Exponent Capital

Venture Capital

Exponent Founders Capital (now Pathlight Ventures) is a New York-based early-stage venture capital firm co-founded by Charley Ma (ex-Plaid, Ramp) and Mahdi Raza (ex-Robinhood, Stytch). Thesis-driven approach investing in enterprise software, fintech, infrastructure, applied AI, and vertical SaaS.

Pre-Seed
Seed
Early Stage
Artificial Intelligence
Fintech
Infrastructure
SaaS
Headquarters
New York, United States
Founded
2021
AUM
$125.0M
Portfolio Companies
2
Total Investments
11
Last Investment
Jan 2026
Geographic Focus
Europe, North America

Investment Thesis

Thematic, customer-driven investing in opinionated outlier founders across vertical AI, healthcare, fintech/payments, infrastructure, and security from inception to Series A.

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