Venture Capital Investors

Lightbank

venture capital firm Lightbank invests in high-potential tech companies.

Venture Investor Overview

Venture Investor
Lightbank
Status
Active
Investor Type
Venture Capital
Activity Level
91 transaction
Funds Raised
At least $100 million
Industry Focus
Blockchain
Digital Media & VR & AR
ECommerce
FinTech
FoodTech
Healthcare IT
LegalTech
Life Sciences
Software
Transportation
Wireless

Contact Information

Contact
Eric Lefkofsky
Title
Founder
Mailing Address
600 W. Chicago Ave. 775
Chicago, IL 60654
USA
Phone
(312) 784-4398
Website
www.lightbank.com
Email Address
Not Recorded

Background Information

Overview
Lightbank is a Chicago-based fund focused on early-stage technology companies. Founders Eric Lefkofsky and Brad Keywell, who started Groupon, MediaBank, InnerWorkings (NASDAQ:INWK) and Echo Global Logistics (NASDAQ:ECHO), will invest up to $10 million annually and take an active role in helping entrepreneurs turn early-stage ideas into successful businesses.
Profile
Lightbank LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Lightbank Company Twitter Account
Company News
Lightbank News
Facebook
Lightbank on Facebook
YouTube
Lightbank on YouTube
Last Transaction
10/9/2024

Transaction History

Our records indicate that Lightbank invested in the VC transactions listed below. Dollar amounts are for the entire raise, which may include other investors.

Company
Date
Amount
Claim
10/9/2024
$12,000,000
Aropha
4/24/2024
$1,000,000
Protiv
4/4/2024
$2,400,000
AllFly
3/29/2023
$2
Paytient
1/10/2023
$63,000,000
Sparkplug
11/4/2022
$8,000,000
Hello Divorce
10/20/2022
$3,250,000
VineSight
9/15/2022
$4,000,000
86 Repairs
7/28/2022
$15,200,000
Felux
6/2/2022
$19,000,000
Showrunner
5/8/2022
$4,000,000
GamerGains Lab
4/26/2022
$5,800,000
Klover
8/16/2021
$60,000,000
Mickey
4/8/2021
$10,000,000
Blueprint Health IT
12/10/2020
$3,400,000
Extend Warranty
11/11/2019
$16,400,000
Remote Year
10/15/2019
$5,000,000
Blueprint Health IT
4/3/2019
$1,300,000
Clearcover
1/23/2019
$43,000,000
Paladin Cyber
10/10/2018
$3,600,000
Expel
4/11/2018
$20,000,000
Carlease
2/22/2018
$3,500,000
Zero Financial
10/24/2017
$8,500,000
Fooda
9/28/2017
$12,500,000
Clearcover
9/20/2017
$11,500,000
Snapcommerce
7/26/2017
$8,000,000
Expel
9/30/2016
$7,500,000
Zero Financial
9/26/2016
$2,500,000
Tenjin
6/3/2016
$2,500,000
Ionic
4/29/2016
$8,500,000
CarCo Technologies
3/31/2016
$7,500,000
Flywheel
3/31/2016
$4,000,200
ProSky
12/17/2015
$2,300,000
UpTake
10/29/2015
$45,000,000
Neumob
10/1/2015
$8,500,000
Zest Health
8/6/2015
$6,000,000
Neumob
5/15/2015
$2,300,000
Drifty
4/1/2015
$2,600,000
Classkick
3/12/2015
$1,700,000
Print Syndicate
10/31/2014
$4,250,000
Charlie
10/27/2014
$1,750,000
Navdy
10/2/2014
$6,500,000
Flywheel
9/5/2014
$1,200,000
Frank and Oak
9/4/2014
$15,000,000
ClusterFlunk
7/9/2014
$1,000,000
Sprout Social
6/25/2014
$8,000,000
SpotHero
6/11/2014
$4,500,000
PerBlue
6/4/2014
$3,000,000
TakeLessons
3/25/2014
$7,000,000
WordNik
12/31/2013
$2,300,000
Belly
8/28/2013
$12,100,000
Betterfly
8/22/2013
$1,000,000
TalentBin
7/16/2013
$2,000,000
SunnyBump
4/16/2013
Unknown
Walk.by
4/11/2013
$650,000
Soundsupply
3/31/2013
Unknown
Centzy
3/27/2013
$1,600,000
ShopBevel
3/22/2013
$750,000
Ovuline
1/8/2013
$1,400,000
SpotHero
12/14/2012
$2,500,000
Udemy
12/7/2012
$12,000,000
DoubleDutch
11/12/2012
$4,000,000
Frank and Oak
10/12/2012
$5,000,000
Coffee Meets Bagel
9/28/2012
$600,000
SkyVu Entertainment
8/15/2012
Unknown
Eventup
6/4/2012
$1,800,000
Locu
4/23/2012
$4,000,000
Lifecrowd
4/20/2012
$5,000,000
SocialKaty
4/16/2012
Unknown
DraftDay
4/5/2012
$875,000
Belly
4/3/2012
$2,500,000
Contently
1/7/2012
$2,000,000
BodyShopBids
1/4/2012
$1,000,000
Belly
12/14/2011
$1,000,000
Udemy
10/12/2011
$3,000,000
Cloudbot
10/4/2011
Unknown
BodyShopBids
9/28/2011
Unknown
E la Carte
8/31/2011
$4,000,000
WhosHere
8/3/2011
$1,250,000
Glamour
6/17/2011
$23,500,000
Pawngo
6/8/2011
$2,300,000
OnSwipe
6/3/2011
$5,000,000
Benzinga
5/27/2011
Unknown
Boomerang
5/24/2011
Unknown
Hipster
5/17/2011
$1,000,000
DoubleDutch
4/25/2011
$1,200,000
Qwiki
3/31/2011
$1,000,000
60mo
1/19/2011
Unknown
Sprout Social
11/9/2010
$1,000,000
Sprout Social
5/13/2010
Unknown
Where I've Been
4/14/2010
$750,000

