Lightbank FinTech Ventures — Seed VC Firm ($500K–$2.5M Checks)
Lightbank FinTech Ventures is a Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in Fintech, Other, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $500K–$2.5M checks and has 130 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $500K–$2.5M
- Portfolio
- 130 companies on record
- Partners
- 7 listed
- AUM
- $700M
- Stage
- Seed
- Sectors
- Fintech, Other, AI / ML, Enterprise, SaaS
- HQ
- Chicago, IL
Last verified: 2026-06-16
Seed
$500K – $2.5M
$700M
130+ companies
7 partners
Investment Thesis
Lightbank FinTech Ventures focuses on enterprise financial tools, institutional solutions, and early-stage fintech disruptors.
How Lightbank FinTech Ventures invests
Lightbank FinTech Ventures is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Fintech, Other, AI / ML, Enterprise, SaaS.
Lightbank FinTech Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$2.5M per investment, backed by approximately $700M in assets under management.
Lightbank FinTech Ventures has backed 130 companies in our records, including MindBridge AI, Tally, 1up.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (130)
Other
MindBridge AI
Tally
1up
86 Repairs
A.M. Money
Aclaimant
Allegro Energy
AllFly
Andel
Aropha
- •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Fintech, Other, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $2.5M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Bill Pescatello, General Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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