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Lightbank

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Recent Milestones

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  Lightbank invested in walkby. (4/10/13)
  Posted 4/11/13 at 3:28am via techcrunch.com
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  Lightbank invested in Soundsupply. (3/29/13)
  Posted 3/31/13 at 7:31pm via finsmes.com
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  Lightbank invested in Centzy. (3/27/13)
  Posted 3/28/13 at 6:28pm via techcrunch.com
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  Lightbank invested in Ovuline. (1/7/13)
  Posted 1/7/13 at 5:05am via techcrunch.com
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  Lightbank invested in SunnyBump. (12/15/12)
  Posted 3/7/13 at 1:09pm
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  Lightbank invested in SpotHero. (12/13/12)
  Posted 12/13/12 at 9:22pm via techcrunch.com
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  Lightbank invested in Udemy. (12/7/12)
  Posted 12/7/12 at 7:22pm via freshnews.com
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  Lightbank invested in DoubleDutch. (11/12/12)
  Posted 11/13/12 at 2:50am via techcrunch.com
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  Lightbank invested in Frank & Oak. (10/11/12)
  Posted 10/11/12 at 11:55pm via techcrunch.com
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  Lightbank invested in Coffee Meets Bagel. (9/26/12)
  Posted 9/26/12 at 9:46pm via techcrunch.com
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  Lightbank invested in MyCabbage. (8/23/12)
  Posted 8/23/12 at 6:44pm via pandodaily.com
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  Lightbank invested in walkby. (8/1/12)
  Posted 4/8/13 at 8:02am via chicagotribune.com
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  Lightbank invested in Boomerang. (7/31/12)
  Posted 7/31/12 at 9:10pm via pandodaily.com
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  Lightbank invested in Eventup. (6/4/12)
  Posted 6/4/12 at 6:18pm via dowjones.com
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  Lightbank invested in Ark. (4/25/12)
  Posted 4/25/12 at 11:08am via techcrunch.com
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  Lightbank invested in Locu. (4/23/12)
  Posted 4/23/12 at 6:48am via techcrunch.com

Investments

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1. CHICAGO-BASED FUND, LIGHTBANK, TO INVEST UP TO $100 MILLION IN TECHNOLOGY START-UPS (freshnews.com) [edit]
Test Prep App Startup Watermelon Express Raises Funding From Groupon Co-Founders (techcrunch.com) [edit]
2. Lightbank Invests $650,000 In Walk.by, A New Platform Connecting Local Merchants With Online Shoppers By Way Of Smartphones (techcrunch.com) [edit]
3. Soundsupply Secures Seed Funding from Lightbank (finsmes.com) [edit]
4. Centzy Raises $1.6M Seed Round From Cowboy Ventures, Founder Collective, Lightbank & Others To Bring Offline Biz Data To Web & Mobile (techcrunch.com) [edit]
5. Ovuline Raises $1.4M From Lightbank, David Cohen And Others To Help Women Track Fertility And Pregnancy (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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7. SpotHero Raises $2.5M From Battery, Lightbank To Help You Reserve Parking In Garages (techcrunch.com) [edit]
8. Udemy Receives $12 Million in Series B Financing Led by Insight Venture Partners (freshnews.com) [edit]
9. Mobile-First Enterprise Startup DoubleDutch Raises $4 Million Series B From Floodgate & Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
10. Lightbank Leads $5M Round In Personalized Retail Site For Men, Frank & Oak (techcrunch.com) [edit]
11. Daily Dating Site Coffee Meets Bagel Lands $600K From Lightbank, Match.com Co-Founder (techcrunch.com) [edit]
12. Deal Management Platform DealsGoRound Becomes MyCabbage, Raises $950K From Groupon Founders (pandodaily.com) [edit]
13. Walk.by steps into online clothes shopping (articles.chicagotribune.com) [edit]
14. Boomerang Raises $1M, Pivots (pandodaily.com) [edit]
15. Eventup Raises $1.8M to Book Intimate Events (pevc.dowjones.com) [edit]
16. Ark Raised $4.2 Million Seed Round Instead Of Series A To "Keep Complete Control" Of Its People Search Engine (techcrunch.com) [edit]
17. Data-Focused Locu Raises $4M Series A From General Catalyst, Lowercase, Lightbank & SV Angel (techcrunch.com) [edit]
18. Social events marketplace Lifecrowd raises $5M from Lightbank, Bullpen, others (venturebeat.com) [edit]
19. SocialKaty Secures Series A Funding from Lightbank (finsmes.com) [edit]
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21. Self-Improvement Marketplace Betterfly Raises $1.5M, Gets A New CEO (techcrunch.com) [edit]
22. TechStars Contently Raises $2 M. From Groupon Investor Lightbank (betabeat.com) [edit]
23. Lightbank, OCA Put $1M In Auto Repair Marketplace BodyShopBids (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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27. Crowdsourced Learning Platform Udemy Raises $3 Million From Lightbank And Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
28. Cloudbot Closes Funding Led by Lightbank (finsmes.com) [edit]
29. Chicago startup BodyShopBids scoops up $1 million in VC funding (articles.chicagotribune.com) [edit]
30. E La Carte Raises $4M From Groupon Co-Founders To Bring Tablets To Restaurant Tables (techcrunch.com) [edit]
31. Mobile app WhosHere raises $1.25M for location-based social networking (venturebeat.com) [edit]
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33. Kids Educational Products Retailer BabbaCo Raises $1.2M From Lightbank And SV Angel (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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35. BeachMint Raises $23.5M at a Rumored $150M Valuation (techcrunch.com) [edit]
36. Spark, Lightbank And Yuri Milner Get In On OnSwipe's $5M "Series Awesome" (techcrunch.com) [edit]
37. OpenChime Nabs $700K From Groupon Founders (techcrunch.com) [edit]
38. Lightbank Makes $1.5MM Investment In Benzinga (freshnews.com) [edit]
39. Facebook Travel's Gtrot Raises $1M (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
40. Local Q&A Site Hipster Raises $1M From Google Ventures, Lightbank, 500 Startups And More (techcrunch.com) [edit]
41. Lightbank Leads $1.2 Million Round In Enterprise Mobile Startup DoubleDutch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
42. Disrupt Winner Qwiki Raises, Like, $1 Million From Groupon Co-Founders (techcrunch.com) [edit]
43. Zaarly Launches Realtime, Local Marketplace To The Public (techcrunch.com) [edit]
44. 60mo Funded For Finance Tool (fis.dowjones.com) [edit]
45. Test Prep App Startup Watermelon Express Raises Funding From Groupon Co-Founders (techcrunch.com) [edit]
46. Sprout Social Raises $1 Million For Social Media Management Platform (techcrunch.com) [edit]
47. Betterfly Raises Cash to Help People Find Services (bits.blogs.nytimes.com) [edit]
48. 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]
49. Social Travel App Where I’ve Been Raises $750K From Groupon Co-Founders (techcrunch.com) [edit]