Lightning Labs
faster, cheaper, global layer two bitcoin
San Francisco, United States · Founded 2016 · $82.5M raised
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California
- Founded
- 2016
- Business Model
- B2B
- Website
- lightning.engineering
- Total Funding
- $82.5M
- Last Round
- $70.0M Series BApr 2022
- Rounds
- 3
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About
Lightning Labs develops open source, secure, and scalable software that powers the Bitcoin Lightning Network, enabling users to send and receive money more efficiently than traditional on-chain transactions. The company also offers a series of verifiable, non-custodial Lightning-based financial services, including Lightning Terminal, a web-based dashboard that gives node operators a simple UI for managing channel liquidity. Lightning Labs describes itself as the bridge between open source software and the next generation of bitcoin financial infrastructure.
Summary
Lightning Labs is a Crypto & Web3 company based in San Francisco, United States, founded in 2016. It has raised $82.5M in total across 3 rounds, most recently a $70.0M Series B round in Apr 2022. Investors include Craft Ventures, Jack Dorsey and Digital Currency Group.
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Funding History
Apr 2022
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Funding: Seed through Series B. Amounts, valuations, and investors where available.
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