# LightBeam.ai

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/lightbeam-ai

- Industry: Software
- Headquarters: Palo Alto, US
- Website: www.lightbeam.ai
- Total disclosed funding: $22M
- Latest round: Series A (Feb 1, 2024)
- Investors on record: 5

## About

Based in California, US, and founded in 2020, LightBeam.ai, Inc. operates as an information technology company that provides AI governance solutions. The company was founded by its CEO, Himanshu Shukla, and CPO, Priyadarshi Prasad, and Aditya Ramesh. In February 2024, Lightbeam.ai, Inc. raised USD 17.8 million in Series A funding led by Vertex Ventures, Dropbox Ventures, 8VC, and Village Global.

The firm’s product line includes Spectra AI, an automated privacy-aware data security platform that co-references all fragments and uses AI/ML to build an identity-centric PII graph for each entity (customers, employees, partners, patients, and students). PrivacyOps is a platform that helps organizations streamline their privacy compliance efforts. The platform offers multiple features and SaaS solutions, such as integrations with various file repositories like Google Drive, MS OneDrive, MS Sharepoint, and Amazon S3; data protection solutions; data discovery and governance solutions; general data protection regulation (GDPR) solutions; security, privacy, and AI governance solutions; and many more.

The company plans to use the funds raised in January 2024 to enhance its technology, accelerate its growth, and expand.

## Funding rounds

- Series A, Feb 1, 2024, $18M — Vertex Ventures, 8VC, Village Global, Dropbox Ventures
- Seed, Dec 2, 2020, $4.5M — Monta Vista Capital, 8VC, Village Global

## Investors

- Monta Vista Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/monta-vista-capital) — Seed
- 8VC (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/8vc) — Seed, Series A
- Village Global (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/village-global) — Seed, Series A
- Vertex Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/vertex-ventures) — Series A
- Dropbox Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/dropbox-ventures) — Series A