Lightscape Partners
Lightscape Partners is a venture capital firm located in New York, focused on investing in early-stage companies within the artificial intelligence ecosystem. Founded by Jim Rowen and Sohail Khalid, the firm utilizes a proprietary Prism Investing approach to build strong relationships with portfolio companies and identify new product opportunities. The firm invests across various sectors of the AI ecosystem, including application and infrastructure layers, data, compute, energy, and robotics. Lightscape Partners maintains a stage-agnostic investment thesis, allowing it to engage with startups
Investing activity
Lightscape Partners appears in 4 AI deals tracked by the AI Lounge deals desk, rounds totalling $87M. The rounds are mostly Seed, Series B and Pre-seed, with a median round size of $37M and the largest at $50M. The most recent are Formic (Series B, $50M, Oct 2026), Teram (Seed, $37M, Sep 2026) and Riven Systems (Pre-seed, $7.9M, Aug 2026).
Lightscape Partners most often invests alongside Alumni Ventures, Mercato Partners, Citigroup and Light Ray Ventures, and the companies it backs on AI Lounge are mostly in AI and Robotics and physical AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Lightscape Partners
What AI companies has Lightscape Partners invested in?
Lightscape Partners's AI investments include Formic, Teram, Riven Systems and Synthefy. The 4 rounds on AI Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
Where is Lightscape Partners based?
Lightscape Partners is based in New York, New York, United States.
What stage does Lightscape Partners invest at?
In the rounds tracked on AI Lounge, Lightscape Partners has invested at Seed, Series B and Pre-seed, with a median round of $37M.
Who does Lightscape Partners co-invest with?
Lightscape Partners's most frequent co-investors on AI Lounge are Alumni Ventures (2 deals), Mercato Partners (1 deal), Citigroup (1 deal), Light Ray Ventures (1 deal) and Primary Venture Partners (1 deal).
How can founders reach Lightscape Partners?
Founders on AI Lounge can see Lightscape Partners's contact details in AI Investor Contacts (paid plans), check for a warm introduction through members who worked with the firm under Warm Paths, and add Lightscape Partners to their Investor Pipeline to track the conversation.