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Lightspark
Enterprise Bitcoin Lightning payments infrastructure — founded by David Marcus.
Stage
series a
Status
private
Coverage
full
Why Lightspark is interesting
Lightspark builds Lightning rails for global instant payments; Coatue, Thrive, and Ribbit joined a16z's round.
Key facts
- Series A (May 2022): ~$175M co-led by a16z and Paradigm; Coatue, Thrive, Ribbit participated — CoinDesk
- Bitcoin Lightning enterprise payments — founded by David Marcus (ex-PayPal, Novi/Diem)
Investors in our directory
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Industries
Crypto & Web3 Fintech
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FAQs about Lightspark
Funding context and why this company shows up in venture coverage.
Lightspark provides enterprise Bitcoin Lightning Network infrastructure for instant, low-cost global payments, founded by David Marcus.
Andreessen Horowitz (see /fund/andreessen-horowitz) co-led the Series A with Paradigm (not in our fund directory); Coatue (/fund/coatue), Thrive Capital (/fund/thrive-capital), and Ribbit Capital (/fund/ribbit-capital) participated.
Lightspark raised a ~$175M Series A in May 2022 co-led by a16z and Paradigm.
Bitcoin Lightning enables sub-second settlement; Lightspark targets enterprise payment rails where Marcus's payments pedigree matters.
Lightspark remains private as of July 2026.
Last updated: 2026-07-24