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Lightbank
Investor · Chicago, IL, United States · North America
Lightbank is an investment firm based in Chicago, Illinois. The pages provide no further description of its activities.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
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Or find every investor that fitsLightbank lists 125 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 12 funding rounds, 4 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 46% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (16%), Healthcare & Biotech (14%) and Fintech (14%). 86% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Y Combinator, Techstars and NEA.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Lightbank, 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 Lightbank's whole history. Rounds on record name 11 companies; its own site lists 125. 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 roundLightbank does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 9% |
| Seed | 46% |
| Series A | 9% |
| Series B | 27% |
| Growth | 9% |
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 | 4 | 2 |
| '26 | 8 | 2 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 97th | 125 companies |
| Recent activity | 94th | 9 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 74th | 55% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 65th | 6% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 4th | 16% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 91th | 8 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 16% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 14% | 15% |
| Fintech | 14% | 12% |
| Enterprise Software | 8% | 8% |
| Education | 7% | 7% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 6% | 7% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 6% | 6% |
| Cybersecurity | 4% | 4% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Y Combinator | 8 |
| Techstars | 6 |
| NEA | 5 |
| Soma Capital | 5 |
| Insight Partners | 4 |
| UpHonest Capital | 4 |
| 8VC | 3 |
| Activant Capital | 3 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers12197%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company43%
- 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 Lightbank 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 Lightbank| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Oct 2026 | Pre-Seed Led | |
| 15 Oct 2026 | Series A | |
| 16 Sept 2026 | Series B | |
| 15 Sept 2026 | Seed | |
| 10 Sept 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 18 Aug 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 24 Feb 2026 | Series B | |
| 12 Feb 2026 | Seed |
Round details for Lightbank
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Lightbank's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
125 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company provides an answer engine for sales teams to automate tasks such as RFPs and sales enablement | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides restaurant equipment repair and maintenance solutions | Food & AgricultureIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Aclaimant provides a risk management platform for incident and claim management, safety and loss control, and analytics. | FintechEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Allegro Energy has developed a high-performance, low-cost, long duration storage platform ready for deployment to your site today. | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Andel connects employers and members directly to medication manufacturers to provide affordable medications | Healthcare & Biotech | Oct 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| Aropha provides biodegradability and compostability testing services | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Atlas Reality, Inc. has built a platform that digitally recreates the real world and transforms the digital layer into something that can be owned, improved and traded. | GamingReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Atorie sells clothing and accessories, such as bags, shoes, and jackets, made from various materials like leather, wool, and silk. | Consumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Avibra provides a platform for building loyalty, engagement, and retention for financial institutions, work platforms, and employers | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Axle Health provides a platform that uses AI for scheduling, route optimization, and patient engagement in home health care. | Healthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| BenchPrep empowers organizations to deliver impactful learning experiences that drive revenue, program growth, and learner engagement through its learning management system. | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Billtrim helps users lower and pay their bills | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Birdwatch provides home maintenance and repair services | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Blooio turns Apple Messages for Business into a real customer experience — so users can get answers, take action, and keep moving without jumping between apps, forms, and support channels. | Healthcare & BiotechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Blueprint turns ideas into wiring diagrams, parts lists, and purchase information | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Boom builds supersonic airliners and natural gas turbines from scratch | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Bright Funding empowers small, independent businesses with fast, simple access to capital—helping mom‑and‑pop shops and local entrepreneurs thrive without the runaround. | FintechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Campus Ink is a merch platform built for students and athletes | EducationE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| CancerIQ helps clinicians identify patients who qualify for screening and diagnostic tests and guide them to completion | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 12 Nov 2026- Site
- lightbank.com
- Last read
- 12 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 10 Jul 2025
- Companies checked
- 125
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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