Tech Company Financing Transactions

Ayar Labs Funding Round

Ayar Labs, based in Emeryville, secured $35 million in investment from BlueSky Capital, Downing Ventures and Applied Ventures.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
11/6/2020
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$35,000,000
Round
Series B
Proceeds Purpose
The company intends to use the funds to accelerate product development and commercialization of its in-package optical interconnect (I/O) solution, as well as grow its presence internationally.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Semiconductors
Mailing Address
5909 Christie Ave.
Emeryville, CA 94608
USA
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
Ayar Labs LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Ayar Labs Company Twitter Account
Company News
Ayar Labs News
Facebook
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YouTube
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Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Charlie Wuischpard
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Chief Financial Officer
Lisa Dulchinos
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Chief Scientific Officer
Chen Sun
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Chief Scientific Officer
Mark Wade
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Chief Technical Officer
Vladimir Stojanovic
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Vice President
Garth Thompson
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VP - Bus. Development
Alex Wright-Gladstein
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VP - Engineering
Ken Chang
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VP - Manufacturing
Roy Meade
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VP - Marketing
Hugo Saleh
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