FORWARD PHOTONICS LLC
Single-mode laser devices with increased output power
- Sector
- Semiconductors
- Headquarters
- Woburn, MA
- Total capital
- $36.1M
- Federal grants
- $11.5M
- 17 awards · 2015–2025
- Rank in peer group#12 of 72
- Private capital raised
- None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
- Federal contracts
- $24.6M
- 21 awards · Defense
- Rank in Semiconductors#13 of 707
- Granted patents
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal grantDefense · Phase II · SBIR Phase II$1.0M
- Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II$1.0M
- Federal grantDefense · Phase II · BASE$1.2M
- Federal contractDefense · BASE$1.7M
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · SBIR Phase I Topic N241-066$240K
- Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I Topic N241-066$240K
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · High Brightness Illuminator Using Wavelength Beam Combination$150K
Show 31 earlier federal awards
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Wavelength Beam Combination for Multi-Band Countermeasures Applications$240K
- Federal contractDefense · Band Laser$2M
- Federal contractDefense · Army SR2 Phase II$1.1M
- Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Compact High Efficiency High Energy Laser$1.1M
- Federal contractDefense · Laser System Pr# 56-9223-19$40K
- Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Two-Dimensional Surface Emitting Mid-Wave Infrared (MWIR) Quantum Cascade Laser Arrays for High-Power Applications$250K
- Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I - Advanced Epitaxial Design And Growth For High Power Single-mode Laser Diodes$108K
- Federal contractDefense · High-power Quantum Cascade Laser Arrays With On-chip Beam Combining$1.4M
- Federal contractDefense · Sequential Army SR2 Phase II - Research Development - High Power Direct Diode Laser$1.0M
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Advanced Epitaxial Design and Growth for High Power Single-Mode Laser Diodes$108K
- Federal contractDefense · RIF-2018-000602/HQ0642922559$3M
- Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Daytime Marker$1M
- Federal grantDefense · Phase II · High Power Direct Diode Laser$1.0M
- Federal contractDefense · Small Business Innovative Research Contract For Compact High Efficiency High Energy Laser$100K
- Federal contractDefense · Progress Report$225K
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · High Performance Compact Medium-Power Long-Wave Infrared (LWIR) Laser System for Shipboard Deployment$125K
- Federal contractDefense · Labor - Phase II Base Period$1M
- Federal contractDefense · 16-W Mwir Laser$3.2M
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Quantum Cascade Lasers for Multi-Band Daytime Markers$150K
- Federal grantDefense · Phase II · High Power Direct Diode Laser$1.0M
- Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Ultra-High Brightness Mid-Infrared Laser Beam Fiber Combiner for Infrared Counter-Measures Applications$1.1M
- Federal contractDefense · Phase II Research And Development; Igf::ot::igf$1.0M
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Efficient Mid-Wave Infrared Quantum Cascade Lasers with Room-Temperature Wall-Plug Efficiency over 40%$125K
- Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Army SBIR Phase I Base Period$100K
- Federal grantDefense · Phase II · High-Power Mid-Infrared Quantum Cascade Laser Array with Continuous-Wave Output Power Exceeding 100W$200K
- Federal contractDefense · Igf::ct::igf SBIRSOL2015.2$150K
- Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Multi-Function Mid-Wave/Long Wave Infrared Laser$2.5M
- Federal contractDefense · Multi-wavelength Direct Diode Lasers Based On Wavelength Beam Combination For Navy Applications$512K
- Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$999K
- Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$3.9M
- Federal contractDefense · Services To Be Iaw The Sow$1.6M
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 72 peers
Line = medianSemiconductors · Device
- Federal grants#12 · top 17%
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Founders and team
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Checked: USPTO inventors; federal award principal investigators; SEC Form D related persons · Oct 23, 2026
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Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026
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Sources
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