Pathlight VC
Status
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.
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.
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.
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