Lightbank
American venture capital investments firm From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lightbank is a financial organization that specializes in making venture capital investments including seed investments, Series A round and late-stage investments in companies across the United States. The company was founded in 2010, and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States. [1][2][3][4][5]
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| Company type | Financial organization/venture fund |
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| Industry | finance venture fund |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Founder | Eric Lefkofsky Brad Keywell |
| Headquarters | , |
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| Website | lightbank |
Investments
Lightbank has raised over $700M and with a $290M Fund III. Lightbank's Eric Lefkofsky and Brad Keywell were original co-founders of Groupon.[6]
Lightbank investments include Groupon, Tempus AI, Fiverr, Udemy,[7] Sprout Social, Snapsheet, Belly,[8] Boom Technology,[9] SpotHero,[10] BenchPrep, Qwiki, Fooda, HighGround, and Hello Divorce.[11]
Partners
Lefkofsky was a co-founder of Lightbank, though he became 'Special Advisor' in 2014–2015 during his tenure as CEO of Groupon. He then returned to Lightbank as managing partner in November 2015 after stepping down as CEO of Groupon.[12]
Other partners include Eric Ong, Matt Sacks, and Bill Pescatello.
See also
- Venture builders
References
External links
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