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Lightox-co

LightOx Ltd

Private

Newcastle upon TyneHealthcare & Life Scienceshttps://lightox.co.uk

Last Round

Grant

Aug 1, 2024

Total Funding Raised

$3.96M

Momentum Score

50 /100

Company Overview

LightOx Ltd is a drug discovery company developing a new class of light-activated chemotherapy for the treatment of early-stage oral cancer.

Sector

Healthcare & Life Sciences

Verticals

Biotechnology, Drug Discovery, Clinical Trials, Medical Devices, Biotech Equipment

Business Model

B2B

Customer Profile

Government Contracts, Hardware Sales

AI Layer

Non-AI

Keywords

light-activated therapeuticsphotodynamic therapyPDTclinical-stage biotechnologyoral cancer treatmentnon-invasive cancer treatmenttargeted therapysmall molecule drugfluorescent molecular probesdrug discoverytopical drug deliveryantimicrobial therapywound carecell imagingresearch reagents

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Company	Status	Est. Valuation	Rev Multiple
OpenAI	Private	$86.0B	~40x
Cohere	Private	$5.0B	--
Competitor 1	Public	$XX.XB	XXx
Competitor 2	Public	$XX.XB	XXx

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LightOx Ltd Funding Rounds

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Round	Date	Amount Raised	Valuation	Investors	Sources
Grant	Aug 1, 2024
Series A	Jun 13, 2024
Grant	Jun 6, 2023
Seed	Oct 12, 2021

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Key People

Founding team and executive leadership

Sam Whitehouse

CEO

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LightOx Ltd Investors

Notable investors and investment history

Investor	Rounds
Innovate UK	Grant
Meneldor	Seed
Northstar Ventures	Series A, Seed

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May 15, 2026
Monthly visitors increased 138% MoM.
Apr 24, 2026
Grew 19% QoQ, from 16 to 19 employees.

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Firmographic Details

HeadquartersNewcastle upon Tyne

Employee Range19

Year Founded2016

Last FundingAug 1, 2024

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