Ubiquitous computing and AI have insatiable bandwidth demands and unsustainable power requirements. NLM Photonics technology provides efficient electrical-optical conversion in network hardware, addressing power and bandwidth concerns for hyperscale datacenters and beyond.
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Ubiquitous computing and AI have insatiable bandwidth demands and unsustainable power requirements. NLM Photonics technology provides efficient electrical-optical conversion in network hardware, addressing power and bandwidth concerns for hyperscale datacenters and beyond.
What Problem We are Solving
Problem
Ubiquitous computing and AI are driving exponential growth of data traffic. Current network technologies are unable to deliver the required bandwidth for these impending needs without unacceptably high power consumption. Network hardware already takes up 10-20% of a datacenter’s power budget—and this number continues to grow. Hyperscale datacenter operators need a solution to stay within their power envelope. Hybrid EO technology from NLM Photonics solves this problem by greatly reducing (10-1000x) the power penalty of converting electrical signals to optical signals, allowing efficient optical data transport to be used to move more data than current technologies with much smaller footprint and power use. NLM Photonics’ technology builds on existing silicon photonics technology, can survive demanding conditions, and beyond fiber communications, also meet key needs for quantum computing and mmWave wireless technologies.
About Us
About Us
NLM Photonics is a semiconductor technology company developing cutting-edge electro-optic modulation technology for transforming networking, computing, and sensing alongside our partners in the US, Europe, and Japan. Based on 20+ years of research from the University of Washington (UW), our hybrid organic electro-optic technology enables low-voltage, low-power, high-performance transfer of data between electronics (the ubiquitous computer chip) and photonics (the technology used in fiber optics, LIDAR, and other groundbreaking technologies). NLM’s technology enables tighter and more efficient integration of electronics and ultra-fast photonics. NLM was founded in 2018, is based at the CoMotion Labs incubator on the UW campus, and is funded by a combination of private investment and government grants/contracts; lead strategic investors include TOK and Hamamatsu Photonics. NLM engages with semiconductor fabs and their customers to deliver more bandwidth per watt.
NLM is presently syndicating the balance of a post-seed convertible note raise after securing a $1M lead investment from TOK (Tokyo Ohka Kogyo) and Hamamatsu Photonics corporate venture capital. The nominal value of the note is $2M, with $1.4M in to date and presently targeting oversubscription to $2.5M.
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Amount
Amount Left
$600,000.00
Amount Raised (This Round)
$1,400,000.00
Amount Raise To Date
$4.39M
Investment Type
N/A
Type of Raise
Convertible
Valuation
$9.5M
Friends & Family
$825K
Preseed
$471K
Seed Bridge
$2.38M
Grant Dollars Awarded
$711K
Business Stage
Business Stage
Seed
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