Lightspeed Venture Partners reached a USD500m final close for its new early-stage fund focused on India and Southeast Asia. The close was part of a USD7.1b fundraise across four Lightspeed funds.. The firm also announced the launch of Lightspeed Faction, a crypto JV that will be run by Sam Harrison, a venture partner at Blockchain.com’s venture arm, and Banafsheh Fathieh, formerly of Prosus Ventures. Read more