# First Light Solutions funding: rounds and investors

> First Light Solutions has raised $400K across 2 rounds since 2024. Investors include US Department of Energy and LvlUp Ventures. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/first-light-solutions (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *First Light Solutions*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 2 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Chemicals & Materials

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$400K** raised across 2 rounds since 2024, from 2 sources

- **Latest round:** Venture Oct 2025
- **Biggest round:** $400K Grant · Nov 2024
- **Investors:** 2

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2025

**$400K** Grant

**?** Venture

- **First round:** Grant, $400K
- **Biggest round:** $400K
- **Between rounds:** 11 months

## The rounds

- **Oct 2025** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* *1 returning* [US Department of Energy](https://millionrounds.com/fund/u-s-department-of-energy) [LvlUp Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lvlup-ventures) Source recorded
- **Nov 2024** Grant **$400K** *1 new* [US Department of Energy](https://millionrounds.com/fund/u-s-department-of-energy) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From First Light Solutions's own website: 3 founders.

**Curtis Lightburn** Co-Founder/CEO

**Matt Rivera** Co-Founder/CTO

**Anthony Vallace** Co-Founder/Cso

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Grant** 2024 **Venture** 2025 [US Department of Energy](https://millionrounds.com/fund/u-s-department-of-energy) [LvlUp Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lvlup-ventures)

## Everyone who backed them

[US Department of Energy](https://millionrounds.com/fund/u-s-department-of-energy) Government **2** rounds

[LvlUp Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lvlup-ventures) VC firm **1** round

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## Quick answers about First Light Solutions

### Who invested in First Light Solutions?

First Light Solutions's investors include US Department of Energy and LvlUp Ventures.

### How much has First Light Solutions raised?

First Light Solutions has raised $400K across 2 rounds since 2024. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did First Light Solutions last raise?

First Light Solutions's most recent round was a Venture in Oct 2025.

### What was First Light Solutions's biggest round?

First Light Solutions's largest round on record is $400K (Grant), in Nov 2024.

### Who backed First Light Solutions first?

First Light Solutions's first round on record, in Nov 2024, was backed by US Department of Energy.

### What stage is First Light Solutions at?

First Light Solutions's latest named round is a Venture, in Oct 2025.

### Where is First Light Solutions based?

First Light Solutions is based in the United States.

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