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Lightbank stages, portfolio and investment profile
Chicago venture firm founded in 2010 by Groupon co-founders Eric Lefkofsky and Brad Keywell. Invests across seed through later stages in disruptive technology companies, with an operator-heavy, hands-on style and deep roots in the Chicago and Midwest startup ecosystem. HQ commonly listed at 600 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL.
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Stage-based planning range
$1M–$10M
This is a planning range inferred from stage coverage, not a firm-disclosed check size.
Methodology: Stage bucket inferred from the rounds a fund leads or invests in.
No firm-specific check-size disclosure is recorded.
Investment stages
Leads: Seed, Series A
Participates: Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth
Sector focus
generalist-tech · enterprise-saas · consumer · healthtech · ai-ml
Geography
Chicago, IL
Founded 2010
Fund size / AUM
Not recorded
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Linked startup profiles
Latest fund vehicle
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Recent tracked investment
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Rounds they lead
Rounds they invest
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