Brad Baum
VC @ Lightbank
Chicago, United States
Brad Baum is a startup investor at Lightbank in Chicago. Brad graduated from the University of Michigan where he co-founded UpRound VC to help support and grow Michigan’s entrepreneurial community. During his time at U of M, Brad worked for Detroit Venture Partners as well as a Beijing-based venture firm located in Ann Arbor.Outside of work, Brad is an active Kairos Fellow and works with HarryStebbings as a content coordinator for the world's largest independent venture podcast, The Twenty Minute VC. Brad loves to travel and is passionate about working with young adults with special needs.
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About Lightbank
Lightbank VC is a $700M AUM venture fund that invests in early-stage vertically focused AI, consumer, enterprise, healthcare, crypto, fintech and climate companies. It focuses on pre-seed, seed and Series A opportunities where they write initial checks between $250k - $5m. They have invested in over 150 companies such as Tempus, Udemy, Fiverr(NYSE: FVRR), Sprout Social (NYSE: SPRT), Boom Supersonic, Tastytrade (acq. $1B+), Extend, Attain, Paytient and Expel.
Lightbank Contacts
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Bill Pescatello
Advisor or General Partner
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Brad Baum
VC
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Bradley Keywell
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
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Eric Lefkofsky
Co-founder & Managing Partner
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Eric Ong
Partner
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