# Firstlight Capital: portfolio, investments and team > Firstlight Capital is a vc firm based in Japan. 1 investment on record, 1 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/firstlight-capital (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Japan · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Firstlight Capital Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 1 cheques on record. Email VC firm Deploying now Last fund $27M, Dec 2012 Seed Series A SaaS AI Automation Follow Firstlight Capital and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Ffirstlight-capital) Deploying now **100%** of best year **1** **cheques in 12 months**, 1 on record Since the last cheque **30** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$12M** Rounds led **0 of 1** Pitch Firstlight Capital ## Firstlight Capital highlights - 01 1 cheques in the last 12 months - 02 Mostly Series A: 100% of its rounds ## What they do > First Light Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in digital-area startups from seed to Series A, including SaaS, AI, automation, marketplaces, and media. Translated from Japanese, from their own website - **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Stages:** Seed Series A - **Sectors:** SaaS AI Automation - **Based in:** Minato, Japan - **Cold pitches:** Accepted ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **1 appearances** - **2026** 1 round - **Oct** **[Flyle](https://millionrounds.com/company/flyle)** Series A · JP · The Bridge **$12M** With 8 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 **2 named** JB **James Buckner Stovell** Managing member of First Light GP, LLC, its general partner i Filing they signed PM **Peter Monroe Stovell** Mr. Stovell is the managing member of First Light GP, LLC, the general partner i Filing they signed We also hold **3** 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 they claim to have backed From their own portfolio page (on their website) **11** of 34 we have independently watched raise [Azoop](https://millionrounds.com/company/azoop)[Dentalight](https://millionrounds.com/company/dentalight)[Diggle](https://millionrounds.com/company/diggle)[EVENTX](https://millionrounds.com/company/eventx)[Harmonia](https://millionrounds.com/company/harmonia)[Kuzen](https://millionrounds.com/company/kuzen)[LayerX](https://millionrounds.com/company/layerx)[PECO](https://millionrounds.com/company/peco)[PeopleX](https://millionrounds.com/company/peoplex)[Retreat](https://millionrounds.com/company/retreat)[Scalebase](https://millionrounds.com/company/scalebase) Monoxer One Career OptFit_HP用 Portfolio_logo Spready Susten VeeR ZenIntelligence_White asiot canly_logo_mono cloudpick coco_release lobbyai_logo_blackwhite オーマッチロゴ白黒 カーブジェン クアンド コノセル コミューン フライル_新ロゴ_202610_v2 モノクローム 匠技研工業 情報セキュリティ基本方針 現場Hub 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. Latest fund on file **$27M** raised in Dec 2012 From its SEC filing. Nothing newer is on file yet. ## The cheque Seed Series A Median round joined **$12M** the round, not its cheque Led 0 of 1 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Oct 2026 Rounds by stage said on their site - Series A said *1* - Seed said *-* Cheques by month Led Joined Dec 2023 Nov 2026 **Pitching Firstlight Capital?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Recently backed The latest companies Firstlight Capital put money into. [**Flyle** $12M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/flyle) ## Quick answers about Firstlight Capital ### What does Firstlight Capital invest in? Firstlight Capital invests most often at Series A (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as SaaS, AI and Automation. ### How active is Firstlight Capital? 1 investments on record, 1 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2026. ### What has Firstlight Capital invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Flyle (Series A, Oct 2026). ### How big are Firstlight Capital's cheques? The median round it joins is $12M. ### Is Firstlight Capital investing now? Yes: it is actively investing, with 1 investments in the last 12 months. ### What kind of investor is Firstlight Capital? Firstlight Capital is a VC firm based in Minato, Japan. ### Has Firstlight Capital raised a new fund? Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Dec 2012, reporting $27M raised. ### Does Firstlight Capital take cold pitches? Yes: its own website says it reads unsolicited pitches. ## Raising now? 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