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BinOptics attracts $13.3 million in funding

The Ithaca-based manufacturer of lasers and monolithically integrated optoelectronic components is accelerating laser growth

 BinOptics Corporation has closed $13.3 million in new funding.

The firm will use the funding to continue expansion of its product lines and to accelerate development of new products.

Five new investors participated in this round: Advantage Capital Partners, Enhanced Capital Partners, Gefinor Ventures, Onondaga Venture Capital Fund, and Rand Capital. Existing investors ArrowPath Venture Partners, Cayuga Venture Fund, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and FA Technology Ventures also participated.

“This funding enhances our ability to meet strong demand for our current 2.5 Gbps and 10 Gbps Distributed Feedback (DFB) laser products,” said BinOptics Chairman and CEO Alex Behfar. “We look forward to continuing to provide the most innovative and highest value products in the industry to our customers around the world.”

“Advantage Capital Partners is pleased to support BinOptics and its impressive array of unique products,” said Reid Hutchins, Advantage Capital senior vice president, who joins the board. Rand Capital’s President, Allen "Pete" Grum added, “BinOptics has great potential to create new jobs here in upstate New York, another welcome outcome of this funding.” The business currently employs over 50 people, with plans to hire additional engineers and technicians in 2012.

BinOptics, founded in 2000, uses proprietary processes for manufacturing lasers and integrated photonic devices at low cost. In recent years, the company has established a strong global market presence by shipping more than 25 million Fabry-Perot (FP) and DFB lasers in high-growth markets such as EPON (Ethernet Passive Optical Network) and GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Network).

“The current funding will enable BinOptics to leverage its patented laser structures and manufacturing processes to move into new materials and markets,” said Gefinor Ventures’ Chris Davis.

BinOptics, a supplier of compound semiconductor lasers current products include a wide range of FP and DFB lasers as well as lasers with integrated monitoring photodiodes. With modulation speeds up to 10 Gbps, these products provide transceiver and other photonic equipment manufacturers with unprecedented price-performance advantages.

BinOptics also provides custom integrated components for optical systems and subsystems. These solutions deliver exceptional value through cost, size, and power reductions by replacing several discrete components with a monolithic chip.
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