About Pathlight Ventures
Pathlight Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2021. It is primarily based out of New York City, United States. As of Jul 2026, Pathlight Ventures is an active investor, having invested in 42 companies, with 6 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Series A round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to FinTech and Retail. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Petra Labs Overall, Pathlight Ventures portfolio has seen 5 unicorns and 4 acquisitions including key companies like Apollo, Clara and EvenUp. A lot of funds co-invest with Pathlight Ventures, with names like General Catalyst sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.Key Metrics
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Series A, Seed & 2 more
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Soonicorns
Deals in last 12 months
Pathlight Ventures' List of Top Investments
Pathlight Ventures has a portfolio of 42 companies, including 5 unicorns. Their most notable investments are in Crossmint and Onos Health.Their portfolio spans across United States, Canada, Brazil and 6 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, FinTech, Retail and 14 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Seed and 2 more. Here is the list of top investments by Pathlight Ventures:
1. Apollo
Provider of AI-driven B2B sales intelligence and engagement platform. The company offers a comprehensive suite of tools including a vast verified contact database with millions of profiles, advanced filtering for precise lead targeting, and multi-channel outreach automation across email, phone, and social media channels. Its platform integrates seamlessly with popular CRM systems to streamline workflows, automate repetitive sales tasks such as sequencing and follow-ups, and provide analytics for performance optimization. AI capabilities personalize messaging and improve engagement rates while data enrichment ensures accuracy and relevance.
Key facts about Apollo
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $250M
- Employee Count: 645 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: Nexus Venture Partners, NewView Capital and 24 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Aug 29, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Clara
Provider of corporate spend management software and business credit cards. This platform centralizes financial operations by offering automated expense reporting, approval workflows, and virtual or physical payment cards. It facilitates vendor payments, employee reimbursements, and travel expense tracking. The system integrates with existing accounting software to synchronize transaction data and receipts. Automated validation tools monitor spending against defined limits and policies to maintain financial oversight.
Key facts about Clara
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: Sao Paulo (Brazil)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $204M
- Investors: Hone Capital, Notable Capital and 43 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Conventional Debt, Nov 25, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. EvenUp
Developer of AI platform for personal injury claim management solutions. The platform offers tools for case intake, medical record management, demand letter drafting, and negotiation preparation. It provides features such as document automation, insights surfacing, and workflow streamlining. The platform also includes executive analytics for performance tracking and benchmarking.
Key facts about EvenUp
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series E
- Total Funding till date: $385M
- Employee Count: 851 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: Adams Street Partners, Premji Invest and 14 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series E, Oct 07, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Crossmint
Online platform to create, sell & distribute NFTs. Its product portfolio includes payment services that enable purchases with credit cards and other cryptocurrencies, APIs for minting NFTs, and a wallet to store and manage digital assets.
Key facts about Crossmint
- Founded Year: 2022
- Location: Miami (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $23.6M
- Employee Count: 79 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: Franklin Templeton Investments, Ribbit Capital and 12 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Mar 18, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Chronosphere
Provider of a cloud based platform for infrastructure monitoring. It offers an open-source, SaaS based monitoring platform that can be used for infrastructure monitoring such as monitoring of containers, VMs, physical servers, network switches, application monitoring, and business monitoring.
Key facts about Chronosphere
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: Issaquah (United States)
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $369M
- Employee Count: 143 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: Glynn Capital, Spark Capital and 20 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Jan 06, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Pathlight Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Pathlight Ventures has invested in 42 companies over the last 5 years, with an average of 4 new investments annually in the last 5 years. In 2025, it made 7 investments, while as of Jul 2026, it has made 4 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Petra Labs.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2025 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
2024 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2022 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Pathlight Ventures' Investments by Stage
Pathlight Ventures has made 10 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $13.7M, 8 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $3.92M, 1 investment in Series B stage with an average round size of $55M and 1 investment in Unattributed stage with an average round size of $11M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 10 |
Seed | 8 |
Series B | 1 |
Unattributed | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Pathlight Ventures' Investments by Sector
Pathlight Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, FinTech, Vertical SaaS, Consumer and High Tech. Notably, it has invested in 41 Tech companies, 37 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 34 Software companies and at least 20 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 14 |
FinTech | 8 |
Vertical SaaS | 6 |
Consumer | 5 |
High Tech | 4 |
Others | 18 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Pathlight Ventures' Investments by Geography
Pathlight Ventures has made most investments in United States (18), followed by Canada where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 18 |
Canada | 1 |
United Kingdom | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Pathlight Ventures' recent investments
Pathlight Ventures has made 4 investments in 2026 so far. Petra Labs and Uniti are the latest among them.Here are the most recent investments by Pathlight Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Jul 22, 2026 | United States | Seed | 1098 | [+1] | |
May 15, 2026 | United States | Series A | 4828 | [+6] | |
Mar 24, 2026 | United States | Series B | 2344 | [+9] | |
Jan 07, 2026 | Canada | Seed | 3744 | [+2] | |
Nov 06, 2025 | United States | Series A | 5988 | [+6] |
Unicorns in Pathlight Ventures' Portfolio
Pathlight Ventures has 5 unicorns in its portfolio - EvenUp, Apollo, Unit and others. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is EvenUp. It became a unicorn in 2024, 1 years before Pathlight Ventures first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in Pathlight Ventures' portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
69 | Developer of AI platform for personal injury claim management solutions | 2019 | San Francisco | Series E | n{rzswj | ||
75 | Provider of AI-driven B2B sales intelligence and engagement platform | 2015 | San Francisco | Series D | lgxleow | ||
53 | Open banking API solution | 2019 | Tel Aviv | Series C | ziwuamm | ||
70 | Provider of corporate spend management software and business credit cards | 2020 | Sao Paulo | Series B | tv{sltv | ||
64 | Chains providing digital banking, savings accounts, and UPI credit cards | 2016 | Bengaluru | Series C | b{vprvh |
Acquired companies in Pathlight Ventures' Portfolio
4 companies from Pathlight Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Chronosphere in Nov 2025 by Palo Alto Networks for $*****.Here are Pathlight Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 19, 2025 | - | - | 6374 | |
Oct 22, 2024 | Jun 20, 2024 | Series A | 4861 | |
Jan 30, 2024 | 2023 | Seed | 5655 | |
Jan 17, 2023 | Sep 27, 2022 | Unattributed | 8103 |
Co-investors of Pathlight Ventures
Over the past 5 years, 126 investors have co-invested in Pathlight Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Pathlight Ventures: Y Combinator, Founders Fund and 45 others have invested in rounds before Pathlight Ventures. There are 5 companies where Y Combinator has invested before Pathlight Ventures and 2 companies where Founders Fund has invested before Pathlight Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Pathlight Ventures: 72 investors entered a company along with Pathlight Ventures. These include investors like General Catalyst (3 companies).
- Invested after Pathlight Ventures: A total of 7 investors have invested in Pathlight Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Ribbit Capital (1 company), Franklin Templeton Investments (1 company) and Nyca Partners (1 company).
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