Lightstep’s observability platform is the easiest way for developers and SREs to monitor health and respond to changes in cloud-native applications. Powered by cutting-edge distributed tracing and a groundbreaking metrics database, and built by the team that launched observability at Google, Lightstep’s Change Intelligence provides actionable insights to help teams answer the question “What caused that change?".
Lightstep empowers reliability and observability managers to minimize the impact of outages, improve software performance, and build org-wide standards to drive adoption and automation.
Lightstep empowers reliability and observability managers to minimize the impact of outages, improve software performance, and build org-wide standards to drive adoption and automation.
Location: United States, California, San Francisco
Employees: 51-200
Total raised: $70M
Founded date: 2015
Investors 4
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Heavybit | heavybit.c... |
| - | Sequoia Ca... | sequoiacap... |
| - | Redpoint V... | redpoint.c... |
| - | Cowboy Ven... | cowboy.vc |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 05.12.2018 | Series C | $41M | - |
| 14.11.2017 | Series A | $29M | - |
Mentions in press and media 21
| Date | Title | Description |
| 26.03.2026 | UK Organisations Hit Observability Breaking Point as 97% Consider Platform Consolidation | - |
| 10.03.2026 | New Study Reveals 75% of Enterprises Report Double-Digit AI Failure Rates as Fragmented Observability Hits Its Breaking Point | - |
| 24.02.2026 | TOP APPLICATION PERFORMANCE MONITORING TOOLS 2026 | Share Share Share Share Email Introduction In 2026, Application Performance Monitoring (APM) is no longer optional; it is essential for delivering reliable, scalable, and high-performing digital experiences. As organizations adopt microserv... |
| 03.02.2026 | Observability & AI spark Australia’s business edge | - |
| 19.12.2025 | Imply warns rising observability costs cut visibility | - |
| 09.07.2025 | OllyGarden Raises $1.6M in Pre-Seed Funding | OllyGarden, a US company which specializes in telemetry pipelines optimizing their observability data, raised $1.6M in Pre-Seed funding. The round was led by DIG Ventures with participation from Datadog Ventures, Grafana Labs, and Dash0, an... |
| 09.09.2024 | Odigos Raises $13M in Funding | Odigos, a NYC-based provider of an eBPF-based observability platform, raised $13M in funding. The round was led by Venture Guides with participation from Salesforce Ventures, Mango Capital and Firestreak Ventures, and angel investors includ... |
| 18.05.2021 | ServiceNow to acquire Lightstep, combining next-generation observability with world’s leading enterprise digital workflow platform | ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW), the leading digital workflow company that makes work, work better for people, has announced it has signed an agreement to acquire next-generation observability leader Lightstep. By acquiring Lightstep, ServiceNow wil... |
| 10.05.2021 | ServiceNow acquires DevOps observability platform Lightstep | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! ServiceNow has announced plans to acquire Lightst... |
| 06.12.2018 | Daily funding roundup - December 6th, 2018 | Forge AI raised $11M; NuORDER raised $15M; Arrive raised $20M; LeanIX raised $30 Looker: Looker is a software company employing business intelligence to make data accessible to organizations and data analysts. Looker has raised $103 million... |
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