Quintessent Overview
- Founded
- 2019
- Status
- Private
- Employees
- 8
- Latest Deal Type
- Seed
- Latest Deal Amount
- $5.5M
- Investors
- 6
Quintessent General Information
Description
Developer of optical connectivity technology designed to accelerate large-scale AI and ML computing systems. The company's photonic integrated circuits comprise advanced semiconductor materials and laser architectures that concede the scaling of high bandwidth communication channels in optical networks powering the cloud and deep learning systems, enabling clients to develop applications in optical networking, deep learning systems, and sensing.
Contact Information
Website
www.quintessent.com
Ownership Status
Privately Held (backing)
Financing Status
Venture Capital-Backed
Primary Industry
Application Specific Semiconductors
Primary Office
- Post Office Box 479
- Santa Barbara, CA 93102
- United States
Quintessent Timeline
Quintessent Valuation & Funding
| Deal Type | Date | Amount | Raised to Date | Post-Val | Status | Stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4. Seed Round | 30-Dec-2021 | $5.5M | 00.000 | 000.00 | Completed | Generating Revenue |
| 3. Grant | 01-Jan-2021 | 00.000 | 00.000 | Completed | Generating Revenue | |
| 2. Seed Round | 23-Sep-2019 | $1.17M | $1.17M | 00.00 | Completed | Generating Revenue |
| 1. Accelerator/Incubator | Completed | Startup |
Quintessent Cap Table
| Stock | # of Shares Authorized |
Par Value | Dividend Rate (%) | Original Issue Price |
Liquidation | Liquidation Pref. Multiple |
Conversion Price | % Owned |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed-2 | 0,000,000 | 00.000000 | 00 | 00.0 | 00.0 | 00 | 00.0 | 00.00 |
| Seed | 0,000,000 | 00.000000 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00 | 00.00 | 00.000 |
Quintessent Patents
Quintessent Recent Patent Activity
| Publication ID | Patent Title | Status | First Filing Date | Technology (CPC) | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US-20210325604-A1 | Passive compensation of non-uniform channel characteristics of spectrally selective device arrays in multiwavelength photonic integrated circuits | Pending | 16-Apr-2020 | 00000000000 | |
| US-20210215874-A1 | System comprising an integrated waveguide-coupled optically active device and method of formation | Granted | 15-Jan-2020 | 00000000000 | |
| US-11131806-B2 | System comprising an integrated waveguide-coupled optically active device and method of formation | Active | 15-Jan-2020 | 0000000000 | 00 |
| US-20210215875-A1 | Optically active waveguide and method of formation | Granted | 15-Jan-2020 | 00000000000 | |
| US-11150406-B2 | Optically active waveguide and method of formation | Active | 15-Jan-2020 | G02B6/1228 | 00 |
Quintessent Executive Team (3)
Quintessent Board Members (3)
| Name | Representing | Role | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Liu Ph.D | Quintessent | Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer & Board Member | 000 0000 |
| Alexander Fang Ph.D | Entrada Ventures | Board Member | 000 0000 |
| John Bowers Ph.D | Self | Chairman | 000 0000 |
Quintessent Signals
Growth Rate
0.80%
Weekly
Growth
Growth
Weekly Growth
0.80%, 93rd %ile
-35.5%.
530%
Size Multiple
219x
Median
Size Multiple
219x, 100th %ile
0.00x
0.95x.
413Kx
Key Data Points
Twitter Followers
5.5k
Similarweb Unique Visitors
15.0K
Majestic Referring Domains
314
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Request a free trialQuintessent Investors (6)
| Investor Name | Investor Type | Holding | Investor Since | Participating Rounds | Contact Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foothill Ventures | Venture Capital | Minority | 000 0000 | 000000 0 | |
| Sierra Ventures | Venture Capital | Minority | 000 0000 | 000000 0 | |
| National Science Foundation | Government | 000 0000 | 000000 0 | ||
| U.S. Department of Energy | Government | Minority | 000 0000 | 000000 0 | |
| Entrada Ventures | Venture Capital | Minority | 000 0000 | 000000 0 |