General Partner at Lightship Capital
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Candice Matthews Brackeen invests or supports investments through Lightship Capital's published strategy: Invest post-product and post-revenue from pre-seed through Series A in founders of color, LGBTQ+ founders, women and innovators with disabilities, especially across the Midwest and South.
Show founder-market fit, the problem and differentiated solution, technical or market evidence, venture-scale potential, the next milestone and why Lightship Capital can materially help.
Founders with deep insight, strong execution ability, defensible differentiation and evidence that the company can become important within Consumer Products, E-Commerce, Climate Tech.
Companies outside the firm's published stage, sector or geographic mandate are less aligned; no broader exclusion is inferred without a public statement.