Firms

lightbank.com

Chicago venture firm. Early backer of Boom Supersonic before the 2017 Series A.

Founded

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Type

Venture capital

Team

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Co-investing

Y Combinator

• Letter AI$40M · 2026-02-24
• Axle Health$10M · 2025-05-22
• Pinch$3M · 2024
• Boom Supersonic$2M · 2016-03-22
• Boom Supersonic$— · Unknown date

8VC

• Boom Supersonic$2M · 2016-03-22
• Boom Supersonic$— · Unknown date

General Catalyst

• Locu$4M · 2012-04-23
• Ionic$8M · Unknown date

Seraph Group

• Boom Supersonic$2M · 2016-03-22
• Boom Supersonic$— · Unknown date

Arthur Ventures

• Ionic$8M · Unknown date

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Investments

$40M2026-02-24	Letter AI	Y Combinator, Battery Ventures, Lightbank, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, Stage 2 Capital
$10M2025-05-22	Axle Health	Y Combinator, F-Prime Capital, Lightbank, Pear VC, Vivien Ho, Mar Hershenson
$12M2024-10-08	Claim	Sequoia, VMG Partners, Lightbank, Susa Ventures
$3M2024	Pinch	Y Combinator, Lightbank, Starting Line, The 81 Collection, Permanent Capital
$2M2016-03-22	Boom Supersonic	Homebrew, Y Combinator, Ruvento, Pi Campus, UpHonest Capital, Zillionize, Lightbank, Seraph Group, 8VC, Jude Gomila, Paul Graham, Louis Beryl, Matt Bellamy, Nik Bonaddio, Avichal Garg, Nurzhas Makishev, Josh Buckley, Wei Guo
$4M2012-04-23	Locu	General Catalyst, DCVC, SV Angel, Lightbank, Quotidian Ventures, Matt Ocko, Lawrence Bohn
$—Unknown date	Boom Supersonic	Y Combinator, 8VC, Lightbank, Seraph Group
$8MUnknown date	Ionic	General Catalyst, Techstars, Lightbank, Founder Collective, Arthur Ventures

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