Lightspeed 拟募资 2.5 亿美元新印度基金，聚焦早期 AI
原标题：Lightspeed targets $250M for new India fund, focusing on early-stage AI
AI 摘要
Lightspeed 正为其新的印度早期基金 Lightspeed India Partners V 募集 2.5 亿美元，规模仅为 2022 年 5 亿美元前身基金的一半，目前已获得目标金额 80% 的承诺出资。该基金将聚焦 AI 早期投资，覆盖印度和东南亚，计划两个月内开始投资，投资期约两年半。Lightspeed 此前已投资 Anthropic、xAI、Databricks 以及印度大模型公司 Sarvam AI，此举反映其将印度基金与全球基金募资周期对齐，并押注 AI 在印度创造的价值将超过互联网。
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Lightspeed is sharpening its India strategy around AI, targeting $250 million for a new early-stage fund as the venture firm bets the technology will drive the next wave of startups in one of the world’s largest markets. The Silicon Valley venture firm is already a major investor in AI companies including Anthropic, xAI, and Databricks. In India, it has backed Sarvam AI, one of the country’s leading large language model developers and a startup selected by the Indian government to help develop s