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LightShed Ventures

Last cheque observed Feb 2026; 2 cheques on record.

VC firmDeploying nowLast fund $2.4M, Mar 2024

Pre-seedSeedSeries AB-to-cAudioArt

Deploying now
50%of best year1cheques in 12 months, 2 on record
Since the last cheque255days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$13MCheque size, as they say$500K – $10MRounds led0 of 2
Pitch LightShed Ventures

LightShed Ventures highlights

  1. 01

    1 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Seed and Series A: 100% of its rounds

What they do

We invest in entrepreneurs at the forefront of the media, technology, telecom and consumer industries while pioneering a new type of venture capital.From their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
$500K – $10M as they say
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
Sectors
B-to-cAudioArt
Based in
New York, United States
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first2 appearances

  1. 2026

    1 round

  2. Feb
    GiantSeed · TechStartups$8.0MWith 8 others
  3. 2025

    1 round

  4. May
    AffinitiSeries A · US · TechCrunch$17MWith 6 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 registration5 named

BABrandon A RossBrandon Ross is a Principal of LightShed Ventures Group, LP, the Investment Manager of the Issuer, and LightShed Ventures GP I, LLC, the General PartneriFiling they signed
JRJamie Roberts SeltzerJamie Seltzer is a Principal of LightShed Ventures Group, LP, the Investment Manager of the Issuer, and LightShed Ventures GP I, LLC, the General PartneriFiling they signed
RGRich GreenfieldManaging DirectoriFiling they signed
RSRichard Scott GreenfieldRichard Greenfield is a Principal of LightShed Ventures Group, LP, the Investment Manager of the Issuer, and LightShed Ventures GP I, LLC, the General PartneriFiling they signed
WPWalter Paul PiecykWalter Piecyk is a Principal of LightShed Ventures Group, LP, the Investment Manager of the Issuer, and LightShed Ventures GP I, LLC, the General PartneriFiling they signed

We also hold 5 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

$87Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
1+funds on filenumbered funds in its name
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
Legal name
Lightshed Ventures Group, LP
SEC number
CRD 314117

Recently backed

The latest companies LightShed Ventures put money into.

Quick answers about LightShed Ventures

What does LightShed Ventures invest in?

LightShed Ventures invests most often at Seed and Series A (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as B-to-c, Audio and Art.

How active is LightShed Ventures?

2 investments on record, 1 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Feb 2026.

What has LightShed Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Giant (Seed, Feb 2026) and Affiniti (Series A, May 2025).

How big are LightShed Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $13M. It says it writes cheques of $500K to $10M.

Is LightShed Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 1 investments in the last 12 months.

What kind of investor is LightShed Ventures?

LightShed Ventures is a VC firm based in New York, United States.

How much does LightShed Ventures manage?

About $87M, as gross assets of its private funds (Oct 2026).

Has LightShed Ventures raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Mar 2024, reporting $2.4M raised.

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