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LightOx

HQ Newcastle upon Tyne, United KingdomFounded 201611-50 employeesUpdated

Illuminating therapeutics & research tools.

Startup
Website
Total raised
~$2.0M
3 rounds
Last round
~$1.9M
Stage undisclosed · May 3, 2024
Systems
2

Funding3 rounds · ~$2.0M

Equity raised
~$2.0M
Debt, secondaries & grants
~$1.3M
Latest
~$1.9MStage undisclosed · May 3, 2024
  • Undisclosed
    ~$1.9M
    May 3, 2024
  • Grant
    ~$1.3M
    Jan 30, 2023
  • Pre-Seed
    $117K
    2026

Raised counts equity rounds; debt, secondary sales and grants are totaled separately. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the announcement month's average rate. A ~ marks an estimated or converted amount.

Systems2

  • LXD191Light-activated drug candidate being developed for oral lesions.
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  • LXD231Light-activated wound-care drug candidate in development.
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Newest unveiled first. Systems that belong to a government program link to the program page, where variants, costs and contracts are.

People4

All 4 people →
People
PersonRole
Andy Whiting · LinkedIn ↗Co-Founder and CTO
Carrie Ambler · LinkedIn ↗Co-Founder and CSO
Carrie Ambler · LinkedIn ↗Co-Founder and CSO
Sam WhitehouseCEO

Related Organizations

Sources8

Profile3

  1. 1
    CompanyHOME - LIGHTOX

    LightOx · Supports Organization · description, Organization · hq city, Organization · name, Organization · website

    “Illuminating therapeutics & research tools. LightOx are developing new therapeutic solutions to improve patient’s function and long-term outcomes with oral cancer. We have a unique range of molecular tools for use in imaging, therapeutics and assay development.”
  2. 2
    DatabaseLightOx - PitchBook company profile

    PitchBook · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · x url

    “employee_range: 11-50 (profile: 17)”
  3. 3
    DatabaseSixth-Domain public startups directory

    Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · country, Organization · kind

    “{"country": "UK", "hq_iso2": "GB", "id": "b7907091-87de-4d06-b622-baeeb72e3574"}”

Systems2

  1. 4
    CompanyLXD191 - LIGHTOX

    LightOx · Supports System

    “LightOx lead candidate LXD191 is formulated to be applied topically to pre-cancerous lesions in the oral cavity.”
  2. 5
    CompanyWound Care - LIGHTOX

    LightOx · Supports System

    “###### THERAPEUTICS   I   LXD231 # We are developing a wound care treatment.”

Funding2

  1. 6
    DatabaseLightox Pre Seed Round - Crunchbase funding round profile

    Crunchbase · Jan 1, 2026 · Supports Funding round · amount, Organization · ownership

    “Pre Seed Round - Lightox”
  2. 7
    DatabaseLightOx Ltd company profile

    Octen Business Search · Supports Funding round, Organization · hq region, Role

    “funding round: Venture Round, 2024-05-03, GBP 1,500,000”

People1

  1. 8
    DatabaseLightOx - Crunchbase company profile

    Crunchbase · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · hq city, Organization · linkedin url, Role

    “employee_range: 11-50 (profile: 11-50)”

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