspeed we believe tomorrow is built today. The firm will look to compete on rounds from Series B upwards in Europe and remains somewhat sector agnostic. BuildingConnected then features premium SaaS offerings to manage the bidding process. "LightSpeed Venture Partners" Posts Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) News: 27 October 2020 Today’s MSSP & cybersecurity news involves AttackIQ, Axio, Axis, BeMSP, BlackFog, Cyber Guards, Azure Sentinel, Myki, SentinelOne, Theta Lake, XM Cyber & more. Unlike other B2B procurement solutions, BuildingConnected has taken a network-based approach to building its business. BuildingConnected is building the go-to bid management platform for commercial construction. Discover more than 400 companies we've partnered with. Explore perspectives on technology, culture, business, and venture capital. Subscriber Snapchat backer Lightspeed Venture Partners has set up an office in London, headed by partner Rytis Vitkauskas with support from Nicole Quinn and Bradley Twohig, who are based in the US. Lightspeed will be looking to build out it's European team in 2021 as the firm seeks to move from the remote world to a post-Covid future. But marketplaces like BuildingConnected are not easy to build in the B2B world. Microsoft's venture arm M12 has also made inroads into Europe. Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners & Founding Partner #ANGELS San Francisco, California, United States 500+ connections. Partner, Talent at Lightspeed Venture Partners. San Francisco, CA. Join to Connect Lightspeed Venture Partners. Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners San Francisco, California, United States 500+ connections. Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Success in Venture Capital comes down to getting an entrepreneur to pick you. Our Values. Early Snapchat backer Lightspeed Venture Partners has been beefing up its European operations in 2020 as it looks to snap up the continent's best talent. Fat Protocols vs Fat Dapps vs Fat Wallets, The US internet industry can learn a lot from Indian cricket, Why Lightspeed invested in Hasura: bringing GraphQL to everyone, APIs — The New Frontier in Observability and Security. 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