Lightbank
American venture capital investments firm
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Lightbank is a Chicago-based venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Eric Lefkofsky and Brad Keywell.[1][2][3]
venture funding
Brad Keywell
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| Company type | Financial organization/venture fund |
|---|---|
| Industry | Finance venture funding |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Founders | Eric Lefkofsky Brad Keywell |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people |
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| Website | lightbank |
History
The company was founded in 2010[2] by Groupon co-founders Brad Keywell and Eric Lefkofsky.[4] Lefkofsky was a special advisor of Lightbank in 2014 and 2015, then became managing partner in November 2015.[5] Other partners include Eric Ong, Matt Sacks, and Bill Pescatello.
In 2011, Lightbank had raised over $700 million and had a $290 million Fund III. Its investments included Groupon, Tempus AI, Fiverr and Udemy.[6] By 2013, other investments included Sprout Social and Belly.[7] It invested in Boom Technology in 2017,[8] SpotHero in 2014,[9] and BenchPrep and Qwiki by 2021 among others.[10]
