Bucky Moore
VCPartner, Lightspeed Venture Partners
Early-stage enterprise AI and infrastructure investor
Background
Bucky Moore is a Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, where he joined in May 2025 after over a decade in venture, the majority at Kleiner Perkins. At Lightspeed, he leads enterprise investing with a primary focus on AI, infrastructure, and cybersecurity. At Kleiner Perkins he led early investments in Together AI, Netlify, Teleport, Labelbox, and Browserbase. He began his career in corporate development at Cisco before moving into early-stage investing.
Investment Thesis
Backs founders at the earliest stages building AI, infrastructure, and security — prioritizes the team above all else.
Investment Focus
Stages
Typical check: $500K–$10M
Sectors
Based in: Menlo Park, CA, USA (North America)
Notable Investments
Together AI
Led early investment at KP; AI cloud platform
Netlify
Led early investment at KP; web dev platform
Teleport
Led early investment at KP; infrastructure security
Labelbox
Led early investment at KP; AI training data
Browserbase
Early investor at KP; headless browser infrastructure
Cartesia
Led Series A at KP; real-time voice AI
Windsurf
Angel investment; AI coding IDE (formerly Codeium)
Modal
Angel investment; cloud compute platform for AI