LYD is opening 5 % of the company to its earliest supporters at a $10 million valuation cap. Fifty thousand units at $10 each, $25,000 minimum ticket — the entry point on a published 17-month roadmap to a $150 M–$500 M valuation.
The round at a glance
Everything you need to know before scrolling further. The long-form terms live further down the page; this strip is the honest 30-second version.
Valuation cap
$10M
Pre-money cap for this round
Round size
$500K
5 % of the company
Unit price
$10
Buy in dollars, hold in units
Total units
50,000
0.0001 % equity each
Minimum ticket
$25,000
2,500 units
Closing
31 Aug 2026
Or when fully subscribed
Live round status
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24.7%
Subscribed
Raised so far
$123,500
12,350 units sold
Available
$376,500
37,650 units remaining
21
Investors so far
$58.3k
Avg ticket
Recent reservations
Awaiting next
Reserved 5,000 units · $50,000
Lagos, NG·recently
Reserved 10,000 units · $100,000
London, UK·recently
Reserved 2,500 units · $25,000
Nairobi, KE·recently
Investor names anonymised to initials. Locations shown at city resolution. Full identities held by LYD compliance.
Reserve your allocation
Pick how much you want to commit. Tickets start at $25,000 and step in $5,000 increments. When you’re happy, place a soft reservation — you have 72 hours to complete KYC before it releases.
Min $25,000 · Max $100,000 per reservation · $376.5k of the round still available
You wire
$25,000
for 2,500 units
You own
0.250%
of the company
Soft reservation only. You have 72 hours to complete KYC and sign your SAFE before the units release back into the pool. No payment required at this stage.
Projected position
Illustrative only. Returns are not guaranteed and depend on LYD’s performance, market conditions, and the terms of any future financing.
End of Phase 2 (≈3×)
$75k
Mar 2027 — LYD closes Phase 2 at the $25M–$100M valuation band on the back of a $5M–$10M seed/strategic raise. Your SAFE typically converts at this round.
Mid Phase 3 (≈10×)
$250k
Mid 2027 — LYD passes $100M as infrastructure ownership, the LYD-OS software stack, and EV-charging start contributing recurring revenue at scale.
End of Phase 3 (≈25×)
$625k
Dec 2027 — LYD reaches the $150M–$500M band as a Pan-African infrastructure platform with $10M–$20M monthly revenue and a $120M+ annualised run-rate.
The roadmap to 2027 · snapshot
Three phases. 15 execution blocks. 26+ hard KPIs the board reviews every month. This isn’t a pitch — it’s the operating plan we’re running against. The F&F round you’re looking at funds Phase 1.
$10M — $20M
Aug 2026 — Oct 2026
Market Entry
$25M — $100M
Nov 2026 — Mar 2027
Scale & Recurring Revenue
$150M — $500M
Apr 2027 — Dec 2027
Infrastructure Platform
Aug 2026 — Oct 2026
Active nowEstablish LYD as a functioning energy-tech ecosystem.
Target valuation
$10M — $20M
F&F round — $500K (this round)
Execution blocks
5
End state · LYD is a functioning energy brand with a distribution ecosystem, the LYD App in market, recurring revenue, and an investor-ready story.
Nov 2026 — Mar 2027
Scale LYD from a product company into a regional infrastructure and recurring-revenue platform.
Target valuation
$25M — $100M
Seed / Strategic raise — $5M – $10M
Execution blocks
5
End state · A regional infrastructure platform with assembly operations, owned energy assets, recurring software revenue, and a closed institutional round.
Apr 2027 — Dec 2027
Transform LYD into a Pan-African infrastructure, manufacturing, and technology platform.
Target valuation
$150M — $500M
Series A / Growth — $15M – $30M
Execution blocks
5
End state · A high-growth institutional infrastructure company positioned for the $300M – $500M valuation range, with the LYD Industrial City masterplan in motion.
Your $25k+ reservation funds Phase 1, Block 5 — “Recurring Revenue & Investor Readiness.” Your SAFE typically converts at the Phase 2 close in March 2027.
See the full 17-month roadmapThe case for LYD
Five reasons LYD is positioned to grow into one of the decade’s defining African industrial companies. Each one is backed by something you can already see on this site.
