Lighter Capital - About the company
Lighter Capital is a series B company based in Seattle (United States), founded in 2008. It operates as an Online revenue-based financing platform for businesses. Lighter Capital has raised $26.7M in funding from Voyager Capital and Summit Capital. The company has 30 active competitors, including 13 funded and 2 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Clearco, Capchase and Pipe.
Company Details
Lighter Capital provides an online revenue-based financing platform for businesses. It offers financing in return to share a percentage of future revenue with an investor in exchange for capital upfront. It also provides term loans & tools for comparing revenue-based financing & term loans.
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- Email ID
- *****@lightercapital.com
- Phone Number
- +1 **********
- Registered Address
- Seattle, Washington
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2008
Location
Seattle, United States
Stage
Series B
Total Funding
$26.7M in 6 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Investors
Ranked
5th among 30 active competitors
Employee Count
55 as on Jul 31, 2026
Legal entities associated with Lighter Capital
Lighter Capital is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
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LIGHTER CAPITAL INC. CIN: 364738875 , United States, Active | Dec 31, 1999 | - | 15 (As on Dec 31, 2024) | - |
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Lighter Capital's funding and investors
Lighter Capital has raised a total funding of $26.7M over 6 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jun 01, 2010. Its latest funding round was a Venture Debt round on Nov 20, 2025 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Lighter Capital has 7 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Lighter Capital:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Nov 20, 2025 | 9312617 | Venture Debt | 5814818 | 7034192 | 8608962 | 1900797 |
Dec 16, 2020 | 7965213 | Series B | 1286618 | 6291705 | 8401764 | 1711820 |
Nov 27, 2015 | 6642232 | Conventional Debt | 4763789 | 4200094 | 8599936 |
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Lighter Capital's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileLighter Capital's employee count trend
Lighter Capital has 55 employees as of Jul 26. Here is Lighter Capital's employee count trend over the years:
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Lighter Capital's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Lighter Capital include Clearco, Capchase and Pipe. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Lighter Capital, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | Revenue-based financing solution | $775M | 75/100 | ||
2nd | Capchase 2020, Cambridge (United States), Series C | Provider of an online revenue-based financing platform for SaaS businesses | $521M | 75/100 | |
3rd |  Pipe 2019, Los Angeles (United States), Series C | Online revenue-based financing marketplace for SaaS businesses | $332M | 66/100 | |
4th |  Parafin 2020, San Francisco (United States), Series C | Provider of cloud-based platform for revenue-based financing | $190M | 64/100 | |
5th | Lighter Capital 2008, Seattle (United States), Series B | Online revenue-based financing platform for businesses | $26.7M | 63/100 | |
6th |  Braavo 2015, New York City (United States), Series B | Fundraising platform for mobile app developers and games developers | $13M | 59/100 | |
7th |  Bonside 2020, Chicago (United States), Seed | Provider of an online platform to businesses with investors | $4.6M | 56/100 | |
8th |  Raven 2008, Santa Monica (United States), Acquired | Online investment firm offering revenue based financing | - | 49/100 | |
9th |  Founderpath 2018, Austin (United States), Series A | Online lending solutions for business loans | $20M | 49/100 | |
10th |  Novel Capital 2018, Overland Park (United States), Seed | Online platform for revenue-based financing | $15.8M | 46/100 |
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Lighter Capital's Investments and acquisitions
Lighter Capital has not made any acquisitions yet. Lighter Capital has made 98 investments.Here is the list of latest three $investments:Filter this list
Filter this listDate of Investment/Acquisition | Type | Company Name | Founded Year | Location |
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May 14, 2025 | Investments | 2010 | Melbourne (Australia) | |
Nov 16, 2022 | Investments | 2016 | South Melbourne (Australia) | |
May 15, 2019 | Investments | 2010 | Mclean (United States) |
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News related to Lighter Capital
Filter this listMedia has covered Lighter Capital for 1 event in last 1 year.
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Plexus Secures $6 Million in Funding to Fuel AI-Driven GrowthLawyers Weekly•May 23, 2025•Plexus, Lighter Capital
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Plexus Secures $6 Million to Accelerate AI-Driven Growth StrategyAiThority•May 14, 2025•Plexus, Lighter Capital
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UAE’s Flow48 Secures USD25 Million; Plans To Expand To S.AfricaWAYA Media•Nov 29, 2023•Flow48, Speedinvest, Daphni, Blockchain Founders Fund and 7 others
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Lighter Capital secures $130M credit facility to fuel revenue-based financing for startupsGlobal Village Space•Aug 30, 2023•Lighter Capital, Apollo Global Management, i80 Group, Invest Victoria and 5 others
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B2B Revenue Growth Platform Novel Capital Hires First Chief Credit OfficerGlobeNewswire•Aug 02, 2022•Lighter Capital, Novel Capital
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Arrivalist signs $2M debt financing investment roundPhocusWire•May 05, 2022•Arrivalist, Lighter Capital
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Runway Growth Capital appoints Senior Vice President of GrowthPrivate Equity Wire•Feb 11, 2022•Runway Growth Capital, Lighter Capital
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