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    Lightbank

    Chicago, Illinois, United StatesFounded 2010

    Lightbank is a venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage investments, typically in pre-seed, seed, and Series A rounds, for disruptive technology companies. They invest across diverse sectors such as consumer, enterprise, healthcare, cryptocurrency, fintech, and climate technologies, providing initial investments ranging from $250,000 to $5 million.

    Deal activity increased 33% year-over-year (4 deals in the last 12 months). Their most common stage is seed (44% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $15.0M (across 25 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    27

    Fund Size

    $380M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    4

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    27 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Letter AI logoLetter AISeries B$40MFeb 2026
    Andel logoAndelSeed$4.5MOct 2025
    PPearl EdisonSeed$3.3MAug 2025
    Axle Health logoAxle HealthSeries A$10MMay 2025
    Pathos AI logoPathos AISeries C$62MOct 2024
    Claim logoClaimSeries A$12MOct 2024
    Keeper logoKeeperPre-Seed$4MOct 2024
    Blueprint logoBlueprintSeries A$9MJun 2023
    Hello Divorce logoHello DivorceSeed$3.3MOct 2022
    86 Repairs logo86 RepairsSeries A$15.2MJul 2022
    GamerGains Lab, Inc. logoGamerGains Lab, Inc.Seed$5.8MApr 2022
    Felux logoFeluxSeed$5.1MAug 2021
    Klover logoKloverSeries A$60MAug 2021
    Hello Divorce logoHello DivorceSeed$2MJul 2021
    Zero logoZeroSeed$8.5MOct 2017
    SnapTravel logoSnapTravelSeries A$8MJul 2017
    Zero logoZeroSeed$2.5MSep 2016
    UUptake TechnologiesSeries C$45MOct 2015
    Contently logoContentlySeries B$9MJan 2014
    SpotHero logoSpotHeroSeed$2.5MDec 2012
    Udemy logoUdemySeries B$12MDec 2012
    CCoffee Meets BagelSeed$600KSep 2012
    AArk People SearchSeed$4.2MApr 2012
    LLocuSeries A$4MApr 2012
    ZZaarlySeedMay 2011
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    Top Co-Investors

    Y Combinator3 shared
    8VC2 shared
    Gaingels2 shared
    SV Angel2 shared
    Expa1 shared
    Revolution Growth1 shared
    Builders VC1 shared
    Lakehouse1 shared
    Clio1 shared

    Last updated: 13 March 2026