Lightspeed

Lightspeed refers to at least two distinct venture capital entities in elsewhere's corpus. **Lightspeed Venture Partners** is the global fund headquartered in California, an early backer of to-B companies that launched its China presence in 2006 through what became **光合创投 (Luminous Ventures)**—formerly known as 光速中国 and 光速光合 . That China operation, now fully rebranded with a Chinese name after two decades, was led early on by investors Cao Darong, Mi Qun, and Han Yan; it has backed Meituan, Pinduoduo, and more recently hard-tech bets like Unitree and Zhipu AI . Separately, the **Lightspeed** brand also appears as a co-lead investor in Silicon Valley deals such as Inferact's $150 million seed round in early 2026 , distinct from the China team's evolved identity.