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Lightyear

Fintech · London, United Kingdom · Founded 2020

Lightyear.com is a financial technology startup that operates in the investment sector. The company offers a unique platform for investing in stocks, funds, and earning interest on uninvested cash. It primarily serves individual investors who are looking to grow their wealth over the long term or hedge against risk. Lightyear operates in the global market, with a focus on the US, EU, and UK markets. It offers access to over 5,000 US stocks across the NYSE and Nasdaq, as well as ETFs, EU stocks, UK stocks, and money market funds. The company's business model is centered around providing cost-effective investment solutions. It saves on fees by not charging for ETFs and controls conversion fees. Lightyear is regulated in the UK by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and in the EU by the Estonian Financial Supervision Authority (EFSA). It ensures the safety of customer assets by keeping them separate from the company's own assets and holding them with authorized custodians. Keywords: Investment, Stocks, Funds, Interest, Uninvested Cash, ETFs, US Stocks, EU Stocks, UK Stocks, Money Market Funds.

Valuation
$0–100M
Latest valuation · 2025
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Revenue
$1–10M
Latest reported FY
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Headcount
<100
Current team size
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Total funding Pre-IPO
$50–100M
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Investors

18 investors on Lightyear's cap table

Sourced from Dealroom's funding history. Investor profile links are shown where available.

Seed 10 investors entered at this stage
Jaan Tallinn
Kaarel Kotkas
Taavet Hinrikus
Ott Kaukver
Sten Tamkivi
Wander Rutgers
Mosaic Ventures
Eileen Burbidge
Skaala
Harsh Sinha
Series A 8 investors entered at this stage
Lightspeed Venture Partners
Richard Branson
MetaPlanet
Virgin Management
NordicNinja VC
Markus Villig
Superangel
Specialist VC

Global footprint

Where Lightyear has talent and traffic

Workforce by country
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · London HQ
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Talent graph

The shape of Lightyear's talent

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12 team members profilednamed & role-tagged by Dealroom
94 employeestotal headcount
2 executives & foundersidentified by name
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Market sentiment

What the market is saying about Lightyear

An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Lightyear on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.

Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…

Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour

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