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Quintessent raises $40M

Quintessent announced a Series A round of $40M on 24 August 2026. The company operates in Robotics & Hardware and is based in United States. It was founded by Alan Liu, Co-founder & CEO. Announced 43 days ago.

Raised
$40M
Stage
Series A
Industry
Robotics & Hardware
Country
United States

Founder

Alan Liu
Co-founder & CEO, Quintessent
LinkedIn profilequintessent.com

Outreach angles

  • -Alan Liu co-founded Quintessent and has grown it from an $11.5M seed round in 2024 to a $40M Series A today.
  • -Liu has steered Quintessent's quantum dot comb laser technology from R&D into first product sampling.
  • -The $40M Series A, led by Cycle Capital, will fund Quintessent's transition into commercializing its AI datacenter optical interconnects.

Signals

Series ADeep TechHardwareSecond-Time FounderB2B

Round details

Company: Quintessent
Domain: quintessent.com
Amount: $40M
Stage: Series A
Industry: Robotics & Hardware
Country: United States
Announced: 24 August 2026
Source: announcement

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