Tech Company Financing Transactions
Ayar Labs Funding Round
Ayar Labs closed a $500 million Series E financing round on 3/3/2026. Investors included Neuberger Berman Private Equity Funds, AMD and ARK Investment Management.
Transaction Overview
Company Name
Announced On
3/3/2026
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$500,000,000
Round
Series E
Investors
Proceeds Purpose
The company intends to use the funds to scale production and test capacity, expand global operations, including at its new Hsinchu, Taiwan, office, strengthen ecosystem partnerships, and accelerate the deployment of its CPO solution.
Company Information
Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Semiconductors
Mailing Address
5909 Christie Ave.
Emeryville, CA 94608
USA
Emeryville, CA 94608
USA
Phone
Website
Email Address
Overview
Ayar Labs helps companies keep up with skyrocketing volumes of data by miniaturizing fiber optic transceivers and making them in silicon chips, bringing the super-high bandwidths and low energy use of fiber optics inside computers.
Profile
Social Media
Company News
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Management Team
Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Charlie Wuischpard
Chief Financial Officer
Lisa Dulchinos
Chief Scientific Officer
Chen Sun
Chief Scientific Officer
Mark Wade
Chief Technical Officer
Vladimir Stojanovic
Vice President
Garth Thompson
VP - Bus. Development
Alex Wright-Gladstein
VP - Engineering
Ken Chang
VP - Manufacturing
Roy Meade
VP - Marketing
Hugo Saleh
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