 

Investor Contacts

Title
Name
Email & Social
Founder
Brad Keywell
  Brad Keywell LinkedIn Profile  Brad Keywell Twitter Account  Brad Keywell News  Brad Keywell on Facebook
Founder
Eric Lefkofsky
  Eric Lefkofsky LinkedIn Profile  Eric Lefkofsky Twitter Account  Eric Lefkofsky News  Eric Lefkofsky on Facebook
Managing Partner
Victor Pascucci
  Victor Pascucci LinkedIn Profile  Victor Pascucci Twitter Account  Victor Pascucci News  Victor Pascucci on Facebook

 

Funds

Our database includes the following fund closing(s) for Lightbank. If we are missing funds, please contact us.

Fund Description
Vintage Date
Fund Amount
Lightbank Fund
1/1/2009
$100,000,000

 

Portfolio Companies

Lightbank has invested in the companies below, according to our database records. If we are missing a portfolio company, please let us know.

Tech Company
60mo
86 Repairs
AllFly
Aropha
Belly
Benzinga
Betterfly
Blueprint Health IT
BodyShopBids
Boomerang
CarCo Technologies
Carlease
Centzy
Charlie
Claim
Classkick
Clearcover
Cloudbot
ClusterFlunk
Coffee Meets Bagel
Contently
DoubleDutch
DraftDay
Drifty
E la Carte
Eventup
Expel
Extend Warranty
Felux
Flywheel
Fooda
Frank and Oak
GamerGains Lab
Glamour
Hello Divorce
Hipster
Ionic
Klover
Lifecrowd
Locu
Mickey
Navdy
Neumob
OnSwipe
Ovuline
Paladin Cyber
Pawngo
Paytient
PerBlue
Print Syndicate
ProSky
Protiv
Qwiki
Remote Year
ShopBevel
Showrunner
SkyVu Entertainment
Snapcommerce
SocialKaty
Soundsupply
Sparkplug
SpotHero
Sprout Social
SunnyBump
TakeLessons
TalentBin
Tenjin
Udemy
UpTake
VineSight
Walk.by
Where I've Been
WhosHere
WordNik
Zero Financial
Zest Health

 

 

 

 

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