When was Lighthouse Capital Partners founded?

Lighthouse Capital Partners was founded in 1994.

Where is Lighthouse Capital Partners' headquarters located?

Lighthouse Capital Partners' headquarters is located in Menlo Park (United States).

How big is Lighthouse Capital Partners' investment team?

Lighthouse Capital Partners has a team of 3, including 3 partners.

How many companies has Lighthouse Capital Partners invested in?

Lighthouse Capital Partners has invested in 27 companies, including Proofpoint & OnDeck.

Which companies has Lighthouse Capital Partners invested in lately?

DEEPEXI & Bigstone are the latest investments by Lighthouse Capital Partners.

What sectors does Lighthouse Capital Partners focus on for investments?

Top sectors in Lighthouse Capital Partners' portfolio are Enterprise Applications (12 investments) and Life Sciences (6 investments).

How many exits has Lighthouse Capital Partners been involved in?

Lighthouse Capital Partners' portfolio has seen 2 IPOs and 14 acquisitions.

Lighthouse Capital Partners - 2026 Investor Profile, Portfolio, Team & Investment Trends

1. Proofpoint

Provider of cybersecurity solutions, services, and training for enterprise protection. The company offers a platform securing connections across email, cloud, and collaboration tools. It focuses on protecting people and securing data, addressing threats and data loss. The company provides solutions for collaboration security, data security and governance, and platform technologies.

Key facts about Proofpoint

Founded Year: 2002
Location: Sunnyvale (United States)
Annual Revenue: $1.05B as on Dec 31, 2020
Stage: Acquired
Total Funding till date: $86M
Employee Count: 5,049 as on Mar 31, 2026
Investors: Kaplan Group Investments, Meritech and 19 Others
Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Aug 23, 2019, $*****
Highlight: Acquired

2. OnDeck

Online platform for business loans. It is a direct lender offering terms loans with customized terms, amounts, and repayment options. Users must add the required details and apply for the loan. Once approved, the funds are transferred to the registered business accounts.

Key facts about OnDeck

Founded Year: 2007
Location: New York City (United States)
Annual Revenue: $351M as on Dec 31, 2017
Last Known Valuation: $*****
Stage: Acquired
Total Funding till date: $197M
Employee Count: 436 as on Mar 31, 2026
Investors: Sapphire Ventures, Square 1 Bank and 21 Others
Latest Funding Round: Conventional Debt, Jul 20, 2018, $*****
Highlight: Acquired

3. Homes.com

Homes.com provides buyers, sellers, renters and home owners access to real estate information to find their next home, monitor their home value and connect with local real estate professionals. They claim to have 3 million listings of homes for sale and rent. Visitors to Homes.com can also find the value of their current home, learn more about home financing, find a real estate agent and seek answers to real estate questions through the Homes.com Questions and Answers community. Homes.com provides a variety of technology solutions for the real estate industry including, MLS's, Franchises, Real Estate Brokers and Agents.

Key facts about Homes.com

Founded Year: 1996
Location: Boca Raton (United States)
Stage: Acquired
Total Funding till date: $38.5M
Employee Count: 1 as on Jul 01, 2024
Investors: Comerica, Kinetic Ventures and 3 Others
Latest Funding Round: Conventional Debt, Oct 2004, $*****
Highlight: Acquired

4. Zest AI

Provider of AI-enabled credit risk assessment platform. It provides users with a loan life cycle management suite for banks and financial institutions. Its services include data processing, automated documentation and compliance validation, deployment and integration, and more. It identifies borrowers' and lenders' credit risk through assessments and automated decisions.

Key facts about Zest AI

Founded Year: 2009
Location: Burbank (United States)
Valuation: $*****
Stage: Series D
Total Funding till date: $319M
Employee Count: 231 as on Mar 31, 2026
Investors: Saints Capital, Baidu and 30 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series D, Nov 04, 2025, $*****
Highlight: Editors' Pick

5. Kala Pharmaceuticals

Developer of ophthalmic treatments based on its mucosal penetrating product platform. It offers therapies for severe ophthalmic diseases. The company’s MPP drug delivery technology platform allows therapeutic agents to pass through the mucus layer(tears) of the ocular surface, facilitating penetration into deeper tissues of the eye, including the aqueous humor and retina. Its solutions are used in treating severe ophthalmic diseases, including ocular inflammation and wet age-related macular degeneration. Its drug pipeline includes KPI-121, an ophthalmic MPP suspension in development for the treatment of post-surgical inflammation , dry eye , meibomian gland disease. Also developing MPP based topical drugs for AMD (orphan indication). It has applications in the treatment of both anterior and posterior chamber eye diseases.

