Author: Martin Sokk

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.

Martin Sokk

Building Lightyear

Lightyear closes $23 million Series B

Product updates

Baltic stocks have arrived

Product updates

Introducing Lightyear Vaults: our biggest rate yet

Learning library

How to buy & trade US stocks from the UK

Building Lightyear

Lightyear records bumper year for retail and business investing

Product updates

Learning library

What are BlackRock Money Market Funds?

Product updates

UK business accounts are live!

Product updates

Multi-owner business accounts are live in Estonia

Product updates

Building Lightyear

We’ve launched in Hungary

Building Lightyear

Make your money work for you with Lightyear

Product updates

We’ve launched business accounts in Estonia

Product updates

Say hello to UK & European stocks and ETFs

Building Lightyear

Product updates

Lightyear launches in 19 European countries

Building Lightyear

Welcome, Wander Rutgers!

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Why I joined Lightyear — round 2

Building Lightyear

Lightyear partners with TrueLayer for open banking payments

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Mosaic Ventures leads Lightyear's $8.5M seed round

Building Lightyear

Making investing lightyears better

Building Lightyear

Why I joined Lightyear