Martin Sokk

Martin is a lifelong product builder in the finance world having joined Wise as the first product person. Martin began working with Mihkel on the idea for Lightyear in the summer of 2020. After meeting for a coffee to catch up, they both quickly realised that they shared a strong opinion: investing in Europe is still broken.
Lightyear closes $23 million Series B
Martin Sokk
Building Lightyear

Lightyear closes $23 million Series B

23 Jul 2025
Baltic stocks have arrived
Martin Sokk
Product updates

Baltic stocks have arrived

4 Jul 2024
Introducing Lightyear Vaults: our biggest rate yet
Martin Sokk
Product updates

Introducing Lightyear Vaults: our biggest rate yet

27 May 2024
How to buy & trade US stocks from the UK
Martin Sokk
Learning library

How to buy & trade US stocks from the UK

21 Feb 2024
Lightyear records bumper year for retail and business investing
Martin Sokk
Building Lightyear

Lightyear records bumper year for retail and business investing

4 Jan 2024
What are BlackRock Money Market Funds?
Martin Sokk
Product updates
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Learning library

What are BlackRock Money Market Funds?

14 Nov 2023
UK business accounts are live!
Martin Sokk
Product updates

UK business accounts are live!

31 Aug 2023
Multi-owner business accounts are live in Estonia
Martin Sokk
Product updates

Multi-owner business accounts are live in Estonia

10 Jul 2023
We’ve launched in Hungary
Martin Sokk
Product updates
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Building Lightyear

We’ve launched in Hungary

4 Apr 2023
Make your money work for you with Lightyear
Martin Sokk
Building Lightyear

Make your money work for you with Lightyear

23 Mar 2023
We’ve launched business accounts in Estonia
Martin Sokk
Product updates

We’ve launched business accounts in Estonia

10 Nov 2022
Say hello to UK & European stocks and ETFs
Martin Sokk
Product updates

Say hello to UK & European stocks and ETFs

13 Sept 2022
Lightyear launches in 19 European countries
Martin Sokk
Building Lightyear
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Product updates

Lightyear launches in 19 European countries

13 Jul 2022
Welcome, Wander Rutgers!
Martin Sokk
Building Lightyear

Welcome, Wander Rutgers!

17 May 2022
Why I joined Lightyear — round 2
Martin Sokk
Building Lightyear

Why I joined Lightyear — round 2

13 Apr 2022
Lightyear partners with TrueLayer for open banking payments
Martin Sokk
Building Lightyear

Lightyear partners with TrueLayer for open banking payments

11 Nov 2021
Mosaic Ventures leads Lightyear's $8.5M seed round
Martin Sokk
Building Lightyear

Mosaic Ventures leads Lightyear's $8.5M seed round

14 Sept 2021
Making investing lightyears better
Martin Sokk
Building Lightyear

Making investing lightyears better

5 Sept 2021
Why I joined Lightyear
Martin Sokk
Building Lightyear

Why I joined Lightyear

5 Sept 2021