NEXUS PHOTONICS, INC.
Single-chip integrated circuits for quantum and emerging technology applications
- Sector
- Semiconductors
- Headquarters
- Goleta, CA
- Founded
- 2022
- Latest Form D
- $5M, May 2022
- Total capital
- $13.5M
- Federal grants
- $1.8M
- 3 awards · 2021–2023
- 3.0× sector median 1 award
- Private capital raised
- $5M
- 1 Form D · last May 2022
- 54 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- $6.7M
- 4 awards · Defense, NASA
- Rank in Semiconductors#46 of 707
- Granted patents
- 3
- 3 pending · first 2023
- Rank in peer group#81 of 235
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal contractNASA · FY24 SBIR Phase I- Iii/v Nonlinear Sources For Entanglement And Squeezing$150K
- Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase 1 Contract Award$294K
- Federal contractDefense · Embedded Entrepreneurship Initiative$334K
- Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Heterogeneously integrated visible photonic integrated circuit platform with high responsivity photodetectors$150K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$5M
- Federal contractDefense · The Goal Of The Generating RF With Photonic Oscillators For Low Noise (gryphon) Program Is To Develop Compact, Low Noise Microwave Frequency Synthesizers To Enable Advanced Sensing And Communication Applications.$5.9M
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Tunable interferometer in SiN$140K
Show 1 earlier federal award
- Federal grantDefense · Phase II · SiN-based heterogeneous PIC platform around 670 nm$1.5M
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.
Federal first
14months
from NEXUS PHOTONICS, INC.’s first federal award to its first private round.
- First federal award · Mar 2021
- Defense · $1.5M
- First Form D · May 2022
- $5M · 1st Form D
- Awards before first raise
- 3 awards
An association in public records, not a cause or a prediction.
Standing among 235 peers
Line = medianSemiconductors · Device
- Granted patents#81 · top 34%
- Linked publications#1 · top 1%
Cumulative measures favor older companies. Rankings describe position today, not outcome. Below the median, ranks show as a band rather than a number.
Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- John BowersDirector, Executive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Tin KomljenovicDirector, Executive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 3 granted of 6- GrantedPerformance Heterogeneous Lasers And Active ComponentsUSPTOUS 12,620,773
- GrantedHeterogeneous Gan Lasers And Active ComponentsUSPTOUS 12,271,033
- PendingHeterogeneously Integrated SensorUSPTOApplication 18076819
Show all 6 patent records
- Performance Heterogeneous Lasers And Active ComponentsMay 5, 2026 · US 12,620,773Granted
- Heterogeneous Gan Lasers And Active ComponentsApr 8, 2025 · US 12,271,033Granted
- Heterogeneously Integrated SensorJun 13, 2024 · Application 18076819Pending
- Heterogeneously Integrated IlluminatorMay 16, 2024 · Application 17988636Pending
- Heterogeneous Photonic Integrated Circuits With Doped WaveguidesNov 7, 2023 · US 11,808,997Granted
- Heterogeneously Integrated Photonic Platform Supporting Large Effective Mode Area Waveguides And Thermally Optimized Active ComponentsApplication PCTUS2024021877Pending
Recent research by its founders
- Clinical and laboratory characteristics of hidradenitis suppurativa in a Chinese cohort: a retrospective analysis of 197 cases20262 cites
- Heterologous expression, and characterization of chitinase from Kitasatospora setae and its efficient conversion of chitin polymer into chitobiose20261 cites
- Beyond hepatitis C: clinical spectrum and demographic characteristics of anti-rods and rings antibodies in a large ANA-positive cohort20260 cites
Related companies, and why
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- LUMARRAY, INC.Similar federal contract value in Semiconductors · $6.9M in contracts
- OPTIGRATE CORPORATIONSimilar federal contract value in Semiconductors · $6.8M in contracts
- SDPHOTONICS LLCSimilar federal contract value in Semiconductors · $6.3M in contracts
- RECON RF, INC.Similar federal contract value in Semiconductors · $6.2M in contracts
- Custom Mmic Design Services, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Semiconductors · $6.2M 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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