Light

USAHoustonEnergy & ClimateSeries A
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Overview

Where Light is now

Light announced a Series A round of $46M on 1 September 2026, led by venture capital firm Matrix.

Observed Described in the funding announcement as "provider of a retail energy software and grid-orchestration platform". Source

Latest round
Series A
Amount
$46M
Announced
1 September 2026
Headquarters
Houston, USA
Sector
Energy & Climate
Investors
venture capital firm Matrix
Also participating
Activate Capital alongside existing early-stage backers Spark Capital, Mischief, Gigascale Capital, MCJ, and BoxGroup
Relevant leadership
Not stated

Current direction Inferred

What this company is working on

Product

Read from the company's own description of what the funding supports.

What happens next

What this raise plausibly creates

AfterRaise inferenceInferred

Likely next Moves

  • Product launches and new tiers
  • Product leadership hiring
  • Accelerated hiring across functions
  • Repeatable go-to-market build

Opportunities this could create

  • Grid and utility partnerships
  • Industrial partnerships
  • Product leadership
  • Design partners
  • Specialist engineering

Based on the Energy & Climate sector, a Series A round and the priorities the company itself set out. Not a statement of fact.

Medium momentum2 connected signals
  • 1 September 2026$46M Series A announced
  • 1 September 2026Stated priority: product

High momentum means several meaningful company changes have occurred in a short period. Signals here are funding events and the priorities the company stated; hiring, leadership and expansion detection join with the signals layer.

Momentum Inferred

AfterRaise Score

71
Building momentum
1 funding signal in the last 90 days
Funding recency
40/40
announced within the last 30 days
Round scale
16/25
round size relative to the market
Funding stage
15/20
Series A
Funding cadence
0/15
one funding event tracked this year
Arriving with the signals layer
  • Hiring momentum Open roles and hiring pace
  • Market expansion New offices and new countries
  • Leadership Executive appointments
  • Product activity Launches and releases

Growth timeline

What has happened so far

  • 1 September 2026
    $46M Series A
    Led by venture capital firm Matrix.

Observed The timeline currently holds funding events, because those are the signals AfterRaise observes today. Hiring, leadership, expansion and product events join it with the signals layer.

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Opportunities

Work this company has opened

OpportunityJOBObservedyesterday
Light
Austin

Marketing Lead

Light is hiring for this role on its own job board, after raising $46M.

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OpportunityJOBObserved2 days ago
Light
Austin

Software Engineer

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OpportunityJOBObserved2 days ago
Light
Austin

Sales

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OpportunityJOBObserved2 days ago
Light
Austin

Technical Partner Manager

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OpportunityJOBObserved2 days ago
Light
Austin

Business Operations

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OpportunityJOBObserved2 days ago
Light
United States

Customer Retention Specialist

Light is hiring for this role on its own job board, after raising $46M.

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OpportunityJOBObserved2 days ago
Light
Austin

Partner Growth

Light is hiring for this role on its own job board, after raising $46M.

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OpportunityJOBObserved2 days ago
Light
Austin

Channel Partnerships

Light is hiring for this role on its own job board, after raising $46M.

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