Lightshift is a venture capital firm. Team members are concentrated in Lisbon, Portugal. Among the 12 companies in the known portfolio are Blueprint Finance, Akave, Byzantine Finance, PORTALS, Union Labs and D3.
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Investment focus
- Sector
- FinTech
- Focus
- CryptoDeFiDecentralized InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsOpen SourceOpen-source toolingWeb3
Contacts
Who to pitch at Lightshift
Lightshift portfolio companies (12)
- Blueprint Finance
- Akave
- Byzantine Finance
- PORTALS
- Union Labs
- D3
- XWeave
- Holonym
- Arda Labs
- Finisterra Labs
- Arda
- Gyld Finance
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About Lightshift
The firm's listing covers sector FinTech, and focus areas Crypto, DeFi, Decentralized Infrastructure and Developer Tools; known deals cluster at Pre-Seed and Seed.
The contacts to approach at Lightshift are Simão Cruz (Managing Partner) and Javier Villamizar (Investor).
Across the known portfolio, 20 co-investors appear alongside Lightshift, including Lightshift Capital, Avalanche Foundation and Nolimit Holdings.
Frequently asked questions
What is Lightshift?
Lightshift is a venture capital firm whose team is concentrated in Lisbon, Portugal, 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 Lightshift invest in?
Listed sectors include FinTech; listed focus areas include Crypto, DeFi, Decentralized Infrastructure and Developer Tools. 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 Lightshift invest at?
The known deals of Lightshift include Pre-Seed and Seed 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 Lightshift?
Both people on file at Lightshift are listed as contacts for the firm, each with their own profile page.
How do I contact Lightshift?
Any email address on file for the firm is masked on this page and readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The 2 people attached to the firm have their own pages, each showing whether an address is on file for them.
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