Quintessent raises $11.5M in seed funding led by Osage University Partners (OUP) and new investors M Ventures to develop highly scalable and highly reliable optical interconnects.
Quintessent raises $11.5M in seed funding led by Osage University Partners (OUP) and new investors M Ventures to develop highly scalable and highly reliable optical interconnects.
03/14/24, 3:06 PM
Location
goletaMoney raised
$11.5 million
Industry
other
Round Type
seed
Investors
Entrada Ventures, Foothill Ventures, Sierra Ventures, M Ventures, Osage University Partners (Oup)
Quintessent, a pioneer in heterogeneous silicon photonics and quantum dot laser technology, has closed on just over $11.5 million in an oversubscribed Seed funding round led by Osage University Partners (OUP) along with new investors including M Ventures, and joining existing investors Sierra Ventures, Foothill Ventures, and Entrada Ventures.
Company Info
Location
120 cremona drive, suite 155
goleta, california, united states
Additional Info
Quintessent is solving the foundational bottlenecks limiting the scalability and reliability of optical connectivity required by next-generation AI and computing infrastructure. Leveraging multiple innovations that span high-performance quantum dot materials, photonic integrated circuit design, and system-optimized link architecture, Quintessent’s technology slashes power consumption and packaging complexity while achieving multiplicative increases in both bandwidth density and reliability – unlocking the massive scaling needed for future AI applications.