£89.0M
The oversubscribed round was led by Coatue, Lightspeed Venture Partners and O'Shaughnessy Ventures to expand open artificial intelligence development.
Lightspeed
Venture CapitalLightspeed Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm investing across enterprise, fintech, consumer, and healthcare sectors.
Recent investments
$25.0M
Lightyear raises $25m in Series A funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners to scale across Europe.
The London investment platform secured backing from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Virgin Group, and Richard Branson to fund its European expansion.
"Having lived and worked on both sides of the pond, I’ve seen first-hand the pain points for Europeans trying to access the financial markets as easily as their counterparts in the US. Lightyear is trying to fix this with a platform that customers not only love and trust, but one that understands the nuances between different regulations, languages, exchanges and cultural investing norms. There is no single neobroker offering products across the continent right now, and the potential is enormous. Martin and Mihkel have assembled an all-star team to achieve this goal, and we couldn’t be more excited to support them all on this journey."
Lightspeed + 5 others
£175M
The financing round was co-led by StepStone Group, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and General Catalyst to scale apprenticeship programmes.
"Mandating degrees, and making admissions officers the gatekeepers for great careers, means leaving out thousands of talented individuals,"
StepStone Group + 8 others
The London-based crypto platform secured fresh capital from global venture firms to push its valuation to $14bn.
$5.5M
The funding will be used to triple headcount, forge new partnerships and expand coverage across the UK and Europe.
"The continued support and trust our existing and new shareholders have put into Bonnet brings a huge value-add to the team and will give us the advantage to become the number one charging product for EV drivers globally."
Lightspeed + 2 others
