Lightrock

Lightrock

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Investment Firm

Overview

Lightrock is a global growth capital platform that backs purpose-driven entrepreneurs tackling the world’s biggest challenges. Lightrock invests in companies that pursue scalable and tech-driven business models around the key impact themes of people, planet, and productivity/tech for good. Lightrock’s portfolio includes more than 90 high-growth companies across Europe, US, Latin America, India and Africa, supported by more than 100 Lightrock professionals based in 6 global offices. Lightrock is backed by LGT, the international private banking and asset management group, and other leading global institutions.

For more information, please visit www.lightrock.com.

Highlights

Founded

2009

Industry

Information Technology

Employees

101-250

Investment

98

Lead Investment

55

Exits

3

Stages

Seed, Early Stage Venture, Private Equity, Late Stage Venture

Investor Type

Private Equity Firm, Venture Capital

Location

Europe

Contact Information

Social

Profile Resume

Lightrock, established in 2009 and headquartered in Europe., specializes in Seed, Early Stage Venture, Private Equity, Late Stage Venture investments across Financial Services, Finance, Banking, Education, FinTech, Impact Investing, Information Technology, Health Care, Medical, Clinical Trials. The organization boasts a portfolio of 98 investments, with an average round size of $110.5M and 3 successful exits. Their recent investments include Varthana, Accion Venture Lab, dr.consulta, Aye Finance, SAIF Partners. The highest investment round they participated in was $1136.2B. Among their most notable exits are Varthana and Accion Venture Lab. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

imagePlace Ashish (Ash) Puri

Ashish (Ash) Puri

Growth Investor

imagePlace Kartik Srivatsa

Kartik Srivatsa

Managing Partner, India and Global Chief Strategy Officer

imagePlace Christopher Steinau

Christopher Steinau

Growth Investor

imagePlace Umur Hursever

Umur Hursever

Partner

imagePlace Kevin Bone

Kevin Bone

Partner

imagePlace Pal Erik Sjatil

Pal Erik Sjatil

Global Managing Partner and CEO

Investment portfolio

Lightrock has made 98 investments. Their most recent investment was on Mar 05, 2024, when Sunfire raised $233.4M.

Lightrock has made 3 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on Feb 06, 2024, when Velocys raised $40.0M.

investments

98

Diversity investments

3

Lead investments

55

Number of exits

3

Investments

98

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Jan 23, 2024
AiDash AiDash
Artificial Intelligence (AI)58.5M
Feb 06, 2024
Velocys Velocys
Energy40.0M
Mar 05, 2024
Sunfire Sunfire
Energy233.4M
Jun 07, 2024
Octopus Energy Octopus Energy
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Exits

3

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

98

Investors

0

Funds

3

Funding Rounds

98

Lightrock has raised 98 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jun 07, 2024 from a Private Equity Round - Octopus Energy round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Jan 23, 2024
Series C - AiDash Series C - AiDash
-58.5M-
Feb 06, 2024
Venture Round - Velocys Venture Round - Velocys
-40.0M-
Mar 05, 2024
Series E - Sunfire Series E - Sunfire
-233.4M-
Jun 07, 2024
Private Equity Round - Octopus Energy Private Equity Round - Octopus Energy
-0-

Investors

0

There is no funding round available on this profile

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
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1.0M
May 11, 2013
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1.0M

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