LightBits Labs Overview
LightBits Labs develops innovative solutions providing enterprises with significant cloud infrastructure benefits. The Lightbits platform separates compute and storage, allowing each to scale independently in the cloud infrastructure. The platform creates smooth transition from inefficient direct-attached SSDs (DAS) to a low-latency shared pool of NVMe SSDs. By delivering the parallelism of non-volatile memory express (NVMe) over TCP, Lightbits technology provides up to a 50% reduction in tail-latency at the same IOPS of direct-attached NVMe SSDs. The solution is based on NVMe/TCP with direct-attached SSD performance that keeps up with cutting-edge flash performance. LightBits Labs brings together an experienced team of technology professionals with deep expertise in storage, operating systems, high-speed networking, ASIC/FPGA, hardware design, and solid-state storage technology.
Cumulative Funding Raised Over Time ($)
—Jan 2016
—Jan 2017
$42.0MJun 2022
$92.0MMar 2019
$92.0MSep 2020
Latest News
growth-positive
NVMe-over-TCP Pioneer Lightbits Supercharges Data Center SSD Storage
Lightbits Labs, a startup that pioneered the NVMe-over-TCP standard, aims to capitalize on its invention with storage software that enables data center operators to disaggregate and pool their storage. The company has received an investment from Intel Capital and has partnerships with Intel and other tech heavyweights. Lightbits technology solves the problem of poor storage utilization when using NVMe SSDs in data centers. The companys LightOS software provides fast performance and low latency over a network using standard Ethernet TCP/IP networking equipment. Lightbits has raised $50 million in venture capital and has good potential for success in the data center storage market. The company has already gained customers in the cloud service provider and enterprise sectors.
InvestmentExpand
Lightbits Labs Discusses the Benefits of NVMe™/TCP at Flash Memory Summit 2020
growth-positive
Intel invests in Israeli co Lightbit Labs
Intel Corp. and Israeli startup Lightbit Labs have announced a strategic partnership to develop disaggregated storage solutions for data center operators. The partnership includes technical co-engineering, go-to-market collaboration, and an investment from Intel Capital. The investment amount was not disclosed but estimated to be between $10 and $20 million. Lightbit Labs, founded by Avigdor Willenz and Eran Kirzner, offers the LightOS product, which provides high-performance shared storage across servers. The product is optimized for Intel hardware and aims to improve storage efficiency and compatibility with existing infrastructure. The partnership aims to generate new ROI metrics for enterprise and cloud customers.
PartnersInvestment
Lightbits Labs Launches Industry's First NVMe/TCP Clustered Storage Solution
Lightbits Labs Wins Bronze Award as Startup of the Year in the 14th Annual 2019 IT World Awards®
| Sector | Business Software |
Funding
| Total funding | $92M |
| Last funding | $42M |
| Stage | A |
| Rounds | 5 |
| Investors | 10 |
Team Members
9
Employees: 51-200
Web & Social Links
| Website | www.lightbitslabs.com |
| Careers | Careers page |
Locations
HaBankim Street 3, Haifa, Israel
Atir Yeda Street 17, Kfar Saba, Israel
1830 The Alameda, San Jose, CA 95126, USA
1412 Broadway, New York, NY 10018, USA
Photos & Videos
1 item(s)
LightBits Labs Business
Business models
B2B
Product stage
R&D
Employees
51-200
Sector
Business SoftwareIT, R&D & Data SolutionsData ArchitectureTarget Customer
Enterprise & Professional ServicesITData CentersCore Technology
Platforms & InterfacesSoftwareData StorageTags (5)
enterprise-solutionsitcloud-storagedata-centersdata-storageLightBits Labs Financials
$92M
Total funding
Undisclosed
Capital raised
$42M
Last funding
A
Funding stage
5
Total rounds
10
Investors
Cumulative Funding Raised Over Time ($)
—Jan 2016
—Jan 2017
$42.0MJun 2022
$92.0MMar 2019
$92.0MSep 2020
Private Equity Funding
Undisclosed Round
Jun 2022
$42M
Atreides Management (Lead)
,
Valor Equity Partners , O.G. Venture Partners, JP Morgan Partners
Undisclosed Round
Sep 2020
Undisclosed
Intel Capital
A Round
Mar 2019
$50M
Micron, Cisco Investments, Dell Technologies Capital, Square Peg, Walden International
Undisclosed Round
Jan 2017
Undisclosed
Seed
Jan 2016
Undisclosed
LightBits Labs Lifecycle
Cumulative Funding Raised Over Time
—Jan 2016
—Jan 2017
$42.0MJun 2022
$92.0MMar 2019
$92.0MSep 2020
All Events
Undisclosed Round
Jun 2022
$42M
Atreides Management (Lead)
,
Valor Equity Partners , O.G. Venture Partners, JP Morgan Partners
Undisclosed Round
Sep 2020
Undisclosed
Intel Capital
A Round
Mar 2019
$50M
Micron, Cisco Investments, Dell Technologies Capital, Square Peg, Walden International
Undisclosed Round
Jan 2017
Undisclosed
Seed
Jan 2016
Undisclosed
LightBits Labs News
8 articles
growth-positive
NVMe-over-TCP Pioneer Lightbits Supercharges Data Center SSD Storage
Lightbits Labs, a startup that pioneered the NVMe-over-TCP standard, aims to capitalize on its invention with storage software that enables data center operators to disaggregate and pool their storage. The company has received an investment from Intel Capital and has partnerships with Intel and other tech heavyweights. Lightbits technology solves the problem of poor storage utilization when using NVMe SSDs in data centers. The companys LightOS software provides fast performance and low latency over a network using standard Ethernet TCP/IP networking equipment. Lightbits has raised $50 million in venture capital and has good potential for success in the data center storage market. The company has already gained customers in the cloud service provider and enterprise sectors.
