Lightning Capital Venture Fund II

About Lightning Capital Venture Fund II

Miami-based multi-strategy platform. $100M Fund II writing $1–$5M seed and Series A into 10–15 companies. Thesis: "AI Ripple Effects" — second-order industries reshaped by deployed AI. Ex-a16z operating partner Michele Griffin joins as GP/COO. South Florida family-office LP base.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States

Funding StageSeed

Industry Focus

Ai Ml

Enterprise Software

Fintech

Investor Signals Profile

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Sweet Spot

Applied AI founders in traditional industries needing GTM-heavy seed support

AI Ripple Effects

applied AI verticals

seed & Series A

enterprise AI deployment

AI-enabled GTM

Bullish Signals

Ex-a16z GP hired, Premier GTM merged inblog

$100M Fund II actively deployingblog

Multi-strategy platform: venture + secondaries + cryptoblog

Family-office LPs likely to re-upblog

Contrarian Signals

Only 10–15 bets, high concentration riskblog

Three strategies on sub-$1B AUM — ops riskblog

Fund I DPI not disclosed publiclyblog

Founder Do's

Frame AI as your wedge, not your product

Build in regulated or traditional AI-adjacent verticals

Expect concentrated bets — be board-ready

Lean into GTM support from Griffin early

Target $1–5M check at seed or Series A

Founder Don'ts

Don't pitch foundation models or LLM infrastructure

Don't expect passive, spray-and-pray capital

Don't ignore GTM — it's core to the thesis

Key GPs & Partners

Jason Albanese

Co-founder, CEO, General Partner

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Jock Percy

Co-founder, CFO, General Partner

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Michele Griffin

General Partner, Chief Operating Officer

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Fund Overview

Fund Size$100M

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Key People

Michele Griffin

Jason AlbaneseCo-founder, CEO, General Partner

Jock PercyCo-founder, CFO, General Partner

Michele GriffinGeneral Partner, Chief Operating Officer