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New Light Ventures — Seed VC Firm ($250K–$2.0M Checks)

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New Light Ventures is a Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in Other, SaaS. The firm typically writes $250K–$2.0M checks.

Check size
$250K–$2.0M
Partners
6 listed
Stage
Seed
Sectors
Other, SaaS
HQ
Chicago, IL
AUM
Not in our records
How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$250K – $2.0M

Team

6 partners

Investment Thesis

New Light Ventures is focused on identifying breakthrough marketing technologies and B2B SaaS solutions that address real business challenges.

How New Light Ventures invests

New Light Ventures is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Other, SaaS. It does not invest in Fintech, Blockchain.

New Light Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$2.0M per investment.

Partners & Team

JE

Javier Escobar

Vice President

RG

Ruairi Grant

CFO

JL

Jeremiah Liao

Managing Director

SA

Suzanne Auerbach

Executive Assistant

LC

Lisa Chang

Managing Partner

Marketing Tech
B2B SaaS
SF

Steve Funk

Head of Strategy

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
SaaS

Does Not Invest In

Fintech
Blockchain
How to pitch New Light Ventures
  • •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $2.0M check.
  • •cold outreach ok
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Javier Escobar, Vice President.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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