Lucidean is redefining data-center optics with CohZero™, a coherent-lite architecture that delivers coherent-class reach and signal integrity at IMDD-like power and cost. Founded in Santa Barbara by veterans of compound-semiconductor photonics and advanced optical link design, Lucidean is developing 3.2 Tbps and 6.4 Tbps transceivers for AI-driven fabrics and data-center interconnects.

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Date	Amount	Type	Investors	Valuation
12/24/25	$18,000,000	Seed	Cerberus Ventures Entrada Ventures Foothill Ventures Koch Disruptive Technologies M Ventures Raptor Group	undisclosed