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Lightbank

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Lightbank is a venture capital firm. The firm has 29 portfolio companies in our records.

Portfolio
29 companies on record
Partners
4 listed
Check size
Not in our records
AUM
Not in our records
Portfolio

29+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

How Lightbank invests

Lightbank is a venture capital firm.

Lightbank has backed 29 companies in our records, including Sprout Social, Tastytrade, Snapsheet.

Partners & Team

MS

Matt Sacks

Managing Partner

Early-stage
Growth
Software & AI
EO

Eric Ong

Partner

Enterprise SaaS
AI
Fintech
EL

Eric Lefkofsky

General Partner

AI
Fintech
Consumer
Enterprise
Healthcare
Marketplaces
BP

Bill Pescatello

General Partner

Growth-stage
Scaling companies
Enterprise Software

Portfolio Companies (29)

Other

SP

Sprout Social

SaaS / Marketing tech·Early stage (pre‑IPO; Lightbank positions itself as “early stage” and cites Sprout Social as a flagship investment).·Likely LB I or LB II (pre‑Fund III; not explicitly stated).

Social media management and analytics platform for businesses.

TA

Tastytrade

Fintech / Media·Early stage (Lightbank cites Tastytrade among companies illustrating its strategy).·Likely LB I or LB II (investment predates Fund III; not explicitly stated).

Online financial media and options trading education platform.

SN

Snapsheet

Insurtech / Enterprise·Early stage (highlighted by Lightbank as a key portfolio company).

Technology platform for virtual automobile insurance claims and estimation.

BE

Benzinga

Fintech / Media·Early stage (listed and cited as a representative investment).

Financial news and data platform serving traders and investors.

TE

Tempus

Healthcare / AI·Early stage (Lightbank emphasizes partnering “before a Series A”; Tempus is cited as a major portfolio win).

Precision medicine company applying AI and data to cancer care and other conditions.

AT

Attain

Consumer / Fintech·Early stage (mentioned as an example of their early‑stage strategy).

Consumer rewards/engagement and financial app, cited by Lightbank as a representative portfolio company.

PA

Paytient

Fintech / Health payments·Early stage (explicitly highlighted among “companies like … Paytient”).

Platform that helps employees and patients manage healthcare payments through interest‑free lines of credit.

BL

Blueprint

SaaS (exact vertical not specified publicly by Lightbank)·Early stage.

Software platform cited by Lightbank as a representative portfolio company; context suggests B2B/SaaS.

UD

Udemy

Edtech / Marketplace·Early stage (Lightbank describes itself as investing pre‑Series A and cites Udemy as a past winner).

Global online learning marketplace for courses taught by independent instructors.

FI

Fiverr

Marketplace / Gig economy·Early stage (Fiverr is repeatedly referenced as a notable Lightbank portfolio company).

Online marketplace for freelance services.

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