Investors / United States / Early Light Ventures
Early Light Ventures
Venture capital · MD, United States · North America
Early Light Ventures runs two mostly B2B software focused funds and an angel syndicate, with about $37 million under management across them. It invests in founders it describes as underdogs, including first-time founders, and offers capital, connections and counsel.
Invests inHealthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsb2b softwaresaascapital efficiencyunderdog foundersfirst-time foundersangel syndicate
Your fit with Early Light Ventures
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Or find every investor that fitsEarly Light Ventures lists 55 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 3 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Healthcare & Biotech (20%), AI & Machine Learning (15%) and Fintech (12%). 97% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Motley Fool Ventures, Okapi Venture Capital and Y Combinator.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Early Light Ventures, 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 Early Light Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 3 companies; its own site lists 55. 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 roundEarly Light Ventures does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 100% |
| Series A | 0% |
| 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 | 86th | 55 companies |
| Recent activity | 59th | 1 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 59th | 4% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 14th | 20% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 20% | 15% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 15% | 18% |
| Fintech | 12% | 12% |
| Education | 11% | 7% |
| Enterprise Software | 9% | 8% |
| Legal & Compliance | 6% | 2% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 6% | 6% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 4% | 7% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Motley Fool Ventures | 5 |
| Okapi Venture Capital | 5 |
| Y Combinator | 3 |
| 412 Venture Fund | 2 |
| Charlotte Fund | 2 |
| Context Ventures | 2 |
| Halcyon Venture Partners | 2 |
| Lightbank | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers4785%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company815%
- 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 togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Motley Fool Ventures
Compare Early Light Ventures 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 Early Light Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 19 Oct 2026 | Seed | |
| 3 Sept 2025 | Seed | |
| 31 Jul 2025 | Seed |
Round details for Early Light Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Early Light Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
55 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akido Labs offers various insurance services, including life, disability, mental health coverage, medical reimbursement, and accident insurance. | Healthcare & BiotechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | |||
| Atalan provides a platform for predicting and preventing clinician resignations in healthcare systems. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Athoz combines athlete management data, business intelligence, and AI in one system to turn fragmented sports data into decisions and action. | AI & Machine LearningHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Bark Social operates a bar and provides services including dog park, grooming, daycare, boarding, and restaurant | Legal & ComplianceFood & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Buckstop provides renewable energy asset valuation and intelligence services. | EducationFintech | Portfolio page | ||
Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | |||
Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | |||
| Caretaker Medical develops and provides continuous hemodynamic monitoring devices for medical use | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Certified EO helps employee-owned companies find, educate, and engage their employee owners | EducationHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| Chargezoom provides an AI agent for accounts receivable to automate and manage invoice presentment, collections, payment acceptance, and dispute resolution | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Citus Health provides a digital solution for home-based and post-acute care providers to collaborate and communicate with patients and care teams | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides unified commercial property management software to manage building operations and tenant experience in one place. | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
FintechLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | |||
| Cypris provides innovation intelligence and research tools for R&D and IP teams | AI & Machine LearningRobotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| DynamiCare Health delivers proven, scalable solutions to help individuals reduce or eliminate their use of alcohol, drugs, and tobacco using a digital recovery platform. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Fastbreak AI provides sports operations software and scheduling for amateur, youth, and professional sports teams and organizations. | Legal & ComplianceEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| FirmPilot provides marketing services to law firms using artificial intelligence and data analysis. | Legal & ComplianceAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| SkillCycle provides a coaching platform that combines human and AI coaching to develop skills and improve performance | EducationAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| GoPursue helps employers find and develop early-career talent for the roles their business depends on. | Healthcare & BiotechEducation | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- earlylight.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 31 Jul 2025
- Companies checked
- 55
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