Tagged: martin sokk

January 5, 2024 @ 12:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Investment platform Lightyear announces a “record” year of investment activity on the platform. Seeing nearly 20% month-on-month growth in assets under management (AUM), the appetite for investing – despite another rollercoaster year for the public markets – remains high. In 2023, the company also “increased… Read More

April 25, 2023 @ 9:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Investment platform Lightyear announces the launch of its web application. The requested feature will “enable customers to manage their portfolios, buy/sell shares and research 3,000+ instruments available on Lightyear.” As noted in the update shared with CI, the importance of offering “a web platform has… Read More

October 29, 2022 @ 11:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European investment platform Lightyear has rolled out voting alongside in-app communication, “giving shareholders and publicly traded companies a seamless way to engage with each other.” This feature is “a first for many countries around Europe, where this level of ownership and transparency is lacking for… Read More

July 15, 2022 @ 8:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Investment platform Lightyear has announced a $25M Series A equity round “led by Lightspeed Venture Partners.” The company’s seed investors, Mosaic Ventures, Taavet+Sten and Metaplanet also took part in the investment round “alongside a number of new and existing angel investors.” Joining Lightspeed in this… Read More

April 23, 2022 @ 2:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech firm Lightyear, which launched in the UK last year, recently announced the addition of new features: limit orders, auto conversions and exportable activity statements. Lightyear has also “formally appointed two of its seed investors as advisors, Wander Rutgers and Joe Cross.” Lightyear, founded by… Read More

February 7, 2022 @ 11:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech startup Lightyear announced the launch of Lightyear Profiles, which is a way for investors to share “high-level” details regarding their investment portfolio with friends. It creates individual and personalized web pages for every user highlighting their portfolio holdings, recent activities, and which stocks are… Read More

November 11, 2021 @ 8:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TrueLayer, the international Open Banking platform, has announced a new collaboration with investment platform Lightyear in order to provide instant account funding via Open Banking payments. Lightyear, established by ex-Wise professionals Martin Sokk and Mihkel Aamer, combines multi-currency accounts with unlimited access to 1,000+ international… Read More

September 15, 2021 @ 7:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech firm Lightyear announced on Wednesday (September 15, 2021) that they’ve acquired an additional $8.5 million in capital. The firm also confirmed the launch of its app as the business begins onboarding UK clients off its waiting list. Lightyear aims to combine multi-currency accounts with… Read More

June 4, 2021 @ 12:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech startup Lightyear has secured $1.5 million through a pre-seed funding round. The company has also introduced its waiting list for Europe’s first “truly commission-free” investment platform. As noted in a release shared with CI, Lightyear‘s platform is scheduled for roll out in Q3 2021…. Read More