Pathlight Ventures
Venture capitalActively deployingOld Bridge · Pre-Seed–Series A · 5 people tracked
Also known as PATHLIGHT MANAGEMENT III, LLC · Pathlight Ventures AI
Investment thesis
Pathlight takes a thematic, market- and customer-driven approach, publishing detailed request-for-startups theses across areas such as AI-native systems integrators, healthcare infrastructure, capital markets infrastructure, financial plumbing for physical-world industries, vertical hardware and applied robotics, energy and utilities, security, govtech, agentic adtech, and vertical reconciliation. As a low-volume, high-conviction early-stage firm, it invests in a small number of companies per year and goes deep, giving every founder direct access to its full team. It actively helps founders win early customers, make first hires, and secure investor introductions, drawing on operating experience scaling companies from zero to hundreds of millions in revenue.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.
Team · 5 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 40 of 58 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×29SaaS ×17Enterprise Software ×15Fintech ×15Data & Infrastructure ×10Developer Tools ×6Crypto & Web3 ×4Cybersecurity ×4
HQs:United States×29Canada×1United Kingdom×1India×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 29 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×22 founders×183 founders×54+ founders×4
Where their founders studiedfrom 29 founders with education data
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×5Stanford University ×4McGill University ×2University of California, Berkeley ×2University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 33 founders with career history
MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) ×4Apple ×2MIT Media Lab ×2Oliver Wyman ×2Qubit. ×2Uber ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
3 hold an MBA (of 32 with degree data)
Investments · 58 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 32025 · 32024 · 12022 · 12021 · 12016 · 110 dated
Vivere is a specialty insurance platform for managing general agents (MGAs) and their capacity partners, using technology and alternative data to give underwriters operational infrastructure and portfolio transparency.
AI & Machine LearningFintechInsurTechLaguna Beach, US
Sachith Gullapalli(Founder)
Co-investorsGeneral CatalystGreenlight Re
Adaptive is an AI project accountant for construction firms that automates financial tracking, change order management, invoicing, and vendor compliance across the project lifecycle.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechEnterprise Software
Ronak Massand(Founder)inHenry Bradlow(Founder)
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzBoxGroup
Andromeda is a platform that uses risk and behavioral context to automate security and governance for human, AI agent, and non-human identities across cloud environments and applications.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareBengaluru, IN
Ashish Shah(Founder)Gaurav Rastogi(Founder)Kamal Muralidharan(Founder)Murali Basavaiah(Founder)Ramkumar Sankar(Founder)
Co-investorsGTM Capital
End-to-end AI sales platform to help companies grow their business.
Co-investorsSequoia CapitalTransmedia Capital
Apollo provides an AI-powered platform designed for go-to-market teams to improve sales and marketing productivity.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSales TechSan Francisco, US
Tim Zheng(Founder/CEO)inRay Li(Founder)inMatt Curl(Chief Executive Officer)Marcio Arnecke(Chief Marketing Officer)Adam Carr(Chief Revenue Officer)Phil Moon(Chief Financial Officer)
Co-investorsA*Angel Collective Opportunity FundBain Capital VenturesNewView CapitalStruck CapitalSV Angel+8 more
Artie provides a data replication platform built on change data capture (CDC) technology, enabling real-time data movement with sub-minute latency and zero data loss.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Jacqueline Cheong(Founder)inRobin Tang(Founder)inRobin(Co-Founder & CTO)
Co-investorsStandard CapitalCalano VenturesCanaan PartnersFJ LabsGeneral CatalystIA Seed Ventures+6 more
Avoca provides AI-powered customer service agents for service-based businesses that handle incoming calls, text messages, and chats to book appointments and re-engage customers.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York City, US
Apurva Shrivastava(Founder)inTyson Chen(Founder)in
Co-investorsAmplify PartnersAudaciousBoxGroupCitta CapitalFormus CapitalKleiner Perkins+8 more
Candor Health builds an AI-native provider data intelligence platform for payers, digital health companies, and provider groups, supporting care navigation, referral management, network strategy, and regulatory compliance.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDigital HealthHealthtechNew York, US
Sury Agarwal(CEO)inBikram Vikash(Founder)Aniq Rahman(Director)Suryansh Agarwal(Executive Officer, Director)Lucky(CTO)in
Co-investorsAtento CapitalTorch CapitalPreface Ventures
Chronosphere provides an observability platform for microservices and containers that helps teams detect and fix customer-impacting issues while controlling costs and complexity.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSaaSNew York, US
MARTIN CHEN MAO(Executive Officer, Director)ROBERT JAMES SKILLINGTON(Executive Officer, Director)Martin Mao(Co-Founder & CEO (now SVP, GM Observability, Palo Alto Networks))inRob Skillington(Co-Founder & CTO)inAshley Alexander(Chief People Officer)Margaret Dawson(Global Head of Marketing)
Co-investorsACTAI VenturesAdditionAntiBasis Set VenturesCarbide VenturesCardinia Ventures+13 more
Closure develops AI technology for law enforcement, focusing on tools designed around the needs of police departments and their personnel.
