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What does City Light Capital invest in?
City Light Capital invests most often at Venture and Seed (71% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Education, Biodiversity and Edtech.
City Light Capital highlights
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7 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Venture and Seed: 71% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 7 rounds, median $4.0M
What they do
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- $50K – $4.0M as they say
- Stages
- Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
- Sectors
- EducationBiodiversityEdtech
- Based in
- New York, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first76 appearances
- 2026
4 rounds
- Sept
- Aug
- Aug
- Feb
- 2025
17 rounds
- Dec
- Dec
- Nov
- Oct
- Sept
- Aug
- Jul
- Jul
- May
- May
- Apr
- Apr
- Apr
- Mar
- Mar
- Feb
- Feb
- 2024
9 rounds
- Nov
- Oct
- Sept
- Jun
- Apr
- Apr
- Mar
- Feb
- Jan
- 2023
7 rounds
- Nov
- Oct
- Oct
- Jul
- Jul
- Mar
- Feb
- 2022
9 rounds
- Dec
- Dec
- Nov
An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration3 named
JRJeff RinehartPartner, MemberiForm ADV
JEJosh Eric CohenManaging PartneriForm ADV
TTThomas Tyden GroosPartner, MemberiForm ADV
We also hold 8 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
$135Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- CITY Light Capital Management III, LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 296787
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
60 of 60 we have independently watched raise
A game whereA motivation systemAI technology poweredAcquired by CitizenAcquired by CookUnityBoosting the usageBridging the gapBringing joy andCarbon management platformCareer search madeConnected care solutionsConversational AI forDNA-powered verification ofDiagnosing and treatingEmpowering radiologists withEnabling global employersEnergy management forFuture of flightGame-based learning provenHardware & softwareHelping people strugglingHigher-Ed focused digitalIPOImproved cardiovascular healthImproving K12 attendanceIn-home care toKarunalabsLab appointments, deliveredLeveraging the regenerativeLifelong mental healthLive, human interpretationLong-distance, high-capacity dronesMaking Earth dataMaking brain dataMaking the clean,Membership service andOhmconnectOn a missionPerformance assurance forPowering a decentralizedProviding patients withQuality assurance inQuantifying anxiety andRaising the qualityRecurveReducing global carbonReducing packaged goods wasteSafeguarding children onlineSecure, affordable AISkills development forSmart home backupTele-enabled solutions toTele-enabled solutions toThe world's firstUnifying the nuclearValue-based obesity managementWatt CarbonWhole person care,Workforce automation andWorking with LLMsand 80 more
Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.