# Third Lane Ventures

> Third Lane Ventures is a VC fund in Colombo backing FinTech, E-Commerce and Advertising. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Mar 2018
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/third-lane-ventures/
- Website: https://x.com/tlvsrilanka
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tlvsrilanka/

Third Lane Ventures is a VC fund in Colombo focused on FinTech and E-Commerce. We invest in the people behind the idea and not in the idea itself. We typically invest in Startup firms at the early stage of their growth cycle. In exceptional circumstances TLV may invest in firms at later stages of growth or in firms requiring seed funding.Seed funding is the earliest stage of venture funding available to startups. It helpspay for your essentials, while your getting started with your idea. We provide our startups with more than just capital. TLV takes an active role in the development & growth of our startups. We are always available for guidance to our startup Founders, Co-Founders or CEO's.In addition, TLV also leverages it's industry networks to expand and grow the sales of our startup firms. Similarly, when our startups need to expand further. TLV provides access to a large pool of Private Equity Capital both in Sri Lanka & Overseas.We also provide through TLV Squared™ Startup Capital Raising & Advisory services.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | $100k–$120k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 1 | 33% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 33% |
| Advertising | 1 | 33% |
| Digital Marketing | 1 | 33% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 33% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Glitteray | Glitteray is an e-commerce company that focuses on designing and selling jewelry. Glitteray meticulously crafts each piece by hand using carefully chosen gemstones. The company draws inspiration for its seasonless, year-round wearable designs from Sri Lanka's rich historical heritage as well as from contemporary themes. | $100K | Seed | Mar 01, 2018 | https://www.glitterayjewellery.com/ |
| Alakazam | Alakazam is a mobile app that assists business owners in content planning for social media (Facebook & Instagram). The company generate a plan based on themes which, the business owner can fill in the picture/ video. It assists by providing generated captions, hashtags based on content uploaded and delivering the content to their audienceat the optimal timeAlakazam was founded in 2017 and based in Singapore. | $100K | Pre-Seed | Feb 01, 2018 | https://x.com/getalakazam |
| Moneyworkz | Moneyworkz is a Sri Lankan financial aggregation platform driven by the idea of making "finance and banking accessible to anyone, anywhere". For the first time in Sri Lanka users can Discover the best Credit Cards, Personal Loans & Card Deals and Apply for them all in one place. | $120K | Pre-Seed | May 01, 2017 | https://moneyworkz.com/ |

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## FAQ

### What does Third Lane Ventures invest in?

Third Lane Ventures invests primarily in FinTech, E-Commerce and Advertising startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Sri Lanka. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Third Lane Ventures's check size?

Third Lane Ventures typically joins rounds of $100k–$120k at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Third Lane Ventures participates in.

### When did Third Lane Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Third Lane Ventures closed in Mar 2018. Shizune tracks 3 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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