Litmaps Overview

  • Year Founded
  • 2016

Year Founded

  • Status
  • Private

  • Employees
  • 7

Employees

  • Latest Deal Type
  • Later Stage VC

  • Latest Deal Amount
  • $828K

  • Investors
  • 9

Litmaps General Information

Description

Developer of an interactive mapping tool designed to improve the experience of discovering scientific literature. The company's platform specializes in combining interactive citation maps, modern search tools, and targeted updates to create a good research discovery experience, enabling subject matter experts to directly access research data without third-party intermediaries and discover science faster.

Contact Information

Website
www.litmaps.com
Ownership Status
Privately Held (backing)
Financing Status
Venture Capital-Backed
Corporate Office
  • Level 1 Hope Gibbons Building
  • 7 Dixon Street, Te Aro
  • Wellington, 6011
  • New Zealand
Primary Industry
Information Services (B2C)
Other Industries
Media and Information Services (B2B)
Vertical(s)
SaaS
Corporate Office
  • Level 1 Hope Gibbons Building
  • 7 Dixon Street, Te Aro
  • Wellington, 6011
  • New Zealand

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Litmaps Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Raised to Date Post-Val Status Stage
7. Later Stage VC 27-Aug-2025 $828K Completed Generating Revenue
6. Later Stage VC (Series A) 08-Jul-2024 Cancelled Generating Revenue
5. Seed Round 14-Jul-2021 Completed Generating Revenue
4. Grant 01-Aug-2020 Completed Generating Revenue
3. Angel (individual) 01-Mar-2020 Completed Generating Revenue
2. Grant 01-Sep-2019 $8.46K $30K Completed Generating Revenue
1. Seed Round $30K $30K Completed Startup
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Litmaps Patents

  • 2

    Total Documents Applications and Grants

  • Total Patents Families

  • Granted

  • 1

    Pending

  • Expiring in next 12 mo

Litmaps Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
GB-202409862-D0 Critical content extraction Inactive 08-Jul-2024
WO-2026013540-A1 Critical content extraction method and system Pending 08-Jul-2024

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Litmaps Investors (9)

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds
Scholarly Angels Angel Group Minority
Angel (individual) Minority
Angel HQ Angel Group Minority
Exponential Founders Fund Venture Capital Minority
Icehouse Ventures Venture Capital Minority
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Litmaps Acquisitions (1)

Litmaps’s most recent deal was a Merger/Acquisition with ResearchRabbit. The deal was made on 08-May-2025.

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
ResearchRabbit 08-May-2025 Merger/Acquisition Application Software
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Litmaps Affiliates

Subsidiaries (1)

Name Industry Location Year Founded
ResearchRabbit Seattle, WA 2021

Litmaps FAQs

  • When was Litmaps founded?

    Litmaps was founded in 2016.

  • Where is Litmaps headquartered?

    Litmaps is headquartered in Wellington, New Zealand.

  • What is the size of Litmaps?

    Litmaps has 7 total employees.

  • What industry is Litmaps in?

    Litmaps’s primary industry is Information Services (B2C).

  • Is Litmaps a private or public company?

    Litmaps is a Private company.

  • What is the current valuation of Litmaps?

    The current valuation of Litmaps is .

  • What is Litmaps’s current revenue?

    The current revenue for Litmaps is .

  • How much funding has Litmaps raised over time?

    Litmaps has raised $1.54M.

  • Who are Litmaps’s investors?

    Scholarly Angels, , Angel HQ, Exponential Founders Fund, and Icehouse Ventures are 5 of 9 investors who have invested in Litmaps.

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