# City Light Capital: portfolio, investments and team

> City Light Capital is a vc firm based in United States. 76 investments on record, 7 in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/city-light-capital (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# City Light Capital

Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 76 cheques on record.

Deploying now VC firm

Pre-seed Seed Series A Education Biodiversity Edtech

Deploying now

**41%** of best year **7** **cheques in 12 months**, 76 on record

Since the last cheque **56** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$5.3M** Cheque size, as they say **$50K – $4.0M** Rounds led **1 of 76** Sole investor **7 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 97%**

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## City Light Capital highlights

- 01 7 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Venture and Seed: 71% of its rounds
- 03 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-seed Seed Series A Series B Growth
- **Sectors:** Education Biodiversity Edtech
- **Based in:** New York, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **76 appearances**

- **2026** 4 rounds
- **Sept** **[Everywhere Communications](https://millionrounds.com/company/everywhere-communications)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Aug** **[Atomic Canyon](https://millionrounds.com/company/atomic-canyon)** Seed · US **$7.0M** With 3 others
- **Aug** **[EverFleet](https://millionrounds.com/company/everfleet)** Venture · US **$31M** With 2 others
- **Feb** **[EverFleet](https://millionrounds.com/company/everfleet)** Debt · US **$16M** With 2 others
- **2025** 17 rounds
- **Dec** **[Auxira Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/auxira-health)** Seed · US · Abundant **$7.8M** With 5 others
- **Dec** **[BoodleBox](https://millionrounds.com/company/boodlebox)** Seed · US **$5.0M** With 2 others
- **Nov** **[Legends of Learning](https://millionrounds.com/company/legends-of-learning)** Venture · US **$430K** With 1 other
- **Oct** **[Andel](https://millionrounds.com/company/andel)** Seed · US · AlleyWatch **$4.5M** With 5 others
- **Sept** **[Affect](https://millionrounds.com/company/affect)** Series B **$26M** With 5 others
- **Aug** **[Thrive Health Tech](https://millionrounds.com/company/thrive-health-tech)** Seed · US **$5.0M** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[WattCarbon](https://millionrounds.com/company/wattcarbon)** Seed · US · City Light Capital **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[Floreo](https://millionrounds.com/company/floreo)** US **$25K** With 1 other
- **May** **[Clear Current](https://millionrounds.com/company/clear-current)** Seed · US **$4.3M** Sole investor
- **May** **[Atomic Canyon](https://millionrounds.com/company/atomic-canyon)** Seed · US **$7.0M** With 2 others
- **Apr** **[World Class Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/world-class-health)** Venture · US **$10M** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[Recurve](https://millionrounds.com/company/recurve)** Venture · US **$12M** With 1 other
- **Apr** **[BuyWander](https://millionrounds.com/company/buywander)** Seed · US **$2.0M** With 1 other
- **Mar** **[257](https://millionrounds.com/company/257)** Seed · US **$9.2M** Sole investor
- **Mar** **[Reverence Care](https://millionrounds.com/company/reverence-care)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Feb** **[Affineon Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/affineon-health)** Seed · US **$5.0M** With 1 other
- **Feb** **[Maple](https://millionrounds.com/company/maple)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **2024** 9 rounds
- **Nov** **[Overstory Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/overstory-health)** Venture · US **$6.0M** Sole investor
- **Oct** **[1s1 Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/1s1-energy)** Seed · US **$1.4M** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[AngelQ](https://millionrounds.com/company/angelq)** Seed · US **$1.1M** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[Movo](https://millionrounds.com/company/movo)** Venture · US **$520K** With 2 others
- **Apr** **[Arbor](https://millionrounds.com/company/arbor)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[Ilant Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/ilant-health)** Seed · US **$2.5M** With 1 other
- **Mar** **[Conduce Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/conduce-health)** Seed · US **$3.0M** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[Valisure](https://millionrounds.com/company/valisure)** Venture · US **$4.0M** With 2 others
- **Jan** **[Carbonwave](https://millionrounds.com/company/carbonwave)** Venture · US **$100K** With 2 others
- **2023** 7 rounds
- **Nov** **[Forum](https://millionrounds.com/company/forum)** Seed · US **$5.3M** With 1 other
- **Oct** **[ONEHOPE](https://millionrounds.com/company/onehope)** Venture · US **$3.7M** Sole investor
- **Oct** **[Noteworthy AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/noteworthy-ai)** Venture · US **$5.6M** With 5 others
- **Jul** **[Frame](https://millionrounds.com/company/frame)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **Jul** **[SafeTraces](https://millionrounds.com/company/safetraces)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Mar** **[Evergreen Renewables](https://millionrounds.com/company/evergreen-renewables)** Seed · US **$6.1M** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[Cookin](https://millionrounds.com/company/cookin)** Seed · CA **$13M** With 2 others
- **2022** 9 rounds
- **Dec** **[BehaVR](https://millionrounds.com/company/behavr)** Series B · US **$13M** With 3 others
- **Dec** **[Mira](https://millionrounds.com/company/mira)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **Nov** **[CommSafe AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/commsafe-ai)** Debt · US **$1.0M** With 3 others

