# Richard Greenfield

> Richard Greenfield is a seed investor at LightShed Ventures backing Software and Gaming. See 26 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [LightShed Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightshed-ventures)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 26
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 31%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/rich-greenfield/2/52/3b
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/RichBTIG
- Website: http://about.me/richardgreenfield
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/richardgreenfield

Richard Greenfield is a seed investor at LightShed Ventures in New York focused on Software and Gaming. Partner, TMT Analyst at LightShed Partners and GP, LightShed Ventures. Attended Brandeis University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 6 | 23% |
| Gaming | 5 | 19% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 5 | 19% |
| Mobile Apps | 3 | 12% |
| Social Media | 3 | 12% |

71 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 14 | 54% |
| Series A | 7 | 27% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 8% |
| Series B | 1 | 4% |
| Series C | 1 | 4% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Eventual | Eventual is a media and intelligence platform focused on prediction markets (such as politics, macro events, and culture), using the tagline "Prediction Markets. Decoded." |  | Seed | Jul 28, 2026 |  |
| Status | Status AI is an AI-driven social simulation platform that combines elements of social media, roleplaying, fanfiction, and interactive storytelling. The platform allows users to create digital personas, interact with AI-generated characters, and participate in fictional or user-created worlds through posts, replies, events, and direct interactions.Its system uses AI models that adapt to user choices and maintain ongoing character relationships and story progression over time. The company also incorporates multiplayer and community-based features, enabling users to build collaborative narratives and participate in shared timelines with other players. According to information published on its website and related company profiles, the platform primarily focuses on immersive social entertainment experiences for users interested in fandom communities, character-driven interactions, and AI-assisted storytelling. | $17M | Series A | May 19, 2026 |  |
| Status | Status AI is an AI-driven social simulation platform that combines elements of social media, roleplaying, fanfiction, and interactive storytelling. The platform allows users to create digital personas, interact with AI-generated characters, and participate in fictional or user-created worlds through posts, replies, events, and direct interactions.Its system uses AI models that adapt to user choices and maintain ongoing character relationships and story progression over time. The company also incorporates multiplayer and community-based features, enabling users to build collaborative narratives and participate in shared timelines with other players. According to information published on its website and related company profiles, the platform primarily focuses on immersive social entertainment experiences for users interested in fandom communities, character-driven interactions, and AI-assisted storytelling. |  | Seed | May 19, 2026 |  |
| Status | Status AI is an AI-driven social simulation platform that combines elements of social media, roleplaying, fanfiction, and interactive storytelling. The platform allows users to create digital personas, interact with AI-generated characters, and participate in fictional or user-created worlds through posts, replies, events, and direct interactions.Its system uses AI models that adapt to user choices and maintain ongoing character relationships and story progression over time. The company also incorporates multiplayer and community-based features, enabling users to build collaborative narratives and participate in shared timelines with other players. According to information published on its website and related company profiles, the platform primarily focuses on immersive social entertainment experiences for users interested in fandom communities, character-driven interactions, and AI-assisted storytelling. | $17M | Series A | May 19, 2026 |  |
| Vurvey Labs | Vurvey is a video-powered creator network for brands | $8.5M | Series A | Nov 19, 2025 |  |
| WorkWeek | Build. Run. Grow your service business. WorkWeek makes business easy. | $12.5M | Series A | Jun 13, 2024 |  |
| Peak | Peak provides API software that supports online child safety and helps fight child exploitation. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in New York, New York. | $3.3M | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2024 |  |
| Telly | Telly offers the first Dual Screen Smart TV, is the ultimate free television upgrade for the living room. | $20M | Seed | May 15, 2023 |  |
| Illumix | Illumix develops augmented reality games. Kirin Sinha, Marianne Dang, and Alex Fu founded it in 2017, with its headquarters in Redwood City in California. | $18M | Series A | Mar 20, 2023 |  |
| Slip.stream | Slip.stream is a royalty-free music library built for creators. Our library contains professional music from independent artists, composers, and producers that are cleared for use on any digital platform without the risk of copyright strikes ever. | $7.5M | Series A | May 26, 2022 |  |

10 of 26 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Union Square Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/union-square-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Abstract](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a-list-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [GTMfund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gtmfund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Human Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/human-ventures-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Long Journey Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/long-journey-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About LightShed Ventures

VC Fund · New York, United States

LightShed Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in the technology, media, telecom, and consumer sectors. The firm specializes in the fields of financial services, venture capital, and early-stage investment.

2 contacts available at LightShed Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jamie Seltzer | Co-Founder, General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jamie-seltzer |
| Richard Greenfield | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rich-greenfield-2 |

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## FAQ

### What does Richard Greenfield invest in?

Richard Greenfield invests primarily in Software, Gaming and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 26 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 Richard Greenfield last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Richard Greenfield closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 26 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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