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

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