Lightshift — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($250K–$1.5M Checks)
Lightshift is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm investing in Fintech, Other, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $250K–$1.5M checks and has 5 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $250K–$1.5M
- Portfolio
- 5 companies on record
- Partners
- 9 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Fintech, Other, Developer Tools, AI / ML
- AUM
- Not in our records
Pre-Seed, Seed
$250K – $1.5M
5+ companies
9 partners
Investment Thesis
Early-stage investor focused on crypto infrastructure and financial technology. Good fit for teams using stablecoins or blockchain rails to solve payments friction.
How Lightshift invests
Lightshift is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Fintech, Other, Developer Tools, AI / ML.
Lightshift typically writes checks of $250K–$1.5M per investment.
Lightshift has backed 5 companies in our records, including Akave, Byzantine Finance, Gyld Finance.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (5)
Other
Akave
Decentralized storage protocol.
Byzantine Finance
Non-custodial stablecoin lending yield infrastructure.
Gyld Finance
Tokenized real bonds.
Finisterra Labs
Decentralized universal repository.
Ika Network
Distributed signing network on Sui enabling programmable dWallets.
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Fintech, Other, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $1.5M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Laura Coriell, Director of Marketing.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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