Ayar Labs

Ayar Labs makes optical interconnect technology, including optical engines and external light sources.

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TIMELINE · MONEY RAISED

Ayar Labs | 1998 days from website to first raise on record

@AyarLabs·Raised $470M in 4 sourced rounds·2 signals before the first raise

Money raised, round by round (amounts linked to their source). Pins are dated signals; hover the icons for dates.

Funding rounds

Date	Round	Amount	Lead	Source
Sep 11, 2026	Series B+	$150M	—	siliconangle.com
Mar 4, 2026	Series B+	undisclosed	NNeuberger Berman	telecompaper.com
Dec 16, 2024	Series B+	$155M	LLight Street Capital	medium.com
Apr 26, 2022	Series B+	$130M	BBoardman Bay Capital Management	finsmes.com
Nov 5, 2020	Series B+	$35M	DDowning Ventures	finsmes.com

Timeline

1. May 18, 2015
   Website created
2. May 18, 2015
   X account created

Founders and team

• AW
  Alex Wright-Gladstein Founder

  @ga1ex · LinkedIn
• CS
  Chen Sun Founder

  LinkedIn
• MW
  Mark Wade Founder

  LinkedIn
• MP
  Milos Popovic Founder

  LinkedIn
• RR
  Rajeev Ram Founder
• VS
  Vladimir Stojanovic Founder
• CW
  Charles Wuischpard Chief Executive Officer
• GT
  Garth Thompson Vice President of IT and Support
• KC
  Ken Chang Senior Vice President of Engineering
• LD
  Lisa Dulchinos Chief Financial and Operating Officer
• PT
  Pooya Tadayon VP Packaging and Test
• VG
  Vivek Gupta Chief Strategy Officer

Investors

• AAlchip
• AAMD
• AAMD Ventures
• AAntero Peak Group
• AARK Investment Management
• BBoardman Bay Capital Managementlead investor
• CCastor Ventures
• DDowning Ventureslead investor
• FFounders Fund
• GGlobalFoundries
• GGreycroft
• IIAG Capital Partners
• IInfinitum
• IInsight Partners
• IIntel
• IIntel Capital
• LLight Street Capitallead investor
• LLockheed Martin Ventures
• MMediaTek
• NNautilus Venture Partners
• NNeuberger Bermanlead investor
• NNvidia
• PPage One Ventures
• PPlayground Global
• QQatar Investment Authority
• SSahin Boydas
• SSequoia
• SSGInnovate
• TTechU Ventures
• TTyche Partners
• VVentureTech Alliance
• WWiwynn

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