Lightyear

Lightyear provides a multi currency retail investment platform operating across European markets.

London, UK—Founded 2021—Website

£24.1MTotal raised

Lightyear operates an international investment platform providing access to global markets for retail customers across Europe. The company combines multi currency accounts with fractional share trading and artificial intelligence tools.

Founders

Martin Sokk

Co-founder and CEO

Martin is co-founder and CEO of Lightyear, and previously held senior product and operations roles at TransferWise.

Mihkel Aamer

Co-founder

Mihkel is co-founder and CTO at Lightyear. He previously spent six years as an engineering lead at Transferwise.

Investors

Series B24 July 2025
£16.9M
NordicNinjaLead
L
Lightspeed
S
Superangel
S
Skaala
S
SpecialistVC
M
MetaplanetFollow-on
MV
Markus Villig
TH
Taavet Hinrikus
OK
Ott Kaukver
JT
Jaan Tallinn
Seed15 September 2021
£6.2M
MV
Mosaic VenturesLead
T
Taavet+Sten
M
MetaplanetFollow-on
EB
Eileen Burbidge
HS
Harsh Sinha
TT
Taavi Tamkivi
Pre-Seed3 June 2021
£1.1M
TH
Taavet Hinrikus and Sten TamkiviLead
M
MetaplanetLead

Funding history

Series B24 July 2025

£16.9M

Lightyear secures £16.9m Series B funding led by NordicNinja to expand across Europe

NordicNinja led the financing round alongside Lightspeed, Superangel, and several prominent angel investors.

Seed15 September 2021

£6.2M

Lightyear secures £6.2m seed investment led by Mosaic Ventures to launch UK app

The round was led by Mosaic Ventures to support the rollout of the company investment application to the UK market.

Pre-Seed3 June 2021

£1.1M

Lightyear secures £1.1m pre-seed funding from Taavet Hinrikus, Sten Tamkivi and Jaan Tallinn to launch its retail investment platform.

The pre-seed round was led by Taavet Hinrikus, Sten Tamkivi and Jaan Tallinn.