1. Media Lario Raises $15,000,000
in Series A Round [Italy]
Media Lario is a developer of high precision mechanical and optomechanical
systems.
INVESTORS: Draper Fisher Jurvetson ePlanet Ventures, Intel
Capital, Quan Ventures, TLcom Capital Partners, Vision Capital
2/26/2004 3:11:28 PM
2. ANDevices Raises Funds
in First Round [Fremont, CA]
ANDevices is a developer and manufacturer of silica-on-silicon
based planar waveguide products for the communications and biotech
industries.
INVESTORS: AsiaTech Management (Lead), Individuals
2/20/2004 9:21:26 AM
3. BroadLight Raises $11,500,000
in Series C Round [Israel]
BroadLight is a supplier of communication semiconductors and optical
transceivers.
INVESTORS: Israel Seed Partners (Lead), Delta Ventures,
Star Ventures Management
2/12/2004 11:19:44 AM
4. Parama Networks Raises
$7,000,000 in Series B Round [Santa Clara, CA]
Parama Networks is a developer of an ADM-on-a-Chip based solution.
INVESTORS: Menlo Ventures (Lead), Azure Capital Partners,
CrossBridge Partners, Network Angel Capital, Sprout Group
2/11/2004 10:43:53 AM
5. Optillion Raises $5,000,000
in Series C Round Add-on [Sweden]
Optillion is a developer, manufacturer, and retailer of fiber-optic
transceivers for networking equipment suppliers in the enterprise,
metropolitan area, cable television, and storage area networking
markets.
INVESTORS: Crescendo Ventures, Investor Growth Capital,
ITACT
2/10/2004 1:27:18 PM
6. IPAG - Innovative Processing
Raises Funds [Germany]
IPAG - Innovative Processing is a developer, manufacturer, and
distributor of integrated components for the high-end telecommunication
market. The company's mission is to provide technology leadership
for ultra high-speed and high-frequency communicati...
INVESTORS: High Tech Private Equity
2/5/2004 11:49:58 AM
7. Applied Optoelectronics
Raises $12,000,000 in Series C Round [Sugar Land, TX]
Applied Optoelectronics is a manufacturer of laser diodes, photodetectors,
and optical modules for fiber optic communications systems. The
company specializes in the manufacture of high-performance transmitter
lasers, photodetectors, and related assemb...
INVESTORS: Chiao Tung Bank, Harbinger Venture Management,
Sycamore Ventures
2/5/2004 9:42:48 AM
8. LightPointe Communications
Raises $17,000,000 [San Diego, CA]
LightPointe Communications is a developer of free-space optical
networking products that offer metro service providers connectivity
to optical networks. The company's patented technologies are protocol-independent
and have been tested in diverse climat...
INVESTORS: Huawei Technologies, Rho Ventures, Sevin Rosen
Funds
2/4/2004 10:37:42 AM
9. Metconnex Raises $8,000,000
in Series A Round [Canada]
Metconnex is a developer of optical modules enabling the deployment
and operation of lower cost, dynamic optical networks. The company's
wavelength selective switching technology offers products with
significant advantages in cost, capability, and size...
INVESTORS: BDC Venture Capital, Individuals, Innovacom,
Skypoint Capital, St. Paul Venture Capital
2/3/2004 1:08:51 PM
10. Polychromix Raises
$8,000,000 in Series B Round [Woburn, MA]
Polychromix is an advanced communications technology company,
developing modular optical subsystems based on core technology
that enables dynamically configurable optical networks.
INVESTORS: Navigator Technology Ventures, Pyramid Technology
Ventures, Seed Capital Partners, Siemens Venture Capital, Vanguard
Ventures
2/2/2004 10:54:40 AM
11. Mesophotonics Raises
$10,000,000 in Second Round [UK]
Mesophotonics is a developer and marketer of planar photonic crystal
technology in the fields of lasers, miniature optics, telecommunications
and computing.
INVESTORS: Quester (Lead), Auriga Ventures, BTG, NIF Ventures
1/26/2004 1:37:57 PM
12. GWS Photonics Raises
$3,000,000 in Series B Round [Philadelphia, PA]
GWS Photonics is is a developer of tunable components, including
tunable filters for tunable lasers applications as well as tunable
filters for monitoring applications, tunable receivers, and OADMs.
The company's products are all based on its core GWS ...
INVESTORS: Apax Partners (Lead), Others, Redwood Venture
Partners
1/21/2004 10:52:22 AM
13. Picolight Raises $10,000,000
[Boulder, CO]
Picolight is a provider of fiber optic products. The company designs,
manufactures, and delivers high-speed optical subsystems to original
equipment manufacturers (OEMs) of telecom switch, storage area,
enterprise and metro/access network equipment.
INVESTORS: BA Venture Partners, St. Paul Venture Capital
1/21/2004 10:16:45 AM
14. OmniGuide Communications
Raises $15,000,000 in Series C Round [Cambridge, MA]
OmniGuide Communications is a developer of hollow-core photonic
bandgap fibers.
INVESTORS: Westbury Equity Partners (Lead), 3i Group, Alliance
Technology Ventures, Gainesborough Investments, Individuals
1/13/2004 9:58:06 AM
15. World Wide Packets
Raises $15,700,000 in Third Round [Veradale, WA]
World Wide Packets is a solutions provider for Ethernet broadband
connectivity. The company's LightningEdge offering enables a single
access platform for both business and residential subscribers,
providing the most cost competitive broadband access so...
INVESTORS: Azure Capital Partners, Madrona Venture Group,
Northwest Venture Associates (NWVA)
1/9/2004 10:53:43 AM
16. Silicon Optix Raises
$18,000,000 in Series B Round Add-on [San Jose, CA]
Silicon Optix is a fabless semiconductor company, providing the
warping integrated circuit (IC) technology, eWARP. eWARP digital
distortion correction allows manufacturers to complement optics
with sophisticated electronics imaging in order to achieve ...
INVESTORS: Canaan Partners, Firsthand Capital Management,
Focus Ventures, Origin Partners, Others, Polaris Venture Partners,
Primaxis Technology Ventures
1/7/2004 11:05:47 AM
