Lucidean (Seed)
Funding Details
Awarder
SemiNews
Date Award
January 20, 2026
Vertical
Telecommunications
Funding URL
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Funding Amount
$18,000,000
Company Info
Founders
Dr. James Raring, Dr. Hector Andrade, Dr. Aaron Maharry, Dr. Clint Schow, Dr. Larry Coldren
Market
Data Centers
Location
Santa Barbara, California, United States
Coinvestors
Entrada Ventures, Koch Disruptive Technologies, Foothill Ventures, M Ventures, Cerberus 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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