# Barry Eggers

> Barry Eggers is a Series A investor at Lightspeed India Partners backing Software. See 25 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Lightspeed India Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners-india)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 25
- Last investment: Mar 2023
- Lead investor: 28%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barry-eggers-3b63692/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/BarryEggers

Barry Eggers is a Series A investor at Lightspeed India Partners in San Francisco focused on Software and Enterprise Software. Barry is a Founder and Partner of Lightspeed and focuses primarily on information technology infrastructure, with a specific interest in cloud computing, big data, storage, consumerization of IT, and networking. He has 15 years of venture capital experience, 10 years of operating experience and has been named to the Forbes Midas List of top 100investors multiple times. Barry works closely with Avi Networks, MapR Technologies, Nimble Storage, Pertino, and youwho. His past investments include Pliant Technology (acquired by Sandisk), Calista Technologies (acquired by MSFT), Arbor Networks (acquired by DHR), Growth Networks (acquired by CSCO), Maker Communications (acquired post-IPO by CNXT), Metasolv Software (acquired post-IPO by ORCL), Sirocco Systems (acquired by SCMR), and Telogy Networks (acquired by TI).Prior to joining Lightspeed, Barry held executive roles in business development and general management at Cisco Systems from 1991-1997. While at Cisco, Barry established many of the company’s largest distribution channels across OEMs, Service Providers, Distributors, and VARs. He also developed Cisco’s initial M&A process and directed the first wave of acquisitions and integrations for the company.Barry holds a BA in Economics and Business from the University of California, Los Angeles and an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Barry is a member of the UCLA Economics Board of Visitors.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 9 | 36% |
| Enterprise Software | 7 | 28% |
| Analytics | 5 | 20% |
| Mobile | 3 | 12% |
| Big Data | 3 | 12% |

38 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 7 | 28% |
| Series B | 7 | 28% |
| Series D | 4 | 16% |
| Series C | 3 | 12% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 8% |

7 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Strangeworks | Strangeworks makes the power of quantum computing accessible to everyone all in one place. Learn more at http://quantumcomputing.com | $24M | Series A | Mar 21, 2023 |  |
| Cohere Technologies | Cohere Technologies is a leading pioneer for software enhanced 4G & 5G networks. The company has developed a 3GPP compliant software solution to dramatically improve today’s 4G and 5G networks. Cohere is the inventor of OTFS for 6G. Founded in 2009, Cohere Technologies is headquartered in San Jose, California. | $46M | Series D | Feb 22, 2022 |  |
| Dremio | Dremio is a data lake engine that offers tools to help streamline and curate data.It accelerates analytical processing for BI tools, data science, machine learning, and SQL clients, learns from data and queries and makes data engineers, analysts, and data scientists more productive, and helps data consumers to be more self-sufficient.JacquesNadeau and Tomer Shiran founded the company in 2015 in Mountain View, California. | $160M | Series E | Jan 25, 2022 |  |
| Dremio | Dremio is a data lake engine that offers tools to help streamline and curate data.It accelerates analytical processing for BI tools, data science, machine learning, and SQL clients, learns from data and queries and makes data engineers, analysts, and data scientists more productive, and helps data consumers to be more self-sufficient.JacquesNadeau and Tomer Shiran founded the company in 2015 in Mountain View, California. | $135M | Series D | Jan 06, 2021 |  |
| Volansi | Volansi is a developer of logistics solutions with autonomous aerial delivery to facilitate time-critical shipments over long ranges. The company builds and operates long-range, high-payload unmanned aerial systems for various applications, such as the delivery of spare parts and medical supplies. Its drones offer delivery on fixed routes forcustomers who have a particular pain point around time and costs that enable businesses to deliver goods in less time possible.Volansi was co-founded by Hannan Parvizian and Wesley Zheng in 2015 and it is headquartered in Concord, California. | $50M | Series B | Sep 15, 2020 |  |
| Parsable | Parsable empowers industrial workers with modern digital tools to improve productivity, quality and safety. The Parsable Connected Worker Platform transforms static, paper-based procedures into mobile and interactive work instructions, enabling workers to leverage multimedia formats and collaborate in real time. With Parsable, companies gainunprecedented insight into human work by capturing essential data to improve their operations at scale. A partner of the World Economic Forum, Parsable is trusted by top global companies in the manufacturing and energy industries including consumer packaged goods, resources and chemicals, packaging and building materials, and automotive and aerospace. | $60M | Series D | Aug 11, 2020 |  |
| Dremio | Dremio is a data lake engine that offers tools to help streamline and curate data.It accelerates analytical processing for BI tools, data science, machine learning, and SQL clients, learns from data and queries and makes data engineers, analysts, and data scientists more productive, and helps data consumers to be more self-sufficient.JacquesNadeau and Tomer Shiran founded the company in 2015 in Mountain View, California. | $70M | Series C | Mar 26, 2020 |  |
| AMD Pensando | Pensando Systems is advancing distributed computing designed for the New Edge, powering software-defined cloud, compute, networking, storage and security services to transform existing architectures into secure, ultra-fast environments demanded by next-generation applications.The platform was developed in collaboration with the largest cloud,enterprise, storage, and telecommunications leaders and is supported by partnerships and investments with HPE, NetApp, Equinix, and multiple Fortune 500 customers. | $145M | Series C | Oct 16, 2019 |  |
| Volansi | Volansi is a developer of logistics solutions with autonomous aerial delivery to facilitate time-critical shipments over long ranges. The company builds and operates long-range, high-payload unmanned aerial systems for various applications, such as the delivery of spare parts and medical supplies. Its drones offer delivery on fixed routes forcustomers who have a particular pain point around time and costs that enable businesses to deliver goods in less time possible.Volansi was co-founded by Hannan Parvizian and Wesley Zheng in 2015 and it is headquartered in Concord, California. | $20M | Series A | May 13, 2019 |  |
| Impira | At Impira, we empower people to focus on their superpowers by automating away the routine. Millions of people spend hours each day rekeying data from documents, cataloging files, and searching for images. Our product allows nontechnical users to extract clean and structured data from files using artificial intelligence, making these processesinstant and automatic. In just a few minutes you can drag & drop files into the product, label a few examples, and sit back & relax while Impira takes care of the rest. We’re proud to not only meaningfully impact companies’ bottom line but also boost employee morale and creativity with our product. | $25M | Series B | Mar 04, 2019 |  |

10 of 25 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Cisco Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cisco-investments) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Norwest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/norwest-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Redpoint](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/redpoint-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Greylock](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greylock) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Icon Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iconventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Insight Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/insight-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Lightspeed India Partners

VC Fund · New Delhi, India

Lightspeed Venture Partners has invested in direct and cross-border. They invest across several stages and sectors, including technology-led businesses as well as non-technology opportunities in sectors such as advertising and media, business services, financial services, healthcare, education, and retail.

5 contacts available at Lightspeed India Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hemant Mohapatra | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hemant-mohapatra |
| Vaibhav Agrawal | Associate Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vaibhav-agrawal |
| Akshay Bhushan | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akshay-bhushan |
| Amit Mehra | Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amit-mehra-602b |
| Barry Eggers | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/barry-eggers |

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## FAQ

### What does Barry Eggers invest in?

Barry Eggers invests primarily in Software, Enterprise Software and Analytics startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 25 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Barry Eggers last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Barry Eggers closed in Mar 2023. Shizune tracks 25 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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