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Lightmeter

Managed Sales Email Delivery For Cold Outreach

lightmeter.io
HQ: London, England, United Kingdom
1-10
B2B

Company research

Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals

Overview

Lightmeter is a London-based, YC Winter 2022 software company that sells managed email deliverability infrastructure for sales outreach. It positions itself as a sales-only delivery network, independent of Google, Microsoft, and SendGrid, with expert-managed warmup, inbox placement testing, address validation, and analytics.

Primary product

Managed sales email delivery / outreach infrastructure for cold outreach

Founded

2022

Headquarters

London, England, United Kingdom

Team size

1-10

Industry

Software Development

Sub-industry

Email deliverability / sales outreach infrastructure

Offices

128 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, United Kingdom
Kemp House, 160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, United Kingdom
Skalitzer Straße 104, Berlin, Germany

Business model

B2B
SaaS
managed service
subscription

Funding

Stage

Seed

Total raised

$945K

Latest round

Seed · Aug 2022

Latest amount

$125K

People & investors

Leadership

Sam Tuke

Founder and CEO

Cesar Werlich

Co-founder, Chief Operating Officer

Nick West

Head of Account Management

Investors

Bossa Invest
Y Combinator

Work & culture

Public materials emphasize a customer-zero mindset, automation, direct troubleshooting, and a 'bad news first' / no-inefficiency culture. The team also signals an open-source, email-nerd identity and hands-on support orientation.

Compensation

The public job posting for a Founding Growth Lead lists $50K-$90K salary plus 0.25%-0.75% equity, for a remote role open across multiple Americas countries. No general company-wide compensation policy is publicly stated.

Product & market

Pricing

Monthly subscription pricing with plan tiers based on outreach volume; public materials mention plans from 50 to 7,500 outreach emails per day and a managed-service sales motion.

Differentiators

  • —Sales-only delivery network
  • —Independent of Google, Microsoft, and SendGrid
  • —Managed by experts rather than self-serve only
  • —AI-powered warmup and delivery routing
  • —Automated inbox placement testing and address validation
  • —Sales sending isolated from office email
  • —Transparent performance analytics
  • —Up to 7,500 emails per day

Technology

Go
Vue.js
Python
Docker
Kubernetes
PostgreSQL
Node.js
JavaScript
HTML
CSS
Postfix
GitLab

Customers

B2B startups
marketplaces
GTM agencies
scale-ups
Fair Square Medicare
Campfire
GetAgency
Zevenue
Speechly

Competitors

Google Workspace / Gmail
Microsoft Outlook
SendGrid
Instantly.ai
lemlist
Woodpecker
Warmy
Lavender

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

Estimated annual revenue around $1M (third-party estimate; 2024/2025 public analysis)

Estimated monthly visits

83

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Latest news

"Reply to today's interested leads from my Lightmeter campaigns" — now possible with Lightmeter MCP v3

LinkedIn / Sam Tuke · Jul 2026

Announces MCP v3 in ChatGPT, Claude Code, and Codex, with categorized replies and improved workflow for campaign follow-up.

Lightmeter MCP is now live and available in ChatGPT & Codex app stores

LinkedIn / Sam Tuke · Jun 2026

Announces Lightmeter MCP launch in ChatGPT and Codex app stores, with campaign creation, lead management, and analytics features.

If you've been given the runaround by AI Agents doing bad BI with outbound performance, more bias might be the missing ingredient

LinkedIn / Lightmeter · May 2026

Company post resharing CEO commentary about analytics quality, campaign interpretation, and outbound performance measurement.

Squaring Values with VC: Sam Tuke's Journey from Open Source Idealism to Sales Tech Success

The London Economic · Feb 2025

Profile of Sam Tuke covering Lightmeter's VC path, pivot to sales email delivery, and the company's value proposition.

Sales email vs Marketing email: what's the difference?

Lightmeter blog · Feb 2024

Explains the company's outlook on sales vs marketing email, deliverability, and why Lightmeter was built.

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