AI & Machine LearningGovTechNew York City, US
Aaron Zelinger(Co-Founder)inGilad Levy(Co-Founder and CTO)in
Co-investorsCommonweal VenturesCRV (Charles River Ventures)HAWKTAILTranspose Platform ManagementY Combinator
AI agents for financial advisors
Copilot Money is a personal finance app for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and web that automatically tracks a user's bank accounts, spending, budgets, investments, and net worth.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerFintechChicago, US
PATRICK G. RYAN(CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER/FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR)Andres Ugarte(Founder)ROBERT LEVIN(CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER)
Co-investorsFinancial Venture StudioLudlow VenturesPath VenturesRestive VenturesShrug Capital
Coris is an AI platform for merchant risk management that automates onboarding, fraud detection, and portfolio monitoring for payments companies.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechSan Francisco, US
Vinodh Poyyapakkam(Founder)inShyam Maddali(Founder)in
Co-investorsLux CapitalRecall CapitalY CombinatorBlank VenturesExponent Capital
Corner Health is a primary care service where nurse practitioners run independent practices, offering longer, insurance-covered appointments including same-day, evening, and Saturday visits.
Digital HealthHealthtechSanta Monica, US
Anne Gifford(Executive Officer, Director)Lavanya Sunder(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsAngel Collective Opportunity FundHomebrewOak HC/FTZigg Capital
Crossmint offers a platform for companies and AI agents to integrate stablecoin infrastructure, including wallet creation, treasury management, onramps and offramps, global payouts, and virtual card issuance.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintech
Co-investorsFactionFinancial Venture StudioNycaNyca PartnersRestive Ventures6th Man Ventures+2 more
Crossmint builds developer tools that let companies, AI agents, and users work with blockchain and stablecoin rails without dealing with the underlying complexity.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintechSaaSNew York, US
Rodri(Co-founder)Alfonso(Co-founder)Alfonso Gómez-Jordana Mañas(Founder)Rodri Fernández Touza(Founder)in
Co-investors6th Man VenturesAbstract VenturesBig Brain HoldingsCommerce VenturesGMO VenturePartnersHash3 Capital+2 more
DOSS builds an Adaptive Resource Platform (ARP) that replaces traditional ERP systems for operations teams across industries.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Wiley Jones(Co-founder)inArnav Mishra(Co-founder)
Co-investorsContraryHawk Hill VenturesMadrona Venture GroupTheory Ventures
EvenUp provides an AI-powered claims intelligence platform for personal injury law firms to draft, review, and strengthen cases.
AI & Machine LearningLegalTech
Rami Karabibar(Chief Executive Officer)inRaymond Mieszaniec(Chief Operating Officer)inSaam Mashhad(Chief of Product & Legal Operations)in
Co-investors137 VenturesAllison Pickens VenturesB Capital GroupB4 CapitalBain Capital VenturesBessemer Venture Partners+11 more
Co-investorsLorimer Ventures
Uniti is an agentic AI platform that provides configurable AI agents for real estate operators to capture leads, respond across voice, email, SMS, WhatsApp, and website chat, and automate customer operations such as qualification, tour booking, and re-engagement.
AI & Machine LearningPropTechSaaS
Co-investorsAlate PartnersMetaPropPrudence
Glide provides AI-powered software for financial institutions, including banks and credit unions, covering loan and deposit origination, customer onboarding, and back-office automation.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Sameer Kapur(Founder)in
Co-investorsAcrew CapitalNextView VenturesNOMO VenturesShine CapitalPear VC
Heard provides financial management software built for independent therapists and wellness practitioners, covering accounting, bookkeeping, and practice finances.
