xLight (Series B)
Funding Details
Awarder
SemiNews
Date Award
July 22, 2025
Vertical
Semiconductor Manufacturing
Funding Amount
$40,000,000
Company Info
Founding Year
2021
Traction
The company has ongoing partnerships with leading research facilities and has completed key systems designs, including subsystem prototyping and first articles.
Organizations Involved
Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-based ScienceS and Education, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Market
Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing
Location
Palo Alto, California, United States
Coinvestors
Playground Global, Boardman Bay Capital Management, Morpheus Ventures, Marvel Capital, IAG Capital Partners
Company Description

xLight is an American company building the world’s most powerful lasers, focused on commercializing particle accelerator driven free electron lasers (FEL) for critical US economic and national security applications.

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