Lightbank is a venture capital firm. Based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Among the 12 companies in the known portfolio are BASKET, Kargo, Andel, Campus Ink, Letter AI and Bearing.
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Lightbank portfolio companies (12)
- BASKET
- Kargo
- Andel
- Campus Ink
- Letter AI
- Bearing
- Pearl Edison
- Axle Health
- SpatialGen
- Kilsar
- Showrunner
- EVENTup
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About Lightbank
The firm's listing covers sectors AI, Commerce, Consumer and Education, and focus areas Analytics, Digital Health, Enterprise SaaS and Events; known deals cluster at Seed, Series A and Series B.
The team counts 9 people in our database. Eric Lefkofsky (Co-Founder), Brad Keywell (Co-Founder) and Matt Sacks (Co-Managing Partner) are shown as the contacts to pitch.
Lightbank shares portfolio companies with 20 other investment firms, among them SemperVirens VC, UKSE and Wisdom Ventures.
Frequently asked questions
What is Lightbank?
Lightbank is a venture capital firm based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, with a known portfolio of 12 companies. The portfolio comes from public investment records rather than from the firm, so deals that never surfaced publicly are not in it.
What does Lightbank invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Commerce, Consumer and Education; listed focus areas include Analytics, Digital Health, Enterprise SaaS and Events. Those tags come from the portfolio attached to the firm, so they describe what has been backed rather than a stated mandate for what comes next.
What stage does Lightbank invest at?
The known deals of Lightbank include Seed, Series A and Series B rounds. Check that against your own round before reaching out: stage mismatch is the most common reason a well matched sector still goes nowhere.
Who should I pitch at Lightbank?
3 of the 9 people on file at Lightbank are listed as contacts for the firm. All 9 have their own profile page.
How do I contact Lightbank?
Any email address on file for the firm is masked on this page and readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The 9 people attached to the firm have their own pages, each showing whether an address is on file for them.
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