# Lightning Reach funding: rounds and investors

> Lightning Reach has raised $1.2M across 1 round since 2023. Investors include Techstars, Bank of America and Outrun Ventures. Every round with its source.

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

United Kingdom · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Lightning Reach*

One round we have observed, with the 3 investors named in it. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Financial Services

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$1.2M** raised across 1 round since 2023, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Seed, $1.2M Oct 2023
- **Investors:** 3

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **Oct 2023** Seed **$1.2M** [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [Bank of America](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bank-of-america) [Outrun Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/outrun-ventures) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Lightning Reach's own website: 1 founder, 22 on the team.

**Sjoerd Smaal** Co-founder of ETG

- **Lars Becker** CEO of ETG
- **Rhiannon Sheridan** CEO
- **Ignas Velža** CTO
- **James Smith** COO
- **Beth Kennedy** Head of Partnerships
- **Sam Fathers** Head of Customer Success
- **Darcie Tanner** Director of Operations & Marketing
- **Dave Farquharson** Director of Partnerships
- **Gareth Oakley** Chair
- **George Greenhalgh** Product Manager
- **Gino Brancazio** Senior Customer Success Manager
- **Grant Gordon Campbell** Sales & Partnerships Manager
- **Jenny Hay** Partnerships Manager
- **Jessica Rozario** Support and Operations Associate
- **Katarína Čudina** Senior Full Stack Developer
- **Kate Hatten** Senior Customer Success Manager
- **Mary McKenna** Director
- **Natalia Nogacka** Marketing Manager

And 4 more on the team.

## Everyone who backed them

[Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) VC firm **1** round

[Bank of America](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bank-of-america) Company **1** round

[Outrun Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/outrun-ventures) Family office **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=lightning-reach).

## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Lightning Reach 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.

[Growth Impact Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/growth-impact-fund) Private credit Per its own site

## Quick answers about Lightning Reach

### Who invested in Lightning Reach?

Lightning Reach's investors include Techstars, Bank of America and Outrun Ventures.

### How much has Lightning Reach raised?

Lightning Reach has raised $1.2M across 1 round since 2023.

### When did Lightning Reach last raise?

Lightning Reach's most recent round was a Seed of $1.2M in Oct 2023.

### What was Lightning Reach's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $1.2M in Oct 2023, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Lightning Reach first?

Lightning Reach's first round on record, in Oct 2023, was backed by Techstars, Bank of America and Outrun Ventures.

### What stage is Lightning Reach at?

Lightning Reach's latest named round is a Seed, in Oct 2023.

### Where is Lightning Reach based?

Lightning Reach is based in the United Kingdom.

## Companies like Lightning Reach

In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months.

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