Lucidean (Seed)
Funding Details
Awarder
Inbox
Date Award
December 24, 2025
Vertical
Data Center Technology
Funding Amount
$18,000,000
Company Info
Market
Data Center Interconnects
Location
Goleta, California, USA
Coinvestors
Cerberus Ventures, Entrada Ventures, Foothill Ventures, Koch Disruptive Technologies, M Ventures, Raptor Group
Company Description

Lucidean is redefining data-center optics with CohZero™, a coherent-lite architecture that delivers coherent-class reach and signal integrity at IMDD-like power and cost. Founded in Santa Barbara by veterans of compound-semiconductor photonics and advanced optical link design, Lucidean is developing 3.2 Tbps and 6.4 Tbps transceivers for AI-driven fabrics and data-center interconnects.

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