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 registration **3 named**

JR **Jeff Rinehart** Partner, Member i Form ADV

JE **Josh Eric Cohen** Managing Partner i Form ADV

TT **Thomas Tyden Groos** Partner, Member i Form 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

**$135M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture 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 where](https://millionrounds.com/company/carbon-counts)[A motivation system](https://millionrounds.com/company/motimatic)[AI technology powered](https://millionrounds.com/company/jona)[Acquired by Citizen](https://millionrounds.com/company/citizen)[Acquired by CookUnity](https://millionrounds.com/company/cookin)[Boosting the usage](https://millionrounds.com/company/banyan-infrastructure)[Bridging the gap](https://millionrounds.com/company/buywander)[Bringing joy and](https://millionrounds.com/company/mon-ami)[Carbon management platform](https://millionrounds.com/company/planet-fwd)[Career search made](https://millionrounds.com/company/classet)[Connected care solutions](https://millionrounds.com/company/auxira-health)[Conversational AI for](https://millionrounds.com/company/loris)[DNA-powered verification of](https://millionrounds.com/company/safetraces)[Diagnosing and treating](https://millionrounds.com/company/clarity-pediatrics)[Empowering radiologists with](https://millionrounds.com/company/rad-ai)[Enabling global employers](https://millionrounds.com/company/world-class-health)[Energy management for](https://millionrounds.com/company/clear-current)[Future of flight](https://millionrounds.com/company/skyryse)[Game-based learning proven](https://millionrounds.com/company/legends-of-learning)[Hardware & software](https://millionrounds.com/company/get)[Helping people struggling](https://millionrounds.com/company/birches-health)[Higher-Ed focused digital](https://millionrounds.com/company/mantra-health)[IPO](https://millionrounds.com/company/shotspotter)[Improved cardiovascular health](https://millionrounds.com/company/chamber-cardio)[Improving K12 attendance](https://millionrounds.com/company/everyday-labs)[In-home care to](https://millionrounds.com/company/mylaurel)[Karunalabs](https://millionrounds.com/company/karuna-labs)[Lab appointments, delivered](https://millionrounds.com/company/getlabs)[Leveraging the regenerative](https://millionrounds.com/company/carbonwave)[Lifelong mental health](https://millionrounds.com/company/headspace)[Live, human interpretation](https://millionrounds.com/company/jeenie)[Long-distance, high-capacity drones](https://millionrounds.com/company/elroy-air)[Making Earth data](https://millionrounds.com/company/lgnd)[Making brain data](https://millionrounds.com/company/rune-labs)[Making the clean,](https://millionrounds.com/company/eli)[Membership service and](https://millionrounds.com/company/andel)[Ohmconnect](https://millionrounds.com/company/ohmconnect)[On a mission](https://millionrounds.com/company/terabase-energy)[Performance assurance for](https://millionrounds.com/company/omnidian)[Powering a decentralized](https://millionrounds.com/company/shadow-power)[Providing patients with](https://millionrounds.com/company/salvo-health)[Quality assurance in](https://millionrounds.com/company/valisure)[Quantifying anxiety and](https://millionrounds.com/company/ellipsis-health)[Raising the quality](https://millionrounds.com/company/reverence-care)[Recurve](https://millionrounds.com/company/recurve)[Reducing global carbon](https://millionrounds.com/company/unspun)[Reducing packaged goods waste](https://millionrounds.com/company/package-free)[Safeguarding children online](https://millionrounds.com/company/angelq)[Secure, affordable AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/boodlebox)[Skills development for](https://millionrounds.com/company/empath)[Smart home backup](https://millionrounds.com/company/pila-energy)[Tele-enabled solutions to](https://millionrounds.com/company/affect-therapeutics)[Tele-enabled solutions to](https://millionrounds.com/company/bicycle-health)[The world's first](https://millionrounds.com/company/rapidsos)[Unifying the nuclear](https://millionrounds.com/company/atomic-canyon)[Value-based obesity management](https://millionrounds.com/company/ilant-health)[Watt Carbon](https://millionrounds.com/company/wattcarbon)[Whole person care,](https://millionrounds.com/company/goodpath)[Workforce automation and](https://millionrounds.com/company/movo)[Working with LLMs](https://millionrounds.com/company/jimini-health) and 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.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$5.3M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$4.0M**

