# HyLight funding: rounds and investors > HyLight has raised $18M across 2 rounds since 2024. Investors include Y Combinator, Ring Capital and Rubio Impact Ventures. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/hylight (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) France · [Series A startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *HyLight* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 8 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. Construction Energy Robotics Raised this month Y Combinator: S23 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$18M** raised across 2 rounds since 2024, from 5 sources **$3.9M** Seed **$15M** Series A - **Latest round:** Series A, $15M Oct 2026 - **Led by:** Rubio Impact Ventures - **Step-up i:** 3.7× - **Investors:** 8 (1 led) 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 2026 **$3.9M** Seed **$15M** Series A - **First round:** Seed, $3.9M - **Biggest round:** $15M - **Between rounds:** 2.5 years ## The rounds - **Oct 2026** Series A **$15M** *3 new* *2 returning* [Rubio Impact Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rubio-impact-ventures) Lead [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Ring Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ring) [DRW](https://millionrounds.com/fund/drw) [Teampact ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/teampact-ventures) Reported by Pulse 2.0 and 3 others - **Apr 2024** Seed **$3.9M** *5 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Kima Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kima-ventures) [Collaborative Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/collaborative-fund) [Berkeley SkyDeck](https://millionrounds.com/fund/berkeley-skydeck) [Ring Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ring) Source recorded ## Founders and team From HyLight's own website: 3 founders, 21 on the team. **Martin Bocken** C0-Founder & CEO **Josef Rokusek** C0-Founder & CTO **Thomas Laporte** C0-Founder & Cbo - **Erwan Piquet** Chief of Staff - **Charbel Bou Malham** Head Of Operations - **Lois Leboulanger** Head of Safety - **Quentin Dedeurwaerdere** Head of Mechanical engineering - **Sadek Amrouche** Head of Industrialisation - **Amine Slimoune** GNC Engineer - **Anatolii Rainov** Operations Manager - **Christophe Béesau** Weather Engineer - **Fares Saade** Software engineer - **Francisco Oliveira** Senior Autonomous Drones Engineer - **Jay Takahashi** Software Development Intern - **Jean Descazeaud** Embedded systems engineer - **Jules Sanglier** Fullstack engineer - **Kossi Sylvanus Ameyida** Embedded Data Analyst Intern - **Louis Rob** Fullstack engineer - **Lounis Khiat** Senior Embedded Software Engineer - **Mischa Masson** Aerospace Engineer - **Nicolas Boyé** Senior Electrical Engineer And 3 more on the team. ## 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. **Seed** 2024 **Series A** 2026 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Ring Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ring) [Rubio Impact Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rubio-impact-ventures) L [Kima Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kima-ventures) [Collaborative Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/collaborative-fund) [Berkeley SkyDeck](https://millionrounds.com/fund/berkeley-skydeck) [DRW](https://millionrounds.com/fund/drw) [Teampact ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/teampact-ventures) ## Everyone who backed them [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **2** rounds [Ring Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ring) VC firm **2** rounds [Rubio Impact Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rubio-impact-ventures) VC firm **1** round, led 1 [Kima Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kima-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Collaborative Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/collaborative-fund) VC firm **1** round [Berkeley SkyDeck](https://millionrounds.com/fund/berkeley-skydeck) Accelerator **1** round [DRW](https://millionrounds.com/fund/drw) VC firm **1** round [Teampact ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/teampact-ventures) Private equity **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=hylight). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists HyLight as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above. [MyAsiaVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/myasia-vc) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about HyLight ### Who invested in HyLight? HyLight's investors include Y Combinator, Ring Capital, Rubio Impact Ventures, Kima Ventures and Collaborative Fund, and 3 more on record. Rubio Impact Ventures led its latest round. ### How much has HyLight raised? HyLight has raised $18M across 2 rounds since 2024. ### When did HyLight last raise? HyLight's most recent round was a Series A of $15M in Oct 2026, led by Rubio Impact Ventures. ### What was HyLight's biggest round? Its most recent round, $15M in Oct 2026, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed HyLight first? HyLight's first round on record, in Apr 2024, was backed by Y Combinator, Kima Ventures and Collaborative Fund and 2 others. ### What stage is HyLight at? HyLight's latest named round is a Series A, in Oct 2026. ### Where is HyLight based? HyLight is based in France. ### Who led HyLight's rounds? Rubio Impact Ventures led the Series A in 2026. ## Companies like HyLight In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Elax Energy** $34M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/elax-energy)[**EPYR** $20M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/epyr)[**Inbolt** $29M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/inbolt)[**Mistral AI** $7.5B · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/mistral-ai)[**Graneet** $17M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/graneet)[**Carvolix** $44M · Aug 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/carvolix) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. 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