# LYVC

> LYVC is a VC fund in San Mateo backing Marketplace and Information Technology. See 17 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Mateo, United States
- Total investments: 17
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lyvc/
- Website: https://www.lyvc.vc/

LYVC is a Silicon Valley based cross-stage and cross-border investment platform that works selectively with institutional investors and global conglomerate including venture capital, hedge funds and companies who share the same value. LYVC is deep-rooted in Silicon Valley through our deliberated long-term partnership.We support visionaryentrepreneurs who strive to build companies with disruptive technology and business barriers. With our global network and local expertise, LYVC seeks to add value in our expertise and build long-term partnership with them.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Marketplace | 3 | 18% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 18% |
| Apps | 2 | 12% |
| Cannabis | 2 | 12% |
| Internet | 2 | 12% |

55 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 8 | 47% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 18% |
| Angel | 2 | 12% |
| Series A | 1 | 6% |
| Series B | 1 | 6% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 12 | 71% |
| China | 1 | 6% |
| Canada | 1 | 6% |
| Singapore | 1 | 6% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Orbital | Orbital is a startup that is creating artificial intelligence data centers for deployment in low-Earth orbit to circumvent terrestrial power and cooling limits. The company specializes in satellite-based compute for AI inference workloads, utilizing continuous solar power and space's inherent radiative cooling. | $5M | Pre-Seed | Jun 09, 2026 |  |
| TBook | TBook is a full-stack, chain-agnostic infrastructure layer designed for the digital workforce. |  | Seed | Jan 09, 2026 |  |
| Jasmine Energy | Jasmine Energy is an AI powered incentive management platform for solar developers. Tracking environmental certificates and credits is complex and time-consuming, leading to missed revenue and administrative headaches. Jasmine automates registration, generation reporting, and credit tracking— starting with RECs and LCFS, Jasmine has helped solardevelopers, IPPs, TPOs and homeowners generated thousands of dollars in missed revenue, save weeks of manual work, and aggregate small distributed generation to maximize grid value and returns. |  | Pre-Seed | Sep 01, 2022 |  |
| Nabis | Nabis is the #1 wholesale platform powering over $1B annually in licensed cannabis commerce across the U.S. Founded in 2018 by serial tech entrepreneurs and backed by Y Combinator, Nabis enables thousands of nationwide brand and retailer partners to innovate, launch, and scale strategically. Its integrated wholesale solution includes best-in-classonline marketplace, state-of-the-art multi-channel fulfillment, payment processing, flexible financing, data analytics, and sales and marketing services. Nabis delivers the predictability cannabis operators need to grow. Nabis has been recognized on Inc. 5000’s list of Fastest Growing Private Companies in America, Fast Company’s 50 Most Innovative Companies in America, and Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500. Learn more at nabis.com. | $4.3M | Seed | Apr 22, 2019 |  |
| Kalshi | Kalshi is a federally regulated financial exchange that allows investors to trade directly on the anticipated outcome of future events. Kalshi’s markets cover a wide range of topics including economics, international affairs, media and entertainment, climate/weather, and public health. Because Kalshi’s market topics can be more specific thanother instruments like stocks or bonds, investors can get direct exposure to the events and trends that they are interested in. For example, a Kalshi market on whether a certain free trade agreement will be signed can help retail investors get exposure to emerging markets and fluctuations in international trade.Website: https://kalshi.com | $2M | Pre-Seed | Mar 06, 2019 |  |
| Mighty Buildings | Mighty Buildings is a cutting-edge construction technology company that uses 3D printing, robotics, and automation to build homes.It is a modular construction company working on disrupting the residential housing market with 3D printing tech, robotics, and composite materials backed by notable top-tier venture capital firms. The company creates aproprietary building material called Light Stone Material (LSM) which is similar to a synthetic stone that can be 3D printed, making the building process faster and with zero waste. LSM can also maintain a structure’s temperature better than concrete, wood, or steel. |  | Series B | Feb 09, 2019 |  |
| Solana | Solana is a crypto startup that builds and develops crypto apps for decentralized apps and marketplaces. The startup was founded in 2018 and is based in San Francisco, California. |  | Seed | Sep 26, 2018 |  |
| CB Therapeutics | CB Therapeutics is a biotech company that specializes in the biosynthetic production of cannabinoids from sugar. CB Therapeutics produces pure cannabinoids like CBD and THC using yeast and sugar. No plants involved. | $120K | Seed | Aug 20, 2018 |  |
| ARPA | ARPA is a network that provides secure computation, which enables data to be shared and used without disclosing the raw data to anyone during data-at-use. The correctness of computation is verifiable even under majority malicious condition using Information-theoretic MAC and Zero- Knowledge Proof. By using state-of-the-art Multi-party Computationalong with innovative node communication scheme, our privacy-preserving computation protocol enables a new way of data monetization called Data Renting. |  | Angel | Aug 20, 2018 |  |
| ARPA Network | ARPA Network is a decentralized computing network designed to improve the fairness, security, and privacy of blockchain technology. |  | Angel | Aug 20, 2018 |  |

10 of 17 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/liquid2-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Arrington XRP Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arrington-xrp-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [focal](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/focal-4f67) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [FundersClub](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fundersclub) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does LYVC invest in?

LYVC invests primarily in Marketplace, Information Technology and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 17 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did LYVC last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for LYVC closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 17 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 Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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