Caplight Expands AI Platform for Venture Investors

Sep 11, 2025
Caplight has launched an AI platform, Caplight 2.0, to help venture investors discover and evaluate private companies, according to a press release.

Caplight Technologies has launched Caplight 2.0, an AI platform designed to assist venture investors in discovering and evaluating private companies. This new platform, announced in a press release, complements Caplight's existing secondary market data, pricing, and liquidity tools.

Caplight 2.0 aims to streamline the process of sourcing and qualifying private companies, a task that can consume up to 1,000 hours annually for individual investors. The platform offers continuously updated profiles for over 20,000 private companies, detailed funding round data, and insights into more than 10,000 venture firms and 100,000 VC investor contacts.

Additionally, Caplight 2.0 provides access to $300 billion in proprietary secondary transaction data and sentiment signals from news and social media. The AI-powered search and alerts feature allows users to conduct chat-based queries and receive real-time updates, ensuring that venture investors can efficiently identify companies that align with their investment theses.

Caplight's new platform is currently available in beta, with early access requests open on their website.

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