Snap vaults venture investor Lightspeed into the Silicon Valley elite

Snap vaults venture investor Lightspeed into the Silicon Valley elite

An investor departs the Mandarin Oriental hotel holding a pamphlet of information on investing in the upcoming IPO of Snap Inc in New York, U.S., February 21, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

A decade ago, Lightspeed Venture Partners was an obscure firm investing in highly technical startups that were mostly unknown outside of Silicon Valley.

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