Lightspeed (@lightspeedvp) — Twitter Score 158 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 158 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #3,440 (top 1%) among 483,944 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 9,682 posts on the platform and has been mentioned by 648 accounts a total of 2,446 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 707 founders, 229 angel investors, 165 influencers and 126 VCs. Among them are Solana, Nikita Bier, Kyle Samani, SBF, CL and Hsaka. Lightspeed has 126,054 followers as of August 2026 on the platform.