Lightbank logo

Lightbank

United States$500K – $5M chequesUpdated May 2026

Early-phase, Midwest-focused VC and company builder that incubates in-house, backed by operator-heavy partners who've founded and scaled multiple companies and deployed over $150M into 70+ regional companies. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.

Cheque size
$500K – $5M
Industries
Not specified
Operating in
How they invest
Not specified
Technologies
Not specified

Similar investors

Ranked by shared stages, industries, geography, cheque size and investor type. 400 related investors in the directory.

3CC | Third Culture Capital logo
3CC | Third Culture Capital
United States
60% match

Physician-led, immigrant-founded VC built by third-culture founders using cross-cultural insight to back healthcare founders with lived experience and target structural health inequities over generic digital tools. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.

  • Invests at Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Active in United States
  • Similar cheque size
Series APre-SeedHealthcareTechnology
$250K – $1M
500 Global logo
500 Global
United States
60% match

Seed-stage investor using a lots-of-little-bets approach with hundreds of small initial checks, running global accelerators and providing local partnerships and hands-on growth mentorship for non‑Silicon‑Valley founders. The firm continues to build its presence across the venture capital landscape.

  • Invests at Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Active in United States
  • Similar cheque size
Series APre-Seed
$100K – $5M
6th Man Ventures (6MV) logo
6th Man Ventures (6MV)
United States
60% match

Web3-native collective of crypto-operator company builders acting as a sixth man, community bootstrapping, and power-user product adoption targeting controversial consumer crypto apps like Pump.fun. What distinguishes the firm is that it handling recruiting.

  • Invests at Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Active in United States
  • Similar cheque size
Series APre-SeedTechnologyFinance
$100K – $5M
Abstract Ventures logo
Abstract Ventures
United States
60% match

Seed-stage fund founded by Ramtin Naimi whose boom-bust-resurgence background runs an institutionalized super-angel network that orchestrates targeted introductions to top multi-stage funds, boosting Series A graduation. Through targeted capital deployment, the fund plays an active role in the startup ecosystem.

  • Invests at Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Active in United States
  • Similar cheque size
Series APre-SeedE-commerceReal Estate
$100K – $1M
Acequia Capital (AceCap) logo
Acequia Capital (AceCap)
United States
60% match

Formative-stage technical frontier specialist that co-invests with top global funds, led by ex-senior Microsoft strategy executives providing deep platform strategy and M&A expertise and a strong early-unicorn established record. The firm continues to build its presence across the venture capital landscape.

  • Invests at Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Active in United States
  • Similar cheque size
Series APre-SeedTechnologyHealthcare
$100K – $5M
AeroX Ventures logo
AeroX Ventures
United States
60% match

Nascent-stage aerospace and defense fund oriented toward technically validated, revenue-generating (often bootstrapped) emerging ventures, delivering shared beyond visual line of sight testing via state-funded urban low-altitude radar. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.

  • Invests at Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Active in United States
  • Similar cheque size
Series APre-SeedManufacturingTransportation
$500K – $3M