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Lighter Capital — Seed VC Firm

VC
Seattle, WAWebsite

Lighter Capital is a Seed venture capital firm based in Seattle, WA investing in SaaS, EdTech, Healthcare. The firm has 37 portfolio companies in our records.

Portfolio
37 companies on record
Partners
10 listed
AUM
$500M
Stage
Seed
Sectors
SaaS, EdTech, Healthcare, Enterprise, Fintech
HQ
Seattle, WA
Check size
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-10-25

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Seed

AUM

$500M

Portfolio

37+ companies

Team

10 partners

Investment Thesis

Revenue-based financing and SMB-focused capital provider rather than a classic VC, but strongly relevant to installment credit and small-business financing workflows.

How Lighter Capital invests

Lighter Capital is a vc firm based in Seattle, WA. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on SaaS, EdTech, Healthcare, Enterprise, Fintech.

Lighter Capital manages approximately $500M in assets. Our records include 3 funds raised by the firm.

Lighter Capital has backed 37 companies in our records, including Sunvoy, Fileboard, SurveyLocal.

Partners & Team

MW

Melissa Widner

CEO

DC

David Chisholm

Treasury Manager

JJ

Jonathan Johnson

Head of Servicing Operations

RE

Ranit Efron

Chief Product Officer

MD

Matthew Dowling

Investment Director

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Nick Baker

Chief Investment Officer

SP

Stephanie Pflaum

Marketing Manager

JJ

Jie Ji

Vice President of Credit

NP

Not publicly confirmed

Investment team

SMB finance
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Caitlin Götze

Director of Partnerships

Industry Focus

Invests In

SaaS
EdTech
Healthcare
Enterprise
Fintech

Funds

Lighter Capital Fund III

$200M2020
actively investing

Lighter Capital Fund II

$150M2015
fully deployed

Lighter Capital Fund I

$100M2012
fully deployed

Portfolio Companies (37)

Other

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Sunvoy

FI

Fileboard

SaaS·Growth financing.

SaaS platform for managing files and workflows.

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SurveyLocal

SaaS / marketing software·Growth financing.

Local marketing / survey software company.

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Fusion Labs

Technology / software·Investment amount disclosed; stage not specified.

Technology company that received a $500,000 investment from Lighter Capital.

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BigContacts CRM Software

CRM / SaaS·Funding disclosed; stage not specified.

CRM software company.

AD

Adzerk

CH

Channeled

IN

Intellect

KE

Kevel

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Linked Strategies

How to pitch Lighter Capital
  • •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in SaaS, EdTech, Healthcare — the sectors they actively back.
  • •cold outreach ok
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Melissa Widner, CEO.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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