# Lightship: Clinical Trials, El Segundo, United States

> Lightship: Lightship is making clinical trials more accessible for patients and providers to accelerate development of better therapies for all.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/startup/lightship-2 (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Lightship

Lightship is making clinical trials more accessible for patients and providers to accelerate development of better therapies for all.

Funding reported Last round: Series C

Clinical Trials El Segundo, United States

Company summary

- **Founded:** 2018 8 years old
- **Team:** 51 51 to 200 people
- **Funding reported:** $77M in dollars
- **Last round:** Series C Feb 2024

How sure we are

- ✓ **Listed** We know it exists and what it does
- 2 **Funding reported** A company dataset reports a raise
- 3 **Observed** A filing or a dated announcement confirms a round

No round for Lightship has been confirmed by a filing or an announcement yet, so nothing here counts toward an investor's record. [How we decide](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)

## What company datasets say Lightship raised

Funding, as reported

Reported in all **$77M** in dollars

Rounds **3**

Last round **Series C**

Last round date **Feb 2024**

Investors listed **7**

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 4 on the team.

- **David MacMurchy** CEO & President, Director i
- **Beverly Rubin** General Counsel & Secretary i
- **David Elrod** Treasurer i
- **Kim Rose** Assistant Secretary i

On the board, as filed i *Alon Krashinsky* *David Schulte* *Joe Stringer* *Lynne Chou O'Keefe* *Samir Kaul* *Thomas Pike*

## On a portfolio page

Investors who name them

- [Hikma Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hikma-ventures)

Each firm lists Lightship on its own website. That is the firm's claim, a weaker thing than a round we watched, but a named source.

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