Looking back: The story of a year of Lightyear

Martijn Lammers — Co-Founder

It was a year ago when I wrote this article from our very first office (we have been on the move), back when we were with just the five of us. It feels so much longer ago now. The past year has been an exciting year for Lightyear in many ways. Of course some things were harder than expected but I think it is safe to say that we came a very long way and are on course to reach our first big goal; realising Lightyear One. We started out with just the 5 founders and a small group of enthusiast part-timers, much has changed.

Lightyear Investor Cafe

Around the same time I wrote the article, we were preparing our first investor cafe which would take us a huge step forward. During this evening we asked our network to help us to take Lightyear a step further. And with success, we were able to sign our first partnership with a renowned Italian automotive design company.

This partnership allowed us to make yet another giant leap forward in making ou..

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First Customer Win for Federal-Mogul Powertrain’s New Product Group Controlled Power Technologies

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26/2018,                    IG Metall and BDH call for a long-term strategy for the restructuring of the heating market

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                   IG Metall and BDH call for a long-term strategy for the restructuring of the heating market

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