Active: new fund Mar 2026 Verified 4 Nov 2026
Lightspeed Faction
Early-stage blockchain venture fund backing crypto projects that advance the industry or have societal impact. Based in Menlo Park, CA.
- Type
- VC firm
- Location
- Menlo Park, California, United States
- Stages
- Seed, Series A
- Backs
- Crypto and web3
- Sectors
- Crypto, Fintech, AI, Devtools
- Fund size / AUM
- $200M Lightspeed Faction Fund II (Form D offering, 2026)
- Latest fund or filing
- 5 Mar 2026
- Portfolio mix
- Crypto and web3 71%; Fintech 12%; B2B software 8%; Consumer apps 4%; Deep tech 4% (n=24)
- Website
- faction.vc
Fund filings (SEC Form D)
- Latest fund on file
- Lightspeed Faction Principals Fund II
- Filed
- 5 Mar 2026 (new notice)
- Fund size
- $200M (total offering)
- Fund vehicles filed in the last 12 months
- 3 (includes feeder and parallel vehicles)
See this fund's filings on SEC EDGAR
Contacts on file
For Lightspeed Faction, the paid file holds: 2 named decision-makers with roles.
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Notable investments
OpenFXstorkMonadXMTPNexus
Sources
- www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2098089/000123191926000236/
- adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/318821
- www.faction.vc/
- www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2098001/000123191926000235/
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