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ACTIVE
Global HQ
San Francisco, United States
Countries of investment
  • United States
  • Canada
Investment stages
  • Pre-Seed
  • Seed
  • Series A
  • Series B
Industries
  • SaaS
  • Fintech
  • Enterprise Software
About
Pathlight is a venture capital firm that partners with founders at the earliest stages to build category-defining software companies. Comprised of experienced operators and investors, the firm focuses on providing deep, hands-on support to its portfolio.
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Investment Thesis

Pathlight VC is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in software companies. They partner with founders at the earliest stages to build category-defining businesses, focusing on entrepreneurs who are obsessed with solving customer problems. Their unique value proposition stems from their small team of experienced operators and investors who provide hands-on support based on their own founding experiences.
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Manager's Experience

The partners, David Beazley and Kelly Costello, bring over 35 years of combined experience as founders, operators, and investors. David founded and successfully exited two companies and was a Partner at Anthos Capital, while Kelly previously invested at Primary Venture Partners and held various operating roles at startups. Their expertise is in leading or co-leading pre-seed and seed rounds with notable prior investments including Trunk Club, Arrive, and Alloy.

Team

David Beisel - Co-Founder & Partner

Steve Garrity - Co-Founder & Partner

Jake Gibson - Co-Founder & Partner

Julianna Cimino - Head of Platform

Kelly Poon - Head of Finance

Portfolio

Alloy

ChartHop

Chipper

Clockwise

Convex

Copy.ai

Deel

Fivetran

Found

Human Interest

Lattice

Navan

Papaya Global

Plaid

Sentry

Whatnot

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