Lightship Inc.

Lightship Inc. has raised $152.1M in total funding. The most recent round was Series C.

Lightship Inc. is headquartered in El Segundo, CA.

Lightship is a clinical trial site network that expands participant choice through in-clinic, hybrid, virtual, and mobile research models.

Running flexible clinical trials across in-clinic, home, and virtual settings normally means stitching together multiple vendors (separate nursing agencies, telemedicine platforms, SOPs), which adds complexity, while traditional brick-and-mortar-only sites enroll slower and reach less diverse participants.

Lightship runs a coordinated clinical trial site network that executes studies in-clinic, at home, virtually, and via mobile research units under one team and one set of SOPs.

The company cites over 2x enrollment rates and 95% retention versus traditional sites, ~6-week study startup, 40%+ diverse participant representation, more than 30 sponsor audits with zero critical findings, and twice engaging the FDA with supportive feedback on its hybrid/MRU delivery model.

Lightship, maker of an all-electric travel trailer, was founded by Tesla alumni Ben Parker and Toby Kraus; its Series B was co-led by Obvious Ventures and Prelude Ventures with participation from RV manufacturer THOR Industries.