# Lightship Capital

> Lightship Capital is a VC fund backing Artificial Intelligence. See 19 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cincinnati, United States
- Total investments: 19
- Last investment: Mar 2023
- Lead investor: 47%
- Fund size: $50M
- Last fund: Jun 2020
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lightship-capital
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/lightshipcap
- Website: https://www.lightship.capital/

Lightship Capital is a VC fund in Cincinnati focused on Artificial Intelligence and Health Care. 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.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 4 | 21% |
| Health Care | 3 | 16% |
| SaaS | 2 | 11% |
| Women's | 2 | 11% |
| Consumer Goods | 2 | 11% |

44 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 8 | 42% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 16% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 16% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 11% |
| Series A | 1 | 5% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Brian Brackeen | General Partner - Lightship Venture Capital Fund I | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-brackeen |
| Alexis Alston | Principal | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexis-alston |
| Candice Matthews | Co-Founder & CEO & General Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/candice-matthews |
| Marlon Avery | Engineering Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marlon-avery |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Arbit | Arbit is a sneaker resell marketplace that uses AI to help people buy and sell at the right time and price. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Mar 30, 2023 |  |
| Brevity | At Brevity, our motto is "The game is won before it starts". Accelerate new hire ramp-up and increase quota attainment with AI-Powered Role Play. Streamline training and development with AI-powered scoring and feedback. Request a DEMO today at www.brevitypitch.com |  |  | Feb 24, 2023 |  |
| Brevity | At Brevity, our motto is "The game is won before it starts". Accelerate new hire ramp-up and increase quota attainment with AI-Powered Role Play. Streamline training and development with AI-powered scoring and feedback. Request a DEMO today at www.brevitypitch.com |  | Seed | Feb 24, 2023 |  |
| Boddle | Boddle is a game-based learning platform that helps K-12 teachers assess and differentiate their students’ learning to improve academic outcomes in STEM. The platform uses gameplay and adaptive learning technology to engage students for growth while turning student responses into actionable reports for teachers.Boddle was established inFebruary, 2018 in Tulsa, Oklahoma by Edna Martinson, and Clarence Tan. | $3M | Seed | Sep 23, 2022 |  |
| Vyrill | Vyrill is a video marketing and intelligence platform for insights and commerce, powered by in-video search. Vyrill enables enterprises to ‘search’ or ‘google’ inside any video on web or mobile to unlock video data for growth.  Our platform is a one-stop-shop for video : capture, indexing, ranking, intelligence, search, management, SEO andcommerce across multiple platforms. Our platform, API and widgets boosts customer acquisition, video/page engagement, video personalization, and video SEO for brands, retailers and solution providers. | $2.5M | Seed | Mar 30, 2022 |  |
| 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 |  |
| 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 |  |
| Proov | Proov offers patented at home testing systems - including the only FDA cleared at-home test to measure progesterone metabolite PdG - to help women understand and act on their hormones.When used with the Proov Insight app, Proov's easy, at-home pee tests provide a science-backed fertility coach right in your hand. First, a woman can measureall of the menstrual hormones daily with Proov tests, then snap a photo of each test within the Insight app. Then, a woman can follow the in-app prompts throughout her cycle to understand ovulation status, get daily insights and an Ovulation Insights score. Finally, the app generates a personalized action plan to maximize her wellness or develop a fertility strategy. Proov was founded by Amy Beckley, Ph.D, the "infertile scientist," after three years of infertility and seven miscarriages. Amy applied her own science expertise to uncover a luteal phase defect (a problem with ovulation quality). With help from her doctor and a simple supplement, Amy was able to get pregnant with her daughter.Proov is a venture capital backed company and the leader in understanding hormone health on the basis of tracking PdG, a metabolite of progesterone. | $9.7M | Series A | Dec 15, 2021 |  |
| Boddle | Boddle is a game-based learning platform that helps K-12 teachers assess and differentiate their students’ learning to improve academic outcomes in STEM. The platform uses gameplay and adaptive learning technology to engage students for growth while turning student responses into actionable reports for teachers.Boddle was established inFebruary, 2018 in Tulsa, Oklahoma by Edna Martinson, and Clarence Tan. | $1.4M | Seed | Oct 20, 2021 |  |
| Boddle | Boddle is a game-based learning platform that helps K-12 teachers assess and differentiate their students’ learning to improve academic outcomes in STEM. The platform uses gameplay and adaptive learning technology to engage students for growth while turning student responses into actionable reports for teachers.Boddle was established inFebruary, 2018 in Tulsa, Oklahoma by Edna Martinson, and Clarence Tan. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Oct 20, 2021 |  |

10 of 19 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Atento Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atento-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Cortado Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cortado-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [KCRise Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kcrise-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [SteelSky Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/steelsky-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Base Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/base-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Black Ambition](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/black-ambition) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Lightship Capital invest in?

Lightship Capital invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Health Care and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 19 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 Lightship Capital?

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### Who are the partners at Lightship Capital?

The team at Lightship Capital includes Brian Brackeen (General Partner - Lightship Venture Capital Fund I), Alexis Alston (Principal) and Candice Matthews (Co-Founder & CEO & General Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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