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Lytical Ventures

North America, New York, United States, New York

Description

Lytical Ventures is a New York-based venture capital firm established in 2018, specializing in early-stage investments across the critical domains of cybersecurity, data, and artificial intelligence. The firm positions itself as a strategic partner to innovative companies developing foundational technologies that address complex challenges in these rapidly evolving sectors. With a deep understanding of the enterprise software landscape, Lytical Ventures aims to identify and support startups poised for significant growth and market disruption.

The firm's investment thesis centers on identifying companies with strong technical teams, compelling intellectual property, and clear paths to market adoption within their core areas of focus. Lytical Ventures typically engages with companies at the Seed, Series A, and Series B stages, providing not just capital but also strategic guidance and access to a robust network of industry experts and potential customers. Their hands-on approach is designed to accelerate the development and commercialization of cutting-edge solutions.

In 2021, Lytical Ventures successfully closed its second fund, Lytical Ventures II, with $100 million in commitments, underscoring investor confidence in their specialized investment strategy. This capital enables the firm to deploy initial investments ranging typically from $2 million to $7 million, allowing them to take meaningful positions in promising early-stage companies. The firm's disciplined approach to capital deployment ensures that portfolio companies receive the necessary resources to scale operations and achieve key milestones, reinforcing their commitment to fostering innovation in the cybersecurity, data, and AI ecosystems.

Investor Profile

Lytical Ventures has backed more than 32 startups, with 3 new investments in the last 12 months alone. The firm has led 11 rounds, about 34% of its total and boasts 2 exits across its portfolio.

Investment Focus Highlights

  • Concentrates on Seed, Series A, Series B rounds (top funding stages).
  • Majority of deals are located in United States, United Kingdom, Singapore.
  • Strong thematic focus on Cyber Security, SaaS, Software.
  • Led 1 rounds in the past year.
  • Typical check size: $2M – $7M.

Stage Focus

  • Seed (50%)
  • Series A (31%)
  • Series B (13%)
  • Series Unknown (6%)

Country Focus

  • United States (91%)
  • United Kingdom (6%)
  • Singapore (3%)

Industry Focus

  • Cyber Security
  • Saas
  • Software
  • Information Technology
  • Cloud Security
  • Machine Learning
  • Security
  • Artificial Intelligence (Ai)
  • Risk Management
  • Analytics
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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Learn who this investor regularly partners with—both firms and angels—and explore their latest activity.

Who does Lytical Ventures frequently co-invest with?

CoFound Partners
North America, New York, United States, New York
Co-Investments: 2
Evolution Equity Partners
North America, New York, United States, New York
Co-Investments: 2
Emerald Development Managers
North America, New York, United States, New York
Co-Investments: 2
Sierra Ventures
North America, California, United States, San Mateo
Co-Investments: 3
Gula Tech Adventures
North America, Maryland, United States, Ellicott City
Co-Investments: 3
SV
North America, Virginia, United States, Arlington
Co-Investments: 4
Blu Venture Investors
North America, Virginia, United States, Vienna
Co-Investments: 3
Madrona
North America, Washington, United States, Seattle
Co-Investments: 2
Alumni Ventures
North America, New Hampshire, United States, Manchester
Co-Investments: 3
Work-Bench
North America, New York, United States, New York
Co-Investments: 3

Which angels does Lytical Ventures often collaborate with?

GK
North America, California, United States, San Jose
Shared Deals: 1
KM
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
WS
Europe, England, United Kingdom, London
Shared Deals: 1
BH
North America, New Jersey, United States
Shared Deals: 1
Nir Giller
Asia, Israel
Shared Deals: 1
DM
North America, California, United States, Los Gatos
Shared Deals: 1
KM
North America, California, United States, Milpitas
Shared Deals: 1
JS
North America, Oregon, United States, Bend
Shared Deals: 1

What are some of recent deals done by Lytical Ventures?

Rad Security

San Francisco, California, United States

The Future of Security: AI-Driven, Real-Time Defense

Event ManagementInformation TechnologyIT InfrastructureSaaS
Series AFeb 24, 2025
Amount Raised: $14,000,000
Senteon

Marietta, Georgia, United States

Senteon is a turnkey cybersecurity platform designed to empower those forgotten by large security corporations.

Cyber SecurityMachine LearningSoftware
SeedDec 10, 2024
Amount Raised: $2,067,395
VISO TRUST

San Francisco, California, United States

VISO Trust is a SaaS third-party cyber risk management for the modern enterprise.

Cyber SecurityRisk ManagementSaaSSecurity
Series UnknownNov 21, 2024
Amount Raised: $7,000,000
LimaCharlie

Walnut, California, United States

LimaCharlie is an Information security tools & infrastructure delivered in a manner similar to AWS.

Cloud SecurityCyber SecurityInformation TechnologyNetwork SecuritySaaS
Series AFeb 8, 2024
Amount Raised: $10,200,000
Arcanna.Ai

New York, New York, United States

Arcanna.ai is a platform that enable a path towards autonomous decisions in enterprise critical operations such as SOC, NOC or AML.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Machine LearningNatural Language ProcessingSoftware
SeedDec 19, 2023
Amount Raised: $3,500,000
Start Left™ Security

Jacksonville Beach, Florida, United States

Empowering Product Security from the Start — and Continuously!

Big DataCloud SecurityCyber SecurityMachine LearningPredictive AnalyticsRisk ManagementSoftwareSoftware Engineering
SeedJun 8, 2023
Amount Raised: $3,000,000
Netmaker

Candler, North Carolina, United States

Netmaker is a modern virtual platform providing networking solution that runs on wireguard.

ConsultingInformation Technology
SeedOct 20, 2022
Amount Raised: $2,300,000
Careviso

Falls Church, Virginia, United States

Careviso is a technology healthcare company helping to simplify and streamline patient access for molecular diagnostics.

Health CareHealth DiagnosticsInformation Technology
Series BSep 28, 2022
Amount Raised: $17,000,000
Wand

Dover, Delaware, United States

End-to-end analytical AI business assistant for everyone in the enterprise.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Data IntegrationEnterprise SoftwareGenerative AIMachine LearningSaaSVirtual Assistant
SeedJul 1, 2022
Amount Raised: $10,000,000
HackNotice

Austin, Texas, United States

HackNotice is a threat intelligence company specializing in data breaches as well as leaked credentials and identities.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Information TechnologySecuritySoftware
Series AJun 6, 2022
Amount Raised: $7,000,000