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nLIGHT Corp.

Semiconductors · Camas, United States · Founded 2000 · IPO 2018

nLIGHT, Inc. is a leading provider of high-power semiconductor and fiber lasers, serving a diverse range of industries including industrial manufacturing, microfabrication, aerospace, and defense. The company operates in the high-tech laser market, focusing on delivering innovative solutions that enhance automated production processes. nLIGHT's business model is vertically integrated, meaning they control multiple stages of their production process, from the creation of semiconductor diodes to the manufacturing of specialty fibers and final laser systems. This integration allows them to ensure high performance, quality, and reliability in their products, which has earned them recognition globally, including their components being used in the ICESat-2 Satellite launched in 2018. The company generates revenue by selling its advanced laser systems and components to businesses that require precise and reliable laser technology for their operations. Keywords: semiconductor lasers, fiber lasers, industrial manufacturing, microfabrication, aerospace, defense, high-power lasers, automated production, vertically integrated, innovative solutions.

Valuation $3.59B
Revenue $307M
Total funding $100–500M
Power Law Thoroughbred$100M+ revenue

Investors

6 investors on nLIGHT Corp.'s cap table

Sourced from Dealroom's funding history. Investor profile links are shown where available.

Series A 4 investors entered at this stage
Mohr Davidow Ventures
Menlo Ventures
Adams Capital Management
Oak Investment
Series B+ 2 investors entered at this stage
Smac Partners
Samsung Ventures

Global footprint

Where nLIGHT Corp. has talent and traffic

Workforce by country
6 countries with
team presence
🇺🇸 United States86.8%
🇨🇳 China6.9%
🇫🇮 Finland4.2%
🇮🇹 Italy1.2%
🇵🇭 Philippines0.6%
Top 5 of 6 shown
Web traffic by country
21K monthly visits
across markets
🇺🇸 United States47.1%
🇨🇦 Canada11%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom10.5%
🇮🇳 India7.6%
🇯🇵 Japan7.6%
Top 5 markets shown

Talent graph

The shape of nLIGHT Corp.'s talent

Dealroom maps nLIGHT Corp.'s team person by person — pinpointing the standout operators and scoring them across the six dimensions investors underwrite. The counts and shape below are a public preview; the named individuals and exact scores live in the platform.

7 standout operatorsDealroom-flagged across the org
1 AI specialistincl. 1 core researchers
547 employees mappedperson by person
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Patent intelligence

$127M patent portfolio · 216 active families

Estimated portfolio value
$127M
3.5% of market cap · 4.2× larger than top peer Applied Optoelectronics ($30M)
216 active patent families
Where nLIGHT Corp. innovates Erbium lasersFiberLaser Powder Bed FusionLaser beamsLaser diode

Where nLIGHT Corp. concentrates vs peers

Each axis is a top-10 topic across nLIGHT Corp. and its closest peers. #1 = 100, #10 = 10, absent = 0.

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Market sentiment

What the market is saying about nLIGHT Corp.

An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about nLIGHT Corp. on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.

Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…

Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour

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