When was Lightbits founded?

Lightbits was founded in 2016 and raised its 1st funding round 3 years after it was founded.

Where is Lightbits located?

Lightbits is headquartered in San Jose, United States.

Who is the current CEO of Lightbits?

Eran Kirzner of Lightbits. They have also founded 1 company.

How many employees does Lightbits have?

As of Mar 31, 2026, the latest employee count at Lightbits is 89.

Is Lightbits a funded company?

Lightbits is a funded company, having raised a total of $100M across 3 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Series B round, raised on Mar 12, 2019.

When was the latest funding round of Lightbits?

Lightbits' latest funding was a $***** Series C round on Jun 28, 2022, with participation from 9 investors.

Where does Lightbits rank among its competitors?

Lightbits ranks 5th amongst 102 active competitors, of which 33 are funded. It stands 7th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was VAST Data, which secured $500M in Mar, 2026.

Who are the top competitors of Lightbits?

Lightbits' top competitors include Nutanix, DataCore and Scality. Among them, VAST Data secured the most recent funding round in March, 2026.

Lightbits - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Lightbits Labs is a cloud and NVMe based SSD software provider. It offers solutions such as NVMe SSDs, IOPS architecture, data striping, independent scaling, auto capacity scale, optimized IO applications, cluster management, failover handling, data control paths, data replications management, cliental transparency, and network infrastructure management. Clients include Data Storage Science, Fortune 500 SaaS cloud service provider, NVM Express, and Packet.

Website: www.lightbitslabs.com/
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Key Metrics

Founded Year

2016

Location

San Jose, United States

Stage

Series C

Total Funding

$100M in 3 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series C, Jun 28, 2022, $*****

Investors

Intel Capital & 16 more

Ranked

5^th among 102 active competitors

Employee Count

89 as on Mar 31, 2026

Similar Companies

Scality & 51 more

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Lightbits has raised a total funding of $100M over 3 rounds. Its first funding round was on Mar 12, 2019. Its latest funding round was a Series C round on Jun 28, 2022 for $*****. 9 investors participated in its latest round. Lightbits has 16 institutional investors and 1 angel investor.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Lightbits:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Jun 28, 2022	5797560	Series C	4167460	1416785	3241924	8506244
Oct 01, 2020	4030278	Series B	3248236	9188313	7131832	5189413
Mar 12, 2019	6048585	Series B	8873293	3864577	Walden International & 4 more	2023310

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The founders of Lightbits are Avigdor Willenz, Sagi Grimberg, Muli Ben-Yehuda, Eran Kirzner, Ofir Efrati and George Agasandian. Eran Kirzner is the CEO of Lightbits.

Here are the details of Lightbits' key team members:

Avigdor Willenz: Co-Founder & Chairman of Lightbits and founder of 2 other companies, Annapurna Labs and Banias Labs. They are also an angel investor in 2 startups.
Contact Info: 2 email addresses
Sagi Grimberg: Former Co-Founder of Lightbits.
Contact Info: 1 email address
Muli Ben-Yehuda: Co-Founder & Chief R&D Officer of Lightbits.
Eran Kirzner: Co-Founder & CEO of Lightbits.
Contact Info: 1 email address
Ofir Efrati: Co-Founder of Lightbits.
Contact Info: 1 email address

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Lightbits' employee count trend

Lightbits has 89 employees as of Mar 26. Here is Lightbits's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Lightbits include Nutanix, DataCore and Scality. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Lightbits, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Nutanix 2009, San Jose (United States), Public	AI powered cloud management software for enterprises	$317M	Sapphire Ventures, Goldman Sachs & 31 others	75/100
2nd	DataCore 1998, Fort Lauderdale (United States), Series D	Software defined storage and storage virtualization	$120M	Updata Partners, Vista Equity Partners & 5 others	68/100
3rd	Scality 2009, San Francisco (United States), Series E	Cloud based platform offering software defined storage solutions for enterprises	$149M	Menlo Ventures, Idinvest Partners & 17 others	65/100
4th	VAST Data 2016, New York City (United States), Series F	Developer of an operating system unifying storage, database, and compute	$841M	Fidelity Investments, Tiger Global Management ... & 22 others	65/100
5th	Lightbits 2016, San Jose (United States), Series C	Cloud and NVMe based SSD software provider	$100M	Celesta Capital, O.G. Tech & 15 others	64/100
6th	StarWind Software 2008, Wakefield (United Kingdom), Acquired	Hyper converged infrastructure provider	$5.25M	Almaz Capital, AVentures Capital & 2 others	60/100
7th	Scale Computing 2006, Indianapolis (United States), Acquired	Platform offering hyper converged infrastructure solutions	$215M	ABS Capital, Benchmark & 18 others	58/100
8th	XSKY 2015, Beijing (China), Series F	Open source distributed and cloud based system storage solutions	$284M	Boyu Capital, New Enterprise Associates & 12 others	57/100
9th	InCountry 2019, San Francisco (United States), Series B	Provider of data residency as a service for applications and identity	$50M	Mubadala, Arbor Ventures & 11 others	57/100
10th	StorONE 2010, New York City (United States), Series A	Enterprise software defined storage management solution provider	$20M	Shefa Capital, JVP & 5 others	56/100