# Charley Ma

> Charley Ma is a seed investor at Pathlight Ventures backing Software and Financial Services. See 23 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Pathlight Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/exponent-founders-capital)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 23
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 4%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charleyma/
- Website: https://x.com/charleyma
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CharleyMa

Charley Ma is a seed investor at Pathlight Ventures in New York focused on Software and Financial Services. Charley Ma is based out of New York City and is the Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Pathlight Ventures. Charley previously worked at Alloy as a Growth Advisor. Charley Ma attended the University of Pennsylvania.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3.5M–$11M |
| Series A | $10M–$30M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 10 | 43% |
| Financial Services | 10 | 43% |
| FinTech | 9 | 39% |
| Finance | 6 | 26% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 17% |

32 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 14 | 61% |
| Series A | 7 | 30% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 4% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 17 | 74% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% |
| South Africa | 1 | 4% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oasys Health | AI-native EHR and practice management system with real-time patient monitoring for private practices and therapy networks. Increase your efficiency via automated documentation, scheduling, billing, and teletherapy— all while leveraging advanced data from patients to personalize care. | $4M | Seed | Jan 06, 2026 |  |
| Default | The command center for modern sales teams. | $6.6M | Seed | Nov 09, 2023 |  |
| Series | Series provides full-stack enterprise financial services designed for institutions & enterprises. |  | Seed | Sep 26, 2023 |  |
| Series | Series provides full-stack enterprise financial services designed for institutions & enterprises. | $25M | Series A | Sep 26, 2023 |  |
| Knot | Knot is for when there's knot an API - change card on file information, cancel subscriptions, change passwords, and more. Knot spun out of Millions. | $10M | Series A | Aug 03, 2023 |  |
| Meanwhile | Meanwhile is a licensed and regulated life insurance business. | $19M | Seed | Jun 06, 2023 |  |
| Contribution Labs, Inc. | Contribution Labs, Inc. (dba Megaphone) builds a SaaS platform that lets consumer‑facing Web3 brands design, launch, and measure token‑based marketing programs—airdrop claims, quests, and referral incentives—without writing smart‑contract code. The tools combine off‑chain campaign analytics with on‑chain distribution rails so marketers can targethigher‑quality wallets and reward them with branded digital assets. The company today supports a roster of early‑adopter enterprises including Coinbase, Forbes, Optimism, Alchemy, Farcaster, and more. | $2.4M | Seed | Aug 30, 2022 |  |
| Heard Technologies | Heard Technologies is a financial operations platform for mental health professionals in private practice. Founded in 2019 by Andrew Riesen and Victoria Li, Heard helps independent providers start and run their practices with integrated formation, bookkeeping, payroll, and tax software, delivering real-time financial insights. | $10M | Series A | May 05, 2022 |  |
| Starlight | Starlight is an all-in-one solution for companies to manage their crypto assets. We offer everything a company needs to operate in the crypto economy from setting up wallets, to buying crypto, to tracking expenses. Starlight helps you manage the details - so you can focus on running your business. | $5M | Seed | Apr 05, 2022 |  |
| Rutter | Rutter develops a universal API that integrates with every commerce, accounting, and payments platform. It enables users to connect to any platform and get a holistic view of any business. | $27M | Series A | Mar 15, 2022 |  |

10 of 23 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Abstract](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a-list-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Basis Set Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/basis-set-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [BoxGroup](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boxgroup) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Gradient](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gradient-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Caffeinated Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caffeinated-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Pathlight Ventures

VC Fund

Exponent Founders Capital is an investment firm.

2 contacts available at Pathlight Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Charley Ma | Managing Partner & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charley-ma |
| Mahdi Raza | Managing Partner & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mahdi-raza-7c93 |

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## FAQ

### What does Charley Ma invest in?

Charley Ma invests primarily in Software, Financial Services and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 23 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Charley Ma's check size?

Charley Ma typically joins rounds of $3.5M–$11M at Seed and $10M–$30M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Charley Ma participates in.

### When did Charley Ma last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Charley Ma closed in Jan 2026. Shizune tracks 23 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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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