Company
Seattle
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Lighter Capital raised.
Companies Lighter Capital acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Matthew Dowling | Investment Director | legaltech-talk.com, plexus.co |
Stories naming Lighter Capital. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Scalare Partners has launched The Founders Union, an AI-driven hub connecting founders to education, community, services and investment providers; Westpac, MYOB, Atlassian and Zoho are among its partners.
Weekly roundup tallying three Australian raises: legal tech firm Plexus ($6m), cattle-probiotics startup Bovotica ($3.4m seed), and beauty group York St Brands ($2m Series C plus a $4m NAB credit line).
A legal automation software company has raised more than six million dollars from existing shareholders and a Seattle-based non-dilutive lender, its first institutional backing, to fund international growth and AI product development.
Legal AI platform Plexus has raised more than $6 million, led by existing shareholders alongside Seattle lender Lighter Capital, its first institutional backer, to speed international growth, AI product delivery and hiring.
Lighter Capital, a revenue-based lender, has added another $30 million to lend to Australian startups, extending the facility the Victorian government and iPartners first backed.
Profile of regional NSW sexual-health startup Hyphen Health: its rugby sponsorship, founding story, past angel and venture-debt raises, and growth in online STI testing.