- DustPhotonics, a provider of optical modules for enabling data center and high-performance computing connectivity, announced it raised $25 million in Series B funding
DustPhotonics — a provider of optical modules for enabling data center and high-performance computing connectivity — has announced it raised $25 million in a Series B round of funding led by Intel Capital and joined by WRVI Capital. This round of funding also includes a continued investment from seasoned entrepreneur Avigdor Willenz.
This round of funding will be used to accelerate DustPhotonics’ roadmap and expand its operations and global market presence.
“We are honored to have Intel Capital lead this round, which will help accelerate our vision of next generation optical connectivity.” Ben added, “Our optical transceiver products address the key and challenging requirements for hyperscale applications, and we will also leverage our electro-optic technology in high-density, future architectures,” said DustPhotonics CEO and founder Ben Rubovitch.
DustPhotonics is known for developing and manufacturing pluggable optical modules and solutions for data center, enterprise, and HPC applications.
“High-speed optical connectivity is essential to enabling the performance and scale of today’s data centers,” added Hong Hou, the Vice President of the Data Center Group and General Manager of the Silicon Photonics division at Intel. “The DustPhotonics products complement our leading optical transceiver portfolio through short-reach, standards-based interconnects based on VCSEL technology.”
DustPhotonics’ products and technology like AuraDP are targeted at enabling the next generation of optical modules and connectivity.
“DustPhotonics is uniquely positioned to address the ever-growing need for high-performance connectivity. We are highly impressed by the innovative solutions the company has developed,” explained Lip Bu Tan, a Founding Managing Partner of WRVI Capital.
Data rates are doubling with every successive generation and so does the complexity for meeting the demand of lower cost, lower power, and higher reliability. And technology innovations such as AuraDP provide a significant value differentiation enabling superior performance and sustainable 100, 400, and 800 Gb/s products.
“The cloud is leading the entire communications industry, and as a result the optical industry continues to grow as data centers, enterprises, and 5G network operators invest to expand their fiber infrastructure,” commented LightCounting Market Research Principal Analyst Dale Murray.
DustPhotonics launched in 2017 with offices in Modi’in, Israel and Cupertino, California.
