Early Light Ventures
Venture capitalActively deployingBaltimore · Pre-Seed–Growth · 5 people tracked
Investment thesis
Early Light Ventures backs gritty, often first-time founders and self-described underdogs building capital-efficient, sustainable businesses. The firm is industry and stage agnostic across its fund and angel syndicate, moving quickly to invest. It looks for companies with a quantifiable value proposition, strong year-over-year growth, meaningful traction and a loyal customer base, a market opportunity of $100m or more, and a scrappy, dedicated team. Its primary aim is to help founders achieve a successful outcome regardless of the ultimate exit size, rather than focusing solely on outsized unicorn returns.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 5 people
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What they invest in
from 54 of 63 portfolio companiesSaaS ×28AI & Machine Learning ×24Healthtech ×12Digital Health ×9Enterprise Software ×6Fintech ×6HR Tech ×6Cybersecurity ×4
HQs:United States×28
Who they back
founder profiles across 20 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×152 founders×33 founders×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 63 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12025 · 32024 · 15 dated
Akido Labs develops an AI operating system designed for healthcare that leverages machine learning to enable personalized medical diagnostics and care coordination at scale.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechInsurTechLos Angeles, US
Jared Goodner(Founder)Prashant Samant(Founder)
BoardAndrew Adams(Director)inJohn Greco(Director)Prasad Jeereddi(Director)Rohit Gupta(Director)
Co-investorsDCVC (Data Collective)Great Oaks Venture CapitalHealthy VenturesNecessary VenturesOak HC/FTY Combinator+2 more
Atalan offers a Clinician Retention Intelligence (CRI) platform that predicts clinician resignations up to 12 months in advance by analyzing EHR, HR, and workforce data signals.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHR Tech
Co-investorsBroad Street AngelsExcelerate Health VenturesVTC Ventures
Co-investorsRiptide Ventures
Canvas Envision is a visual execution platform for manufacturing knowledge management that converts engineering data, expert procedures, and existing documentation into structured, interactive work instructions.
Advanced ManufacturingEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsFrontier Venture CapitalMendoza VenturesRiptide Ventures
Buckstop is a residual value intelligence platform that provides transaction-backed benchmarks and valuation reports for energy and industrial assets across their lifecycle.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechEnergy
Alexander OlesenGrayson Shor
Co-investorsLighthouse Network Ventures Llc
Capsulomics offers Esopredict, a DNA methylation-based risk-stratification test that predicts progression from Barrett's esophagus to high-grade dysplasia or esophageal adenocarcinoma for gastroenterologists and pathologists.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthMedical DevicesHalethorpe, US
Daniel Lunz(Executive Officer, Director)William Stevens(Executive Officer)Stephen Meltzer(Director)
BoardJohn Neiderhuber(Director)
Co-investorsMaryland TEDCOTEDCO
Caretaker Medical builds VitalStream ART, a multi-modal device for continuous beat-to-beat hemodynamic monitoring that supports both invasive arterial-line and non-invasive wearable methods on a single platform.
HardwareHealthtechMedical Devices
Co-investorsIrishAngelsMing capitalRiptide Ventures
Chargezoom offers an AI-native platform that automates accounts receivable workflows including invoicing, recurring billing, payments, collections, and reconciliation.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSIrvine, US
Matt Dubois(Founder)inMatthew Dubois(Executive Officer, Director)Daniel Drechsel(Director)Jeffrey Bocan(Director)Hiten Shah(Director)Miguel Avellan(Director)
Co-investorsKickstartMotley Fool Ventures
CitusHealth provides a digital and mobile platform for home-based and post-acute care organizations, enabling real-time communication and collaboration among care teams, patients, families, and referral partners.
Digital HealthHealthtechSaaS
Co-investorsMotley Fool VenturesSolve Ventures
Collective offers an AI sourcing agent called Sherlock that searches from a job description, prompt, or ideal candidate profile across a company's ATS and public web to find, evaluate, and shortlist candidates.
AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkHR Tech
Co-investorsKima VenturesBetter Tomorrow VenturesExpaGeneral CatalystGradient VenturesInnovius Capital+2 more
Credit Mountain provides a white-labeled platform that converts a credit union's loan declines and adverse action notices into a "path back to approval," giving declined members plain-English explanations, a credit-improvement roadmap, and branded credit monitoring, then alerting the credit union when members are ready to reapply.
FintechSaaS
Co-investorsAUTHENTIC VENTURESCurql Collective, LLCNext Level VenturesRiptide Ventures
Cypris (IP Web, Inc.) operates an AI platform that unifies external innovation data—over 500 million patents, scientific papers, grants, and corporate filings—with internal institutional knowledge and AI agents for corporate R&D, IP, and innovation teams.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsBlueTree Venture CapitalVocap Partners
DynamiCare offers a digital recovery platform that uses behavioral science and technology to help individuals reduce or eliminate their use of alcohol, drugs, and tobacco.
Digital HealthHealthtechMental HealthNewton, US
Eric Gastfriend(Executive Officer, Director)David Gastfriend(Director)
Co-investorsMEDA VenturesThe MBA FundHyperplane Venture Capital
Co-investorsKube VC
FirmPilot provides AI-driven marketing software and services designed to help law firms acquire clients through search engine optimization and content strategy.
AI & Machine LearningLegalTechMarketing TechSaaSMiami, US
Jake Soffer(CEO & Founder)Jake Soffer, JD(Founder)in
BoardJay Greenberg(Director, Promoter)Collin Gutman(Director, Promoter)Jacob Katz(Director, Promoter)Jean-Luc Vanhulst(Director, Promoter)in
Co-investorsBlumberg CapitalData Point CapitalHubSpot VenturesDeepWork CapitalSaas Ventures, L.L.C.Connexa Capital+3 more
SkillCycle offers a people development platform that combines an AI assistant (AIDA) delivering micro-guidance during daily work with certified human coaching for higher-stakes moments.
AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaS
GoPursue connects employers with high school and CTE students entering the workforce by pre-screening candidates through partnerships with schools, educators, and training programs.
EdTechHR TechMarketplaces
Co-investorsCitrine AngelsLighthouse Network Ventures Llc
GovPredict (operating as Quorum) provides AI-powered public affairs software for government relations teams to track legislation, manage stakeholder engagement, and execute advocacy strategy across federal, state, and local levels.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareGovTechSaaSWashington, US
Emil Pitkin(Founder/CEO)in
Co-investorsY Combinator
Co-investorsRiptide Ventures
IntelliGRC is a multi-tenant GRC (governance, risk, and compliance) SaaS platform that uses practitioner-tuned AI to automate evidence mapping, gap analysis, and audit readiness across frameworks including CMMC, NIST 800-171, SOC 2, ISO 27001, and HIPAA.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecuritySaaS
Collective OS is an AI-matchmaking platform that connects agencies and consultants with strategic partners to exchange leads, co-pitch projects, and expand their service offerings without hiring.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech
Co-investorsBand of Angels
Kion provides self-hosted FinOps and automated cloud governance software for AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI.
Co-investorsFlucas VenturesBlue Heron CapitalTDF Ventures
The page presents Kredos AI, a company whose tagline references human-like artificial intelligence.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSBellevue, US
Balaji Sridharan(Executive Officer, Director)David Thoms(Executive Officer, Director)David William Thoms(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardJeff Bocan(Director)Peter Mueller(Director)inSyed Nasir Ali(Director)
Co-investorsOkapi Venture CapitalSeaChangeBMW i VenturesMotley Fool VenturesSaas Ventures, L.L.C.StartFast Ventures+1 more
MagicDoor is an AI-native property management platform for property management companies, self-managed landlords, and multi-portfolio operators, with its Genie AI handling leasing, maintenance, accounting, tenant screening, and communication workflows.
AI & Machine LearningPropTechSaaS
Kasper Rune Sogaard(Founder)in
Co-investorsMotley Fool VenturesShadow VenturesOkapi Venture Capital
MajorClarity is a career and college readiness platform for K-12 students that integrates career exploration, academic planning, and postsecondary decision-making tools.
