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Lightship Capital
Lightship Capital
Amount
Varies
Deadline
Rolling
Odds
Not published
Effort
30 minutes
Can you get this?
✓Seeks entrepreneurs leveraging modest resources for outsized returns
✓Targets emerging ecosystem builders
✓Believes impact and profit are simultaneously achievable
Your real odds
No acceptance rate is published, and because this is a venture fund, competition is baked into the model itself.
Lightship is a Cincinnati-based VC with a focused portfolio, so they make selective bets by design, and the rolling application window removes the single-deadline crunch without removing the constraint of fund size.
What it takes
Review their investment thesis on the website30 minutes
Submit application via their Apply form1-2 hours
Schedule office hours if invited1 hour
Worth knowing
Lightship explicitly values founders who do more with less, so leading with capital efficiency in your pitch aligns directly with how they describe their own selection criteria.
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