Pathlight Ventures is a U.S.-focused early-stage venture capital firm backing mission-driven founders in AI-native systems, healthcare, capital markets infrastructure, financial plumbing, security, government and public safety, and vertical hardware and robotics. The firm invests at seed and Series A, has acted as a lead or co-lead investor, and takes a high-conviction thematic approach with a small number of companies each year. Portfolio companies include Ramp, Plaid, Kalshi and Robinhood.