Light Polymers develops water-based lyotropic liquid crystal chemistries and nanochemistry materials aimed at LCD and OLED flat panel displays, LED lighting, advanced building materials, and biomedical uses. The company says its chemistry is easy to apply and has undergone extensive application and commercialization research. Its OLED chemistry is in trial stages with multiple potential commercialization partners, and the company is working with industry partners to advance industrial OLED printing. R&D operations are located in Silicon Valley, Taiwan, and Korea, and the company was founded in 2013 in San Francisco. Light Polymers recently closed a $5 million Series B strategic round that it will use to fund strategic projects and a related acquisition to be announced. As part of its China strategy, the company plans to set up a joint development laboratory in Songshan Lake with TICD/Tsingda. Light Polymers, founded in January 2013 and based in South San Francisco, is a nanochemistry company specializing in lyotropic liquid crystals. Its chemistries target OLED and LCD flat-panel displays as well as LED lighting, advanced building materials, and biomedical applications. The company operates R&D facilities in Silicon Valley, Taiwan and Korea. Light Polymers raised $24.3m in a Series A round led by a consortium of private investors. It intends to use the funds to expand R&D, commercialize its OLED display chemistry, and pursue a planned acquisition. Marc McConnaughey serves as President and CEO.

Total raised

$29M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Series B

Latest activity

Jul 2017