Lightyear: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)
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 funding rounds on record, the most recent an undisclosed round of $80.2M announced in Sep 2022.
That round is above the $15M median round size for Energy companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.
Lightyear Company Profile and Key Stats
Latest funding round on record: Sep 2022.
Lightyear Funding Rounds
Lightyear raised $48.1M in an undisclosed round announced in Mar 2021.
2 months later, an undisclosed round of $24.4M was announced in May 2021.
1.3 years later, an undisclosed round of $80.2M was announced in Sep 2022.
Lightyear Founders and Leadership Team
Contact details for the Lightyear team: 2 of 2 have an email address on file.
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Lightyear's latest round of $80.2M is above the median round in Energy. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.
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Lightyear Funding FAQs
What does Lightyear do?
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.
How much funding has Lightyear raised?
Lightyear has raised $153M across 3 rounds on record. The most recent is an undisclosed round of $80.2M announced in Sep 2022.
When did Lightyear last raise funding?
Lightyear's most recent funding round on record is an undisclosed round of $80.2M, announced in Sep 2022.
Who founded Lightyear?
FundedIQ lists Arjo Van Der Ham (Founder) at Lightyear.
Who is the CEO of Lightyear?
Lex Hoefsloot is listed as CEO at Lightyear.
Where is Lightyear headquartered?
Lightyear is based in Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
How many employees does Lightyear have?
Lightyear is in the 501-1000 employee band.
How does Lightyear's funding compare to other Energy startups?
Lightyear's latest round of $80.2M is above the $15M median round size for Energy companies on FundedIQ across 2,284 tracked companies over the last two years.
About FundedIQ's Lightyear 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 Lightyear is left off this page rather than filled in.
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