Bright Data
Proxy network and web scraping infrastructure at scale
Bright Data, formerly Luminati Networks, runs a large proxy network and web data collection platform for gathering public web data at scale. Customers span e-commerce, AI model training and financial research, and the firm prevailed in US suits brought by Meta and X Corp over scraping publicly accessible data.
GAII take
Favourable case law helps, but buy-side compliance should still review proxy sourcing and site terms under its alternative data policy.
Favourable case law helps, but buy-side compliance should still review proxy sourcing and site terms under its alternative data policy.
- Website
- brightdata.com
- Headquarters
- Tel Aviv, Israel
- Founded
- 2014
- Company type
- Scale-up
- Latest round
- Acquired by EMK Capital for approximately $200m, 2017
- Status
- Active — Owned by London-based EMK Capital since 2017 and renamed from Luminati Networks in March 2021. Won suits brought by Meta (decided January 2024) and X Corp (dism
- Buyer
- Hedge fundsAsset managersCorporates & IR
- Asset class
- Multi-asset
- Workflow
- Research & diligence
- Ai capability
- Agents & automation
- Delivery
- API / data feedSaaS application
GAII ID GAII-T0076 · Updated 2026-10-22 · Compiled from public sources for educational and informational purposes. Not investment advice.