Led 1 of 76 rounds **1%**

- **Said size:** $50K – $4.0M
- **Sole investor:** 7 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Sept 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Venture *30*
- Seed said *20*
- Series A said *12*
- Series B said *5*
- Series C *3*
- Pre-seed said *-*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [Novak Biddle Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/novak-biddle-venture-partners) 6
- [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) 5
- [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) 5
- [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) 5
- [AlleyCorp](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alleycorp) 4
- [Claremont Creek Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/claremont-creek-ventures) 4

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as City Light Capital. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Novak Biddle Venture Partners** VC firm **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/novak-biddle-venture-partners)[**Gaingels** Private equity **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels)[**Plug and Play** Accelerator **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play)[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)[**AlleyCorp** Venture studio **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alleycorp)[**Claremont Creek Ventures** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/claremont-creek-ventures)[**Lauder Partners** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lauder-partners)[**Redpoint** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/redpoint)[**Highland Capital Partners** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/highland-capital-partners)[**Labrador Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/labrador-ventures)[**Levensohn Venture Partners** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/levensohn-venture-partners)[**Village Global** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/village-global-2)

## Recently backed

The latest companies City Light Capital put money into.

[**Everywhere Communications** Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/everywhere-communications)[**Atomic Canyon** $7.0M · Aug 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/atomic-canyon)[**EverFleet** $31M · Aug 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/everfleet)[**Auxira Health** $7.8M · Dec 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/auxira-health)[**BoodleBox** $5.0M · Dec 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/boodlebox)[**Legends of Learning** $430K · Nov 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/legends-of-learning)

## Quick answers about City Light Capital

### 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.

### How active is City Light Capital?

76 investments on record, 7 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Sept 2026.

### What has City Light Capital invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Everywhere Communications (Venture, Sept 2026), Atomic Canyon (Seed, Aug 2026) and EverFleet (Venture, Aug 2026).

### How big are City Light Capital's cheques?

The median round it joins is $5.3M. It says it writes cheques of $50K to $4.0M.

### Does City Light Capital lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 76 investments on record (1%).

### Where does City Light Capital invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (97%).

### Is City Light Capital investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 7 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does City Light Capital invest alongside?

Most often Novak Biddle Venture Partners (6 rounds together), Gaingels (5 rounds together) and Plug and Play (5 rounds together).

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