EdTechRichmond, US
Joseph Belsterling(Executive Officer, Director)Atticus Francken(Executive Officer)Cale Sennett(Executive Officer)Michael Saxon(Director)John Nester(Director)
Co-investorsLighthouse Network Ventures LlcTrolley Venture
Moonnox is an AI-powered operating system for system implementation and delivery teams, integrating with existing tools to codify team methodology and institutional knowledge into a persistent "Collective IQ." It serves systems integrators and internal IT/delivery teams, from boutique firms to enterprises, in the professional services and consulting delivery software market.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSChicago, US
David Cotten(Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder)inRobert Ong(CEO)inGlen Stoffel(Chief Revenue Officer)in
BoardVictor Gutwein(Director)in
Co-investorsService Provider CapitalHyde Park AngelsM25
NQS provides a healthcare data platform with clinical registries (trauma, burn, and emergency general surgery) that include integrated performance improvement, reporting, and customization, plus claim reconciliation for financial integrity.
Digital HealthHealthtechSaaS
Co-investorsTribes Ventures
Network Perception offers NP-View, software that generates and maintains network maps to help organizations assess risk, verify network segmentation, and evaluate the security posture of their environments.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSChicago, US
Robin Berthier(Chief Executive Officer, President, & Director)Ted Greene(Chief Operating Officer)William Sanders(Director)
BoardJeff Bocan(Director)Steve Westly(Director)inRobert Schultz(Director)in
Co-investorsEarth FoundryEnergy FoundryEnergy Impact PartnersIllinois VenturesOkapi Venture CapitalSerra Ventures+1 more
OpsCanvas builds a live "Cloud Intelligence Graph" and an AI agent called Oscar that discover cloud and AI infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP to surface risks, cost, and dependencies and assist with remediation.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurity
Co-investorsRoo Capital
Enterprise SaaS platform and licensed insurance agency providing individual life and disability insurance through a multi-carrier marketplace.
HealthtechFort Myers, US
Robert Gaydos(Director)Randall S. Raner(Executive Officer, Director)Randall Raner(Director)Scott Halstead(Director)David Embry(Director)William Dalicandro(Director)
Co-investorsAmerican Family VenturesMassMutual VenturesMTECH CAPITALNaples Technology VenturesSixThirty Ventures
Phin provides a security awareness training and phishing simulation platform built for MSPs and MSSPs, offering multi-tenant management, fast client onboarding, and phishing analysis integrated into help desks.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecuritySaaSMiddletown, US
Joshua Simmons(Founder)
Co-investorsInner Loop CapitalSQUADRA VENTURES
Poppy is an online platform for wedding flowers that connects couples with farms and independent floral designers, offering ordering and planning tools to lower cost and add flexibility versus the traditional wedding flower supply chain.
B2B MarketplacesConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceMarketplaces
ProductWind runs e-commerce creator marketing campaigns for consumer brands, matching products with retail-native creators based on shopping behavior and category relevance to drive sales and organic retail visibility.
Creator EconomyE-commerceMarketing TechRedmond, US
Tom H(Founder)
Co-investorsBroom VenturesRiptide Ventures
Protiv is a performance-pay platform for trade businesses such as landscaping, painting, and building contractors that sets job budgets, tracks crew progress in real time, and calculates bonuses funded by labor savings.
Construction TechHR TechSaaS
David Franco-Julian(Founder)in
Co-investorsLas Olas Venture CapitalParameter Ventures
Quiltt provides fintech infrastructure that connects builders to financial data aggregators and enrichment providers through a single integration.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintech
Ruben(Co-Founder & CEO)Mark(Co-Founder & CCO)Ruben Izmailyan(Founder)inZane Pickett(CTO)in
Co-investorsAbstraction CapitalGranatus VenturesK Street CapitalNVP CapitalOvereasy VenturesGreycroft+2 more
RoundTrip provides a platform for booking and coordinating non-emergency medical transportation, allowing care coordinators to arrange rideshare, medical sedans, wheelchair vans, stretcher vans, and ALS/BLS vehicles through a single workflow.