FintechMental HealthSaaSWellness & Fitness
Andrew(Co-founder)Victoria Li(Co-founder)
Co-investorsAct One VenturesNotable CapitalHeadlineUncommon
Humaans builds an employee management platform that automates the employment lifecycle, including onboarding, offboarding, promotions, and compensation management, by connecting point solutions with a central employee data hub for People Ops, Finance, and IT teams.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSLondon, GB
Giovanni Luperti(Founder)inKarolis Narkevicius(Founder)in
Co-investorsFrontline VenturesY CombinatorMoonfire Ventures
iVerify offers a mobile endpoint detection and response (EDR) product that uses operating system telemetry, behavioral baselining, and threat hunting to detect malware, spyware, and account takeover attacks on employee mobile devices.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSLong Island City, US
Rocky Cole(Co-founder & COO)inDanny Rogers(Co-founder & CEO)Matthias Frielingsdorf(Co-founder & VP of R&D)Spencer Parker(CPO)Dustin Moring(Director)
BoardAlexander Hartz(Director)in
Co-investors2.12 AngelsMantis CapitalParameter VenturesShine Capital
Kalshi operates a federally regulated futures exchange that allows users to trade contracts based on the outcomes of real-world events, creating a new market for event-based financial derivatives.
FintechNew York City, US
Luana Lopes Lara(Founder)inTarek Mansour(Co-founder & CEO)in
BoardAlfred Lin(Director)inMichael Seibel(Director)inMatt Huang(Director)in
Co-investorsa16z cryptoAlpha PartnersAndreessen HorowitzCapitalGCoatue ManagementConductive Ventures+27 more
CoCounsel is an AI-powered platform designed for tax, audit, and accounting professionals that automates document analysis, research, and workflow standardization.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechPasadena, US
Steven Chaffee(Executive Officer)Richard Pederson(Executive Officer)Mark Trimmer(Executive Officer)Todd Najera(Executive Officer)Michael Giardello(Executive Officer, Director)MICHAEL GIARDELLO(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsThomson Reuters VenturesEXPONENT FOUNDERS CAPITALHaystackPrima MateriaSpark Capital
Harald Wendel(Founder)Nick Mironenko(Founder)
Co-investorsA*Avenir Growth CapitalValar Ventures LlcGlobal Founders Capital
Oasys is a blockchain built for gaming, offering gasless transactions and fast play alongside developer tools that handle payments, user acquisition, and cross-game NFTs.
Crypto & Web3Deep TechGaming
Co-investorsCeras VenturesDigital Finance GroupFenbushi CapitalHyperithmNonagonSerafund+5 more
Oasys provides practice management and AI-powered documentation software for mental health practitioners and clinics.
Digital HealthMental HealthSaaSSan Francisco, US
Co-investorsBetter Ventures Central LlcTwine Ventures1984 Ventures Management, LlcBetter Ventures
Obvio builds context-aware AI technology that helps cities and police departments monitor reckless driving, educate drivers, and enforce traffic laws such as stop sign, school zone, failure-to-yield, and distracted driving violations.
AI & Machine LearningGovTechMobility & TransportationSan Carlos, US
Dhruv Maheshwari(Executive Officer, Director)Ali Rehan(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsHomebrewGTMfundSaga Ventures
Continuum is an AI-powered client intelligence platform for financial advisors that synthesizes data from meetings, emails, and CRMs to generate summaries, surface client insights, and automate follow-up tasks.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSToronto, CA
Daniel Asper(Founder)Matthew Tory(Founder)
AI for behavioral health management
Onos offers an AI platform that gives health plans a longitudinal view of care quality, utilization, and program integrity across behavioral health operations, covering diagnoses from ABA and substance use disorder to serious mental illness.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthMental Health
Overwatch Data provides an AI-powered threat intelligence platform that monitors digital sources to detect and combat fraud and security risks for enterprise security and risk teams.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareNew York City, US
Arjun Bisen(Founder)inZara Perumal(Founder)in
Co-investorsNew Era Capital PartnersPruVen Capital PartnersREFASHIOND VenturesY Combinator
Parafin offers an embedded capital program that platforms can integrate to provide financing to their business customers, handling underwriting, compliance, risk, servicing, and support.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Sahill Poddar(Founder)inVineet Goel(Founder)Ralph Furman
Co-investorsNotable CapitalRedpoint VenturesGICRibbit CapitalThrive Capital
San Francisco, US
Charles Yeh(Founder)Rick Song(Founder)
Co-investorsCoatue ManagementHyphen CapitalIndex VenturesOutcast VenturesBond Capital ManagementChemistry+1 more
Petra provides identity threat detection and response (ITDR) for Microsoft 365 environments, using behavioral models to detect account compromises and business email compromise, then automatically remediating attacker actions and producing forensic timelines.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecuritySaaS
Co-investorsOutsiders
