Teramount
Scalable Optical Connectivity for the Semiconductor Industry
Startup A Industrial Technologies Est. 2013
Total Raised
$58.4M
A
Last Round
$50M
4 rounds
Investors
10
9 public
Team
2
11-50 employees
Confidence
99/100
News
8
articles
Patents
1
About
Teramount is focused on changing the the world of optical connectivity with its patented PhotonicPlug, a novel solution for connecting optics to silicon. PhotonicPlug enables standard semiconductor manufacturing processes and packaging flow in silicon photonics, thereby enabling any fabless semiconductor company to expand into silicon photonics while working with traditional foundries and OSATs.
Classification
Sector
Industrial TechnologiesMicroelectronics & Photonics SolutionsClimate TechLow Carbon DataSphere
Core Technology
CommunicationsFiber Optics
Target Customer
Enterprise & Professional ServicesITData Centers
Business Model
B2B
Tags
climate-techoptical-communicationoptronicsdata-centerstelecommunication-equipmentelectro-opticsconnectivity
Funding & Events
Nov 2014
Non-equity Undisclosed
Office of the Chief Scientist
Mar 2021
A Round $8M
Grove Ventures (Lead), Amelia Investments & Holdings, David Perlmutter
Jul 2025
A Round $50M
Koch Disruptive Technologies (Lead), Samsung Catalyst Fund, AMD, Wistron, Grove Ventures, Hitachi Ventures, Discount Capital
Dec 2015
Seed $400K
Zaitoun Ventures
News (8)
Jul 29, 2025 ยท www.geektime.co.il
ื”ืกื˜ืืจื˜ืืค ื”ื™ืฉืจืืœื™ Teramount ืžื›ืจื™ื– ืกื‘ื‘ ื’ื™ื•ืก ื—ื“ืฉ, ื•ื˜ื•ืขืŸ ื›ื™ ื”ื•ื ื™ื›ื•ืœ ืœืฉื ื•ืช ืืช ื›ืœ ื”ื“ืื˜ื”ืกื ื˜ืจื™ื
Jul 29, 2025 ยท en.globes.co.il
growth-positive
Jerusalem-based Teramount, led by CEO Hesham Taha from the Arab town of Bu'eine Nujeidat, has developed scalable fiber-to-chip interconnect solutions for AI, data centers and advanced computing.
InvestmentExpandPartners
Jul 29, 2025 ยท www.calcalistech.com
growth-positive
Israeli startupโ€™s optical tech promises 100x data speeds and 70% power savings.ย 
InvestmentPartnersCustomers
Apr 5, 2022 ยท techtime.co.il
growth-positive
ืฉืชื™ ื”ื—ื‘ืจื•ืช ืฉืœ ื“ื“ื™ ืคืจืœืžื•ื˜ืจ ื”ืžืชื›ื ื ื•ืช ืžื”ืคื™ื›ื” ื‘ืชืขืฉื™ื™ืช ื”ืฉื‘ื‘ื™ื - Techtime - ื—ื“ืฉื•ืช ืืœืงื˜ืจื•ื ื™ืงื” ื•ื”ื™ื™ื˜ืง
InvestmentManagement Changes
Mar 16, 2021 ยท tech.eu
growth-positive
Jerusalem-based photonics firm Teramount raises $8 million in Series-A round - Tech.eu
Investment
Jun 3, 2019 ยท www.prnewswire.com
growth-positive
Teramount and Hisense Sign a Collaboration Agreement
Partners
Jun 1, 2017 ยท opticalconnectionsnews.com
growth-positive
Israeli start-up targets silicon photonics packaging - Optical Connections News
Partners
Sep 23, 2016 ยท www.lightreading.com
growth-positive
Tiny Module Might Accelerate Jump to 100G/400G in Data Centers Light Reading
Management Changes
Details
Product Stage
R&D
Employees
11-50
Exact Count
40
District
Jerusalem District
Founded
2013
Registrar
514943315
Crunchbase
teramount
Locations
Hartom St 18, Jerusalem, Israel
Links
Website
LinkedIn
Twitter
Careers
Admin
Last Update
Sep 17, 2025
Verified by
Jenny Sotnik-Talisman
Claimed
Yes
Missing
markets
Team (2)
Hesham Taha
Co-founder & CEO
Founder
Abraham Israel
Co-Founder & CTO
Founder
Internal
Created by
Jenny Sotnik-Talisman (genys30@yahoo.com)
Created
2013-08-01T00:00:00.000Z
Last editor
Maor Perlov (maor.perlov@sncentral.org)