ColorChip
Photonic Integrated Circuit Developer
Startup Mature Industrial Technologies Est. 2001
Total Raised
$102.2M
Mature
Last Round
$37M
8 rounds
Investors
15
15 public
Team
3
51-200 employees
Confidence
91/100
News
11
articles
About
ColorChip brings high-speed data transmission to mega-data centers and enterprises. The company's hyperscale single-mode solutions leverage its patented SystemOnGlass platform to deliver robust yet compact optical transceivers that support immense rates of data-intensive traffic. The ColorChip group has four headquarters around the world: a PLC FAB dedicated to the production of SystemOnGlass optical engines, module NPI, and R&D center in Yokneam, Israel; a mass production facility for modules, spanning 12,000 square meters and hundreds of operators, in Jiashan, China; an expanded R&D center in Suzhou, China; and a front office serving North American customers in Texas, United States.
Classification
Sector
Industrial TechnologiesMicroelectronics & Photonics Solutions
Core Technology
Materials & SubstancesSiliconSimulation & ImagingVirtual RealityCommunicationsFiber OpticsSemiconductors & Electronics
Target Customer
Enterprise & Professional ServicesITData Centers
Business Model
B2B
Tags
telecommunicationtelecommunication-equipmentbroadbandmetaverseweb-3.0electronic-manufacturingelectro-opticsdata-centersoptical-communicationinspection-and-testingoptronicsnanotechnologycommunications
Funding & Events
Oct 2012
Debt Financing $5M
Viola Credit
Nov 2015
E Round $25M
BRM Group, Gemini, Vintage Investment Partners, IGP - Israel Growth Partners
Nov 2011
D Round $15M
Gemini, BRM Group, Vertex Ventures Israel
May 2004
A Round $4M
PolyTechnos Venture Partners, Eurofund, Walden Israel Venture Capital, Walden Venture Capital
Jan 2006
B Round $7.2M
Walden Israel Venture Capital, Motorola Solutions, Bessemer Venture Partners, PolyTechnos Venture Partners, Eurofund, Vertex Ventures Israel
Feb 2007
C Round $7.5M
Bessemer Venture Partners, Vertex Ventures Israel, Motorola Solutions, PolyTechnos Venture Partners, Walden Israel Venture Capital, Eurofund
Feb 2001
Seed $6.5M
PolyTechnos Venture Partners, Eurofund, Walden Israel Venture Capital
Apr 2017
F Round $37M
Vintage Investment Partners, IGP - Israel Growth Partners, Scale-Up Venture Capital, Gemini, CIRTech Fund, Viola Credit, BRM Group, HGL Capital
News (11)
Feb 18, 2022 · www.prnewswire.com
growth-positive
ColorChip LTD forms a global group to address the Metaverse and WEB 3.0 needs for higher speed connectivity and AR/VR applications
CustomersPartnersInvestment
Sep 5, 2019 · www.prnewswire.com
growth-positive
ColorChip Introduces an Ultra-Compact RGB Pico-Projector for SmartGlasses Applications Based on Its Proprietary ColorMux® SystemOnGlass™ PLC Platform
PartnersExpand
Dec 24, 2018 · www.calcalistech.com
growth-negative
Communication Chips Company ColorChip to Lay Off 50% of Employees
Layoffs
Aug 27, 2018 · www.calcalistech.com
growth-positive
China's Sanan Optoelectronics in Talks to Buy Israeli Communication Chips Company ColorChip
Acquisition
Mar 20, 2018 · www.prnewswire.com
growth-positive
ColorChip Joins Open Compute Project with Platinum Membership and Announces 200G QSFP56 FR4 Beta Transceiver Demonstration in Collaboration with Marvell
Partners
growth-positive
ColorChip raises an extra $17m, boosting latest financing round to $37m
InvestmentExpand
Sep 20, 2016 · www.semiconductor-today.com
growth-positive
ColorChip shipping 100G QSFP28 10km transceivers
InvestmentExpand
Aug 17, 2016 · www.globes.co.il
growth-positive
Optical communications co ColorChip raises $20m
InvestmentExpand
Nov 24, 2015 · www.finsmes.com
growth-positive
ColorChip Raises $25M in Funding - FinSMEs
Investment
Feb 20, 2007 · www.lightwaveonline.com
N/A
https://www.lightwaveonline.com/business/companies/article/16673288/colorchip-raises-74-million
Feb 21, 2001 · en.globes.co.il
growth-positive
ColorChip raises $6.5 mln at $17 mln company value
Investment
Details
Product Stage
Released
Employees
51-200
Exact Count
61
District
North District
Founded
2001
Registrar
513055509
Crunchbase
colorchip
Locations
Ha-Tavor St 1, Yokne'am Illit, Israel
Suzhou, Jiuquan, Gansu, China
Texas, USA
Jiashan, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China
Links
Website
LinkedIn
Facebook
Careers
Admin
Last Update
Aug 31, 2024
Verified by
Jenny Sotnik-Talisman
Missing
markets, not claimed
Team (3)
Yigal Ezra
CEO
Eli Arad
VP R&D
Einat Shitrit
HR Manager
Internal
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Created
2014-10-13T00:00:00.000Z
Last editor
Maor Perlov (maorperlov@gmail.com)