# SmartCore Optoelectronics

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/smartcore-optoelectronics

- Industry: Semiconductors
- Headquarters: Shenzhen, China
- Website: www.smartcore.cn/
- Total disclosed funding: $1.5M
- Latest round: Angel (Apr 30, 2026)
- Investors on record: 5

## About

Based in Shenzhen, China and founded in 2022, Shenzhen SmartCore Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., trading under the name SmartCore Optoelectronics, originated from silicon photonics research initiated by Professor Chen at MIT in 2009. The company’s core technology is derived from over a decade of research by a Tsinghua University scientific team and entered industrial incubation in 2019. Since its official establishment, the firm has introduced Tsinghua University's intellectual property as equity and set up a production and R&D base in Changzhou. In April 2026, the company closed an angel++ funding round.

The company's main products include silicon-based integrated external cavity narrow linewidth lasers and high-chirp continuous wave (FMCW) lidar light sources. The company's products are used in the fields of optical fiber sensing and lidar.

The company generates revenue from B2B contracts through the sale of proprietary silicon photonic integrated chips and hybrid integrated laser devices.  

The company plans to use the angel++ funding to accelerate the research, development, and productization of chip-to-chip optical interconnect technologies, with a focus on its SmartComb multi-wavelength light sources and SmartPHY optical I/O chiplets.

## Funding rounds

- Angel, Apr 30, 2026 — Panlin Capital, Zhehua Investment, Tongfang Investment
- Angel, Aug 23, 2022, $1.5M — Vertex Ventures China, Tsinghua Holdings

## Investors

- Vertex Ventures China (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/vertex-ventures-china) — Angel
- Tsinghua Holdings — Angel
- Panlin Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/panlin-capital) — Angel
- Zhehua Investment (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/zhehua-investment) — Angel
- Tongfang Investment — Angel