Lightdash

Lightdash is an open source BI alternative to Looker, built for analysts on top of the modern data tools they already use and love. Lightdash brings your visual layer together with your data modelling and transformation layer, creating a single source of truth for data metrics for teams.

lightdash.com

Lightdash

lightdash.com

HQUS

Team Size27

Open Jobs4

Total Funding$19M

Latest FundraiseUnknown

TL;DR

What they do: Open-source, dbt-native BI platform with self-serve analytics and a developer-friendly semantic layer

Business model: Community (self-hosted) edition plus managed Lightdash Cloud

Founders: Hamzah Chaudhary and Oliver Laslett

Recent funding: $11M Series A led by Accel (Oct 2024); prior seed led by Accel (~$8.4M, 2022)

Employees: Approximately 27

Company Overview

Problem Domain

Business intelligence and analytics for modern data stacks (dbt-centric metric consistency and self-serve reporting).

Industry

Software Development

Funding Track Record

Seed- October 2022

$8.4M

Seed round reported Oct 6, 2022

Series A- October 2024

$11M

Series A announced Oct 2024

Investor Signal

“Accel led both seed and Series A; other investors include Y Combinator, Moonfire Ventures, Shopify Ventures, and Operator Partners”

Founders

What we do

TL;DR

Company Overview

Funding Track Record

Founders

What we do

Lightdash

lightdash.com

Lightdash

lightdash.com

HQUS

Team Size27

Open Jobs4

Total Funding$19M

Latest FundraiseUnknown

TL;DR

What they do: Open-source, dbt-native BI platform with self-serve analytics and a developer-friendly semantic layer

Business model: Community (self-hosted) edition plus managed Lightdash Cloud

Founders: Hamzah Chaudhary and Oliver Laslett

Recent funding: $11M Series A led by Accel (Oct 2024); prior seed led by Accel (~$8.4M, 2022)

Employees: Approximately 27

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Company Overview

Problem Domain

Business intelligence and analytics for modern data stacks (dbt-centric metric consistency and self-serve reporting).

Industry

Software Development

Funding Track Record

Seed- October 2022

$8.4M

Seed round reported Oct 6, 2022

Series A- October 2024

$11M

Series A announced Oct 2024

Investor Signal

“Accel led both seed and Series A; other investors include Y Combinator, Moonfire Ventures, Shopify Ventures, and Operator Partners”

Founders

What we do

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Software Engineer

Part-timeHamburg, DE

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Product Designer

InternshipCambridge, GB

Internship • Cambridge, GB

Mobile Developer

InternshipSan Francisco, US

Internship • San Francisco, US

Machine Learning Engineer

ContractLondon, GB

Contract • London, GB

Machine Learning Engineer

Part-timeBelgrade, RS

Part-time • Belgrade, RS

DevOps Engineer

InternshipMunich, DE

Internship • Munich, DE