Light Cast
Health Care · Medical AI
Venture roundlatest round · Sep 2026 · 2 mo ago
4backers · ARCH Venture Partners, Illumina Ventures
10+team · employees, estimated range
11stories in the press
Overview
Explore Lightcast’s next-generation platform for single-cell functional analysis. Uncover detailed insights into cellular behaviour to accelerate research, drug discovery, and diagnostic development.
Official records
Funding and backers
Latest round
Venture round
Sep 2026 · 2 mo ago
Team
11-50
employees, estimated range
Backers
4
ARCH Venture Partners, Illumina Ventures
The money's age
Fresh money
2 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
35/100
in the news, fresh money
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Sep 10
Raised a round Venture round
Feb 20
Raised a round Venture round
Sep 10, 2025
Raised a round Venture round
Feb 25, 2025
Raised a round Venture round
Jul 26, 2024
Raised a round Venture round
Apr 2, 2024
Raised a round Venture round
Oct 25, 2023
Raised a round Venture round
Mar 21, 2022
Raised a round Venture round
Mar 12, 2021
Raised a round Venture round
Jun 30, 2020
Raised a round Venture round
Jul 25, 2019
Raised a round Venture round
Feb 15, 2019
Raised a round Venture round
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Sep 2026 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
| Venture round | Feb 2026 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
| Venture round | Sep 2025 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
| Venture round | Feb 2025 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
| Venture round | Jul 2024 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
| Venture round | Apr 2024 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
| Venture round | Oct 2023 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
| Venture round | Mar 2022 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
| Venture round | Mar 2021 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
| Venture round | Jun 2020 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
| Venture round | Jul 2019 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
| Venture round | Feb 2019 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Lightcast Discovery Ltd | its site |
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Financials
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
12
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2026 | — | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2026 | — | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2025 | — | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2025 | — | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2024 | — | Details |
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| Venture - Series Unknown | 2023 | — | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2022 | — | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2021 | — | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2020 | — | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2019 | — | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2019 | — | Details |
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Longwall VenturesVia a fund
Illumina VenturesVia a fund
M VenturesVia a fund
ARCH Venture PartnersVia a fund
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News
Lightcast Appoints Sarah Taylor as Vice President of Science
CAMBRIDGE, England, September 14, 2026--Lightcast announced the appointment of Sarah Taylor, PhD, as Vice President of Science.
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Lightcast Survey Finds Organizations Increasingly Rely on Labor Market Intelligence to Navigate AI and Workforce Change
Lightcast, a global leader in labor market intelligence, today published its 2026 Impact Report, which showcases how employers, education institutions, workforce organizations, and communities are using data to create better outcomes for the people they s
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Lightcast Survey Finds Organizations Increasingly Rely on Labor Market Intelligence to Navigate AI and Workforce Change
/PRNewswire/ -- Lightcast, a global leader in labor market intelligence, today published its 2026 Impact Report, which showcases how employers, education...
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Lightcast: $27 Million Financing To Accelerate Commercial Launch Of Envisia Single-Cell Platform
Lightcast announced it has raised $27 million in financing to support the commercialization of its Envisia platform for functional single-cell analysis. The round was led by ARCH Venture Partners, with participation from M Ventures, Illumina Ventures, +ND
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Lightcast Raises $27 Million and Adds Industry Veteran to Accelerate Commercialization of Envisia Platform
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Lightcast Announces Limited Commercial Release of Envisia Single-Cell Functional Analysis Platform for Antibody Discovery
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Lightcast Publishes Inaugural Impact Report
/PRNewswire/ -- Lightcast today published its inaugural Impact Report, outlining how the company is accomplishing its mission-to unlock new possibilities in...
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Boston
United States
Regional office
Boston
238 Main St, 5th floor, Cambridge, 02142-1016, MA, USA
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Regional office
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