JV
Jyothi Vallurupalli
Investor at Lightbank
JV
Jyothi Vallurupalli
Investor at Lightbank
Greater Chicago Area
Overview
Work Experience
Investor
2021 - Current
Early stage VC fund that initially invests across pre-seed / seed / series A rounds in a variety of industries. Areas of interest include B2B in marketplaces and vertical software, enterprise software, healthcare, tech-enabled services, consumer internet. The partners at Lightbank have started companies such as Groupon, Tempus, Echo Logistics, Mediaocean and Innerworkings. The fund's portfolio companies have created over $25B in enterprise value and include companies such as Sprout Social, Fiverr, Udemy, Tastytrade, Boom Supersonic and others. • Pre-seed/Seed: Ohana, Hark, Campus Ink, stealth legal tech, stealth edtech, stealth consumer x Gen AI • Series A: Sparkplug, Pyka • Other active: Attain (Series B)
Consultant
2018 - 2021
Instructional Associate and Team Advisor
2018 - 2018
Summer Analyst, Strategic Planning Group
2017 - 2017
Enterprise Risk Services Intern
2016 - 2016
Summer Associate
2015 - 2015