
Sydney Sykes
Current Firm
Lightspeed Venture Partners
Investments
14+ companies
Focus
Enterprise, AI
About Sydney Sykes
Ravi Mhatre co-founded Lightspeed and has built a reputation as a "long-cycle" partner who backs infrastructure companies like Nutanix and Rubrik from early stages through scale, often serving on boards for over a decade. He combines his operating experience in enterprise technology with a "conviction wins, depth compounds" philosophy, going very deep on a small number of founders and markets rather than chasing short-term trends.
Focus Areas
EnterpriseAIConsumerFintechDigital Health
Investment Stage
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B+
Notable Investments
Barry Eggers
Aditya Sharma
Gaurav Gupta
Sydney Sykes
Yoni Cheifetz
Raviraj Jain
Mercedes Bent
Justin Overdorff
Akshay Bhushan
Peter Nieh
Nicole Quinn
Snap
Navan (fka Tripactions)
Panther Labs