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Lightyear

Lightyear, an international team of 90 engineers including triple winners of the World Solar Challenge, experienced engineers (18Lightyear, an international team of 90 engineers including triple winners of the World Solar Challenge, experienced engineers (180+ years) from the aerospace, racing and automotive industry (e.g. ASML, Tesla, Ferrari and Inalfa) and alumni of the Eindhoven University of Technology, develops the first commercially available electric solar car in the world that charges itself: the Lightyear One.

www.lightyear.one Helmond, Netherlands 501-1000 employees
Total raised
$153M
Latest round: +111% of prior total
Rounds
3
Latest
Venture - Series Unknown
Sep 2022

Lightyear, an international team of 90 engineers including triple winners of the World Solar Challenge, experienced engineers (18Lightyear, an international team of 90 engineers including triple winners of the World Solar Challenge, experienced engineers (180+ years) from the aerospace, racing and automotive industry (e.g. ASML, Tesla, Ferrari and Inalfa) and alumni of the Eindhoven University of Technology, develops the first commercially available electric solar car in the world that charges itself: the Lightyear One.

Lightyear has raised $153M across 3 rounds. Its most recent round was a Venture - Series Unknown of $80.2M in Sep 2022. Full funding history, investors, and team are detailed below.

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Sep 6, 2022
Venture - Series Unknown
$80.2M

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