EFFECT Photonics: $24 Million Added To Series D For Coherent Optical Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry • Jun 26, 2025

EFFECT Photonics, a leading provider of next-generation coherent optical solutions for data center and edge networks, announced it has raised an additional $24 million as part of its Series D financing round. This brings the total raised in the round to $62 million.

What EFFECT Photonics does: EFFECT Photonics is transforming optical communications with energy-efficient, high-performance coherent technology tailored for the most demanding network environments. And as coherent optics expand beyond traditional core networks into data center campuses, intra-data center links, and the rapidly growing network edge, EFFECT is enabling this transformation with scalable, cost-effective solutions. The company’s differentiated technology—built on a fully fabless model and supported by strategic supply chain partnerships—meets the bandwidth and power efficiency needs driven by AI infrastructure and next-generation connectivity.

Momentum: This Series D round follows significant technical and commercial progress. And the company’s solutions are enabling the next wave of high-performance networking at the edge and AI infrastructure.

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“This funding milestone reinforces the strong market demand we’re seeing and allows us to execute aggressively on our roadmap. We’re grateful for the continued support of our investors and partners as we scale to meet the needs of a rapidly growing optical interconnect market.”

Roberto Marcoccia, CEO of EFFECT Photonics