About Lightship Capital
Lightship Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2018. It is primarily based out of Cincinnati, United States. As of Feb 2023, Lightship Capital has invested in 19 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Food and Agriculture Tech to Life Sciences and Retail. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Brevity A lot of funds co-invest with Lightship Capital, with names like Atento Capital sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Lightship Capital has team of 3 people including 2 partners.Key Metrics
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Seed & Series B
Lightship Capital's List of Top Investments
Lightship Capital has a portfolio of 19 companies. Their most notable investments are in Visuwall and FreshFry.Their portfolio spans across and United States. They have invested in Food and Agriculture Tech, Life Sciences, Retail and 11 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series B stages. Here is the list of top investments by Lightship Capital:
1. SoLo
Provider of P2P marketplace platform for personal loans. It provides users with a platform that connects borrowers with multiple investors and lenders. It also users are connected with investors based on credit scores. It provides an app-based platform that is available on Android devices.
Key facts about SoLo
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Los Angeles (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $12.9M
- Employee Count: 71 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: MaC Venture Capital, Serena Ventures and 26 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Feb 28, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Provider of AI-driven interactive math-based games for schools. It offers features such as personalized learning solutions, reporting, dashboards, quizzes, assessments, and more.
Key facts about Boddle Learning
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Kansas City (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $5.65M
- Employee Count: 33 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: AT&T, Revolution and 9 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Apr 06, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Proov
Developer of progesterone-based fertility test kits. The Proov developed by the company is a rapid response urine progesterone test strip that is used to measure the progesterone levels to detect conception and pregnancy.
Key facts about Proov
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Boulder (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $9.7M
- Employee Count: 18 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Hambrecht Capital, GingerBread Capital and 9 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jul 02, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Developer of a portable food allergen sensor for sample detection. The device allows users to test food samples for the presence of allergenic ingredients. It is designed to detect allergens at levels that could trigger reactions. The sensor pairs with an application to track results.
Key facts about Allergy Amulet
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: Madison (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $12.6M
- Employee Count: 24 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Colle Capital, TitletownTech and 18 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Aug 21, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Vyrill
Provider of video search, insights and commerce platform. It helps brands to enhance customer engagement, revenue conversions and search rankings by making video content searchable and useful with next generation video led site experiences transforming video content into revenue engine. It automates the process of capturing, understanding and leveraging video to converts customers into explorers, buyers and ambassadors. It allows customers to instantly find moments that matter, answers, and summaries with short clips from any length video, making it simpler to shop or book, access self help resources, and discover relevant information.
Key facts about Vyrill
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $0 - $1M as on Dec 31, 2022
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $4.85M
- Employee Count: 16 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Long Venture Partners, Alumni Ventures and 15 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Feb 15, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Lightship Capital's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Lightship Capital has invested in 19 companies over the last 6 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 5 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Brevity and most recent follow-on round was in Boddle Learning.Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2022 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2021 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
2020 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Lightship Capital's Investments by Stage
Lightship Capital has made 12 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $1.64M and 1 investment in Series B stage with an average round size of $3.75M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 12 |
Series B | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Lightship Capital's Investments by Sector
Lightship Capital has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Retail, Consumer, Enterprise Applications, HealthTech and Life Sciences. Notably, it has invested in 15 Tech companies, 10 Consumer (B2C) companies, 10 Enterprise (B2B) companies and at least 6 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Retail | 4 |
Consumer | 3 |
Enterprise Applications | 3 |
HealthTech | 3 |
Life Sciences | 2 |
Others | 11 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Lightship Capital's Investments by Geography
Lightship Capital has made most investments in United States (13).Lightship Capital's recent investments
Lightship Capital has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Lightship Capital:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Feb 24, 2023 | United States | Seed | 7576 | - | |
Sep 23, 2022 | United States | Seed | 3978 | [+2] | |
Feb 28, 2022 | United States | Seed | 6193 | ||
Feb 15, 2022 | United States | Seed | 6477 | [+4] | |
Oct 21, 2021 | United States | Seed | 5885 | [+3] |
Team profile of Lightship Capital
Lightship Capital has a team of 3 members including 2 Partners and 1 Principal located in United States. Lightship Capital's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Lightship Capital:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Cincinnati | - | ||
Partner | United States | - | - | |
Principal | Miami | - |
Co-investors of Lightship Capital
Over the past 6 years, 60 investors have co-invested in Lightship Capital's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Lightship Capital: Gener8tor, AT&T and 23 others have invested in rounds before Lightship Capital. There are 2 companies where Gener8tor has invested before Lightship Capital and 1 company where AT&T has invested before Lightship Capital.
- Top Co-investors of Lightship Capital: 22 investors entered a company along with Lightship Capital. These include investors like Atento Capital (1 company).
- Invested after Lightship Capital: A total of 13 investors have invested in Lightship Capital's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include ACT Venture Partners (1 company), Portfolia (1 company) and GingerBread Capital (1 company).
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Lightship Foundation acquires leading national event for Black tech entrepreneursThe Business Journals•Mar 21, 2022•Lightship Capital, BlackTech Week
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Proov raises $9.7M Series A for at-home ovulation testing platformTechCrunch+•Dec 15, 2021•prooV, WR Hambrecht, SteelSky Ventures, WCC Group and 4 others
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Kansas City-based 3D Math Game Boddle Learning Raises $1.35M Led By Atento CapitalEdTechReview•Oct 21, 2021•Boddle Learning, Atento Capital, KCRise Fund, Lightship Capital and 2 others
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Undock raises $1.6M to help solve your group scheduling nightmaresTechCrunch+•Nov 16, 2020•Undock, Lightship Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Lerer Hippeau and 2 others
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Lightship Capital launches fund for underrepresented foundersFinancial News•Jun 26, 2020•Lightship Capital, SecondMuse
