# Lightcast Discovery

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

- Industry: Biotechnology
- Headquarters: Cambridge, UK
- Website: www.lightcast.bio/
- Total disclosed funding: $79M
- Latest round: Series B (Dec 23, 2022)
- Investors on record: 7

## About

Based in Cambridge, UK, and founded in 2019, Lightcast Discovery Ltd. operates as a developer of a microfluidic platform. In April 2026, Lightcast Discovery Ltd. raised USD 27 million in venture funding led by ARCH Venture Partners, with participation from +ND Capital, Illumina Ventures, Longwall Ventures, M Ventures, and OMX Ventures.

The firm as of April 2026, has office in Cambridge, UK, and Massachusetts, US, and is led by its CEO, Paul Loeffen.

The company through its programmable microfluidics platform offers single-cell analysis and provides functional analysis insights. Lightcast’s platform enables researchers to perform massively parallel and sequential assays. The platform with virtual addressing and live cell recovery capabilities, defines workflow from load to dispense for cell-based experimentation. Also, the company’s technology manipulates picolitre droplets with light, driving complex workflows. Lightcast’s platform’s capabilities span from accelerating functional screening assays through massively parallel operations to conducting multi-step workflows for deep functional characterization.

The company will use the April 2026 funding to launch a benchtop platform commercially in 2026.

## Funding rounds

- Series B, Dec 23, 2022, $46M — ARCH Venture Partners, +ND Capital, Longwall Ventures, Illumina Ventures, M Ventures, OMX Ventures
- Series A, Mar 12, 2021, $31M — ARCH Venture Partners, +ND Capital, Longwall Ventures, Illumina Ventures, M Ventures, Moulton Goodies Limited, OMX Ventures
- Seed, Jun 21, 2019, $1.6M — Longwall Ventures, M Ventures

## Investors

- Longwall Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/longwall-ventures) — Seed, Series A, Series B
- M Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/m-ventures) — Seed, Series A, Series B
- ARCH Venture Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/arch-venture-partners) — Series A, Series B
- +ND Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/nd-capital) — Series A, Series B
- Illumina Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/illumina-ventures) — Series A, Series B
- Moulton Goodies Limited — Series A
- OMX Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/omx-ventures) — Series A, Series B