Beacon Photonics
Beacon Photonics is a hardware company in Arlington, United States, founded in 2023. It has raised $390K across 2 rounds, most recently a $140K Grant in May 2025.
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- Headquarters
- Arlington
- Employees
- 11–50
- Founded
- 2023
- Business Model
- B2B
- Website
- beaconphotonics.com
- Total Funding
- $390K
- Last Round
- $140K GrantMay 2025
- Rounds
- 2
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About
Beacon Photonics is an Arlington, Virginia-based deep-tech company that designs integrated photonic microsystems using a proprietary heterogeneous photonics platform, aiming to deliver smaller, higher-performance optical products for communications, high-power, sensing, and quantum applications. It was co-founded by CEO Gordon Keeler, a former DARPA program manager, and CTO Christopher Poulton, and serves both commercial and national-security customers by disrupting laser and optics markets historically dominated by expensive, hand-built products. In 2026 the company became the first industry member of UC Santa Barbara's OASIS innovation hub, establishing a 'Beacon West' R&D site near UCSB's photonics research community.
Summary
It lists 11–50 employees. It has raised $390K in total across 2 rounds, most recently a $140K Grant round in May 2025.
Funding History
May 2025
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Funding: Grant. Amounts, valuations, and investors where available.
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