Luminous and Longqiu lead LuxSilicon's second October-disclosed round
China Fortune-Tech Capital participated in the later of two financings announced together by the optical-interconnect company.
Luminous Ventures and Longqiu Capital co-led LuxSilicon's second disclosed financing, with China Fortune-Tech Capital participating. The company announced the two financings together on October 28. The individual amount and venture-series stage were not disclosed.
Bringing optics into the compute interconnect
LuxSilicon designs photonic engines and optical I/O chips for computing systems. Co-packaged optics brings optical and electronic components close together; its work with Muchuang applies that approach to a smart network card.
Use of funds
Across the two-round financing programme: develop three-dimensional optoelectronic packaging capabilities.
Across the two-round financing programme: secure wafer capacity for production.
Across the two-round financing programme: build the optical I/O research and development team.