Lighthouse Labs

What Lighthouse Labs does

Lighthouse Labs was a Canadian technology education company founded in 2013 by Jeremy Shaki in Toronto, operating coding bootcamps and ICT workforce-training programs designed to address labor shortages and diversity gaps in Canada's tech sector. The company ran a horizontal segmentation model targeting individuals seeking to enter or retrain for careers in Information and Communications Technology, with programs developed in partnership with industry. Its revenue model was a professional-services / tuition-based bootcamp operation, augmented by a major non-dilutive federal grant of CAD 21.2M (part of a broader CAD 48.3M Sectoral Workforce Solutions Program announced February 24, 2023, alongside partner techNL) intended to scale ICT training capacity nationally.

The business experienced a pronounced pandemic-era revenue surge from roughly 2020-2022 driven by demand for digital reskilling, followed by a sustained post-pandemic decline as employer demand for bootcamp graduates softened. In 2025 Lighthouse Labs was sold to Uvaro Inc. in what was framed as a growth combination with the U.S./Canadian sales-training firm; however, both Uvaro Inc. and Lighthouse Labs Inc. subsequently filed assignments into bankruptcy under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act on August 1, 2025, with B. Riley Farber Inc. (operating as GlassRatner Restructuring Inc.) appointed as Trustee in Bankruptcy and the First Meeting of Creditors scheduled for August 22, 2025. The company's operating status is now closed, ending a 12-year operating history.

Name

Lighthouse Labs

Legal name

Lighthouse Labs Inc.

Website

https://lighthouselabs.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Lighthouse Labs was a Toronto-based Canadian coding bootcamp and ICT workforce-training company founded in 2013, serving individuals pursuing tech careers; it ceased operations after filing for bankruptcy on August 1, 2025, alongside its acquirer Uvaro Inc.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Tech Education & Workforce Training

NAICS

Computer Training (61142), Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Coding, Game Design & Computer Science Camps (EDAMALAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Workforce & Job-Seeker Services (Community-Based) (EDAAAFAM)

Keywords

• Coding bootcamps
• Tech workforce training
• ICT education programs
• Software development training
• Career retraining

Headquarters

HQ city

Toronto

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Tech Education and Training Programs: Lighthouse Labs operated as a Canadian tech education company providing coding bootcamps and training initiatives. Revenue grew significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic but declined as market conditions shifted, eventually leading to the company's shutdown and bankruptcy filing in 2025.

Core offering

Lighthouse Labs was a Canadian tech education company that operated coding bootcamps and training programs designed to prepare individuals for long-term employment in the digital workforce. Its programs focused on equipping students with coding and technical skills tailored to labour-market needs in Canada's Information and Communications Technology sector, including initiatives to improve workforce diversity.

Product overview

Lighthouse Labs is a Canadian tech education company that provides training initiatives in the ICT sector. Based on the available sources, no specific named products, modules, or educational programs are detailed. The company focused on addressing labour shortages and improving diversity within the Canadian ICT workforce through its training programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Coding Bootcamps Immersive training programs designed to equip individuals with coding and technical skills needed for entry or advancement into ICT careers in Canada. Targeted at career-changers and new entrants, including initiatives to improve diversity within the tech workforce.
• ICT Workforce Training Programs Specialized training initiatives developed in partnership with industry stakeholders (including techNL) and the Government of Canada to address labour shortages in the Canadian ICT sector and improve diversity within the tech workforce.

Quantifiable outcome

• Government recognition and significant federal investment ($48.3M) validates program quality and alignment with national workforce development priorities

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• UvarocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Uvaro acquired Lighthouse Labs earlier in 2025. However, Lighthouse Labs subsequently filed for bankruptcy on August 1, 2025, along with its parent company Uvaro Inc. Both companies filed assignments into bankruptcy under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, with GlassRatner Restructuring Inc. appointed as Trustee in Bankruptcy.
• techNLcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 February 2023techNL partnered with Lighthouse Labs on training initiatives funded by the Government of Canada's Sectoral Workforce Solutions Program. Together, they worked to address labour shortages and improve diversity within Canada's ICT workforce.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• BrainStation: Toronto-based digital skills training provider offering coding, data, and design bootcamps to Canadian professionals — directly comparable in geography, target customer (Canadian adult learners), and curriculum focus on ICT careers.
• Juno College of Technology: Canadian tech training provider offering bootcamps in web development and data, serving the same Toronto-based adult-learner market with similar cohort-based tuition models.
• General Assembly: Globally recognised coding and data bootcamp operator (now part of Adecco) with a curriculum and tuition model highly comparable to Lighthouse Labs, focused on workforce reskilling into tech roles.
• Flatiron School: US-based coding and data science bootcamp offering immersive, cohort-based programs with a similar job-placement value proposition aimed at career changers entering tech.
• Le Wagon: Global coding bootcamp with campuses across multiple countries offering full-stack web development curricula, directly comparable in cohort structure, tuition model, and target learner segment.
• Ironhack: International coding and UX/UI bootcamp operator with a similar full-time immersive curriculum and career-services model aimed at workforce entry into tech.
• App Academy: US-based coding bootcamp offering full-stack software engineering training with deferred-tuition and income-share options — directly comparable bootcamp model and learner outcome orientation.
• Codesmith: Coding bootcamp offering immersive software engineering programs with similar job-placement focus and tuition structure for adult learners transitioning into tech roles.
• Uvaro: Sales and tech sales training provider that acquired Lighthouse Labs in 2025 before both entities filed for bankruptcy — the most directly relevant peer given shared ownership and contemporaneous insolvency.

Broad incumbents

• Coursera: Large-scale online learning platform offering computer science and IT certificate programs from universities and companies; broader incumbent competing for the same adult ICT reskilling demand via self-paced rather than cohort-based delivery.

Market position

Strengths2 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/lighthouse_labs
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/3316003

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors2 records

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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