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Siros Technologies Receives $17M
March 5, 2002
By Bob Woods
Siros Technologies Inc., a developer of new components and subsystems for high-bandwidth optical communications, said it has successfully completed a $17 million funding round from new and existing investors.
This investment brings the total capital commitment in Siros' optical transmission technology to more than $32 million, with the new round led by new investor Austin Ventures. Other investors included new entrants Applied Materials Ventures and Vortex Partners. Existing investors also participated in the round, including New Enterprise Associates (NEA), New Venture Partners, CMEA Ventures, Citigroup, Parker Price Venture Capital, Milepost Ventures and Lowenthal Capital.
Siros said it will use the funding to commercialize its high-power Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VCSELs) for metro access, metro core, and long-haul optical network applications.
"The winners in today's optical components and subsystems market will be the companies that can significantly reduce costs while offering more deployment flexibility," said Ed Olkkola, general partner of Austin Ventures and newly appointed Siros board member. "By combining the low cost of VCSEL-based technology with the power to support any optical networking application, Siros is breaking down the barriers to profitable deployments of high-performance optical networking systems as never before."
As traffic demands in today's optical networks continue to increase, low-cost, high-performance components and subsystems will be an enabling factor for existing and emerging network deployments, Siros said. Lasers and modulators can represent as much as 30 percent of a DWDM system's cost, and the high price of transmitters has limited deployment of these systems in both metro and long-haul networks. Siros has developed a new high-power VCSEL-based component that can be reliably produced in volume at a fraction of the cost of other solutions and will offer it in an industry standard package for rapid integration.
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