LightbankPartner (joined 2016 as Associate)
Until Present
Invests pre-seed through pre-Series A across consumer, SMB, financial services, crypto and marketplace companies; has worked with Clearcover, Riskmatch (acq. by Vertafore) and Super.
Eric Ong Eric is a Partner at Lightbank, the Chicago-based early-stage venture firm, where he backs companies from pre-seed through pre-Series A across consumer, SMB, financial services, crypto and marketplaces. He joined Lightbank as an Associate in 2016 and in 2021 became the firm's youngest-ever partner promotion. He has worked with portfolio companies including Clearcover, Riskmatch (acquired by Vertafore) and Super. Before Lightbank, he was in Deutsche Bank's technology investment banking group in San Francisco, advising software, internet and hardware clients on more than $35B of M&A and capital markets transactions. He studied at Northwestern University.
Eric Ong Eric is a Partner at Lightbank, the Chicago-based early-stage venture firm, where he backs companies from pre-seed through pre-Series A across consumer, SMB, financial services, crypto and marketplaces. He joined Lightbank as an Associate in 2016 and in 2021 became the firm's youngest-ever partner promotion. He has worked with portfolio companies including Clearcover, Riskmatch (acquired by Vertafore) and Super. Before Lightbank, he was in Deutsche Bank's technology investment banking group in San Francisco, advising software, internet and hardware clients on more than $35B of M&A and capital markets transactions. He studied at Northwestern University.
Until Present
Invests pre-seed through pre-Series A across consumer, SMB, financial services, crypto and marketplace companies; has worked with Clearcover, Riskmatch (acq. by Vertafore) and Super.