Plaid provides financial infrastructure and APIs that enable developers to build financial technology products and services.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintechSan Francisco, US
Zach Perret(Co-founder & CEO)inWilliam Hockey(Co-founder & CTO)in
BoardMo Koyfman(Director)Rick Yang(Director)in
Co-investorsAcrew CapitalAmbush CapitalAndreessen HorowitzBoxGroupCoatue ManagementEQUIAM+25 more
Prophecy is an agentic data preparation and analysis platform that uses AI agents to turn natural-language prompts into visual, low-code data workflows that analysts and business users can inspect, refine, validate, and deploy.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Raj Bains(Founder)inVikas MarwahaMaciej Szpakowski(Founder)in
Co-investorsBerkeley SkyDeck FundDallas Venture CapitalDig Ventures Management LimitedSmith Point CapitalSquareOne CapitalDatabricks Ventures+3 more
Ramp offers a finance platform that combines corporate cards, expense management, and AI-driven automation for receipt capture, transaction coding, and reimbursements.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSNew York, US
Karim Atiyeh(Co-Founder & Co-CEO (formerly CTO))inEric Glyman(CEO)Gene Lee(Co-Founder)Rahul Sengottuvelu(Chief Technology Officer)William (Will) Petrie(Chief Financial Officer)inGeoff Charles(Chief Product Officer)
Co-investors1/1 Capital137 Ventures8VCA*Alpha Wave GlobalAnti+46 more
AI operating system for higher education
Risely is an agentic AI platform designed for higher education institutions that orchestrates AI agents to optimize campus operations, support student retention, and revenue generation.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Shahryar Abbasi(Founder)inSadia Saifuddin(Founder)in
Co-investorsSterling RoadTranspose Platform ManagementY Combinator
Robinhood is a financial trading platform that enables users to manage portfolios across stocks, ETFs, cryptocurrencies, options, futures, and prediction markets.
FintechMenlo Park, US
Vlad Tenev(Co-founder & CEO)inBaiju Bhatt(Co-founder)
Co-investors1/1 CapitalAlgerAmplo VenturesAndreessen HorowitzBLN CapitalChamaeleon+40 more
Truewind automates transaction coding, reconciliation, and close management for accounting teams by converting bank statements and workpapers into GL-ready journal entries and audit-ready schedules.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Alex Lee(Founder)inTennison Chan(Cofounder CTO)inTennison C(Founder)in
Co-investorsBeat VenturesMyAsiaVCRho VenturesThomson Reuters VenturesY CombinatorFin Capital+1 more
Turnkey provides Wallet-as-a-Service infrastructure that lets developers create and manage secure, non-custodial crypto wallets through a single API across multiple blockchains including EVM, Solana, and Bitcoin.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsArchetypeBain Capital CryptoFactionFigmentMirana VenturesSequoia Capital+6 more
Twine Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in and works hands-on with mission-driven founders, with a portfolio spanning healthcare, finance, AI infrastructure, and climate.
AI & Machine Learning
Leshika Samarasinghe(Founder & Managing Partner)inEthan Yeh(Managing Partner)in
Co-investorsFoundryNimble Partners1984 Ventures Management, LlcBetter Ventures
Collaborative budgeting (acquired by Ramp)
Volca is a financial operating system for home services contractors that connects to ServiceTitan and accounting tools to automate commission and payroll calculations, vendor invoice job costing, and reconciliation.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Co-investorsMetaPropMetaProp VenturesRecall CapitalGTMfund
Exits · 3
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioDigraphacq. by DatadogMateriaacq. by Thomson ReutersVenueacq. by Ramp
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesUniti AI · intelligence360.news · Aug 24, 2026
Parafin · connectmoney.com · Aug 17, 2026
Copilot · github.blog · Aug 7, 2026
Robinhood · techcrunch.com · Aug 5, 2026
Plaid · fintech.global · Jul 16, 2026
Materia · defensenews.com · Jul 13, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Pathlight Ventures made?
- Pathlight Ventures has 54 tracked investments, 4 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 3 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Pathlight Ventures invest at?
- Pathlight Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Pathlight Ventures's typical check size?
- Pathlight Ventures typically writes checks of $500K – $5M.
- What sectors does Pathlight Ventures focus on?
- Pathlight Ventures focuses on AdTech, AI & Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Digital Health, Energy, Enterprise Software, Fintech, GovTech, Hardware, Healthtech, Logistics & Supply Chain, Robotics, SaaS.
- Where is Pathlight Ventures located?
- Pathlight Ventures is headquartered in Old Bridge, US.
- Does Pathlight Ventures lead rounds?
- Pathlight Ventures has led 4 of the 4 rounds where its role is on record.
- Who does Pathlight Ventures co-invest with?
- Pathlight Ventures most often shares deals with Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz, Coatue Management, among 217 tracked co-investors.
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