Lumilens

Connectivity Products · San Jose, CA · Founded 2024 · Privately Held (backing)

Developer of photonic interconnects designed for scaling AI compute infrastructure. Lumilens is based in San Jose, CA and was founded in 2024. It was valued at $5.5 billion at its Series C in Aug 2026, the last priced event on record. It has raised $834 million across 4 recorded rounds; the latest was a $700 million Series C in Aug 2026.

PMV mark · valuation
$5.5B
Oct 2026
Priced at
its Series C
Aug 2026
Total raised
$834.4M
Last round
Series C
Aug 2026

Lumilens key facts

as of Oct 2026
  • Developer of photonic interconnects designed for scaling AI compute infrastructure.
  • Lumilens is valued at approximately $5.5B as of Oct 2026, set at its Series C, Aug 2026; nothing has traded since, per PrivateMarketView’s mark.
  • It has raised $834.4M across 4 recorded rounds; the latest was Series C ($700.0M) in Aug 2026.
  • Notable investors include Meritech Capital Partners, Seligman Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, Spark Capital, Peak XV Partners — 23 tracked in total.
  • Status: Privately Held (backing).
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MEDIUM confidence
$5.5B

Valued at $5.5B at its Series C, Aug 2026. Nothing has traded since.

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Lumilens funding rounds

4 rounds
Aug 2026Series C$700.0M▮
May 2025Series B$100.0M▮
May 2024Series A$34.0M▮
Seed Round$400K▮

Lumilens valuation

Lumilens was valued at $5.5 billion at its Series C in Aug 2026. That is the last priced event on record: no secondary trade or institutional fund mark has moved the figure since.

Recent activity

In the last 90 days, Lumilens's record added 1 funding round.

How much has Lumilens raised?

Lumilens has raised $834 million across 4 recorded rounds since 2024. The largest was a $700 million Series C in Aug 2026. 4 of the rounds disclosed a post-money valuation.

Lumilens investors

23 investors are on record for Lumilens, led by Meritech Capital Partners and Seligman Ventures. By type, the record holds 11 venture capital firms, 2 hedge funds and 2 funds of funds. 2 of them led at least one round. The Series C in Aug 2026 drew 10 investors.

About Lumilens

Developer of photonic interconnects designed for scaling AI compute infrastructure. The company's technology uses in-house developed silicon photonics and automated manufacturing to enable cluster-to-cluster and direct GPU-to-GPU architectures, providing AI providers with increased Graphics Processing Unit connection density and infrastructure scalability.

Industry
Connectivity Products
Sector
Information Technology
HQ
San Jose, CA, United States
Founded
2024
Employees
108
Ownership
Privately Held (backing)

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