Tech Company Financing Transactions

Lucidean Funding Round

On 12/23/2025, Lucidean landed $18 million in Seed financing from Cerberus Capital Management, Entrada Ventures and Foothill Ventures.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Lucidean
Announced On
12/23/2025
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$18,000,000
Round
Seed
Investors

Cerberus Capital Management (Lead Investor)

Entrada Ventures (Lead Investor)

Foothill Ventures (Lead Investor)

Koch Disruptive Technologies (Lead Investor)

M Ventures (Lead Investor)

Raptor Group (Lead Investor)

Proceeds Purpose
Our recent seed funding and strong syndicate of investors perfectly positions Lucidean for our next phase of growth where we will accelerate hiring and expand our capabilities to rapidly demonstrate our value proposition in hardware and move towards productization.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Manufacturing
Mailing Address
7127 Hollister Avenue 25A-136
Goleta, CA 93117
US
Phone
+1 919-504-4900
Website
www.lucidean-inc.com
Email Address
[email protected]
Overview
Lucidean is redefining data-center optics with CohZero�, a coherent-lite architecture that delivers coherent-class reach and signal integrity at IMDD-like power and cost. Founded in Santa Barbara by veterans of compound-semiconductor photonics and advanced optical link design, Lucidean is developing 3.2 Tbps and 6.4 Tbps transceivers for AI-driven fabrics and data-center interconnects.
Profile
Lucidean LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
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Company News
Lucidean News
Facebook
Lucidean on Facebook
YouTube
Lucidean on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
James Raring
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Chief Technical Officer
Hector Andrade
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Chief Technical Officer
Aaron Maharry
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Co-Founder
Larry Coldren
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Co-Founder
Chris Cole
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Co-Founder
Clint Schow
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VP - General Counsel
Richard Ogawa
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