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Lightning Engineering

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Rocket Ship Rating: 79 out of 100

building faster, cheaper, global layer-two bitcoin

Also known as Lightning Labs

  • Crypto & blockchain
  • Payments
  • Crypto web3
  • Open source
Status
Operatingas of 2026-09-19
Business model
B2B
Customers
payment processors, exchanges, fintech companies, AI startups, agents, and large merchants
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Record updated 28 September 2026

About

At Lightning Labs, we develop software that powers the Lightning Network. Our open source, secure, and scalable Lightning systems enable users to send and receive money more efficiently than ever before. We also offer a series of verifiable, non-custodial Lightning-based financial services. We bridge the world of open source software and the next-generation of bitcoin financial software.

Funding snapshot

Total raised
$2.5MSEC form D sum, as of 2026-09-28Source (opens in a new tab)
Latest round
Round, $2.5M2016-03-02

Funding rounds

Round, 2016
$2.5M2016-03-02, SEC form D sold, 19 investors

Products

Web
Lightning Terminal
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