Kotura Raises $11 Million

MONTEREY PARK, Calif., July 2 -- Kotura Inc., a developer of silicon opto-electronic integrated circuits, announced it has secured $11 million in funding from existing investors ComVentures and ARCH Venture Partners.

Jean-Louis Malinge, CEO of Kotura, said, the new funding round is "a strong endorsement of the progress we have made to date, and the belief of our investors in the future of silicon as the ultimate platform for the integration of photonics and electronics. With this additional investment we can continue to leverage the advantages of silicon CMOS technologies to develop next-generation opto-electronic technologies and products."

Kotura develops, manufactures and sells silicon integrated opto-electronics products for the optical communications industry. Its initial product was the UltraVOA variable optical attenuator array.

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