# Brad Baum

> Brad Baum is a startup investor at Lightbank (Chicago). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Lightbank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightbank)
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/baumbrad/

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.

## About Lightbank

VC Fund · Chicago, United States

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.

5 contacts available at Lightbank.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bill Pescatello | Advisor or General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bill-pescatello |
| Brad Baum | VC | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brad-baum |
| Bradley Keywell | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brad-keywell |
| Eric Lefkofsky | Co-founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-lefkofsky |
| Eric Ong | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-ong-2 |

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