CHIRAL PHOTONICS INC
Pine Brook, NJ · Founded 2011 · CIK 0001518224 · Defense
Military-grade multicore fiber (MCF) connectors with low insertion loss and crosstalk specifications
- Grants
- $1.9M
- 2 awards
- Sector median: 2
- Raised
- $2.0M
- 1 Form D · Apr 2011
- 186 months since last filing
- Contracts
- —
- No federal contracts on record
- Patents
- 40
- 25 granted · 15 pending
- Sector median: 0
Capital Timeline
Federal ↑Equity ↓201020122014201620182020
| Date | Event | Source | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Private capital raised | Form D · SEC | $2,000,000 | |
| Federal grant | Department of Defense · Phase II · Scalable PROFA-based Talbot Array for High-Power Coherent Combining at 2 m | $749,993 | |
| Federal grant | Department of Defense · Phase II · Multicore Fiber Optic Connector for Wideband Digital and Analog Photonic Links | $1,125,745 |
Federal grant · SBIR/STTRForm D · SEC
Peer position
| # | Company | Contracts | Disclosed equity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1214 | ADAPTIVE METHODS, INC. | — | — |
| 1215 | Synthetaic, Inc. | — | $32M |
| 1216 | BLACKSKY GEOSPATIAL SOLUTIONS, INC. | — | — |
| 1217 | CHIRAL PHOTONICS INC | — | $2.0M |
| 1218 | Coda Octopus Group, Inc. | — | $5.0M |
| 1219 | PROMETHEAN POWER SYSTEMS INC | — | $364K |
| 1220 | NAL Research Corporation | — | — |
Ranked on federal contract value rather than capital raised. The equity column is the comparison worth making — companies at the same procurement position often sit at very different points in their funding history.
Founders & Team
- GARY BARNETTDirector
- DAN NEUGROSCHLExecutive Officer
Patents
- Wavelength Division Multiplexers For Space Division Multiplexing (sdm-wdm Devices)application
- Multichannel Optical Coupler Arraygranted
- Fanout Device For Multicore Fiber Cableapplication
- Wavelength Division Multiplexers For Space Division Multiplexing (sdm-wdm Devices)granted
- Multicore Fiber Attenuatorapplication
- Multichannel Optical Coupler Arraygranted
- Space Division Multiplexersgranted
- Passive Aligning Optical Coupler Arraygranted
- Optical Fiber Connectors For Rotational Alignmentgranted
- Multichannel Optical Couplergranted
- Multichannel Optical Couplergranted
- Polarization Maintaining Optical Fiber Arraygranted
Regulatory activity · Defense
- Danger Zone; Waters of Carr Creek and Whitehall Bay in the Vicinity of the Naval Support Activity AnnapolisEngineers Corps
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Trade Agreements ThresholdsNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
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