Tech Company Financing Transactions
Lightcast Discovery Funding Round
Lightcast Discovery closed a $27 million funding round on 4/15/2026. Investors included Arch Venture Partners, +ND Capital and Illumina Ventures.
Transaction Overview
Company Name
Announced On
4/15/2026
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$27,000,000
Round
Undisclosed
Investors
Proceeds Purpose
The company intends to use the funds to support the full commercial release of it Envisia benchtop platform in 2026, enabling to deepen strategic collaborations, expand its portfolio of single-cell functional assays, and achieve critical technical, manufacturing, and software development.
Company Information
Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Life Sciences
Mailing Address
Broers Building, JJ Thomson Avenue,
Cambridge, England, CB3 0FA
UK
Cambridge, England, CB3 0FA
UK
Phone
Website
Email Address
Overview
Lightcast is developing a novel, droplet-based platform that provides a deeper understanding of cellular function. Compared to standard microfluidic methods, the Lightcast platform offers the ability to run a broader range of assays and to precisely control and track the number, occupancy, location, and movement of each droplet. The unprecedented scalability and flexibility of this approach will help advance translational and basic research as well as streamline development workflows for drugs, therapeutics, and applied biologics.
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Management Team
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Name
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Chief Executive Officer
Paul Loeffen
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