# Lightspeed Venture Partners

Sequoia to close London office, cut Europe team

‘We simply don’t see the need for a local presence,’ the firm said

Missile startup Hypersonica raises €100m from Lightspeed, General Catalyst as missile defence takes off

The Series B raise reportedly values the startup at around €700m.

Exclusive: Fractile raises £540m in new Series C funding, filings show

The round comes just five months after the chip company raised $220m

Europe’s leading pre-seed investors in 2026

From London to Helsinki: the VC funds consistently backing Europe's earliest-stage startups

The most active US VCs in Europe

Between January and the August 26th, 738 US-headquartered investors put capital into European startups

Europe’s 50 most active equity investors in H1 2026

Paul Murphy leaves Lightspeed — but plans to keep investing

Sifted understands Murphy will remain as a Lightspeed venture partner until the end of the year

Will Europe’s VCs catch up to the influencer craze?

VCs on both sides of the Atlantic are increasingly interested in influencer-investors, but some say “Europe is two years behind" the US

European robotics mapped: 90 startups driving the next wave of automation

From Paris to Zurich, Sifted's market map of Europe’s robotics landscape categorises 90 startups building across the industrial, logistics, defence and healthcare industries

These investors have backed the most European AI unicorns

Nvidia, General Catalyst, Atomico: the 12 funds with the biggest AI wins in the region