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Everbright Photonics / 长光华芯

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High-power semiconductor laser chips, VCSELs and fiber-coupled modules

Suzhou Shi, ChinaFounded 2012Semiconductors

Valuation $100–250M Last recorded · 2020

Headcount <100 Current team size

Total funding $10–50M Disclosed equity funding

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About Everbright Photonics / 长光华芯

Suzhou Everbright Photonics Co., Ltd. (长光华芯, STAR 688048) designs and mass-produces high-power semiconductor laser chips, devices and modules. Founded in 2012 in Suzhou High-tech Zone, it runs a vertically integrated line from chip design and MOCVD through lithography, cleave/coating, packaging, test and fiber coupling. Product families include high-power single-emitter and bar lasers, high-efficiency VCSELs and optical-communication chips with wavelengths from about 635nm to 2000nm for industrial laser pumping, advanced manufacturing, biomedical aesthetics, high-speed optical communications, LiDAR and machine vision. Year-end 2025 headcount was about 506 employees. The company is among the few global firms shipping high-power diode laser chips at volume.

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At a glance

Status: Operational
Founded: 2012
Headquarters: Suzhou Shi, China
Employees: 6
Open positions: None listed
Dealroom signal: 25.3/100
Industry: Semiconductors
Sector: Semiconductors, Laser Technology, Chips, Spinout, Semiconductor Designers and Manufacturers, Chips and Processors, Photonics Tech, DT and LS, science-based
Technology: Hardware, Deep Tech
Business model: Manufacturing
Client focus: b2b
Investment activity: 1 company, latest Jul 2023
Capital deployed: $28M
Preferred round: SERIES B
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Funding history

5 recorded events

Company financing events and reported valuations.

Deal type	Date	Amount	Valuation	Investors	Source
SERIES C✓Equity / VC	Jun 2020	$21M	$85M	State Development & Investment Corporation (SDIC) · Huatai Securities	—
SERIES B✓Equity / VC	Aug 2018	$22M	$88M	Undisclosed	—

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Latest recorded traffic for Everbright Photonics / 长光华芯 is 3.2K monthly website visits, up 146.2% over the last three months. Everbright Photonics / 长光华芯's team grew 0% over the past year.

Latest monthly visits3.2K 3-month web change+146.2% 1-year team growth0%

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Sichuan Zhongjiu Daguang TechnologyChinaHigh-power fiber lasers for industrial and security applications $110Mvaluation

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Investors

5 investors on the cap table

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Series A1 investor entered at this stage

ECEast-Lake Venture Capital

Series B and later2 investors entered at this stage

HSHuatai Securities
S(State Development & Investment Corporation (SDIC)

Other known investors2 additional known investors

CSChangchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
CSChinese Academy Of Sciences

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Employees 6 total headcount

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🇺🇸 United States50%

🇨🇳 China50%

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