Investors / United States / City Light
City Light
Venture capital · New York, NY, United States · North America
City Light is an investment firm that partners with companies where revenue growth corresponds to measurable social impact. It invests through City Spark at pre-seed and seed stages and through City Light in companies with at least $1 million in revenue.
Invests inHealthcare & BiotechEducation
In its own wordsimpact investingeducationclimatehealthcaremental healthcare
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Or find every investor that fitsCity Light lists 92 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 3 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 67% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Healthcare & Biotech (34%), Education (20%) and AI & Machine Learning (12%). 100% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Able Partners, AlleyCorp and Actions Capital.
Counts come from funding rounds that name City Light, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not City Light's whole history. Rounds on record name 3 companies; its own site lists 92. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 67% |
| Series A | 33% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 2 | 0 |
| '26 | 1 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 95th | 92 companies |
| Recent activity | 59th | 1 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 80th | 67% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 55th | 2% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 62th | 34% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 19th | 1 country |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
Show as a table
| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 34% | 15% |
| Education | 20% | 7% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 12% | 18% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 9% | 7% |
| Space & Defense | 5% | 3% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 4% | 6% |
| Cybersecurity | 4% | 4% |
| Fintech | 3% | 12% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Able Partners | 4 |
| AlleyCorp | 4 |
| Actions Capital | 3 |
| Avesta Fund | 3 |
| Creative Destruction Lab | 3 |
| Felicis | 3 |
| Human Ventures | 3 |
| Jetstream | 3 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers8997%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company33%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare City Light head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with City Light| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Jan 2026 | Series A | |
| 20 Oct 2025 | Seed | |
| 17 Jul 2025 | Seed |
Round details for City Light
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in City Light's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
92 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company enables affordable green hydrogen production using boron-based chemistry and proprietary technology | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| 2U partners with top universities and companies to deliver high-quality education | Education | Portfolio page | ||
Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | |||
| ACTUAL develops low-carbon fuel projects across the globe, shaping them from the earliest stages into commercial-scale financeable assets that produce and deliver where it’s needed most. | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Affineon automates inbox items and prescription renewals for healthcare providers | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Airship helps contractors create professional proposals in minutes with incentives, financing, and options built in. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Andel connects employers and members directly to medication manufacturers to provide affordable medications | Healthcare & Biotech | Oct 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| Andonix provides a platform that transforms manufacturing operations by empowering frontline teams with real-time alerts, digital Andon cords, and automated workflows. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| AngelQ provides age-appropriate digital experiences for children and makes AI safe for kids | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Arcadia provides an energy intelligence platform for businesses to manage their energy usage and costs | E-commerce & MarketplacesSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Backr brings together human coaches, an AI-native platform, purpose-built tools, data on schools, majors and paths, scholarships, jobs and internships, learning content, and curriculum to help students achieve their college and career aspirations. | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides online mental health care services, including therapy and psychiatry, through secure video sessions. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| BoodleBox provides a collaborative AI workspace for teams, educators, students, and professionals to work together with private, secure, and affordable access to every major AI model. | EducationEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Breathwrk is a health and performance app helping people to calm down, focus, increase stamina, and fall asleep quickly through breathing exercises and classes. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Campuswire provides an online platform for classes to facilitate teaching and learning | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops ultra-regenerative, plant-based, advanced biomaterials from seaweed Sargassum | Climate & EnergyAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Circ is a textile-to-textile recycling company | FintechSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Classet provides an AI recruiter for phone interviews and hiring teams | Human ResourcesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Clear Current reads and analyzes energy bills, meters, and rates to find and recover overcharges for its clients. | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Cookin provides an all-in-one ecommerce platform for food sellers to manage orders, delivery, and payments online. | Food & AgricultureE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- citylight.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 17 Jul 2025
- Companies checked
- 92
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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