# Candice Matthews

> Candice Matthews is a seed investor at Lightship Capital backing Agriculture. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Lightship Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightship-capital)
- Location: Cincinnati, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Feb 2022
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/candicebrackeen/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/candicenmatthew

Candice Matthews is a seed investor at Lightship Capital in Cincinnati focused on Agriculture and Manufacturing. Candice Matthews is the Executive Director at Hillman Accelerator.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Candice Matthews: work email, personal email, work phone, personal phone and socials. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-email/candice-matthews?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Agriculture | 1 | 50% |
| Manufacturing | 1 | 50% |
| Sustainability | 1 | 50% |
| Food Processing | 1 | 50% |
| Food and Beverage | 1 | 50% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bootup | Bootup creates a marketplace for tech talent. Bootup's goal is to build tools to help bridge the gap between those looking for economic upward mobility and technology companies looking for strategies to solve for the impending talent crisis. We are excited to support all of the individuals looking to break into tech, the educators fuelingtheir growth, and the enterprises who power the industry. | $2.1M | Seed | Feb 21, 2022 | https://www.joinbootup.com/ |
| FreshFry | FreshFry is committed to providing sustainable products in commercial kitchens. It creates meaningful, innovative, and sustainable products for those who make food. | $3.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 15, 2020 | http://www.freshfry.me/#freshfry |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Base Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/base-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Concrete Rose Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/concrete-rose-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kapor Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kapor-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Open Prairie](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/open-prairie) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Lightship Capital

VC Fund · Cincinnati, United States

We turn bias into profit. Lightship Capital is exploiting two market failures to the benefit of our LPs. The first market failure is a lack of venture capital outside of Silicon Valley, the second is a lack of capital for underrepresented founders.

4 contacts available at Lightship Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brian Brackeen | General Partner - Lightship Venture Capital Fund I | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-brackeen |
| Alexis Alston | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexis-alston |
| Candice Matthews | Co-Founder & CEO & General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/candice-matthews |
| Marlon Avery | Engineering Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marlon-avery |

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## FAQ

### What does Candice Matthews invest in?

Candice Matthews invests primarily in Agriculture, Manufacturing and Sustainability startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Candice Matthews?

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### When did Candice Matthews last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Candice Matthews closed in Feb 2022. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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