# Arif Janmohamed at Lightspeed Venture Partners

> Arif Janmohamed, Venture Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/arif-janmohamed (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

San Francisco, US · Partner

# Arif Janmohamed

Venture Partner at [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners)

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** - none observed
- **Filings:** 15 with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 2 +1 mentions

What this record rests on

- **Named in rounds** No round names them yet
- ✓ **On filings** 15 filings with a regulator
- ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Lightspeed Venture Partners
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from filings their firm signed.

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## The firm

[**Lightspeed Venture Partners** VC firm · US **181** cheques in 12 months **1334** all time **79** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners)

## Where they are named on record

Filings

- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Duration Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/duration-ventures)** Manager of the GPLLC since 2026
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Lightspeed](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed)** Principal of the Sole Member of the General Partner on 2 filings · since 2025
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners)** Principal of General Partner of General Partner on 9 filings · since 2024
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Lightspeed](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed)** Principal of General Partner of General Partner on 3 filings · since 2024
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners)** Member of General Partner of General Partner since 2024
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Alif Semiconductor, Inc.** Director since 2022
- SEC Form D · Company raising **ThoughtSpot, Inc.** Director since 2021
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners)** Director of General Partner of General Partner on 4 filings · since 2021
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners)** Managing Member of General Partner of General Partner on 2 filings · since 2020
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Celona, Inc.** Director on 4 filings · since 2019
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Lightspeed](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed)** Director of General Partner of General Partner on 2 filings · since 2019
- SEC Form D · Company raising **TripActions, Inc.** Director on 5 filings · since 2018
- SEC Form D · Company raising **AppZen, Inc.** Director on 2 filings · since 2018
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Heighten Software, Inc.** Director since 2015
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Mist Systems, Inc.** Director on 2 filings · since 2014

Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.

## Also at Lightspeed Venture Partners

- [**Aaron Batalion** Building NewCo. Past: Partner *4 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/aaron-batalion)
- [**Ravi Mhatre** Partner & Co-Founder *4 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/ravi-mhatre)
- [**Bipul Sinha** Venture Partner // US *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/bipul-sinha)
- [**David Chen** Software Engineer *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/david-chen)
- [**Jeremy Liew** Venture Partner *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/jeremy-liew)
- [**Aaron Frank** Partner // US *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/aaron-frank)
- [**Adam Goldberg** Co-Founder *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/adam-goldberg)
- [**Akshay Bhushan** Private Investor *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/akshay-bhushan)

## Hear them before you pitch them

- [Turpentine VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/turpentine-vc) · 15 Oct 2024 · 33 min E60: How Lightspeed Invests in AI and Beyond with Arif Janmohamed With [Arif Janmohamed](https://millionrounds.com/person/arif-janmohamed) About this episode This week on Turpentine VC, Erik Torenberg is joined by Arif Janmohamed, partner at Lightspeed Ventures to dive into the world of AI investment. They explore Lightspeed's evolution from a strong focus on enterprise early-stage investing to becoming a global multi-stage firm with a $7 billion… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 21 Oct 2019 · 32 min 20VC: Lightspeed's Arif Janmohamed on Why Market Risk Is The Most Dangerous Risk To Underwrite As A VC, How To Determine When to Stretch vs Not on Price Today & The $TRN of Market Cap Up For Grabs Today In Enterprise With [Arif Janmohamed](https://millionrounds.com/person/arif-janmohamed) Mentions [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners)[Max Levchin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/max-levchin) About this episode Arif Janmohamed is a Partner @ Lightspeed Venture Partners, one of the leading firms of the last decade with a portfolio including the likes of Snapchat, Mulesoft, Max Levchin's Affirm, AppDynamics and many more incredible companies. Some of Arif's most notable companies that he has led or been… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

### Mentioned in

Episodes that name Arif Janmohamed in their description, which is not the same as being on them.

- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 19 Feb 2026 · 1h 34m 20VC: Anthropic Raises $30BN at $380BN Valuation | Thrive Raises New $10BN Fund | OpenAI Buys OpenClaw | Stripe Raises at $140BN: Is Adyen Wildly Undervalued? | Monday, Figma, Shopify: Which are Buys vs Sells? Mentions [Arif Janmohamed](https://millionrounds.com/person/arif-janmohamed) About this episode AGENDA: 04:14 Anthropic's $30B Raise at $380B 06:18 Why SaaS Stocks Keep Getting Crushed 18:15 Wall Street's New Religion: AI Replaces Headcount 22:42 The Bear Case for Shopify: What Could Go Wrong? 31:51 Replit and Lovable are Proof Figma Missed Out: Figma; Buy or Sell? 48:42 Stripe Raises… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

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