FirstLight: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)
FirstLight provides a comprehensive range of cutting-edge telecommunications services, such as dedicated Internet access, Ethernet, data center solutions, dark fiber, and various voice services like SIP trunks, virtual PBX, and traditional TDM solutions. Our customers range from national cellular providers and CLECs to leading enterprises in industries like high tech manufacturing, research, healthcare, banking and finance, education, and local and state governments. FirstLight is a company owned by Riverside Partners, a private equity firm based in Boston.
FirstLight has raised $120M across 2 funding rounds on record, the most recent an undisclosed round of $120M announced in Oct 2024.
That round is above the $5.2M median round size for Data and Analytics companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.
FirstLight Company Profile and Key Stats
Latest funding round on record: Oct 2024.
FirstLight Funding Rounds
1 of 2 rounds was announced without a disclosed amount and is excluded from the total.
FirstLight announced an undisclosed round in Dec 2023; the amount was not disclosed.
10 months later, an undisclosed round of $120M was announced in Oct 2024.
FirstLight Founders and Leadership Team
No contact details are on record for this team yet.
FirstLight Funding Compared to Other Data and Analytics Startups
FirstLight's latest round of $120M is above the median round in Data and Analytics. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.
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FirstLight Funding FAQs
What does FirstLight do?
FirstLight provides a comprehensive range of cutting-edge telecommunications services, such as dedicated Internet access, Ethernet, data center solutions, dark fiber, and various voice services like SIP trunks, virtual PBX, and traditional TDM solutions. Our customers range from national cellular providers and CLECs to leading enterprises in industries like high tech manufacturing, research, healthcare, banking and finance, education, and local and state governments. FirstLight is a company owned by Riverside Partners, a private equity firm based in Boston.
How much funding has FirstLight raised?
FirstLight has raised $120M across 2 rounds on record. The most recent is an undisclosed round of $120M announced in Oct 2024.
When did FirstLight last raise funding?
FirstLight's most recent funding round on record is an undisclosed round of $120M, announced in Oct 2024.
Who founded FirstLight?
FundedIQ lists Karl Murphy (Founder) at FirstLight.
Where is FirstLight headquartered?
FirstLight is based in Albany, New York, United States.
How many employees does FirstLight have?
FirstLight is in the 251-500 employee band.
How does FirstLight's funding compare to other Data and Analytics startups?
FirstLight's latest round of $120M is above the $5.2M median round size for Data and Analytics companies on FundedIQ across 1,842 tracked companies over the last two years.
About FundedIQ's FirstLight Funding Data
FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.
Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for FirstLight is left off this page rather than filled in.
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