LightShed Ventures

LightShed Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund that invests across the media, technology, consumer and telecom industries, from seed-stage rounds up to Series B. It combines this investing with a research and media platform covering those same sectors, which the firm says gives it early visibility into industry shifts and a wide network of contacts built up over time. LightShed describes its pairing of research and investing as unusual for a venture fund, giving it a broad set of relationships and visibility across the technology, media and telecom industry. The firm says it uses this network to help portfolio companies gain introductions across the industry, build visibility for their ideas through its media platform, and prepare for exit events such as initial public offerings or acquisitions, drawing on what it describes as a consistent record of spotting major industry shifts early.