Lightspeed (@lightspeedvp) — Twitter Score 151 out of 1000

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a multi-stage venture capital firm that invests across technology sectors, including crypto and blockchain through its affiliated crypto fund. Lightspeed's Twitter Score is 151 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of July 2026, ranking #4,404 (top 5%) among 389,587 tracked accounts.

Lightspeed was co-founded by Barry Eggers, Christopher Schaepe, Ravi Mhatre, and Peter Nieh. The firm is affiliated with Faction Ventures, its dedicated crypto fund, which invests across the crypto stack from layer zero to applications and spans sectors from DeFi to NFTs. Lightspeed is also affiliated with Lightspeed India Partners.

Lightspeed raised $7.1 billion across four flagship funds in 2022, including Fund XIV at $1.98 billion, Select Fund V at $2.26 billion, and Opportunity Fund II at $2.36 billion. The firm has been listed among investors in Blockchain.com funding rounds across multiple years. Lightspeed has published 9,561 posts on the platform and has been mentioned by 607 accounts a total of 2,360 times.

Lightspeed's fund portfolio includes bloXroute, Matter Labs, ZKsync, Eco, Ripple, Zerion, Terra Powered By LUNA and FTX.

Who follows Lightspeed on X?

Lightspeed draws a notable audience of crypto and technology investors. The accounts that follow Lightspeed include 621 founders, 151 angel investors, 229 influencers and 156 VCs. Among them are Solana, Nikita Bier, Kyle Samani, SBF, Gary Vaynerchuk and CL. Lightspeed has 98,548 followers as of July 2026 on the platform.