# Lume funding: rounds and investors

> Lume has raised $8.5M across 2 rounds since 2020. Investors include Y Combinator, General Catalyst and Khosla Ventures. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Lume*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 6 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.

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Y Combinator: W23

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$8.5M** raised across 2 rounds since 2020, from 3 sources

**$4.3M** Round **$4.2M** Seed

- **Latest round:** Seed, $4.2M Nov 2024
- **Biggest round:** $4.3M Round · Mar 2020
- **Investors:** 6

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

**$4.3M** Round

**$4.2M** Seed

- **First round:** Round, $4.3M
- **Biggest round:** $4.3M
- **Between rounds:** 4.7 years

## The rounds

- **Nov 2024** Seed **$4.2M** *5 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) [Soma Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/soma-capital) [Floodgate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/floodgate) Source recorded
- **Mar 2020** Round **$4.3M** *1 new* [Lighter Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lighter-capital) Reported by Firms' own news pages and 1 other SEC filing: $4.3M sold, first sale Nov 2019

## 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.

**Round** 2020 **Seed** 2024 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) [Soma Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/soma-capital) [Floodgate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/floodgate) [Lighter Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lighter-capital)

## Everyone who backed them

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round

[General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) VC firm **1** round

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

[Soma Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/soma-capital) VC firm **1** round

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

[Lighter Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lighter-capital) VC firm **1** round

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## Quick answers about Lume

### Who invested in Lume?

Lume's investors include Y Combinator, General Catalyst, Khosla Ventures, Soma Capital and Floodgate, and 1 more on record.

### How much has Lume raised?

Lume has raised $8.5M across 2 rounds since 2020.

### When did Lume last raise?

Lume's most recent round was a Seed of $4.2M in Nov 2024.

### What was Lume's biggest round?

Lume's largest round on record is $4.3M (Undisclosed round), in Mar 2020.

### Who backed Lume first?

Lume's first round on record, in Mar 2020, was backed by Lighter Capital.

### What stage is Lume at?

Lume's latest named round is a Seed, in Nov 2024.

### Where is Lume based?

Lume is based in the United States.

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