Lighter Capital

Lighter Capital

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Investment Firm

Overview

Lighter Capital is a fintech company that has created a new fundraising path for early-stage tech companies. Its transparent, data-driven process provides founders with up to $2 million of non-dilutive growth capital in a fraction of the time it takes to raise from traditional sources.

Highlights

Founded

2010

Industry

Financial Services

Employees

11-50

Investment

317

Lead Investment

125

Exits

53

Stages

Seed, Early Stage Venture

Investor Type

Venture Debt

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States, North America

Contact Information

Social

Profile Resume

Lighter Capital, established in 2010 and headquartered in United States, North America., specializes in Seed, Early Stage Venture investments across Cloud Computing, Information Technology, Web Hosting, Small and Medium Businesses, Software, Location Based Services, CRM, Data Visualization, Internet, Professional Services. The organization boasts a portfolio of 317 investments, with an average round size of $392.6K and 53 successful exits. Their recent investments include VirtualQube, MapAnything, Refer.com, BIGWORDS.com, etherFAX. The highest investment round they participated in was $2.1B. Among their most notable exits are VirtualQube and MapAnything. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

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Melissa Widner

Chief Executive Officer

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Jon Prentice

Director, Investment Team

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Jie Ji

Vice President Of Underwriting

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Caitlin Goetze

Head of Partnerships and Community

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Kristi Finley

Executive Assistant To Chief Executive Officer

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Jody Page

Investments

Investment portfolio

Lighter Capital has made 317 investments. Their most recent investment was on May 05, 2022, when Arrivalist raised $2.0M.

Lighter Capital has made 34 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on Jun 29, 2018, when Sideqik raised $150.0K.

investments

317

Diversity investments

34

Lead investments

125

Number of exits

53

Investments

317

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Jul 01, 2021
Beachly Brands Beachly Brands
E-Commercenull
May 05, 2022
Arrivalist Arrivalist
Enterprise Software2.0M
Feb 01, 2023--null
Feb 09, 2023
Nyble Nyble
-null

Exits

53

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

317

Investors

11

Funds

3

Funding Rounds

317

Lighter Capital has raised 317 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Feb 09, 2023 from a Debt Financing - Nyble round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Jul 01, 2021
Debt Financing - Beachly Brands Debt Financing - Beachly Brands
-0-
May 05, 2022
Debt Financing - Arrivalist Debt Financing - Arrivalist
-2.0M-
Feb 01, 2023
Debt Financing - Givebacks Debt Financing - Givebacks
-0-
Feb 09, 2023
Debt Financing - Nyble Debt Financing - Nyble
-0-

Investors

15

Lighter Capital is funded by 15 investor(s). Apollo and iPartners Kantor are the most recent investors.

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
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1.0M
May 11, 2013
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1.0M

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