When was Beacon founded?

Beacon was founded in 2014 and raised its 1st funding round 4 years after it was founded.

Where is Beacon located?

Beacon is headquartered in New York, United States. It is registered at 20 EDGEHILL DRIVE,NEWARK ON TRENT,NOTTINGHAMSHIRE,NG24 2GP.

How many employees does Beacon have?

As of Mar 31, 2026, the latest employee count at Beacon is 3163.

Is Beacon a funded company?

Beacon is a funded company, having raised a total of $93.1M across 3 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Series A round, raised on May 11, 2018.

How much is Beacon worth?

The last known valuation of Beacon was $***** as of Mar 12, 2025.

When was the latest funding round of Beacon?

Beacon's latest funding was a $***** Series C round on Oct 13, 2021, with participation from 5 investors. Its primary sector is Investment Tech. In United States, the Investment Tech sector has seen $2.99B in funding in 2026 to date.

What is the annual revenue of Beacon?

Annual revenue of Beacon is less than £1M as on Feb 29, 2024

Where does Beacon rank among its competitors?

Beacon ranks 1st amongst 14 active competitors, of which 3 are funded. It stands 1st in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was iBloxx, which secured $5.4M in Feb, 2026.

Who are the top competitors of Beacon?

Beacon's top competitors include PrimeXM, Celerix and iBloxx. Among them, iBloxx secured the most recent funding round in February, 2026.

Beacon - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding, Competitors & Financials

Q: Is Beacon an acquired company?

Beacon got acquired by Clearwater on Mar 12, 2025.

Company Details

Infrastructure solution for high-frequency trading. Its products include Beacon Core which enables financial institutions to build custom applications on top of the pre-existing modules, Beacon Front Office Suite for cross-asset trading and risk management systems. The platform includes analytics and tools including trade blotter, marking and structuring tools, risk, and reports, and more. Businesses can use the code of the applications to build customized features on the platform to be integrated into their solution.

Website: beacon.io
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Registered Address: 20 EDGEHILL DRIVE,NEWARK ON TRENT,NOTTINGHAMSHIRE,NG24 2GP

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2014

Location

New York, United States

Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

$93.1M in 3 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series C, Oct 13, 2021, $*****

Last Known Valuation

$***** as on Mar 12, 2025

Investors

Warburg Pincus & 6 more

Ranked

1^st among 14 active competitors

Annual Revenue

£0 - £1M as on Feb 29, 2024

Employee Count

3,163 as on Mar 31, 2026

Similar Companies

PrimeXM & 16 more

Exit Details

Acquired by Clearwater (Mar 12, 2025)

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Beacon is associated with 2 legal entities given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
BEACON RISK ASSURANCE SERVICES LIMITED CIN: 6812529 , United Kingdom, Active	Feb 05, 2009	$0 - $1M (As on Feb 29, 2024)	-
BEACON PLATFORM, INC. CIN: 811774783 , United States, Active	Dec 31, 2013	-	79 (As on Dec 31, 2024)	-

Beacon got acquired by Clearwater on Mar 12, 2025 at an acquisition amount of $*****.

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Beacon has raised a total funding of $93.1M over 3 rounds. Its first funding round was on May 11, 2018. Its latest funding round was a Series C round on Oct 13, 2021 for $*****. 5 investors participated in its latest round. Beacon has 7 institutional investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Beacon:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Oct 13, 2021	4585285	Series C	8805593	6230746	6782863	5680149
Jan 13, 2020	9931714	Series B	2226293	5832048	5994221	PIMCO & 1 more
May 11, 2018	1502739	Series A	8109953	5069901	PIMCO	Barclays & 1 more

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The founders of Beacon are Kirat Singh and Mark Higgins.

Here are the details of Beacon's key team members:

Kirat Singh: Former Co-Founder of Beacon. They are also an angel investor in 1 startup and serve on the board of 1 company.
Contact Info: 1 email address
Mark Higgins: Former Co-Founder of Beacon. They serve on the board of 1 company.

Beacon's Board of Directors

Beacon's board has 7 active members. Kirat Singh, Mark Higgins, Paul Young, Eric Byunn, Paula Madoff, Angel Pu and Ravi Mattu are independent board members.

Here is the list of Beacon's board of directors:

Name	Type	Representing	Status	Duration
Kirat Singh	Independent board member	-	Current	7y 11m
gtm{nkp	Independent board member	-	Current	8y 7m
fpzyyco	Independent board member	-	Current	4y 2m
gvwqole	Independent board member	-	Current	2y 7m
aspsqq{	Independent board member	-	Current	8y 3m
jpdvsao	Independent board member	-	Current	8y 9m
kqccnmo	Independent board member	-	Current	6y 8m

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Beacon's employee count trend

Beacon has 3,163 employees as of Mar 26. Here is Beacon's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Beacon include PrimeXM, Celerix and iBloxx. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Beacon, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Beacon 2014, New York (United States), Acquired	Infrastructure solution for high-frequency trading	$93.1M	Blackstone, PIMCO & 5 others	61/100
2nd	PrimeXM 2010, Limassol (Cyprus), Unfunded	Technology-based trade management solution	-	-	47/100
3rd	Celerix 2013, Bengaluru (India), Seed	Provider of FPGA-based high-performance trading solutions	$711K	Touchstone Equities, Bitkemy Technologies ... & 1 others	42/100
4th	iBloxx 2021, Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Series A	Provider of diversified AI services	$10.4M	PrimeXM	37/100
5th	B2BITS 2000, Newtown (United Kingdom), Acquired	Solutions and consulting services for Capital Markets institutions	-	-	35/100
6th	O-Systems 2011, Limassol (Cyprus), Acquired	Trading platform and solutions provider	-	-	29/100
7th	XinyuSoft 2014, Danzhou (China), Series A	Technology solutions for financial institutions	$1.8M	Dezhong Capital	25/100
8th	FSMLabs 1998, Austin (United States), Unfunded	Time synchronization for enterprise systems	-	-	24/100
9th	AlgoKart 2025, Jaipur (India), Unfunded	Provider of a risk-governed algorithmic trading infrastructure for Indian retail investors	-	-	24/100
10th	Matrix Trading 2007, New York City (United States), Deadpooled	Hardware solutions for financial firms	-	-	21/100