# Building Lightyear

- [Lightyear closes $23 million Series B](https://lightyear.com/en-gb/blog/lightyear-closes-dollar23m-series-b): We’ve just raised a $23m Series B, led by NordicNinja and backed by some of the biggest names in European business and tech, taking our total funding to date to $58m. We’re now operating in 25 countries in 10 languages. Our explosive growth also means we’ve hit the milestone of $1bn in customer assets.
- [Wrapping up Lightyear’s 2024 ](https://lightyear.com/en-gb/blog/wrapping-up-lightyear-s-2024): To wrap up a massive 2024, here’s a little look back on the progress we’ve made on our mission of creating successful investors across Europe.
- [Lightyear records bumper year for retail and business investing](https://lightyear.com/en-gb/blog/2023-year-in-review): 2023, wrapped! Read on to find out the most popular stocks, sectors and more, from last year.
- [Moving at Lightspeed: we closed a $25M Series A](https://lightyear.com/en-gb/blog/moving-at-lightspeed): We’re excited to announce a $25M Series A equity round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from new and existing investors, bringing our total valuation up to $35M. Read our press release below!
- [Lightyear launches in 19 European countries](https://lightyear.com/en-gb/blog/lightyear-launches-in-19-european-countries): Today, we’re excited to announce our launch in 19 European countries.
- [Welcome, Wander Rutgers!](https://lightyear.com/en-gb/blog/welcome-wander-rutgers): We're excited to announce our new Chief Operating Officer, Wander Rutgers.
- [Why I joined Lightyear — round 2](https://lightyear.com/en-gb/blog/why-i-joined-lightyear-round-2): Time to introduce a fresh batch of Lightyear employees — and why they decided to join us.
- [Lightyear is the 'One to Watch' at this year's AltFi Awards](https://lightyear.com/en-gb/blog/lightyear-one-to-watch-altfi): Lightyear wins its first award just three months after launching the app in the UK market.
- [Lightning Updates: get bite-size news in a flash](https://lightyear.com/en-gb/blog/lightning-updates): Stay on top of big price moves related to earnings calls, company announcements, sector trends, geo-politics and more, all from within the app.
- [Lightyear partners with TrueLayer for open banking payments](https://lightyear.com/en-gb/blog/lightyear-partners-with-truelayer): We’ve partnered with TrueLayer to help us deliver instant account funding using open banking.
- [Mosaic Ventures leads Lightyear's $8.5M seed round](https://lightyear.com/en-gb/blog/mosaic-ventures-leads-lightyear-s-8-5-m-seed-round): We've closed an additional $8.5M to bring the total we've raised this summer to $10M. Led by Mosaic Ventures, Taavet+Sten and Metaplanet, we're also welcoming new angel investors including Eileen Burbidge.
- [Making investing lightyears better](https://lightyear.com/en-gb/blog/making-investing-lightyears-better): The TL;DR: Europe is missing one platform that gives you access to the world’s market, delivers a reliable low-cost solution and is able to give you the information you need for investing.
- [Why I joined Lightyear](https://lightyear.com/en-gb/blog/why-i-joined-lightyear): Let me introduce you to the people of Lightyear, and why they wanted to join us in building the future of investing.

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