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Spotlight Ventures

VC
Portland, ORWebsite

Spotlight Ventures is a Seed venture capital firm based in Portland, OR investing in Other, AI / ML, SaaS. The firm typically writes $100K–$1.5M checks and has 5 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$100K – $1.5M

Portfolio

5+ companies

Team

3 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focuses on enhancing the influence of creators in media through technological advances and sustainable business models.

How Spotlight Ventures invests

Spotlight Ventures is a vc firm based in Portland, OR. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Other, AI / ML, SaaS. It does not invest in Finance, Energy.

Spotlight Ventures typically writes checks of $100K–$1.5M per investment.

Spotlight Ventures has backed 5 companies in our records, including ViralVisions, whyzzer, Occtopus.

Meet the Team

SK

Sophie Kent

GP

Media & Entertainment
D2

Dianastraße 21

Spotlight Ventures GmbH

Early stage technology investment
N

NRW-Bank

Partner

Investment

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
AI / ML
SaaS

Does Not Invest In

Finance
Energy

Portfolio Companies (5)

Other

VI

ViralVisions

Media & Entertainment
WH

whyzzer

OC

Occtopus

IQ

IQONIC.ai

HO

Holiday Swap

How to pitch Spotlight Ventures
  • Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, AI / ML, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $100K – $1.5M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Sophie Kent, GP.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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