# Lightbird

> Lightbird is a VC fund in Bern backing Software, SaaS and Sales. See 17 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bern, Switzerland
- Total investments: 17
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 47%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lightbird/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/lightbird_vc
- Website: https://lightbird.vc/

Lightbird is a trusted, nimble and reliable partner that accompanies European founders on the roller-coaster ride of what it is to be an entrepreneur. Lightbird invests in the most intense period of a company’s life – the early stage.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3M–$6.7M |
| Pre-Seed | $1M–$4.7M |
| Series A | $8.1M–$9.4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 9 | 53% |
| SaaS | 3 | 18% |
| Sales | 2 | 12% |
| GreenTech | 2 | 12% |
| Marketing | 2 | 12% |

29 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 41% |
| Pre-Seed | 6 | 35% |
| Series A | 2 | 12% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 29% |
| Germany | 4 | 24% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 12% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Benjamin Solenthaler | Managing Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benjamin-solenthaler |
| Jasmin Heimann | Associate | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jasmin-heimann |
| Thomas Meier | Managing Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thomas-meier-4 |
| Thuy-Linh Uong | Associate | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thuy-linh-uong |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tably | Building the quickest, easiest and most enjoyable place to share and collaborate on data work. Leveraging fundamental innovations in collaborative software to unlock magical UX and unique new functionality. Free and paid plans, for individuals and teams of all sizes. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Feb 06, 2026 |  |
| Saporo | Saporo’s mission is to help organizations increase their cyber resistance no matter their size or industry. Thanks to a unique approach and cutting-edge technologies, we aim at making defenders win the race against attackers and put order in chaos.Privileged account access represents the keys to the kingdom for threat actors, enabling them tomove around a network almost unabated. With it, attackers can explore and extract as much sensitive data as they like. These same privileged accounts then allow the threat actor to encrypt that same stolen data and hold the organization at ransom. Identifying all potential attack paths in large and dynamic environments is impossible using manual methods. Finding, quantifying and prioritizing where to start and what to do requires automation.Defenders can never hope to get ahead of attackers if attackers have a better understanding of the battlefield - the organizations own network. By leveraging the same techniques used by threat actors to visualize the most critical paths to critical resources, defenders can start to see their environment as attackers do. Once visibility is achieved, it becomes much easier to anticipate attack paths and implement the appropriate countermeasures and controls. | $8.1M | Series A | Nov 27, 2025 |  |
| SAEKI | Saeki Robotics is a manufacturing company that develops robotic digital manufacturing units and hardware and software automation tools. | $6.7M | Seed | Feb 05, 2025 |  |
| repath | Repath Identifies and manages climate risks with SaaS solution. The platform for climate risk and adaptation is a location-specific, user-friendly, fully functional automated SaaS solution that would allow the company to forecast the future physical climate risks, comprehend the particulars vulnerabilities of the assets, as well as the necessarymeasures of adaptation to mitigate the identified dangers. Its customers can access the translated climate data into easy-to-understand aggregated results via repath´s platform or via API. | $4M | Seed | Sep 19, 2024 |  |
| trumpet | Close deals faster with collaborative microsites. Collaborate with your buyers in one centralised and trackable digital space, from first call to deal close and beyond. | $6.4M | Seed | Aug 15, 2024 |  |
| Kenjo | All-in-one HR software for SMEs | $9.4M | Series A | Sep 17, 2023 |  |
| trumpet | Close deals faster with collaborative microsites. Collaborate with your buyers in one centralised and trackable digital space, from first call to deal close and beyond. | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | Jun 18, 2023 |  |
| Equipme | Equipme seamlessly connects businesses with service providers to make it easier for customers to obtain services in a frictionless manner. | $3.8M | Seed | Apr 17, 2023 |  |
| Saporo | Saporo’s mission is to help organizations increase their cyber resistance no matter their size or industry. Thanks to a unique approach and cutting-edge technologies, we aim at making defenders win the race against attackers and put order in chaos.Privileged account access represents the keys to the kingdom for threat actors, enabling them tomove around a network almost unabated. With it, attackers can explore and extract as much sensitive data as they like. These same privileged accounts then allow the threat actor to encrypt that same stolen data and hold the organization at ransom. Identifying all potential attack paths in large and dynamic environments is impossible using manual methods. Finding, quantifying and prioritizing where to start and what to do requires automation.Defenders can never hope to get ahead of attackers if attackers have a better understanding of the battlefield - the organizations own network. By leveraging the same techniques used by threat actors to visualize the most critical paths to critical resources, defenders can start to see their environment as attackers do. Once visibility is achieved, it becomes much easier to anticipate attack paths and implement the appropriate countermeasures and controls. | $4.7M | Pre-Seed | Dec 06, 2022 |  |
| Saporo | Saporo’s mission is to help organizations increase their cyber resistance no matter their size or industry. Thanks to a unique approach and cutting-edge technologies, we aim at making defenders win the race against attackers and put order in chaos.Privileged account access represents the keys to the kingdom for threat actors, enabling them tomove around a network almost unabated. With it, attackers can explore and extract as much sensitive data as they like. These same privileged accounts then allow the threat actor to encrypt that same stolen data and hold the organization at ransom. Identifying all potential attack paths in large and dynamic environments is impossible using manual methods. Finding, quantifying and prioritizing where to start and what to do requires automation.Defenders can never hope to get ahead of attackers if attackers have a better understanding of the battlefield - the organizations own network. By leveraging the same techniques used by threat actors to visualize the most critical paths to critical resources, defenders can start to see their environment as attackers do. Once visibility is achieved, it becomes much easier to anticipate attack paths and implement the appropriate countermeasures and controls. | $4.2M | Seed | Dec 06, 2022 |  |

10 of 17 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Anamcara Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anamcara-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Session.vc](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/spark-invest) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Triple Point Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/triple-point) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Haatch](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/haatch) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Nauta Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nauta-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [SICTIC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sictic) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Lightbird invest in?

Lightbird invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Sales startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 17 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Lightbird's check size?

Lightbird typically joins rounds of $3M–$6.7M at Seed, $1M–$4.7M at Pre-Seed and $8.1M–$9.4M 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 Lightbird participates in.

### How do I contact Lightbird?

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### Who are the partners at Lightbird?

The team at Lightbird includes Benjamin Solenthaler (Managing Partner), Jasmin Heimann (Associate) and Thomas Meier (Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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