IAG Capital Partners

IAG Capital Partners, LLC is a private equity and venture capital firm established in 2017 and headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina. The firm specializes in early-stage investments as well as recapitalizations and growth capital across various sectors, including life sciences, data-based software-as-a-service, artificial intelligence, and infrastructure. IAG Capital Partners employs a flexible investment strategy, utilizing common equity, preferred equity, convertible debt, mezzanine debt, structured facilities, and senior secured financing to support its portfolio companies. The firm aims to be a sole source of financing while also collaborating with other debt and equity investors during investment rounds.

Alonso Galván

Co-Founder and Partner

Ehsan Jabbarzadeh Ph.D

Venture Partner

Alex Kash

Associate

Dennis Sacha

Partner

Joel Whitley

Partner

Past deals in Laser

Ayar Labs

Series D in 2024
Ayar Labs, Inc. specializes in the development of optical interconnect chiplets and lasers designed to enhance data transmission capabilities in various applications, including artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, cloud computing, telecommunications, and aerospace. The company's flagship product, TeraPHY, is a high-density electronic-photonic chiplet that utilizes a monolithic in-package optical I/O solution to facilitate high bandwidth and low latency connections. Ayar Labs aims to disrupt the conventional performance and efficiency standards in the semiconductor industry by providing power-efficient optical interconnects that replace traditional electrical I/O. This technology effectively addresses compute and bandwidth bottlenecks, particularly in the context of complex AI systems, enabling improved computing efficiency and performance while also reducing costs and power consumption. Founded in 2015, Ayar Labs is headquartered in Emeryville, California, with an additional office in Santa Clara.

Lightsynq

Series A in 2024
Lightsynq specializes in developing optical quantum interconnects, which are crucial components for large-scale quantum computers. Their platform employs integrated diamond photonic circuits, designed to be compatible with diverse quantum computing architectures. This technology facilitates fault-tolerant operations, high-fidelity quantum communication, and cross-platform connectivity, thereby addressing the system scaling challenges faced by the quantum computing industry.

Ayar Labs

Series C in 2023
Ayar Labs, Inc. specializes in the development of optical interconnect chiplets and lasers designed to enhance data transmission capabilities in various applications, including artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, cloud computing, telecommunications, and aerospace. The company's flagship product, TeraPHY, is a high-density electronic-photonic chiplet that utilizes a monolithic in-package optical I/O solution to facilitate high bandwidth and low latency connections. Ayar Labs aims to disrupt the conventional performance and efficiency standards in the semiconductor industry by providing power-efficient optical interconnects that replace traditional electrical I/O. This technology effectively addresses compute and bandwidth bottlenecks, particularly in the context of complex AI systems, enabling improved computing efficiency and performance while also reducing costs and power consumption. Founded in 2015, Ayar Labs is headquartered in Emeryville, California, with an additional office in Santa Clara.

Ayar Labs

Series C in 2022
Ayar Labs, Inc. specializes in the development of optical interconnect chiplets and lasers designed to enhance data transmission capabilities in various applications, including artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, cloud computing, telecommunications, and aerospace. The company's flagship product, TeraPHY, is a high-density electronic-photonic chiplet that utilizes a monolithic in-package optical I/O solution to facilitate high bandwidth and low latency connections. Ayar Labs aims to disrupt the conventional performance and efficiency standards in the semiconductor industry by providing power-efficient optical interconnects that replace traditional electrical I/O. This technology effectively addresses compute and bandwidth bottlenecks, particularly in the context of complex AI systems, enabling improved computing efficiency and performance while also reducing costs and power consumption. Founded in 2015, Ayar Labs is headquartered in Emeryville, California, with an additional office in Santa Clara.
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