About

Founded

2016

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Industry

Cryptocurrency

Company Description

We are developing Lightning: an open protocol layer that leverages the power of blockchains and smart contracts to make cheap, fast, private transactions available to anyone around the world.

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Funding

Total Raised

$82.5 million

Valuation

Undisclosed

Significant Investors

Ribbit Capital, Valor Equity Partners, Goldcrest Capital, Craft Ventures, Slow Ventures, M13

Company Traction

As of May 2023, Lightning Labs’ GitHub has 6.9K stars, 1.9K forks, and 327 contributors.

As of May 2023, Lightning Labs’ developer Slack community has 6,805 members.

Leadership Team

Elizabeth Stark: Co-Founder & CEO of Lightning Labs.

Olaoluwa Osuntokun: Co-Founder & CTO of Lightning Labs. Former Software Engineering at Google.

Jacob Strumwasser: VP of Strategy at Lightning Labs. Former Director at Evercore.

Michael Levin: Product Growth Lead at Lightning Labs. Former Product Manager at Google.

Neil Kelly: Head of Engineering at Lightning Labs. Former VP of Engineering at Yellow Card App.

Press

Decrypt (April 29, 2023): Lightning Labs Aims to Help 'Bring Bitcoin to Billions' With Latest Upgrade

Cointelegraph (May 17, 2023): Lightning Labs launches updated protocol to help solve Bitcoin’s BRC-20 issues

TechCrunch (April 5, 2022): Lightning Labs raises funding to enable stablecoin transfers through Bitcoin network

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