Digital HealthLogistics & Supply ChainMobility & Transportation
Co-investorsLighthouse Network Ventures LlcMotley Fool Ventures
Scanifly is an end-to-end solar design and field operations software platform that pairs with drones to capture site measurements and shading data and produce 3D models, PV system designs, and permit-ready plan sets.
CleantechEnergySaaS
Co-investorsAlpine MeridianLightbankRunway Venture PartnersSustainVC
Seated provides a ticketing platform for live events and concerts, offering exclusive presale access to shows.
B2B MarketplacesConsumerMarketplacesSocialNew York City, US
David McKay(Founder)in
Co-investors9Mile LabsTechstarsGreycroftInsight Partners
Sedaro provides cloud-based digital engineering and simulation software for modeling, analyzing, and developing complex mission-critical systems across space, air, land, sea, and cyber domains.
Defense TechSaaSSpace Tech
Co-investorsSpice CapitalVTC Ventures
Siftwell is a healthcare technology company founded by former health plan operators and clinicians that applies data analytics and operational expertise to improve managed care organization (MCO) operations and member outcomes.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechCharlotte, US
Charles G. Sutten, III(CEO, Treasurer, and Director of the Issuer)Eben Esterhuizen(Chief Technology Officer of the Issuer)Wallace C. Hollowell, III(President, Corporate Secretary, and Director of the Issuer)Amy Kazmierczak(Executive Officer)
BoardDavid S. Jones(Director)William Georges(Director)
Co-investorsAlleyCorpBull City Venture PartnersTau VenturesAlley Robotics VenturesTAU Ventures
Steady is a coordination platform that automatically keeps distributed teams of people and AI agents in sync by unifying activity across tools like Slack, GitHub, Jira, and Zoom and delivering personalized context where teammates work.
AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkSaaSNew York, US
Henry Poydar(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Co-investorsRiptide Ventures
Sunstone Credit provides online financing and loans for commercial property improvements, including solar, HVAC, roofing, EV charging, and energy storage projects.
CleantechEnergyFintechNew York City, US
Sumbul Alvi(Founder)
Co-investorsBay Bridge Ventures ClimateEarthshot Ventures
Sweetie Boy is an auto transport service that ships vehicles nationwide across the U.S. and Canada, handling single-car shipping, dealership fleet relocations, and transport to and from railyards, factories, and ports.
Logistics & Supply ChainMobility & Transportation
SEQL operates fastbreak, an "Impact as a Service" provider for student-athletes that delivers sports photography, educational resources, and funded camp and tournament registrations, with a focus on economically disadvantaged and minority athletes in the U.S.
Impact & Social GoodMedia & EntertainmentSports Tech
Thrivable delivers patient insights and data to healthcare organizations to support product adoption and retention decisions.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureHealthtechMarketing TechMedical DevicesCleveland, US
David Edelman(Founder)inRyan FuchsAlan Brenner(Director)Harris Drantch(Director)Ansley Dalbo(Director)
BoardBenjamin D. Trumbull(Director)in
Co-investorsAllos VenturesFCA Venture PartnersJobsOhio VenturesJumpstart VenturesTamarind Hill
TrackStreet provides brand protection software and managed services that monitor online marketplaces and retailers to enforce MAP pricing, remove unauthorized listings, and identify rogue resellers.
E-commerceRetail TechSaaSLas Vegas, US
Andrew Schydlowsky(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsOkapi Venture CapitalRecurring Capital Partners
UpEquity provides real estate services that help homeowners buying and selling simultaneously by unlocking equity and removing contingencies to enable competitive offers.
FintechPropTechAustin, US
Timothy Herman(Founder)in
Co-investorsLaunchpad CapitalNext Coast VenturesOrigin VenturesRiptide VenturesS3 VenturesThe MBA Fund+2 more
VedaPointe builds business and technology solutions that help healthcare providers transition to Value-Based Care and improve performance under fee-for-service and pay-for-performance contracts.
