Jyothi Vallurupalli

Investor at Lightbank

United States

Overview

Jyothi Vallurupalli is an Investor at Lightbank in the Greater Chicago Area, with a background in business development, strategy, and marketing. She has experience working at McKinsey & Company as a Consultant and holds a Bachelor of Science from The Wharton School, showcasing a strong foundation in business and finance.

Work Experience

Lightbank

Investor
2021 - Current
$680M AUM early stage VC fund investing out of a $290M Fund III that initially invests across pre-seed / seed / series A rounds. Areas of interest include startups building vertically focused technology, tech-enabled services, and consumer & SMB tech. The partners at Lightbank have started companies such as Tempus (NASDAQ: TEM), Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN), Echo Logistics (NASDAQ: ECHO), Mediaocean (acq. by Vista Equity) and Innerworkings (Nasdaq: INWK). The fund's portfolio companies have created over $25B in enterprise value and include companies such as Sprout Social (NASDAQ: SPT), Fiverr (NYSE: FVRR), Udemy (NASDAQ: UDMY), Tastytrade (acq. by IG Group), Boom Supersonic, Expel and others. Active: Claim, Attain, Ohana, Hark, Rooms, Wendy, Campus Ink, Elevent, Pyka

Lightbank is a $700M AUM VC led by Eric Lefkofsky investing across AI, SaaS, marketplaces, healthcare, fintech and consumer.

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