Lightship Capital

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Managing Partner - Lightship Anchor Fund

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Anchor is a Fund of Funds strategy leveraging diversity to produce exceptional outcomes. We are targeting a multi-billion fund backing remarkable Black fund managers across the Americas, Africa, and Europe. By strategically identifying opportunities within this market and coupling them with our unprecedented ecosystem access, Anchor aims to build wealth on a global scale for our investors and community.

General Partner - Lightship Venture Capital Fund I

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

LIGHTSHIP is a founder focused investment fund. We identify amazing technology driven startups founded/led by underrepresented professionals, and surround them with the education, collaboration, and capital necessary to scale toward exit. Our fund is modeled to offer underrepresented founders an alternative to traditional firms— enabling them to avoid the challenges associated with traditional funding. We join or lead rounds, we don’t require board seats to invest, and if/when we are invited to serve on the board— we strongly support the founder. We’re also willing to bridge our portfolio companies to their next round, and reserve capital so that we can participate in future rounds. At Lightship, we bet on the jockey, as much as we bet on the horse. Founded and managed by entrepreneurs, Lightship recognizes that early stage investment strategy begins with a great feeling about a company and its founder— and expands to include growth centric portfolio management built around key corporate and government alliances, access to professional services and training, and meaningful follow-on. Our approach is comprehensive and constructed to cultivate organic, sustainable growth.