Etaphase, Incorporated
Optical switching devices using hyperuniform photonic bandgap materials for high-speed datacenter interconnects
- Sector
- Semiconductors
- Headquarters
- REDMOND, WA
- Founded
- 2012
- Latest Form D
- $975K, Dec 2017
- Total capital
- $2.9M
- Federal grants
- $750K
- 1 award · 2015
- Rank in peer group#9 of 49
- Private capital raised
- $1.2M
- 3 Form D · last Dec 2017
- 107 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- $1M
- 1 award · Interior
- Rank in Semiconductors#122 of 707
- Granted patents
- 3
- first 2016
- Rank in peer group#11 of 49
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal contractInterior · SBIR Phase II$1M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$975K
- Federal grantNSF · Phase II · SBIR Phase II: Enabling Ultra-Compact Photonic Integrated Circuits with Designed Disordered Dielectrics$750K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$50K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$129K
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Standing among 49 peers
Line = medianSemiconductors · Device
- Federal grants#9 · top 18%
- Granted patents#11 · top 22%
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Ruth Ann Benedict MullenResearcherExecutive OfficerLinked by 3 patents
- Christopher SomogyiExecutive Officer, Director, PromoterNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Doug LockieExecutive Officer, Director, PromoterNamed in SEC Form D filings
- James Benedict ShawDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- John GustafsonDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Joseph KoepnickDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
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- Michael Ben Weber-GrabauPromoterNamed in SEC Form D filings
- William Benedict ColleranDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 3 granted of 3- GrantedOptical Structures and Hyperuniform Disordered MaterialUSPTOUS 10,031,288
- GrantedHyperuniform Disordered Material With Resonant StructuresUSPTOUS 9,720,172
- GrantedHyperuniform Disordered Material With Perforated Resonant StructureUSPTOUS 9,519,104
Related companies, and why
- Gigajot Technology, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Semiconductors · $1.1M in contracts
- BRIGHTLIGHT PHOTONICS, INCSimilar federal contract value in Semiconductors · $1.1M in contracts
- SECUREFOUNDRY INCSimilar federal contract value in Semiconductors · $1M in contracts
- FIREFLY PHOTONICS LLCSimilar federal contract value in Semiconductors · $1M in contracts
- QUANTTERA LLCSimilar federal contract value in Semiconductors · $1.0M in contracts
- GREEN MOUNTAIN SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.Similar federal contract value in Semiconductors · $985K 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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Data freshness
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