InvestmentExpand
Lightbits Labs Discusses the Benefits of NVMe™/TCP at Flash Memory Summit 2020
growth-positive
Intel invests in Israeli co Lightbit Labs
Intel Corp. and Israeli startup Lightbit Labs have announced a strategic partnership to develop disaggregated storage solutions for data center operators. The partnership includes technical co-engineering, go-to-market collaboration, and an investment from Intel Capital. The investment amount was not disclosed but estimated to be between $10 and $20 million. Lightbit Labs, founded by Avigdor Willenz and Eran Kirzner, offers the LightOS product, which provides high-performance shared storage across servers. The product is optimized for Intel hardware and aims to improve storage efficiency and compatibility with existing infrastructure. The partnership aims to generate new ROI metrics for enterprise and cloud customers.
PartnersInvestment
Lightbits Labs Launches Industry's First NVMe/TCP Clustered Storage Solution
Lightbits Labs Wins Bronze Award as Startup of the Year in the 14th Annual 2019 IT World Awards®
growth-positive
Lightbits Labs soups up NVMe fabric with all-flash SuperSSD
Lightbits Labs has introduced SuperSSD, an NVMe-oF all-flash array designed for AI and cloud applications. The array combines scale-out storage and ultralow latency with integrated hardware and software. Lightbits Labs has been running proofs of concept with cloud providers and is targeting enterprise private clouds and high-performance data analytics. Cloud infrastructure provider Packet is testing the Lightbits Labs storage in-house and in select customer deployments. The article also discusses the maturity of NVMe fabrics and how NVMe will supplant SCSI as the dominant messaging protocol for flash storage.
Partners
growth-positive
LightBits Super SSD brings NVMe on vanilla Ethernet
Israeli startup LightBits has launched its Super SSD hardware, offering super-fast NVMe flash storage over plain Ethernet networks. The company aims to bring affordable NVMe in an array at the performance of server-attached disk. LightBits solution is based on its LightOS operating system, which converts TCP/IP packets to NVMe streams on the fly. The company has attracted investments from Dell EMC, Cisco, and Micron. LightBits aims to compete with NVMe-over-fabrics solutions and offers cost savings by using already-deployed standard network switches.
Partners
growth-positive
Data center co Lightbits Labs raises $50m
Israeli data storage center company Lightbits Labs has raised $50 million in funding for developing future data centers. The company aims to make data storage and management faster, cheaper, and more efficient. Their solution helps enterprise private clouds and service providers save time and money while improving application performance. Lightbits Labs combines affordable Flash solutions with high-performance standard networks. The CEO states that data center storage underutilization is a significant issue, and their solution unlocks the full value of NVMe. The company plans to hire 50 more employees.
InvestmentExpand
LightBits Labs Team
Shaul Galila
COO
Megan Gay
Director of Marketing
Employee Info
| Employees (range) | 51-200 |
| Exact count | 99 |
| Team members | 9 |
Similar Companies
Similar companies data is computed dynamically and not stored in the entity profile. This section requires implementing a similarity query (e.g. by classification overlap, sector, district).
This entity has 10 classification IDs that could be used for matching.
LightBits Labs Internal
Recent Updates
No update log entries.
Note: Free-text notes visible in the original Finder "Internal" tab are not present in the imported profile data. Only the update audit log is available.
Admin Info
| Confidence | 92/100 |
| Missing | markets, not claimed |
| BI Verification | Yanina Wainscheinker |
| Registrar ID | 515351922 |
| Crunchbase | lightbits-labs |
| Creator | Jenny Sotnik-Talisman |
| Creator email | genys30@yahoo.com |
| Last updater | Maor Perlov |
| Updater email | maorperlov@gmail.com |
| Last update | 2021-01-27T00:00:00.000Z |
| Created | 2016-04-24T00:00:00.000Z |