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Photonics & Optics: venture funds and startups

Fusion42 tracks 4 venture funds in Photonics & Optics with $766M in combined assets under management, and 1 startups that have raised $50M between them. The data below is live from the same database that powers Raise and Scout, and is continuously enriched as new rounds and funds are announced.

Part of the Raise fund database and the Scout startup database by Fusion42 — the same live data Arthur, Fusion42's AI co-founder, reasons over.

active funds in Photonics & Optics include Cloudberry VC, IOWN AI Fund, China Telecom Quantum Industrial Venture Capital Fund and Speciale Invest; startups in Photonics & Optics include OpenLight. Each name links through to a full machine-readable profile — its backers, rounds and related Wire analysis — and the tables below list every entity Fusion42 tracks in Photonics & Optics, refreshed as new rounds and funds are announced.

Funds in Photonics & Optics (4 tracked)

FundTypeHQ
Cloudberry VCvcFinland
IOWN AI Fundcorporate vcJapan
China Telecom Quantum Industrial Venture Capital FundvcChina
Speciale InvestvcIndia

Startups in Photonics & Optics (1 tracked)

StartupStageHQRaised
OpenLightseries-aUnited States$50M

Recent Wire analysis

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