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Lightbank

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Milestones

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  Lightbank invested in Contently. (1/8/12)
  Posted 1/8/12 at 8:09pm via betabeat.com
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  Lightbank invested in BodyShopBids. (1/4/12)
  Posted 1/4/12 at 7:55pm via techcrunch.com
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  Lightbank invested in E la Carte. (8/30/11)
  Posted 8/30/11 at 3:50am via techcrunch.com
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  Lightbank invested in oBaz. (7/1/11)
  Posted 8/9/11 at 1:34pm
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  Lightbank invested in myRete. (8/3/11)
  Posted 8/3/11 at 6:56pm via venturebeat.com
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  Lightbank invested in BabbaCo. (8/1/11)
  Posted 8/1/11 at 7:50pm via techcrunch.com
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  Lightbank invested in Hipster. (5/16/11)
  Posted 7/14/11 at 2:10pm via techcrunch.com
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  Lightbank invested in BeachMint. (6/17/11)
  Posted 6/17/11 at 6:26pm via techcrunch.com
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  Lightbank invested in OnSwipe. (6/2/11)
  Posted 6/5/11 at 5:53pm via techcrunch.com
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  Lightbank invested in OpenChime. (6/1/11)
  Posted 6/1/11 at 6:00pm via techcrunch.com
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  Lightbank invested in Benzinga. (5/26/11)
  Posted 5/26/11 at 6:29pm via freshnews.com
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  Lightbank invested in gtrot. (5/23/11)
  Posted 5/23/11 at 5:05pm via thealarmclock.com
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  Lightbank invested in DoubleDutch. (4/22/11)
  Posted 2/12/11 at 4:45am via techcrunch.com
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  Lightbank invested in Qwiki. (3/31/11)
  Posted 3/31/11 at 5:45pm via techcrunch.com
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  Lightbank invested in Zaarly. (3/9/11)
  Posted 3/9/11 at 3:16pm via techcrunch.com
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  Lightbank invested in 60mo. (1/19/11)
  Posted 1/21/11 at 3:41am via dowjones.com

Investments

Videos

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1. CHICAGO-BASED FUND, LIGHTBANK, TO INVEST UP TO $100 MILLION IN TECHNOLOGY START-UPS (freshnews.com) [edit]
2. Test Prep App Startup Watermelon Express Raises Funding From Groupon Co-Founders (techcrunch.com) [edit]
3. TechStars Contently Raises $2 M. From Groupon Investor Lightbank (betabeat.com) [edit]
4. Lightbank, OCA Put $1M In Auto Repair Marketplace BodyShopBids (techcrunch.com) [edit]
5. E La Carte Raises $4M From Groupon Co-Founders To Bring Tablets To Restaurant Tables (techcrunch.com) [edit]
6. Mobile app WhosHere raises $1.25M for location-based social networking (venturebeat.com) [edit]
7. Kids Educational Products Retailer BabbaCo Raises $1.2M From Lightbank And SV Angel (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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9. BeachMint Raises $23.5M at a Rumored $150M Valuation (techcrunch.com) [edit]
10. Spark, Lightbank And Yuri Milner Get In On OnSwipe’s $5M ‘Series Awesome’ (techcrunch.com) [edit]
11. OpenChime Nabs $700K From Groupon Founders (techcrunch.com) [edit]
12. Lightbank Makes $1.5MM Investment In Benzinga (freshnews.com) [edit]
13. Facebook Travel's Gtrot Raises $1M (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
14. Local Q&A Site Hipster Raises $1M From Google Ventures, Lightbank, 500 Startups And More (techcrunch.com) [edit]
15. Lightbank Leads $1.2 Million Round In Enterprise Mobile Startup DoubleDutch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
16. Disrupt Winner Qwiki Raises, Like, $1 Million From Groupon Co-Founders (techcrunch.com) [edit]
17. Zaarly Launches Realtime, Local Marketplace To The Public (techcrunch.com) [edit]
18. 60mo Funded For Finance Tool (fis.dowjones.com) [edit]
19. Test Prep App Startup Watermelon Express Raises Funding From Groupon Co-Founders (techcrunch.com) [edit]
20. Sprout Social Raises $1 Million For Social Media Management Platform (techcrunch.com) [edit]
21. Betterfly Raises Cash to Help People Find Services (bits.blogs.nytimes.com) [edit]
22. Sprout Social Raises Funding, Offers Business Tools For The Social Web Read more: http://techcrunch.com/2010/05/13/sprout-social/#ixzz0np1ligCy (techcrunch.com) [edit]
23. Social Travel App Where I’ve Been Raises $750K From Groupon Co-Founders (techcrunch.com) [edit]