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Xscape Photonics: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)

Xscape Photonics offers photonic chips designed for fast connections in advanced computing systems and data centers. By utilizing photonics technology, the company delivers solutions that are scalable, energy-efficient, cost-effective, and capable of supporting the future's AI, ML, and simulation hardware.

www.xscapephotonics.com LinkedIn New York, United States 1-10 employees
Artificial Intelligence Data Center Information Technology Semiconductor Simulation B2B
Total raised
$84.0M
Rounds
3
Latest
Series A
Mar 2026

Xscape Photonics has raised $84.0M across 3 funding rounds on record, the most recent a Series A of $37.0M announced in Mar 2026.

That round is above the $5.5M median round size for Artificial Intelligence companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Xscape Photonics Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$84.0M
across 3 rounds on record
Funding rounds on record
3
Latest funding round
Series A
$37.0M in Mar 2026
Employees
1-10
reported band
Headquarters
New York, United States

Latest funding round on record: Mar 2026.

Xscape Photonics Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Series A
$37.0M
Series A
$44.0M
Seed
$3.0M

Xscape Photonics raised $3.0M in a Seed announced in Aug 2023.

1.2 years later, a Series A of $44.0M was announced in Oct 2024.

1.4 years later, a Series A of $37.0M was announced in Mar 2026.

Xscape Photonics Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Ethan Lipson
Founder
Vivek Raghunathan
Founder
Locked
Yoshi Okawachi
Founder

Contact details for the Xscape Photonics team: 1 of 3 have an email address on file, 1 has a LinkedIn profile.

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Xscape Photonics Funding Compared to Other Artificial Intelligence Startups

Segment
Companies
Median round
29,722
$7.5M
8,352
$15M

Xscape Photonics' latest round of $37.0M is above the median round in Artificial Intelligence. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Xscape Photonics Funding FAQs

What does Xscape Photonics do?

Xscape Photonics offers photonic chips designed for fast connections in advanced computing systems and data centers. By utilizing photonics technology, the company delivers solutions that are scalable, energy-efficient, cost-effective, and capable of supporting the future's AI, ML, and simulation hardware.

How much funding has Xscape Photonics raised?

Xscape Photonics has raised $84.0M across 3 rounds on record. The most recent is a Series A of $37.0M announced in Mar 2026.

When did Xscape Photonics last raise funding?

Xscape Photonics' most recent funding round on record is a Series A of $37.0M, announced in Mar 2026.

Who founded Xscape Photonics?

FundedIQ lists Ethan Lipson (Founder), Vivek Raghunathan (Founder), Yoshi Okawachi (Founder) at Xscape Photonics.

Where is Xscape Photonics headquartered?

Xscape Photonics is based in New York, United States.

How many employees does Xscape Photonics have?

Xscape Photonics is in the 1-10 employee band.

How does Xscape Photonics' funding compare to other Artificial Intelligence startups?

Xscape Photonics' latest round of $37.0M is above the $5.5M median round size for Artificial Intelligence companies on FundedIQ across 7,233 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's Xscape Photonics Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Xscape Photonics is left off this page rather than filled in.

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