# Lantern funding: rounds and investors > Lantern has raised $67M across 5 rounds since 2019. Investors include FJ Labs, Y Combinator and Liquid 2 Ventures. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/lantern (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United Kingdom · [Pre-seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Lantern* 5 rounds we have observed, with the 11 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. B2C Financial Services Fintech Y Combinator: S19 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$67M** raised across 5 rounds since 2019, from 5 sources **$20M** Debt **$40M** Seed **$6.8M** Seed **$500K** Pre-seed - **Latest round:** Pre-seed, $500K Apr 2024 - **Biggest round:** $40M Seed · Oct 2021 - **Investors:** 11 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. 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 **$20M** Debt **$40M** Seed **?** Venture **$6.8M** Seed **$500K** Pre-seed - **First round:** Debt, $20M - **Biggest round:** $40M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 16 months ## The rounds - **Apr 2024** Pre-seed **$500K** *3 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liquid-2-ventures) [Eight Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eight-capital) Source recorded - **Jul 2023** Seed **$6.8M** *4 new* [8VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/8vc) [Primary Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/primary-venture-partners) [M13](https://millionrounds.com/fund/m13) [Moxxie Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/moxxie-ventures) Source recorded - **Mar 2022** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *3 new* *1 returning* [FJ Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs) [Flybridge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flybridge) [Draper Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-associates) [2048 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/2048-ventures) Source recorded SEC filing: $455K sold, first sale Mar 2022 - **Oct 2021** Seed **$40M** *1 new* [FJ Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs) Source recorded - **May 2019** Debt **$20M** No investor was named in the report. Reported by Firms' own news pages ## 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. **Debt** 2019 **Seed** 2021 **Venture** 2022 **Seed** 2023 **Pre-seed** 2024 [FJ Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs) [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liquid-2-ventures) [Flybridge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flybridge) [8VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/8vc) [Draper Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-associates) [Primary Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/primary-venture-partners) [M13](https://millionrounds.com/fund/m13) [Eight Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eight-capital) [2048 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/2048-ventures) ## Everyone who backed them [FJ Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs) VC firm **2** rounds [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liquid-2-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Flybridge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flybridge) VC firm **1** round [8VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/8vc) VC firm **1** round [Draper Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-associates) VC firm **1** round [Primary Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/primary-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round [M13](https://millionrounds.com/fund/m13) VC firm **1** round [Eight Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eight-capital) Fund of funds **1** round [2048 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/2048-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Moxxie Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/moxxie-ventures) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=lantern). ## Quick answers about Lantern ### Who invested in Lantern? Lantern's investors include FJ Labs, Y Combinator, Liquid 2 Ventures, Flybridge and 8VC, and 6 more on record. ### How much has Lantern raised? Lantern has raised $67M across 5 rounds since 2019. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Lantern last raise? Lantern's most recent round was a Pre-seed of $500K in Apr 2024. ### What was Lantern's biggest round? Lantern's largest round on record is $40M (Seed), in Oct 2021. ### Who backed Lantern first? Lantern's first round on record, in Oct 2021, was backed by FJ Labs. ### What stage is Lantern at? Lantern's latest named round is a Pre-seed, in Apr 2024. ### Where is Lantern based? Lantern is based in the United Kingdom. ## Companies like Lantern In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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