01 / Market
Sub-Saharan Africa adds 30 million new grid-connected homes every decade and loses an average of 27 hours per week to outages. The capital to fix that is now flowing — LYD sits at the centre of energy storage, solar generation, and electrified mobility, three of the fastest-compounding markets on the continent.
600M people without reliable power · 18 % EV growth y/y · $40B annual diesel spend
02 / Product
Most early-stage energy companies sell one thing. LYD operates a vertically integrated stack: HJT solar panels, residential and commercial inverters, lithium storage from 5 kWh to 10 MW, and a three-vehicle EV line — all designed to talk to one another out of the box.
Photon · Orbit · SafeCell · Orbit X · Hyperpack · Phantom X · Nova · Flux 3
03 / Moat
Every LYD product, from a single Orbit One on a wall to a 1.25 MW Orbit X cabinet, runs the same operating system. That gives us a defensible software moat, recurring revenue surface, and the data flywheel to build the African energy graph nobody else has.
One OS · 7 product surfaces · Edge-first, mesh-connected, encrypted
04 / Economics
The hardware funds the company. Lucid OS Premium and Enterprise tiers — telemetry, predictive maintenance, fleet management, energy trading — give us recurring ARPU on every installed unit. The blended business graduates from 32 % gross margin today into the 50 %+ range as software mix grows.
Gross margin: 32 % · Target blended: 50 %+ · Software attach rising
05 / Team
Founding team with combined runtime across telecoms, power generation, manufacturing, and consumer hardware on three continents. Backed by advisors who have seen Tesla, BYD, and Reliance through their formative years.
Lagos · Abuja · Shenzhen · London — and growing
From interest to allocation
No paperwork before you’re ready, no bank transfer before there’s a signed agreement. We do this the way a serious capital partner would expect to be onboarded.
Pick the number of units you want and place a soft reservation here. Reservations hold your place in the queue for 72 hours while we verify.
Today · 60 seconds
A short identity and accreditation check, run by our compliance partner. Same standard as any regulated brokerage onboarding — passport, proof of address, source of funds.
1 – 2 business days
You receive a Simple Agreement for Future Equity scoped to a $10M valuation cap with a 20 % discount on the next priced round. e-Signed and counter-signed within the day.
1 business day
Wire the agreed amount to LYD’s escrow account. The moment funds clear, your name lands on the cap table and your investor portal goes live.
2 – 3 business days
Frequently asked
If your question isn’t on this list, write to invest@lyd.energy. You’ll usually have a reply within four business hours.
A Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE) with a $10,000,000 valuation cap and a 20 % discount on the next priced round. Your SAFE converts to preferred equity at LYD’s next institutional round.
SAFEs are the cleanest, fastest instrument for a Friends & Family round — no separate share class to draft, no minority-protection negotiations, no closing delay. You get the same downside protection (valuation cap + discount) without the legal overhead.
Minimum reservation is $25,000 (2,500 units). Maximum single reservation in the F&F round is $100,000 (10,000 units) so no single investor takes more than a fifth of the round. Larger tickets are welcome — please reach out and we will set up a direct call.
SAFEs convert at the next priced round; after conversion, standard transfer restrictions apply (typical 12-month lock following a financing). There is no separate F&F lock-up beyond that.
LYD’s plan is a Series A within 12 – 18 months, a growth round 24 – 36 months later, and a strategic exit or public listing in the 5 – 7 year window. Liquidity events would track those milestones; nothing is guaranteed.
Reservations are filled in order. If demand exceeds the 1,000-unit ceiling, we close the round early. Anyone already past the verification step keeps their allocation.
No. This page exists for the LYD Friends & Family cohort by invitation. It is not a solicitation or a public offering of securities. Nothing here constitutes investment advice.
Important information
This page is provided for information only and is intended exclusively for the LYD Friends & Family cohort. It is not a public offering, a solicitation, or an offer to sell securities in any jurisdiction where such an offer would be unlawful.
Any reservation placed through this page is a non-binding soft commitment. Final allocation is contingent on completion of KYC and AML verification and execution of a Simple Agreement for Future Equity countersigned by LYD. Past performance is not indicative of future results; investments in early-stage companies carry the risk of total loss of capital.
