Sumeet Singh
Founder & CEO, LighthouseAI; Founder & Chairman, Pharma Solutions at lighthouseai
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Background
Sumeet Singh is the Founder and CEO of LighthouseAI, a Los Angeles-based AI compliance platform for the pharmaceutical and life sciences supply chain that raised an $8M Series A led by Boxcars Ventures in April 2026 1. LighthouseAI was launched on February 1, 2023 as a venture unit spun out of Pharma Solutions USA, where Singh remains Founder and Chairman 2. The company closed a $4.6M seed round in October 2023 led by Healthy Ventures and BluePointe Ventures, with participation from Eileses Capital, Bertelsmann Next, The Legal Tech Fund, and angel investors 3.
Singh founded the predecessor company, Five Rivers Rx, in 2016 as a pharmaceutical state-licensing and compliance consulting firm; the business later rebranded as Pharma Solutions and grew into a leading provider of state and federal compliance services to the drug and device supply chain 45. By the time LighthouseAI launched, the parent company was serving over 600 pharmaceutical clients, ranging from international manufacturers to family-owned pharmacies 2. According to Singh, LighthouseAI itself reports doubling its customer base since January 2025 to 250 customers, including 15+ pharmaceutical enterprises with over $1 billion in annual revenue 1.
In a podcast appearance on The Business of Pharmacy Podcast (August 2024), Singh recounted starting his career as an intern filling out pharmacy applications by hand and working out of a bedroom in Minnesota with a mailbox before founding Five Rivers Rx; he described scaling Five Rivers Rx for five years as a services company before pivoting to AI-enabled compliance 6. Singh has spoken at industry conferences including PBOA, ACI, and NASCA, and has been featured in Pharmaceutical Commerce and Pharmacy Times 4.
Singh attended UC Irvine (2008–2011) 7.
Stated Thesis
Singh does not publish a formal investing thesis and is currently a full-time operator. His public commentary focuses on LighthouseAI’s product domain — applying AI to pharmaceutical and pharmacy compliance. On The Business of Pharmacy Podcast he framed the company’s focus as: “AI is focused on automating and enabling the compliance journey for pharma and pharmacy” and reduced the problem to “Compliance is really only two things. It’s what do I need to do? And then making sure that it gets done” 6.
Inferred Thesis
No verified angel investments could be identified through public sources as of May 2026. Singh is a current Series A operator (CEO of LighthouseAI; Chairman of Pharma Solutions) 12. A PitchBook profile and a Tracxn profile titled “Sumeet Singh” with four angel investments (Glaucus Logistics, Massive Mobility, ZAAMO, and one other) belongs to a different Sumeet Singh based in Delhi, India whose startup-ecosystem activity began in 2019 through Massive Mobility and who currently sits on the board of Unity Small Finance Bank — there is no evidence linking that investor profile to the LighthouseAI founder 8.
Until verified investments appear in primary press, this profile should be read as an operator profile rather than an active investor profile. To the extent Singh becomes approachable as an angel or advisor, his domain expertise — pharmaceutical supply-chain compliance, state and federal drug licensing, and AI-applied regtech — points toward life-sciences regtech, pharma-tech, and compliance/ops automation as the categories where his operating background is most directly applicable.
Portfolio
No publicly verified angel investments found as of May 2026. The “Sumeet Singh” angel profile appearing on PitchBook and Tracxn (Glaucus Logistics, Massive Mobility, ZAAMO) is a different individual (Delhi, India) 8.
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In Their Own Words
On the LighthouseAI Series A (Newswire, April 2026):
“We are proud of what our team has built and the trust our customers have placed in us. This funding allows us to continue the growth we’ve worked for. We are grateful for the dedication of our employees and the loyalty of our customers.” 1
On reception to the LighthouseAI seed round (Newswire, October 2023):
“We are thrilled by the overwhelming investor support for our seed round. The success of this raise signals confidence in our experienced team, innovative technology, and the large market opportunity.” 3
On the nature of compliance, on The Business of Pharmacy Podcast (August 2024):
“Compliance is really only two things. It’s what do I need to do? And then making sure that it gets done.” 6
On the stakes of getting it right, same episode:
“We cannot get it wrong. People’s businesses are at stake. There’s a lot of dollars on the line.” 6
On personal operating tempo, same episode:
“I struggle with this incredible sense of urgency… am I moving fast enough? Am I doing enough?” 6
What Founders Say
No independently sourced founder testimonials found.
Connections
- Founder & CEO, LighthouseAI (2023–present) — Los Angeles AI compliance platform for life sciences supply chain 12.
- Founder & Chairman, Pharma Solutions USA (2016–present, formerly Five Rivers Rx) — state and federal pharmaceutical compliance services; serves 600+ clients 24.
- LighthouseAI Series A investors (April 2026) — Boxcars Ventures (lead), TGVP, existing investors 1.
- LighthouseAI seed investors (October 2023) — Healthy Ventures (co-lead), BluePointe Ventures (co-lead), Eileses Capital, Bertelsmann Next, The Legal Tech Fund, angel investors 3.
- LighthouseAI leadership transition (2023) — handed Pharma Solutions president role to Nathan Fox upon spinning out LighthouseAI 2.
- Industry speaker — PBOA, ACI, and NASCA conferences; contributor to Pharmaceutical Commerce and Pharmacy Times 4.
Sources
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Newswire, “LighthouseAI Raises $8 Million Series A,” April 24, 2026. https://www.newswire.com/news/lighthouseai-raises-8-million-series-a-22769↩↩↩↩↩↩
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Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies (PACT), “Launch of LighthouseAI, an AI-Based Venture Unit to Solve Commercial Regulatory Compliance for the Life Sciences Industry,” accessed May 2026. https://philadelphiapact.com/launch-of-lighthouseai-an-ai-based-venture-unit-to-solve-commercial-regulatory-compliance-for-the-life-sciences-industry/↩↩↩↩↩↩
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Newswire, “LighthouseAI Closes $4.6m Seed Round,” October 24, 2023. https://www.newswire.com/news/lighthouseai-closes-4-6m-seed-round-22154↩↩↩
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Pharma Solutions, “Sumeet Singh, Chief Executive Officer,” accessed May 2026. https://pharma.solutions/our-team/sumeet-singh-chief-executive-officer/↩↩↩↩
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Pharma Solutions, “About,” accessed May 2026. https://pharma.solutions/about-us/↩
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The Business of Pharmacy Podcast, “Automating Compliance in Pharmacy | Sumeet Singh, LighthouseAI,” accessed May 2026. https://www.bizofpharmpod.com/automating-compliance-pharmacy/↩↩↩↩↩
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LinkedIn, “Sumeet Singh — LighthouseAI,” accessed May 2026. https://www.linkedin.com/in/sumeetsingh6/↩
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Tracxn, “Sumeet Singh — 2026 Portfolio” (separate Delhi-based individual; angel investor and board member at Unity Small Finance Bank, Massive Mobility, BharatPe), accessed May 2026. https://tracxn.com/d/people/sumeet-singh/__KdkDVUHslcUAdYYXZ3-kx0SFjIpQEBrvsMwzO9Hu-cQ↩↩