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Lightyear

Investment platform

Lightyear logo
21-100 employees
  • Fintech
  • B2C
  • B2B
  • Investing
  • Trading
  • SaaS
  • Mobile
Spitalfields, London, UK

Company mission

To make investing better for everyone in Europe

Top investors

Many candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

57% employee growth in 12 months

Our take

Lightyear is building a stock trading app that provides users with commission-free investment opportunities. It aims to reduce the barrier of entry to investing (users can invest from £1) and simplify the seemingly complicated nature of investing.

The company differentiates itself by making investing extremely easy. In only a couple of minutes, users create an investment account and start investing. Moreover, Lightyear aims to provide users with intuitive tools that allow them to make informed decisions.

Lightyear has attracted an impressive level of investment which has been used to fuel its expansion into European markets. It is further consolidating its success by releasing a much-demanded web app, allowing its users to manage their portfolio at a desk rather than just on the small screen. This gives it an edge against European rivals who are yet to publically launch their web platforms, and Lightyear will be sure to exploit this early mover advantage.

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Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Benefits

  • Offices in central London (Old Street)
  • Flexible working hours
  • A flexible approach to working remotely
  • Private health insurance
  • Enhanced parental leave
  • All the usual office facilities, including free tea, coffee & snacks
  • Dog-friendly office (20% distracting, but 100% cute: see here)
  • Quarterly international team events

Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)

Jul 2022

$25m

SERIES A

Sep 2021

$8.5m

SEED

Total funding: $34.8m

This company has top investors

Leadership

Martin Sokk

(Co-Founder & CEO)

Previously worked at TranferWise for 5 years, holding various positions such as Head of People for 1 year and Head of Product for 4 years.

Mihkel Aamer

(Co-Founder & CTO)

Previously a Software Engineer at UBS for 1 year and an Engineering Lead at Transferwise for 6 years.

Endorsements

All

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