Digital HealthHealthtechSaaS
Co-investorsMissouri Technology CorporationCultivation Capital
HealthtechBaltimore, US
Douglas Falk(Executive Officer, Director)Vlad Coric(Director)Pat LaVecchia(Director)
Co-investorsMaryland TEDCORiptide VenturesTEDCO
AI & Machine LearningIoTPropTechCosta Mesa, US
Co-investorsTech Square VenturesTechstars
Wove offers custom-designed fine jewelry, letting customers design their own bespoke engagement rings, wedding bands, and other jewelry, alongside pre-designed collections.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerce
Co-investorsRareBreed VenturesRiptide VenturesWhite Rose VenturesContext VenturesSpringdale Ventures
Wyre AI builds an AI platform that analyzes construction drawings and specifications to generate structured scopes and detect gaps, conflicts, and compliance issues during preconstruction.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechSaaS
Sunil Dorairajan(Founder & CEO)
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesSedaro · spacenews.com · Aug 20, 2026
Credit Mountain · themiddlemarket.com · Aug 4, 2026
Poppy · forbes.com · Jul 29, 2026
Collective · finsmes.com · Jul 29, 2026
Buckstop · climatecap.substack.com · Jul 9, 2026
KredosAI · geekwire.com · Jul 2, 2026
IntelliGRC · regtechanalyst.com · Mar 5, 2026
Akido Labs · forbes.com · Dec 2, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Early Light Ventures made?
- Early Light Ventures has 60 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Early Light Ventures invest at?
- Early Light Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth stages.
- What is Early Light Ventures's typical check size?
- Early Light Ventures typically writes checks of $100K – $500K.
- What sectors does Early Light Ventures focus on?
- Early Light Ventures focuses on Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Early Light Ventures located?
- Early Light Ventures is headquartered in Baltimore, US.
- Does Early Light Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, Early Light Ventures leads investment rounds.
- Who does Early Light Ventures co-invest with?
- Early Light Ventures most often shares deals with Riptide Ventures, Lighthouse Network Ventures Llc, Motley Fool Ventures, among 86 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
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The Capital Stack Podcast · Scott Garber
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Alumni Ventures (AV) is a venture capital firm that co-invests alongside lead VCs in startups, backing founders with capital and access to a large investor and operator community.
FJ Labs is an early-stage investment firm specializing in marketplaces and network-effect businesses, taking an angel-style co-investment approach alongside institutional venture funds worldwide.
Susa Ventures operates two early-stage technology funds that invest in companies leveraging data, network effects, and economies of scale.
8VC is a venture capital firm investing across logistics, life sciences, healthcare, IT infrastructure, and government/defense, guided by its Smart Enterprise thesis focused on data integration and platform network effects.
Trajectory Ventures invests in and partners with innovative founders and companies driving digital transformation, while also providing advisory, growth marketing, financing strategy, and M&A support.
Not Boring Capital operates as a "solo GP + media flywheel" fund where Packy McCormick runs a one-person VC fund tightly coupled to his Not Boring newsletter, using writing to source deals, win allocation, and amplify portfolio companies through content creation rather than traditional multi-partner firm structures. The fund's strategy combines extreme breadth with minimal ownership—deploying across 79 companies in 19 verticals without board seats or lead positions—while offering founders a unique value proposition through Sponsored Deep Dives that serve as both revenue generation and in-depth company analysis that helps founders tell their stories to customers, hires, and future investors.
75 & Sunny operates as both a venture fund and startup studio where Zillow co-founder Spencer Rascoff directly incubates companies like Queue while leveraging his media presence as a CNBC contributor and podcast host to give portfolio companies exposure that few small funds can match. The LA-based fund concentrates heavily on proptech and "future of living" investments while co-creating companies with unconventional capital structures like SPACs and fractional home-ownership models, drawing on Rascoff's experience navigating public markets.
Digital Currency Group (DCG) is a long-term investor in and operator of businesses across the crypto and blockchain industry, holding equity, fund, and token positions.
CoinFund is a crypto-focused investment firm that backs and partners with companies building open, decentralized technology across finance, infrastructure, and AI.
Relay Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that backs founders from pre-seed and seed through later financing stages, focusing on companies solving major pain points in large, high-growth markets.
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