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USHIO

5440 Cerritos Avenue, Cypress, CA, 90630, USA

Overview

Ushio America is an integrated solutions company for lighting systems and components. Ushio America utilizes xenon short arc, lasers, ultra-high-pressure UV, excimer, metal halide, LEDs, halogen, fluorescent, and miniature incandescent lamps serving semiconductor, printed circuit, video projection, cinema, medical, life sciences, UV curing, germicidal, horticulture, landscaping, graphic arts, flashlight, scientific, medical, infra-red heating, lamp and laser drivers, systems and services, and numerous other applications. Ushio America was founded in 1967 and was headquartered in Cypress, California.

Total investments
1
Lead investments
1
Investments · 12mo
0
Active investors
2

Sector focus

  • Consumer Electronics
  • Consumer Goods
  • Manufacturing
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Investment portfolio

  • Photo Electron Soul

    Led · Equity · Sep 2023

    Photo electron Soul was founded in 2015 as a Nagoya University spinout and is headquartered in Nagoya, Aichi. The company commercializes a semiconductor photocathode electron-beam generation technology developed over more than 30 years at Nagoya University and positions itself as the only supplier of industrial semiconductor photocathode electron-beam generation systems. Its strategy focuses on transitioning to volume production and establishing maintenance and support capabilities while expanding into inspection, metrology, and advanced patterning applications. Photo electron Soul is pursuing strategic partnerships and capital ties—most notably with 芝浦メカトロニクス—to scale manufacturing and access semiconductor clusters in Kumamoto and Taiwan. The company reports cumulative funding of about ¥4.0 billion and is using recent proceeds to accelerate product development, production scale-up, and global customer expansion.

Team

  • William F. Mackenzie

    CEO & President

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  • Robert Ranucci

    Vice President and General Counsel

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