Key facts about Kala Pharmaceuticals

Founded Year: 2009
Location: Waltham (United States)
Annual Revenue: $3.89M as on Dec 31, 2022
Stage: Public
Total Funding till date: $115M
Employee Count: 86 as on Mar 31, 2026
Investors: Athyrium Capital Management, RA Capital Management and 17 Others
Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Mar 03, 2026, $*****
Highlight: Public

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Lighthouse Capital Partners has invested in 27 companies over the last 29 years, with an average of 0 new investment annually in the last 10 years. Its most recent first time investment was in DEEPEXI and most recent follow-on round was in Zest AI.

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Lighthouse Capital Partners has made 9 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $11.2M, 6 investments in Series C stage with an average round size of $26.9M and 4 investments in Venture Debt stage with an average round size of $27.2M.

Here are Lighthouse Capital Partners' investments by stage:

Stage of entry	No. of Investments
Series A	9
Series C	6
Venture Debt	4
Series B	3
Conventional Debt	2
Others	2

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

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Lighthouse Capital Partners has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Consumer and FinTech. Notably, it has invested in 26 Tech companies, 20 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 13 Software companies and at least 7 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).

Here are Lighthouse Capital Partners' investments by sector:

Sector	No. of Investments
Enterprise Applications	12
Enterprise Infrastructure	7
Life Sciences	6
Consumer	5
FinTech	4
Others	23

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

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Lighthouse Capital Partners has made most investments in United States (21), followed by United Kingdom where it has made 2 investments.

Here are Lighthouse Capital Partners' investments by geography:

Country	No. of Investments
United States	21
United Kingdom	2
Australia	1
China	1
India	1

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

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Lighthouse Capital Partners has not made any investment in 2026 so far.

Here are the most recent investments by Lighthouse Capital Partners:

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Date	Company	Location	Round Details	Round Amount	Co-Investors
Sep 24, 2019	DEEPEXI	China	Series A	2456	Morningside [+4]
Aug 08, 2016	Bigstone	Australia	Seed	3238	CVC
Nov 24, 2014	iHear Medical	United States	Series A	5644	Aphelion Capital [+3]
Nov 13, 2013	IDT messaging	United States	Series A	8602	GrandBanks Capital [+2]
Aug 23, 2012	OnDeck	United States	Venture Debt	2600	Goldman Sachs [+2]

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2 of Lighthouse Capital Partners' portfolio companies have become public. DEEPEXI got listed on the Hong Kong Exchanges (HKG), in Oct 2025 at marketcap of $1.12B and Kala Pharmaceuticals got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) at marketcap of $349M.

Here are Lighthouse Capital Partners' portfolio companies that went public:

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Company	IPO Date	First Invested on	First Round of Investment	Round Size
DEEPEXI	Oct 28, 2025	Sep 24, 2019	Series A	3378
Kala Pharmaceuticals	Jul 20, 2017	Feb 29, 2012	Series A	7068

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14 companies from Lighthouse Capital Partners' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Bigstone in Nov 2021 by Metrics for $*****.

Here are Lighthouse Capital Partners' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:

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Company	Acquisition Date	First Invested on	First Round of Investment	Round Size
Bigstone	Nov 12, 2021	Aug 08, 2016	Seed	5665
Proofpoint	Apr 26, 2021	Sep 14, 2004	Series C	5477
Homes.com	Apr 14, 2021	Mar 09, 2000	Series C	5521
OnDeck	Jul 28, 2020	Aug 23, 2012	Venture Debt	3388
Angi	Oct 02, 2017	-	-	6359

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Lighthouse Capital Partners has a team of 3 members including 3 Partners located in United States.

Here is a list of all team members in Lighthouse Capital Partners:

Name	Designation	Location	Contact Details
Gwill York	Partner	Cambridge	2 Emails
Damian Arroyo	Partner	Los Angeles	1 Email
Chester Siuda	Partner	United States	1 Email

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Over the past 29 years, 169 investors have co-invested in Lighthouse Capital Partners's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.

Invested before Lighthouse Capital Partners: RRE Ventures, Khosla Ventures and 42 others have invested in rounds before Lighthouse Capital Partners. There are 2 companies where RRE Ventures has invested before Lighthouse Capital Partners and 2 companies where Khosla Ventures has invested before Lighthouse Capital Partners.
Top Co-investors of Lighthouse Capital Partners: 46 investors entered a company along with Lighthouse Capital Partners. These include investors like Lightspeed Venture Partners (3 companies).
Invested after Lighthouse Capital Partners: A total of 79 investors have invested in Lighthouse Capital Partners's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Comerica (2 companies) and Matrix (2 companies).