# Lightelligence funding: rounds and investors > Lightelligence has raised $220M across 2 rounds since 2018. Investors include Baidu, Matrix Partners China and Vertex Ventures. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/lightelligence (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series C startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Lightelligence* 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. AI Manufacturing Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$220M** raised across 2 rounds since 2018, from 2 sources **$10M** Seed **$210M** Series C - **Latest round:** Series C, $210M Sept 2025 - **Step-up i:** 21× - **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. 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 **$10M** Seed **$210M** Series C - **First round:** Seed, $10M - **Biggest round:** $210M - **Between rounds:** 7.6 years ## The rounds - **Sept 2025** Series C **$210M** *7 new* [Matrix Partners China](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matrix-partners-china-2) [Vertex Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vertex-ventures) [CICC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cicc) [Vertex Ventures China](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vertex-ventures-china) [CAS Star](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cas-star) [Baidu Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baidu-ventures) [Taihill Venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/taihill-venture) Source recorded - **Feb 2018** Seed **$10M** *1 new* [Baidu](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baidu) Lead Reported by Siliconangle ## 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** 2018 **Series C** 2025 [Baidu](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baidu) L [Matrix Partners China](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matrix-partners-china-2) [Vertex Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vertex-ventures) [CICC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cicc) [Vertex Ventures China](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vertex-ventures-china) [CAS Star](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cas-star) [Baidu Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baidu-ventures) [Taihill Venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/taihill-venture) ## Everyone who backed them [Baidu](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baidu) Investment firm **1** round, led 1 [Matrix Partners China](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matrix-partners-china-2) VC firm **1** round [Vertex Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vertex-ventures) VC firm **1** round [CICC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cicc) Investment bank **1** round [Vertex Ventures China](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vertex-ventures-china) VC firm **1** round [CAS Star](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cas-star) VC firm **1** round [Baidu Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baidu-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Taihill Venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/taihill-venture) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=lightelligence). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists Lightelligence 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. [Prosperity7 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/prosperity7-ventures) Corporate VC Per its own site ## Quick answers about Lightelligence ### Who invested in Lightelligence? Lightelligence's investors include Baidu, Matrix Partners China, Vertex Ventures, CICC and Vertex Ventures China, and 3 more on record. ### How much has Lightelligence raised? Lightelligence has raised $220M across 2 rounds since 2018. ### When did Lightelligence last raise? Lightelligence's most recent round was a Series C of $210M in Sept 2025. ### What was Lightelligence's biggest round? Its most recent round, $210M in Sept 2025, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Lightelligence first? Lightelligence's first round on record, in Feb 2018, was backed by Baidu. ### What stage is Lightelligence at? Lightelligence's latest named round is a Series C, in Sept 2025. ### Where is Lightelligence based? Lightelligence is based in the United States. ### Who led Lightelligence's rounds? Baidu led the Seed in 2018. ## Companies like Lightelligence In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**SpaceX** $42B · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/spacex)[**xPay** $1.5M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/xpay)[**Apex** $1.1B · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/apex)[**Pika** $216M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/pika)[**Albert Invent** $20M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/albert-invent)[**FORT Robotics** $39M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/fort-robotics) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. 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