Avicena, LLC

Pasadena, CA · Founded 2014 · Semiconductors · Private

Integrated microLED and photodetector transceiver system with multi-core fiber optics for optical communication

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Sector
Semiconductors
Headquarters
Pasadena, CA
Founded
2014
Latest Form D
$10M offered, Dec 2023
Total capital
$3.1M
Federal grants
None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
Private capital raised
$3.1M
9 Form D · last Dec 2023
35 months since last filing
Federal contracts
None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
Granted patents
1
1 pending · first 2026
Rank in peer group#96 of 224

Capital timeline

20142016201820202022FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $58.1M3rd Form D$1.7M6th Form D$14M
20142016201820202022FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $58.1M

Latest events

  • Offering registeredForm D · SEC · 9th filing$10M
  • Offering registeredForm D · SEC · 8th filing$15M
  • Offering registeredForm D · SEC · 7th filing$12M
  • Offering registeredForm D · SEC · 6th filing$14M
  • Offering registeredForm D · SEC · 5th filing$4M
  • Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 4th filing$573K
  • Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$1.7M
  • Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$300K
  • Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$600K

Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.

Standing among 224 peers

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Semiconductors · Device

  • Granted patents#96 · top 43%

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Founders and team

From SEC Form D filings
  • FGG, LLCDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
  • Henry WolfDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
  • Keith DawkinsDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
  • Ken CharhutDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
  • Matthew TasoojiDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
  • Morteza GharibDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Show all 8 people
  • Mory GharibDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
  • Sean BradyExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings

What it has protected

USPTO · 1 granted of 2
  • MIMOSA SYSTEMS INCSimilar federal contract value in Semiconductors · null in contracts
  • RF ARRAYS INCSimilar federal contract value in Semiconductors · null in contracts
  • NYXIO TECHNOLOGIES CorpSimilar federal contract value in Semiconductors · null in contracts
  • Polaris Electro-Optics, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Semiconductors · null in contracts
  • CAUSTIC GRAPHICS INCSimilar federal contract value in Semiconductors · null in contracts
  • SemiNex CorpSimilar federal contract value in Semiconductors · null in contracts

Sources

Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.

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