Who is Marcus Lightspark?

Now with Lightspark, Marcus is developing a new company that is working on the most decentralized of blockchains, bitcoin. Marcus is going back to his roots as a founder, said Dana Stalder, general partner at Matrix Partners, in a statement. "When I met David in 2010, he was in his early 30s and had never really had a job.

Who is David Marcus?

David Marcus, the former crypto chief at Meta (formerly Facebook), took to Twitter to unveil Lightspark, a new company aimed at building on the Bitcoin-based Lightning Network. “I wanted to share that we are starting a new company called Lightspark to explore, build and extend the capabilities and utility of Bitcoin,” said Marcus in a tweet.

What is David Zong's 'Lightspark' project?

“David’s latest project, Lightspark, aims at nothing less than reinventing the largest and most antiquated parts of financial services by building on the Lightning Network,” wrote Matrix Partners’ Dana Stalder – an early investor in Marcus’ Zong – in a blog post.

Who is funding Lightspark?

Details are vague, but Lightspark has raised an undisclosed funding round co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and Paradigm. David Marcus (Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.