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Skorpios Technologies is a technology company.
Skorpios Technologies develops integrated optical modules and subsystems through its proprietary Tru-SiPh platform. This technology integrates active III-V optical components directly onto silicon wafers via wafer-scale manufacturing. Their approach yields compact, hermetically sealed, temperature-insensitive photonic circuits, providing advanced optical solutions for direct detect, coherent, co-packaged optics, and Lidar systems.
Skorpios Technologies was co-founded in July 2009 by Stephen Krasulick and Lisa Albrecht. Krasulick, an executive from Optium Corporation and AT&T Bell Laboratories, and Albrecht, from Emcore Corporation and various startups, identified a critical need to simplify and reduce traditional photonics manufacturing costs. Their founding insight was to establish a disruptive, integrated silicon photonics platform for high-volume production.
The company’s products serve diverse markets, including ethernet pluggable modules, co-packaged optics, Lidar, and biosensors. Skorpios’s vision is to deliver a scalable, high-performance wafer-scale platform, providing compact, long-lived, and uncooled active optical elements. This advances optical functionality, enabling next-generation communication products across various industries.
Skorpios Technologies has raised $66.0M across 4 funding rounds.
Skorpios Technologies has raised $66.0M in total across 4 funding rounds.
Skorpios Technologies has raised $66.0M across 4 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $25.0M Series D in February 2015.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 2015 | $25M Series D | — | Cottonwood Technology Fund | Announced |
| Dec 1, 2013 | $20M Series C | — | Cottonwood Technology Fund | Announced |
| Nov 29, 2011 | $2M Series B Plus | — | Cottonwood Technology Fund, Ericsson, Nokia, SUN Mountain Capital | Announced |
| Sep 1, 2011 | $19M Series B | — | Cottonwood Technology Fund | Announced |
Skorpios Technologies has raised $66.0M in total across 4 funding rounds.
Skorpios Technologies's investors include Cottonwood Technology Fund, Ericsson, Nokia, Sun Mountain Capital.
Skorpios Technologies is a silicon‑photonics company that designs and manufactures highly integrated optical modules and subsystems for high‑speed communications, using a CMOS‑compatible heterogeneous integration process that embeds lasers, modulators and detectors on silicon to deliver compact, temperature‑insensitive, wafer‑scale photonic devices for data center and telecom applications[2][5].[1]
High‑Level Overview
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Quick Take & Future Outlook
Skorpios’ combination of wafer‑scale heterogeneous integration, known‑good die testing and a stated manufacturing scale positions it to be a notable player in the transition to high‑volume, lower‑cost silicon photonics for data center and telecom optical interconnects, provided it converts demonstrations and partnerships into reproducible, high‑yield production[2][4][5].