# Astra Optics

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/astra-optics

- Industry: Industrial Machinery
- Headquarters: Hefei, China
- Latest round: Angel (Feb 20, 2025)
- Investors on record: 2

## About

Based in Hefei, China, and founded in 2024, Astra Optics Limited is a 3D nano company that researches nanotechnology and 3D printing. The company has acquired the world-class Global Top 100 Technology Research and Development (R&D 100) Top 100 Innovation Invention Awards. The founder, Shiqi Chen, is a professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and a fellow of the International Society for Optical Engineering. In 2003, the company developed a six-axis nanopositioner. In 2018, it developed an ultrafast nanoscale 3D printer. In October 2024, Astra Optics Limited closed an angel funding from new investor Guohua Sanxin Fund. In February 2025, the firm raised angel funding led by new investor Anhui Guoyao Venture Capital Management.

The company has developed a prototype of nano-ultrafast 3D printing equipment, which can support 3D structure printing of resins, metals, semiconductors and biological proteins. The company's 3D printing equipment is based on the femtosecond light sheet system-two-photon surface projection technology. The company generates revenue by developing nano-ultrafast 3D printing equipment prototypes. The company will use the angel funding for accelerating the industrialization of its world-leading femtosecond light sheet system (FLS) technology and providing disruptive manufacturing solutions for optics, medical treatment, new energy and other fields.

## Funding rounds

- Angel, Feb 20, 2025 — Anhui Guoyao Venture Capital Management
- Angel, Oct 16, 2024 — Goofar Sanxin Fund

## Investors

- Goofar Sanxin Fund (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/goofar-sanxin-fund) — Angel
- Anhui Guoyao Venture Capital Management (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/anhui-guoyao-venture-capital-management) — Angel