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About LightShed Ventures

LightShed Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2020. It is primarily based out of New York City, United States. As of May 2026, LightShed Ventures is an active investor, having invested in 26 companies, with 3 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Consumer and Gaming. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series A round of Status Overall, LightShed Ventures portfolio has seen 6 acquisitions including key companies like Illumix, Memo and Supersocial. A lot of funds co-invest with LightShed Ventures, with names like Raptor Group sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. LightShed Ventures has team of 5 people including 4 partners.
Key Metrics
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 3 more
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Soonicorns
Deals in last 12 months

LightShed Ventures' List of Top Investments

LightShed Ventures has a portfolio of 26 companies. Their most notable investments are in BREACH and Federated Wireless.Their portfolio spans across United States, Guernsey and United Kingdom. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Gaming and 13 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A  and 3 more. Here is the list of top investments by LightShed Ventures:
Developer of spatial intelligence platform for real-world augmented and mixed reality. The platform delivers core spatial AI technology for real-world interaction. It offers environment localization, precision, and stability across lighting and environmental changes. The platform supports mobile, AI/XR wearables, and robotics, operating offline without GPS or custom sensors.

Key facts about Illumix

2. Memo

PR analytics and insights solutions for enterprises. It provides PR measurement insights by reporting the number of people reading articles about brands, industries, and competitors. It allows brands to track coverage, drive earned media, observe data on the dashboard, and more. It focuses on different aspects of PR measurement, such as social media engagement, media monitoring, or media contact management.

Key facts about Memo

AI-native solutions unlocking shared and unlicensed spectrum for enhanced wireless connectivity. The company empowers connectivity through leadership, innovation, and support excellence in shared and unlicensed spectrum. They deliver cutting-edge, AI-driven technology that enables partners and customers to build the future of connected, automated, and mission-critical networks. They provide proven, scalable, and secure spectrum solutions that simplify complexity and accelerate time to value. Their expertise spans regulatory compliance, technical leadership, and vendor-neutral approaches, ensuring unmatched performance and support. They offer AI-native lifecycle solutions, including spectrum controllers and adaptive network planners, built on a cloud-native architecture. The company focuses on driving innovation and removing complexity in shared and unlicensed spectrum, fostering an open ecosystem for new use cases. Their solutions optimize network planning, deployment, and operations, leveraging spectrum availability, equipment specifications, and usage patterns. They provide carrier-grade observability, security, and global regulatory compliance, supported by round-the-clock network operations center and service level agreements.

Key facts about Federated Wireless

  • Founded Year: 2012
  • Location: Arlington (United States)
  • Stage: Series D
  • Total Funding till date: $213M
  • Employee Count: 63 as on Feb 28, 2026
  • Investors: GIC, Fortress and 11 Others
  • Latest Funding Round: Series D, May 02, 2022, $*****
Developer of an AI-powered platform for role-playing and social interaction. The platform allows users to create characters and engage in simulated social scenarios. Users can interact with AI-driven characters within various fandoms or original universes. The platform personalizes interactions based on user choices and actions.

Key facts about Status

Provider of playable social media platform for gamers. It offers a short-form content social platform where gamers can share moments and interact with others to watch and play. It enables users to discover, play, and create gaming experiences.

Key facts about Ludeo

LightShed Ventures' Investments by Stage

LightShed Ventures has made 13 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $4.34M, 9 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $20.9M, 1 investment in Series B stage with an average round size of $15M, 1 investment in Series C stage with an average round size of $113M and 1 investment in Series D stage with an average round size of $14M.
Here are LightShed Ventures' investments by stage:
Stage of entry
No. of Investments
Seed
13
Series A
9
Series B
1
Series C
1
Series D
1
Breakdown of LightShed Ventures' investments by stage of entrySeed (13)Series A (9)
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

LightShed Ventures' Investments by Sector

LightShed Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Media & Entertainment, Gaming and FinTech. Notably, it has invested in 23 Tech companies, 17 Software companies, 15 Enterprise (B2B) companies and at least 12 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).
Here are LightShed Ventures' investments by sector:
Sector
No. of Investments
Enterprise Applications
11
Consumer
7
Media & Entertainment
6
Gaming
5
FinTech
3
Others
19
Breakdown of LightShed Ventures' investments by sectorsEnterprise Applic... (11)Consumer (7)
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

LightShed Ventures' Investments by Geography

LightShed Ventures has made most investments in United States (23), followed by Guernsey where it has made 1 investment.
Here are LightShed Ventures' investments by geography:
Country
No. of Investments
United States
23
Guernsey
1
United Kingdom
1
Breakdown of LightShed Ventures' investments by countriesUnited States (23)Guernsey (1)
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

LightShed Ventures' recent investments

LightShed Ventures has made 4 investments in 2026 so far. Status and Status are the latest among them.
Here are the most recent investments by LightShed Ventures:
Date
Company
Location
Round Details
Round Amount
Co-Investors
May 19, 2026
United States
Series A
2953
  [+3]
May 19, 2026
United States
Seed
6060
  [+3]
Feb 23, 2026
United Kingdom
Seed
3484
  [+6]
Jan 23, 2026
United States
Seed
1931
Apr 09, 2025
United States
Series A
2115
  [+5]

Acquired companies in LightShed Ventures' Portfolio

6 companies from LightShed Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Illumix in Jun 2026 by Snap for $*****.
Here are LightShed Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company
Acquisition Date
First Invested on
First Round of Investment
Round Size
Jun 04, 2026
Mar 20, 2023
Series A
7413
Mar 26, 2026
Mar 16, 2021
Seed
8405
May 01, 2025
Sep 29, 2021
Seed
1136
Jan 27, 2025
Aug 24, 2021
Seed
3245
Sep 19, 2023
Apr 27, 2021
Seed
4392

Team profile of LightShed Ventures

LightShed Ventures has a team of 5 members including 4 Partners and 1 Principal located in United States. LightShed Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.
Here is a list of all team members in LightShed Ventures:
Name
Designation
Location
Board Memberships
Contact Details
Partner
New York
-
Partner
New York
-
Partner
New York
-
Partner
-
-
-
Principal
-
-
-

Co-investors of LightShed Ventures

Over the past 5 years, 254 investors have co-invested in LightShed Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.

  • Invested before LightShed VenturesThird Kind Venture Capital, Collab Fund and 78 others have invested in rounds before LightShed Ventures. There are 2 companies where Third Kind Venture Capital has invested before LightShed Ventures and 2 companies where Collab Fund has invested before LightShed Ventures.
  • Top Co-investors of LightShed Ventures164 investors entered a company along with LightShed Ventures. These include investors like Raptor Group (2 companies).
  • Invested after LightShed VenturesA total of 10 investors have invested in LightShed Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Flex Capital (1 company), SVB (1 company) and Trinity Capital (1 company).

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