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Lightshedvc
New York, United States
Invests in early‑stage companies leveraging technological disruption across technology, media, telecom and consumer markets.
Portfolio
34+
Employees
5+
Founded
2020
AUM
≈ $89.6M
Investment focus
Stages
No stages listed
Industries
No industries listedGeographic scope
United States
Fund details
Funds
Lightshed Ventures Fund I
Vintage 2021 • $76.1M
Lightshed Ventures Fund II
Vintage 2025 • $13.5M
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Lightshedvc
Invests in early‑stage companies leveraging technological disruption across technology, media, telecom and consumer markets.
Portfolio
34+
Employees
5+
Founded
2020
AUM
≈ $89.6M
Funds
Lightshed Ventures Fund I · Vintage 2021 • $76.1M
Lightshed Ventures Fund II · Vintage 2025 • $13.5M
Stages
No stages listed
Industries
No industries listedGeographic scope
United States
Sources
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A platform that enables users to financially support and stake top gamers in real-time during gameplay, providing a new way for fans to engage with and invest in their favorite players. It addresses the lack of direct monetization opportunities for gamers while offering fans a chance to earn returns based on player performance.
Affiniti provides a cloud‑based platform that unifies accounting, expense management, bill payment, and a corporate credit card into a single system for small and mid‑size businesses.
Funding: $28.0M
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Funding: $28.0M
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Antenna provides market intelligence for direct-to-consumer subscription businesses by analyzing subscriber behavior and industry trends through comprehensive data analytics. This enables brands to make informed decisions on pricing, product offerings, and competitive positioning in the subscription economy.
Funding: $14.4M
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Funding: $14.4M
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Boomerang provides a technology-driven service to help users recover lost items by continuously searching for matches based on submitted claim details. The platform streamlines the return process by notifying users upon a successful match and facilitating coordination with partners. Additionally, the service offers integration with Asurion Home+ for device protection and support plans.
Breach is a regulated insurance provider that offers tailored coverage solutions for the digital asset marketplace, including theft protection for retail investors and institutional clients through its Crypto Shield and Crypto Shield Pro products. The company addresses the significant insurance gap in the crypto economy by enabling participants to manage emerging risks with a streamlined underwriting process and a proprietary digital platform for policy management.
Funding: $2.6M
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Funding: $2.6M
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Cameo is a marketplace that enables fans to book personalized video shoutouts from a diverse range of celebrities, including actors, athletes, and musicians. This platform addresses the need for unique, memorable gifts by providing custom video messages that can be delivered quickly, enhancing personal connections for various occasions.
Funding: $206.6M
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Funding: $206.6M
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Digiphy provides an omnichannel marketing platform that uses dynamic QR codes and mobile-first pages to engage consumers across physical and digital touchpoints. The platform enables brands to capture first-party customer data, run AI-powered rebate campaigns, and integrate insights directly with CRM systems. This functionality allows consumer brands to measure marketing effectiveness and drive measurable retail sales conversion from every interaction.
Funding: $3.5M
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Funding: $3.5M
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Federated Wireless offers an AI‑driven platform that continuously senses the radio environment and predicts idle spectrum for dynamic sharing. The solution automates real‑time spectrum allocation for mobile operators and enterprise networks, boosting capacity while staying compliant with licensing rules.
Funding: $5.0M
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Funding: $5.0M
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Flipside Crypto provides blockchain analytics and business intelligence tools that enable organizations to activate on-chain wallets, attract users, and enhance token value through data-driven narratives. By leveraging comprehensive data visualization and community engagement, Flipside helps crypto projects drive measurable growth and increase market capitalization.
Funding: $61.6M
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Funding: $61.6M
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Genvid Technologies provides a software development kit (SDK) that enables the creation of Massively Interactive Live Events (MILEs), allowing audiences to influence live streaming content through real-time data interactions. This technology addresses the need for deeper audience engagement and monetization opportunities in live streaming by integrating game mechanics with video content across various platforms.
Funding: $113.0M
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Funding: $113.0M
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GetSetup is a social learning platform that connects older adults through instructor-led classes focused on skill development and social engagement. The platform addresses the challenge of social isolation and skill gaps among seniors by providing accessible online learning opportunities tailored to their needs.
Funding: $36.3K
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Funding: $36.3K
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Giant is an ad‑free interactive storytelling app that turns each child into the protagonist of personalized adventures, using their name, voice, and interests to create dynamic narratives. The platform lets kids watch, converse with responsive characters, and craft their own story paths while ensuring privacy and safety through expert‑vetted, parent‑approved content.
