# Digital Optical Core

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/digital-optical-core

- Industry: Electronics
- Headquarters: Nanjing, China
- Website: www.light-chip.cn
- Latest round: Series A (May 20, 2025)
- Investors on record: 13

## About

Established in 2019 and based in Beijing, China, Digital Optical Core is a professional chip design technology company, dedicated to the localization of digital optical chip technology. The company's core team is from the Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and co-founder & CEO Dr. Lara Huang has a master's degree in microelectronics from the Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. In November 2023, it raised a series A funding co-led by new investors Zhuhai Gree Group and Leaguer Group.

The company has technologies in chip design, chip packaging, control drive and optical integration. The company designs silicon-based CMOS driver ICs through silicon-based active matrix (ActiveMtix) technology, and packages LCDs, LEDs, OLEDs, and LDs onto this active matrix through different packaging forms to finally form a digital light field chip, which main function is to form arbitrary light field graphics that can be controlled by computer digital signals.

The company will use the series A funding for the production of domestic silicon-based display driver wafers, as well as the expansion of human resources, improvement of the R&D process and departmentalized division of labor.

## Funding rounds

- Series A, May 20, 2025 — Zhongshan Dafeng Industrial Investment, FutureX Capital, Shenzhen Futu Private Equity Investment Fund Management, Hengqin IDC, Guangdong Fanghua Xingke Venture Capital Fund Management Co., Ltd
- Series A, Nov 10, 2023 — Nanjing Venture Capital, Leaguer Group, Fibonacci VC, Coastalwin Fund, Zhuhai Gree Group, Qingyuan Investment, Shanhan Hanguang Layer Private Equity Fund Management (Hainan), Beihai Jiazhen Venture Capital

## Investors

- Nanjing Venture Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/nanjing-venture-capital) — Series A
- Leaguer Group (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/leaguer-group) — Series A
- Fibonacci VC (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/fibonacci-vc) — Series A
- Coastalwin Fund — Series A
- Zhuhai Gree Group — Series A
- Qingyuan Investment — Series A
- Shanhan Hanguang Layer Private Equity Fund Management (Hainan) — Series A
- Beihai Jiazhen Venture Capital — Series A
- Zhongshan Dafeng Industrial Investment — Series A
- FutureX Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/futurex-capital) — Series A
- Shenzhen Futu Private Equity Investment Fund Management — Series A
- Hengqin IDC — Series A
- Guangdong Fanghua Xingke Venture Capital Fund Management Co., Ltd — Series A