Ayar Labs Secures $35 Million in Series B Funding and Adds New Strategic and Global Investors as Interest in Optical I/O Grows
Amount Raised
$35 Million
Round Type
Series B
San JoseHardwareArtificial IntelligenceDescription
Ayar Labs is pleased to announce the completion of a $35M Series B financing co-led by Downing Ventures and BlueSky Capital. New investors include Applied Ventures, LLC, Castor Ventures, Downing Ventures (U.K.), and SGInnovate (Singapore), expanding Ayar Labs’ investor base with strategic ecosystem and global investors. Existing investor participation includes BlueSky Capital, Founders Fund, GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Intel Capital, Lockheed Martin Ventures, and Playground Global.
Quick answer
Ayar Labs raised $35 Million in a Series B round, dated November 5, 2020. Ayar Labs is based in San Jose, California, United States.
- How much did Ayar Labs raise?
- Ayar Labs raised $35 Million in a Series B round on November 5, 2020.
- What does Ayar Labs do?
- Ayar Labs is the leader in optical interconnect solutions that move data at the speed of AI.
- Where is Ayar Labs based and how big is it?
- Ayar Labs is based in San Jose, California, United States. Fundz records about 175 employees.
- Who are the decision-makers at Ayar Labs?
- Fundz holds 1 contact at Ayar Labs. Names and contact details are shown to Fundz members.
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Who else raised in Hardware and Artificial Intelligence around the same time
Companies in the same sectors as Ayar Labs that raised within 45 days of this round, from Fundz verified event records.
- FiEE, Inc. raised $25M on December 11, 2020.
- Fabric.AI, Inc. raised an undisclosed amount on December 7, 2020.
- Deepwave Digital, Inc. raised $2.7M (Seed) on November 19, 2020.
- Capacity raised $11M on October 28, 2020.
- Capacity raised $11M (Series C) on October 28, 2020.
- LegalSifter raised $1.8M (Seed) on October 15, 2020.
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