Investors / United States / Lightship Capital
Lightship Capital
Venture capital · Cincinnati, OH, United States · North America
Lightship Capital is a venture capital fund that invests in early-stage companies led by founders of color, LGBTQ+ founders, women and innovators with disabilities. It supports founders and their teams with resources aimed at building wealth in ecosystems typically excluded from economic advancement.
Invests inHealthcare & Biotech
In its own wordsunderrepresented foundersconsumer packaged goodse-commercesustainabilityartificial intelligencehealth tech
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Or find every investor that fitsLightship Capital lists 16 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are Healthcare & Biotech (27%), E-commerce & Marketplaces (14%) and AI & Machine Learning (14%). 100% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Backstage Capital, Atento Capital and Alabama Futures Fund.
No funding round on record names Lightship Capital yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not Lightship Capital's whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 16. 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.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 27% | 15% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 14% | 6% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 14% | 18% |
| Fintech | 14% | 12% |
| Education | 9% | 7% |
| Consumer | 9% | 3% |
| Space & Defense | 5% | 3% |
| Gaming | 5% | 1% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Backstage Capital | 3 |
| Atento Capital | 2 |
| Alabama Futures Fund | 1 |
| AllerFund | 1 |
| Alpha Bridge Ventures | 1 |
| Asymmetry | 1 |
| Black Tech Nation Ventures | 1 |
| Bronze Valley | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 42th | 16 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 43th | 27% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 19th | 1 country |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers16100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- 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 Backstage Capital
Compare Lightship Capital head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
16 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allergy Amulet develops a small and fast food allergen sensor to detect allergenic ingredients in food | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Boddle creates a 3D math and ELA game for K-6 kids | EducationGaming | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides an AI sales coaching platform to help sales teams practice and improve their conversations. | AI & Machine LearningEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| CModel is a decision intelligence platform that connects organizations and the businesses they serve. | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| CurlMix sells haircare products | Consumer | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and manufactures wearable drug delivery systems for subcutaneous medication administration. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Femi sells period products, including period panties, pads, and liners, for women's menstrual health and hygiene. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| FreshFry creates innovative frying oil solutions for restaurants of any size. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Arbit delivers real-time marketplace pricing and normalized product data through flexible integrations to power marketplaces, authenticators, and commerce applications. | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Haute Hijab sells hijabs and accessories | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company sells dolls, particularly black dolls with specially designed hair for styling and play. | Consumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Kare Mobile is a dental service organization focused on innovation in a direct to consumer oral care delivery model. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Proov develops and sells at-home hormone tests for women to monitor their fertility and hormone balance | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Undock suggests meeting times based on a user's availability and preferences, integrating with various calendar and messaging platforms. | Space & DefenseHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
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| Vyrill helps brands capture, understand and leverage video at scale with automation, saving time while maximizing video distribution and ROI. | E-commerce & MarketplacesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- lightship.capital
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 16
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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