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Caplight

Fintech · San Francisco, United States · Founded 2021

A platform that enables institutional investors to buy and sell derivatives of private equity MoreLess

Caplight.io is a financial technology startup that operates in the pre-IPO (Initial Public Offering) market. It provides market data, price discovery tools, and derivatives to shareholders, institutional investors, and brokers. These tools help users to trade pre-IPO assets with more confidence. In simple terms, Caplight helps people who own shares in companies that are not yet publicly traded to understand the value of their shares and make informed decisions about when and how to sell them.

Caplight's clients range from individual shareholders to large institutional investors with assets under management (AUM) ranging from $1 million to $100 billion. This includes venture capitalists (VCs), limited partners (LPs), family offices, and hedge funds. These clients use Caplight's tools to gain access to liquidity, which means they can convert their shares into cash more easily.

The company also serves broker-dealers in private markets, who use Caplight to monitor price movements and market depth for the shares they trade. Market depth refers to the market's ability to sustain relatively large orders without impacting the price of the security.

Caplight's business model is likely based on a subscription or usage fee, where clients pay to access the company's data and tools. This provides a steady stream of revenue for the company.

In summary, Caplight is a financial technology company that provides data and tools to help shareholders, investors, and brokers trade pre-IPO assets with confidence.

Keywords: Pre-IPO Trading, Financial Technology, Market Data, Price Discovery, Derivatives, Institutional Investors, Shareholders, Brokers, Liquidity, Private Markets.

Company overview

Caplight company information

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Status
Operational
Founded
2021
Headquarters
San Francisco, United States
Employees
23
Open positions
None listed
Dealroom signal
83.9
client focusb2bclient focusb2csub industryFinancial Management Solutionssub industryWealth Managementbusiness modelSaaSindustryFintechsectordeal execution

Valuation & funding

Caplight funding history

Company financing events and reported valuations.

Deal typeDateAmountValuationInvestorsSource
SERIES AEquity / VC Jun 2026 $16M $64M BlackRock · DB1 Ventures · UBS Investment Bank · Clocktower Technology Ventures
SEEDEquity / VC Oct 2022 $3M $25M Deutsche Börse Group
SEEDEquity / VC Jan 2022 $5M $20M Clocktower Technology Ventures · Susquehanna · L'ATTITUDE Ventures · Better Tomorrow Ventures
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Financials

Revenue and workforce over time

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YearRevenueGrowthEmployees
2026 $975K 0% 26
2025 $975K 0% 21
2024 $975K 0% 17
2023 $975K +95% 14
2022 $500K 10
2021 5
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Growth signals

Caplight website traffic

Latest recorded traffic for Caplight is 890 monthly website visits, down 11% over the last three months. Caplight's team grew 9.5% over the past year.

Latest monthly visits890 3-month web change-11% 1-year team growth+9.5%
Monthly website visits10 observations · Feb 2025–Dec 2025
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Comparisons

Caplight compared with similar companies

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Talent graph

Caplight's talent

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Team profiled 6 named & role-tagged
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Key operators 3 quality Hidden — book a demo/100
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Investors

15 investors on Caplight's cap table

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Seed 5 investors entered at this stage
Clocktower Technology Ventures
Susquehanna
L'ATTITUDE Ventures
Better Tomorrow Ventures
Deutsche Börse Group
Series A 6 investors entered at this stage
BlackRock
Leap Global Partners
Fin Capital
DB1 Ventures
UBS Investment Bank
Dash Fund
Other known 4 additional known investors
Andrew Vigneault
Broadhaven Ventures
Edify Multimedia Group
Logan Allin.

Global footprint

Where Caplight has talent and traffic

Workforce by country
2 countries with
team presence
🇺🇸 United States95.8%
🇧🇷 Brazil4.2%
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Market sentiment

What the market is saying about Caplight

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