List of top Optical Communication Startups

Overview

Number of Organizations 147
Industries Optical Communication
Industry Groups Hardware
CB Rank (Hub) 65,013

Number of Founders 126
Average Founded Date Oct 30, 2014
Number of For-Profit Companies 144
Top Funding Types Grant, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C

This list of startups in the optical communication space provides data on their funding history, investment activities, and acquisition trends. Insights about top trending companies, startups, investments and M&A activities, notable investors of these companies, their management team, and recent news are also included.

Leaderboard

Trending

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Investments

Number of Organizations

147

Average Rank

444,768.23

Popular startups, companies & organizations by highest 30-day trend score:

Organization Name	Total Funding Amount	CB Rank (Organization)	Trend Score (30 Days)
Phosio Corporation	obfuscated obfuscation	2,382	9.7
Globelink Fiber	obfuscated obfuscation	243,782	9.6
Alitheon	obfuscated obfuscation	2,089	9.5
Lumilens	obfuscated obfuscation	2,177	8.7
Kacentric Optics	obfuscated obfuscation	43,103	8.4

Recent Activities

Funding Rounds

Investments

Acquisitions

Acquired Companies

Number of Funding Rounds

368

Total Funding Amount

$3.8B

Announced Date	Organization Name	Transaction Name	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Alitheon	Series A - Alitheon	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Globelink Fiber	Seed Round - Globelink Fiber	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Ranovus	Grant - Ranovus	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Phosio Corporation	Seed Round - Phosio Corporation	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Chuguang 3D	Seed Round - Chuguang 3D	obfuscated obfuscation

Funding

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Number of Funding Rounds

368

Total Funding Amount

$3.8B

How much aggregate funding have these organizations raised over time?

Announced Date	Transaction Name	Number of Investors	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Series A - Alitheon	2	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Series A - Archangel Lightworks	6	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Seed Round - Phosio Corporation	7	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Series A - OpenLight	7	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Series C - nEye	5	obfuscated obfuscation

Investors that Invested in Companies in This Hub

Investors

Investor Type

Investor Stage

Number of Lead Investors

258

Number of Investors

658

Which investors participated in the most funding rounds within this hub?

Organization/Person Name	Location	Investor Type
Techstars	New City, New York, United States	obfuscated obfuscation
National Science Foundation	Alexandria, Virginia, United States	obfuscated obfuscation
EISMEA	Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium	obfuscated obfuscation
MassChallenge	Boston, Massachusetts, United States	obfuscated obfuscation
Sequoia Capital	Menlo Park, California, United States	obfuscated obfuscation

Investments

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Number of Lead Investments

Median Number of Investments 1
Median Number of Lead Investments 1

What's the investment trend over time for this hub?

Announced Date	Investor Name	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	General Atomics	Corporate Round - Fusion Fuel Cycles	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Innolight	Venture Round - Tanway	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Innolight	Series A - nEye	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Lynx	Seed Round - HyperVision	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Omid Sadeghi	Pre Seed Round - Phosio Corporation	obfuscated obfuscation

Acquisitions

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Number of Acquisitions

What's the most common final funding type when companies get acquired?

Announced Date	Acquirer Name	Transaction Name	Price
obfuscated obfuscation	General Atomics	MLD acquired by General Atomics	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	CrossFiber	Optical Micro-Machines's Photonic Switch Asset acquired by CrossFiber	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	General Atomics	Guidestar Optical Systems acquired by General Atomics	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	General Atomics	EO Vista acquired by General Atomics	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Zenlayer	DAHO Networks acquired by Zenlayer	obfuscated obfuscation

People

Number of People

118

Full Name	Primary Organization	Primary Job Title	CB Rank (Person)
James Dacombe	OLIX	Founder and CEO	3,436
Alex Wright-Gladstein	Ayar Labs	Co-Founder and Advisor	7,551
Ashish Vengsarkar	nEye	Chief Executive Officer	7,613
Joe Zhu	Zenlayer	Founder & CEO	16,423
Mark Wade	Ayar Labs	Co-Founder and CEO	23,640

Events

Number of Events

Event Name	Location	Start Date	CB Rank (Event)
Telecom Council innovation showcase class of 2021 demo day	—	May 13, 2021	4,421
Optical Data Centre Interconnect 2017	Nice, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France	Jun 20, 2017	14,941
[Webinar] Wireless Laser Communications	—	Jun 24, 2021	15,177

Subsidiaries & Owned Organizations

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Which companies in this hub have the most subsidiaries?

Recent News & Activity

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