Lighter key facts
as of Oct 2026- Developer of a decentralized financial platform designed to provide secure and low-cost trading.
- Lighter is valued at approximately $1.0B as of Oct 2026 (last reported valuation).
- It has raised $99.7M; the latest was Later Stage VC ($68.0M) in Nov 2025.
- Notable investors include Alumni Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners, SV Angel, Founders Fund — 51 tracked in total.
- Status: Privately Held (backing).
Lighter's last reported valuation, Nov 2025. Nothing priced has surfaced since.
- ·The complete investor list: 51 names
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Lighter funding rounds
No funding rounds for Lighter are on record yet — either the company hasn't raised institutional capital, or the raise hasn't surfaced in our sources.
Who backs Lighter
51+Lighter valuation
Lighter's last reported valuation was $1 billion in Nov 2025. No priced round, secondary trade or fund mark has surfaced since.
Lighter investors
51 investors are on record for Lighter, including Alumni Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners and SV Angel. By type, the record holds 17 venture capital firms, 4 private investors and 2 angel investors.
About Lighter
Developer of a decentralized financial platform designed to provide secure and low-cost trading. The company's platform provides an on-chain order-book exchange that focuses on market efficiency and transparent price discovery to deliver low transaction costs and strong security guarantees, enabling crypto traders and institutional participants to trade in a permissionless, trustless, and interoperable environment.
- Sector
- Information Technology
- HQ
- Miami, FL, United States
- Founded
- 2016
- Employees
- 19
- Website
- lighter.xyz/
- Ownership
- Privately Held (backing)
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