Lyonshare

www.kellylyons.com

VCMatch tracks Lyonshare as an investor focused on Enterprise SaaS, AI/ML, and Fintech companies, Pre-Seed and Seed rounds, United States, New York City, and Brazil markets, and $3m to $10b check sizes. Upload your deck to compare your startup against the full private matching profile.

Check Size

$3m to $10b

Stages

Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C

Focus Areas

Enterprise SaaS, AI/ML, Fintech

Geography

United States, New York City, and Brazil

Investment Thesis

Lyonshare positions itself not as a traditional VC but as a hands-on strategic finance and fundraising partner whose aim is to make fundraising easier and more effective for startups and fund managers. They combine investor-grade financial strategy and CFO-level thinking with storytelling and design to help companies and funds attract higher-quality capital more quickly, emphasizing founder voice, clarity, and iterative narrative development.

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Investment Focus

Who should take a closer look

Lyonshare is most relevant for founders raising Pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A rounds in Enterprise SaaS, AI/ML, Fintech, and Medtech, especially across United States, New York City, and Brazil, with public check-size signals around $3m to $10b.

Focus statement

“A strategic finance, positioning and design agency for funds, startups, and more.” Lyonshare works with early-stage to Series B+ startups and with fund managers from emerging managers to billion-dollar platforms across sectors including B2B SaaS, AI, fintech, healthtech, consumer tech, crypto and insurtech.

Value Add

Integrated offering: "Lyonshare uniquely combines financial strategy, copywriting and design to deliver an end-to-end solution."
Operator/investor pedigree: team of former investors, investment bankers, corporate strategists and operators (e.g., founder Kelly Lyons is a VC-backed fintech co‑founder/CFO and ex-investment banker).
Proven track record: repeatedly cites large outcomes for clients (e.g., multiple pages note clients have raised >$9B–$10B+).
CFO-level, tactical support: provides FP&A, financial modeling, deal structuring and other executive finance services in addition to storytelling and deck design.
Flexible delivery: offers short advisory sprints, investor readiness programs, and ongoing Startup CFO services tailored to stage and need.
High-touch investor readiness: emphasis on pitch coaching, diligence preparation, warm investor network and institutional-grade materials.