LombardStreet Ventures

What is LombardStreet Ventures?

LombardStreet Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered at 585 Glenwood Ave, Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States. They specialize in Pre-Seed, Seed, Early Stage, and Series A investments with a focus on driving innovation across multiple sectors.

LombardStreet Ventures targets companies in industries such as Software, including Web Marketplace, SaaS, Business Solutions, FinTech and Financial Services, CleanTech, AI and Big Data, Blockchain and Cryptos, Web Security and Privacy, Analytics, Cloud Services and Infrastructure, Developer Tools, the Future Of Work, Aerospace and Defense, DeepTech, and Woman Focused enterprises.

Their investment size ranges from a minimum of $300,000 to a maximum of $500,000, with a sweet spot at $500,000.

The firm places a significant emphasis on investing in tech companies that are based in Silicon Valley and have distributed teams. They seek startups demonstrating initial traction within a period of 3-6 months and have a founder-focused approach, indicating a willingness to invest in any industry given a strong founding team.

LombardStreet Ventures mandates that their portfolio companies be US-based C Corporations with traction in the US market. Their investment thesis revolves around leveraging their strategic location in Silicon Valley to find and empower companies that have the potential to disrupt the existing market landscape through technological advancements and innovation.

What they say:

We invest in tech companies based in Silicon Valley with distributed teams, with initial traction (3-6 months).

We are interested in SaaS, Dev tools, Fintech, Web3, Space, Foodtech, Agtech, but we really have a founder-focused approach (we are open to invest in any industry if we like the team).

We invest only in US based C Corp with US traction.