Venture capitalists go toward the light
LED Light waltzes off calculators and, soon, into homes like yours
Clean-tech venture capitalists have taken a shine to Silicon Valley makers of LEDs and other bright lights, seeing a growing potential for these semiconductor-based light sources in streetlights and parking lots, in concert venues and gymnasiums.
(Mercury News, 05/07/2008)
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Bridgelux adds marketing and sales execs in US and Europe
Bridgelux Inc of Sunnyvale, CA, USA, which designs and makes ITO/InGaN-based LED chips for solid-state lighting (using high-volume production capacity in Asia), has appointed Keith Scott as VP of business development and David Barnby (based in Paris, France) as VP of sales and general manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
(Semiconductor Today, 23 April 2008)
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LED lighting company raises $30 million from VCs
LONDON — Bridgelux Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.), a supplier of LED technology for solid-state lighting founded in 2002, has announced that is it has raised $30 million in private equity investment and approximately $10 million of lines of credit with banks.
(EE Times Europe, 04/08/2008)
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Bridgelux gets $40M new financing
Bridgelux Inc., a supplier of LED technology for high-volume, solid state lighting markets, said Tuesday it received about $40 million in its latest round of financing.
(Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal, Tuesday, April 8, 2008)
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Entrepreneur Magazine selects Bridgelux CTO Heng Liu as a “Next Gen Innovator”
As founder and CTO of Bridgelux, Dr. Heng Liu is selected as one of the technology innovators featured in Entrepreneur Magazine’s cover story
(Entrepreneur Magazine, Sep, 2006)
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Bridgelux is ideally typical of next push in solid state lighting
Bridgelux’s high level of talent and experience in R&D and management is highlighted
(LIGHTimes Online, Aug. 31, 2006): 
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KO series LED chip by Bridgelux pushes barrier for overall light extraction
The scalable KO LED chip series yields a 10-30% increase in light output efficiency and includes the only 60-mil chip available in production volumes today.
(Optics.org, Jul 14, 2006)
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