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    Lightbank

    Chicago, Illinois, United StatesFounded 2010
    www.lightbank.comLinkedIn
    SaaSE-Commerce & MarketplaceFintechCrypto & Web3

    Lightbank is a Chicago-based venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Eric Lefkofsky and Brad Keywell. The firm invests in early-stage technology companies, typically before Series A, across sectors including SaaS, marketplaces, fintech, and crypto.

    Deal activity decreased year-over-year (3 deals in the last 12 months vs 5 prior). Average disclosed round size is $9.6M (across 67 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    64

    Fund Size

    $290M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    3

    Team

    MS

    Matt Sacks

    Co-Managing Partner

    BP

    Bill Pescatello

    General Partner

    AA

    Anish Aggarwal

    Partner

    EO

    Eric Ong

    Partner

    AC

    Achintya Chaudhari

    Investor

    AP

    Ayaan Patel

    Growth Investor

    AH

    Andrew Heinlein

    ES

    Ellie Shuda

    EL

    Eric Lefkofsky

    HC

    Hank Couture

    JH

    Joe Hayes

    LV

    Lauren von Reyn

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    71 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Letter AI logoLetter AISeries B$40MFeb 2026
    Ours Privacy logoOurs PrivacySeries A$15MJan 2026
    Andel logoAndelSeed$4.5MOct 2025
    Pearl Edison logoPearl EdisonSeed$3.3MAug 2025
    Axle Health logoAxle HealthSeries A$10MMay 2025
    Pathos logoPathosSeries C$62MOct 2024
    Claim logoClaimSeries A$12MOct 2024
    Keeper.ai logoKeeper.aiPre-Seed$4MOct 2024
    Allegro Energy logoAllegro EnergySeries A—Sep 2024
    Protiv logoProtivPre-Seed$2.4MApr 2024
    Pinch logoPinchSeed$3.5MJan 2024
    Pinch logoPinchSeed$3.5MJan 2024
    Campus Ink logoCampus InkUnknown$2MJan 2024
    AllFly logoAllFlyUnknown$2.4MMar 2023
    MManyMoonsGrowth$4MNov 2022
    HELLO DIVORCE logoHELLO DIVORCESeed$3.3MOct 2022
    86 REPAIRS logo86 REPAIRSSeries A$15.2MJul 2022
    Team Liquid logoTeam LiquidGrowth$35MMay 2022
    GamerGains logoGamerGainsSeed$5.8MApr 2022
    Elevent logoEleventSeed$2.8MApr 2022
    Team Liquid logoTeam LiquidUnknown$35MJan 2022
    Felux logoFeluxSeed$5.1MAug 2021
    Klover logoKloverSeries A$60MAug 2021
    HELLO DIVORCE logoHELLO DIVORCESeed$2MJul 2021
    NNubundleSeed$1.5MNov 2018
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    Top Co-Investors

    Techstars7 shared
    SV Angel6 shared
    Battery Ventures5 shared
    Y Combinator4 shared
    LionBird4 shared
    Starting Line3 shared
    New Enterprise Associates3 shared
    Revolution Growth3 shared
    Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures3 shared
    500 Global3 shared
    Expansion VC3 shared
    Intel Capital3 shared
    Crosslink Capital3 shared
    Service Provider Capital3 shared
    Martin Ventures3 shared
    LAUNCH3 shared
    8VC2 shared
    Lakehouse2 shared
    CEAS Investments2 shared
    Gaingels2 shared

    Last updated: 9 September 2026