Lightbend
San Francisco, US · Delaware corporation · 1 known investors
Lightbend offers Akka, a platform for building agentic AI systems and applications that run within defined geographic, security, and infrastructure boundaries. It serves enterprises across industries such as insurance, finance, streaming, food delivery, agriculture, and payments.
Founders & leadership
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Jonas BonesFounder
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Mark BrewerExecutive
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William LehmannNamed on SEC filing
Board
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Ravi MohanBoard director
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Sunil KurkureBoard director
Investors · 1
Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$29.9M disclosed across 3 rounds · 2020–2023
▶$4MraisedSep 2023 · 9 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
▶$4MraisedSep 2023 · 9 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- Daniel de MosExecutive Officer
- Tyler JewellDirector
- Jonas BonerExecutive Officer, Director
- Steve BeanExecutive Officer
- Abby KearnsDirector
- Offering amount
- $5M
- Amount sold
- $4M
- First sale
- Sep 2023
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$6.9MraisedNov 2021 · 7 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
▶$6.9MraisedNov 2021 · 7 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- Abby KearnsDirector
- Sushila SahayDirector
- Jonas BonerExecutive Officer, Director
- Tyler JewellDirector
- Offering amount
- $8.1M
- Amount sold
- $6.9M
- First sale
- Oct 2021
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$19MraisedMay 2020 · 14 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
▶$19MraisedMay 2020 · 14 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- Ravi MohanDirector
- William LehmannDirector
- Tyler JewellDirector
- Jonas BonesDirector
- Sunil KurkureDirector
- Mark BrewerExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $25M
- Amount sold
- $19M
- First sale
- Feb 2020
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Competitors · 4
by search overlapAkka6 shared keywordsAkka is an agentic systems platform providing software infrastructure for building and running scalable, secure AI-powered business applications across industries. It is used by enterprises in insurance, finance, streaming, food delivery, agriculture, and payments to deploy agentic AI systems with control over geographic and infrastructure boundaries.
Netezza5 shared keywordsIBM is a global technology company whose business spans enterprise software (including Red Hat, HashiCorp, and Confluent), IT infrastructure such as mainframes, servers, and storage, and IT consulting services. The company is also investing heavily in quantum computing and AI-based enterprise offerings, including its Lightwell open-source software security clearinghouse and the Anderon quantum wafer foundry.
O'Reilly Media4 shared keywordsO'Reilly Media operates an online learning platform offering structured courses, text-based content, live expert-led workshops, and online tech conferences for technology teams and professionals. It provides subscriptions for organizations to train staff on technical and management skills.
WeAreDevelopers3 shared keywordsWe Are Developers is a platform or community focused on software development practices, specifically promoting time-oriented software development (TOSD) methodologies rooted in lean manufacturing principles and organizational philosophy.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Lightbend do?
- Lightbend offers Akka, a platform for building agentic AI systems and applications that run within defined geographic, security, and infrastructure boundaries. It serves enterprises across industries such as insurance, finance, streaming, food delivery, agriculture, and payments.
- Who founded Lightbend?
- Lightbend was founded by Jonas Bones.
- Who are Lightbend's investors?
- Lightbend's investors include Dell Technologies Capital.
- How much funding has Lightbend raised?
- Lightbend has disclosed $29.9M raised across 3 rounds.
- Where is Lightbend headquartered?
- Lightbend is headquartered in San Francisco, US.