Helium operates a decentralized wireless network where individuals and businesses deploy low‑cost Hotspot devices that combine LTE/5G and LoRaWAN radios to deliver cellular and IoT connectivity. The network uses a blockchain ledger to record traffic and reward hotspot operators with HNT tokens, enabling affordable, on‑demand coverage without traditional carrier contracts. Helium also offers subscription‑based services such as Helium Plus+ for enhanced QoS and enterprise‑grade SLAs.
The startup operates an integrated gaming and technology studio that combines computer vision with real-time environmental interaction to enhance augmented reality experiences. By enabling game developers to create dynamic games that respond to their surroundings, the company addresses the need for more immersive and engaging digital entertainment.
Funding: $33.2M
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Funding: $33.2M
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Ludeo is a playable social media platform that allows gamers to discover new games through interactive highlights, enabling users to watch and immediately play curated gameplay moments. This approach addresses the limitations of traditional game marketing by providing an immersive experience that enhances game discovery and community engagement.
Funding: $42.0M
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Funding: $42.0M
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Peak develops an AI-powered API that detects minors in images, videos, and audio using facial feature analysis and vocal interpretation, trained on real-world child sexual abuse material (CSAM) data. This technology enables platforms to identify underage users, mitigate risks associated with CSAM, and enhance online safety for children.
Funding: $30.0K
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Funding: $30.0K
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This company provides an AI-powered agent for comprehensive personal data protection, automatically opting users out from data brokers and reducing their digital footprint. The service scans for and removes exposed personal information across the web while offering identity theft monitoring and insurance. Users gain control over who retains their data, minimizing risks associated with fraud and data breaches.
Funding: $9.3M
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Funding: $9.3M
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Procurated is a supplier ratings and reviews platform designed specifically for the public sector, providing verified buyers with access to real ratings and candid reviews of over 300,000 suppliers. This platform enables procurement professionals to make informed decisions by offering a centralized database of objective vendor references, reducing reliance on supplier-provided information.
Funding: $12.4M
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Funding: $12.4M
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ShopShops is a livestream shopping platform that connects global retail stores with Chinese consumers, enabling real-time, interactive cross-border transactions. The platform addresses the challenge of limited access to international luxury goods for Chinese shoppers by providing a seamless online marketplace for both pre-owned and new luxury items.
Funding: $52.3M
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Funding: $52.3M
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Slip.stream is a music platform that provides over 650,000 royalty-free tracks for creators, brands, and businesses, ensuring compliance with copyright regulations across various digital platforms. The service offers unlimited downloads and tailored coverage for social media, podcasts, and advertising, enabling users to enhance their content without the risk of copyright strikes.
Funding: $1.5M
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Funding: $1.5M
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Status AI provides a generative‑AI social simulation that lets users build custom avatars and engage with AI‑driven characters from over 1,000 fandoms. The app reproduces core social‑media features such as posting, commenting, follower metrics, and trend triggers, while an NLP engine generates context‑aware dialogue and a reputation/energy system governs session length and content unlocks.
30+
700+Approximate amount of employees
Funding: $17.0M
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Funding: $17.0M
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Sway is a tech‑enabled logistics platform for e‑commerce brands that provides premium same‑day and next‑day deliveries with live two‑way SMS communication, proof‑of‑delivery signatures, and flexible delivery windows—all at a cost lower than traditional ground shipping. It also offers box‑less, label‑less doorstep return pickups, reducing freight costs, cycle time, and waste while increasing repeat purchase rates and customer loyalty.
Funding: $25.5M
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Funding: $25.5M
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Telly offers a 55" 4K HDR TV paired with an integrated secondary smart screen that provides video calling, a personalized home feed, voice‑assistant control, fitness programs, mood lighting, and a built‑in game library—all at no upfront cost. The hardware is subsidized by non‑intrusive ads shown on the second screen, allowing users to stream, stay informed, interact, and control smart‑home devices from a single, dual‑screen platform.
Funding: $50.0M
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Funding: $50.0M
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Vurvey offers an AI‑driven research platform that creates synthetic populations of AI agents modeled on the traits of over 3 million real people. Brands can instantly launch custom qualitative and quantitative studies, receive rapid, high‑fidelity insights on concepts, creative assets, and strategy, and generate reports within minutes, eliminating the need for traditional panel recruitment.
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