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A Note From Lighter Capital on Silicon Valley Bank
The recent news about Silicon Valley Bank is saddening for those in the startup world.
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Our Commitment to Supporting Your Financial Needs During COVID-19
We hope you and your loved ones are safe and in good health, and will remain so amid continuing COVID-19 developments. We are all doing...
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Now Offering Canadian Tech Startups Access to Entrepreneur-Friendly Financing
I am thrilled to announce that Lighter Capital is making its growth capital offerings – term loans with approval for a forward commitment...
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Lighter Capital Makes the Inc. 5000 List – Four Years in a Row!
For the fourth time, Lighter Capital has earned a spot on the Inc. 5000, coming in at 1,557 on the list. This ranking coincides with...
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Report: Seattle Leads Nation as Fastest Growing Tech Hub
Silicon Valley may be the largest tech hub nationwide, but a new study has revealed Seattle leads the nation as the fastest growing tech...
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Introducing Client Perks: Discounted Business Tools for Scaling Your Startup
We love our clients; after all, we succeed only when our clients succeed. As part of our mission to help you scale your startup, we want...
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Lighter Capital’s Third Year on the Inc. 5000 List of Fastest-Growing Companies
Lighter Capital has for the third consecutive year been name to the Inc. 5000 list of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in the...
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$100 Million Invested in Startups!
We’re thrilled to share our latest milestone — on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, we reached $100M in investments. That’s $100 million we’ve...
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New $15 Million Fund for Intuit QuickBooks Developers
Today we’re thrilled to announce a new $15 million fund to support Intuit developers and the QuickBooks platform. Working with Intuit, we...
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Lighter Capital Closes Its 300th Deal
Yesterday we closed our 300th deal: a follow-on round for Mailprotector. We’re aiming for 500 deals by July 2018, so hitting 300 is a big...
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Lighter Capital Makes the Inc. 5000 for the Second Year in a Row
We’re happy to announce that Inc. has ranked Lighter Capital #634 on the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the...
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Judging ServiceNow’s CreatorCon Challenge: 2017 Winners
ServiceNow launched the CreatorCon Challenge to find and fund apps built to solve thorny problems for their global user base. Lighter...
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Lighter Capital Named Fastest Growing Private Tech Company in Washington
We’re thrilled to announce Puget Sound Business Journal has ranked Lighter Capital #4 on its annual list of the fastest-growing private...
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Lighter Capital makes the Inc. 500 List for the first time!
We’re thrilled to announce Inc. Magazine has ranked Lighter Capital No. 335 on the Inc. 500 list of fastest-growing private companies in...
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Lighter Capital In The News
Lighter Capital has been making some tech and business headlines lately, and of course we love seeing our “name in lights.” But it’s also...
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Lighter Capital Raises $100M to Fuel Emerging Tech Companies
Last Friday we announced a new $100 million fund with Community Investment Management (CIM), an impact investment firm focused on funding...
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Washington Technology Industry Association made a video about us!
As a source of funding for early-stage technology companies, Lighter Capital is proud to be a member of the Washington Technology...
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We Have a Lot to Be Thankful for This Thanksgiving
We are on track to close our 70th deal by the year’s end, and today — the day before Thanksgiving — is our biggest closing day ever!
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Our office warming party brings entrepreneurs, and the Seattle funding community together
Two nights ago, we debut our new home to our friends and family in the Seattle startup community. Everything’s looking good! Drew, one of...
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VC Acknowledges the Startup Funding Gap
This past week, Geekwire interviewed venture capitalist Bill Bryan t of DFJ following his recent return to Seattle from London. On the...
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