Lightyear Raises $3.7M to Dramatically Simplify How Enterprises Buy Network Infrastructure
Amount Raised
$3 Million
Round Type
Seed
New ZealandEnergyRenewable EnergySolarInvestors
Description
Lightyear today announces the launch of its software platform for businesses to buy and manage their telecom and IT infrastructure online. The company has raised $3.7M to date and their recent seed round was led by Amplo with participation from Susa Ventures, Ludlow Ventures, Mark Cuban, David Adelman, and Operator Partners (founders of Flatiron Health).
Quick answer
Lightyears raised $3 Million in a Seed round, dated October 27, 2020. Investors: Mark Cuban. Lightyears is based in New Zealand.
- How much did Lightyears raise?
- Lightyears raised $3 Million in a Seed round on October 27, 2020.
- Who invested in Lightyears?
- Mark Cuban is named as investors in this round.
- What does Lightyears do?
- Lightyears is a solar farm developer focusing on community-scale solar projects that allow productive agriculture to continue beneath solar panels.
- Where is Lightyears based and how big is it?
- Lightyears is based in New Zealand.
Source: Fundz verified event record.
Who else raised in Energy and Renewable Energy around the same time
Companies in the same sectors as Lightyears that raised within 45 days of this round, from Fundz verified event records.
- Solar Proponent raised an undisclosed amount on December 8, 2020.
- Renewable Properties raised $30M (Funding Round) on September 15, 2020.
- Deep Isolation raised $21M on December 3, 2020.
- UGI raised an undisclosed amount on November 20, 2020.
- Peak Power raised an undisclosed amount (Funding Round) on November 18, 2020.
- Natrion raised $18K (Seed) on November 12, 2020.
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