Lightbank

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Lightbank
Company typeFinancial organization/venture fund
Industry finance
venture fund
Founded2010;14 years ago (2010)
Founder Eric Lefkofsky
Brad Keywell
Headquarters
Chicago, Illinois
,
United States
Key people
Website lightbank.com

Lightbank is a financial organization that specializes in making venture capital investments including seed investments, Series A round and late-stage investments in companies across the United States. The company was founded in 2010, and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Investments

Lightbank has invested in a number of companies, [6] including the website Groupon. Lightbank's Eric Lefkofsky was an original co-founder and Andrew Mason of Groupon. [7]

Other Lightbank investments include Sprout Social, Snapsheet, Belly, [8] Boom Technology, [9] Fiverr,[ citation needed ] Fooda, SpotHero, [10] Tempus, Udemy, [11] test preparation service BenchPrep, Qwiki, HighGround, [6] and Hello Divorce. [12]

Partners

Lefkofsky was a co-founder of Lightbank, though he became 'Special Advisor' in 2014–2015 during his tenure as CEO of Groupon. He then returned to Lightbank as managing partner in November 2015 after stepping down as CEO of Groupon. [13]

Other partners include Eric Ong, Matt Sacks, and Bill Pescatello.[ citation needed ]

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  7. ↑ Business Insider "INSIDE GROUPON: The Truth About The World's Most Controversial Company" October 31, 2011
  8. ↑ Truong, Alice (2013-08-27). "Belly Raises $12.1 Million To Replace Loyalty Cards With Its App". Fast Company. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
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  12. ↑ "Hello Divorce raises $2M so that couples can say 'good-bye' easier". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
  13. ↑ Sky, Blue (30 November 2015). "Lefkofsky lands back at Lightbank after stepping down as Groupon CEO". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2016-06-13.


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