Jyothi Vallurupalli

Investor at Lightbank

Greater Chicago Area

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
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)

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

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