Lightspeed appoints Vivek Gambhir, Kevin Aluwi as venture partners for India, Southeast Asia

Lightspeed Venture Partners, which has backed the likes of ShareChat, Oyo and Udaan, has appointed Vivek Gambhir and Kevin Aluwi as venture partners in the firm.

The move to bolster its India and Southeast Asia team comes at a time when local and global peers such as Peak XV Partners, Elevation Capital and Accel have doubled down on the region by raising record capital amid a funding downturn.