LightSpark
Lightspark provides a global payments infrastructure leveraging Bitcoin's Lightning Network and its proprietary Spark L2 to enable instant, low-cost, and compliant transfers of Bitcoin, fiat, and stablecoins for enterprises.
Industry
Finance & Insurance
Market Categories
Blockchain Settlement Platforms
Business function (Horizontal)
Finance
Headquarters Location
West Hollywood, California, United States
Product Name
Lightspark
Parent Company
Lightspark Group
Founder
David Marcus
Web2vsWeb3
Bridge between Web2 and Web3
Access Model
API
Target Users
Corporates, Enterprises, Institutions
Competitors
Voltage, Breez Development, Ripple, Fnality, Adhara, NYDIG, Neutronpay, NOWPayments, CoinGate, BitPay
Business Function (stablecoins)
Transaction Settlement, Liquidity Provision, Payment Rail, Payment Interface, Payment Processing, Wallet Management, Issuance & Redemption, Compliance & Regulatory Oversight
Feature completness
Product differentiation
AI-powered routing (Lightspark Predict), Universal Money Address (UMA) for simplified, compliant payments, proprietary Spark L2 for stablecoins and self-custody at scale, enterprise-grade managed Lightning node infrastructure.
Privacy & Data protection certificate
Years in business
3.49
Employees
10-100
Horizontal Applications
Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Payments, Remittances, E-commerce Transactions, Settlements, Payment Rail, Liquidity
Tech stack modernity
Cloud-native stack, uses AI/ML (Lightspark Predict). Specific cloud provider for core platform not explicitly stated.
Product Roadmap
Launching Wallet-as-a-Service and Stablecoin Issuance platform leveraging Spark capabilities (later in the year). Introduced "Inference Grid" (May 2025).
Product Roadmap
Launching Wallet-as-a-Service and Stablecoin Issuance platform leveraging Spark capabilities (later in the year). Introduced "Inference Grid" (May 2025).
API Quality
Production-Ready
Documentation Link
Enterprise readiness
High. Offers enterprise-grade managed infrastructure, SSO, granular permissions, dedicated support (for enterprise plans), compliance integrations, and developer tools. Focus on scalability and reliability.
Security & Compliance Readiness
SOC 2 Type 1 compliant (June 2024). UMA designed with compliance in mind. Privacy Policy outlines data practices.
Documentation quality assessment
Described as "complete API reference and comprehensive SDK documentation for several languages."
Support Methods
Email support for Starter plan, dedicated Slack channel for Enterprise plans. SLA for First Response (2 days) and Time to Triage (2 days) for bug bounty. General customer feedback on support is mixed.
Critical capabilities
AI-powered routing (Lightspark Predict), managed Lightning node infrastructure, Spark L2 protocol
Support & Account Management
Email support for Starter plan, dedicated Slack channel for Enterprise plans. SLA for First Response (2 days) and Time to Triage (2 days) for bug bounty. General customer feedback on support is mixed.
51 Score™
537.08
Product & Service
64.0
Stability & Maturity
53.3
Technology & Innovation
40.0
Enterprise Readiness
57.5
Categorization
Founder
David Marcus
Parent Company
Lightspark Group
Market category
Blockchain Settlement Platforms
Target Users
Corporates, Enterprises, Institutions
Top competitors
Voltage, Breez Development, Ripple, Fnality, Adhara, NYDIG, Neutronpay, NOWPayments, CoinGate, BitPay
