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Samsung Backs DigiLens with Investment

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The waveguide developer, DigiLens, has attracted an unspecified investment from Samsung Electronics that values the firm at $500 million. Also involved in the funding are Samsung Electro-Mechanics, Diamond Edge Ventures, the …

Tags:Investment| Samsung

SigmaSense Closes $24M Series B Funding Round

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A couple of weeks ago, touch controller developer, SigmaSense, said that it has closed a series B funding round of $24 million. The company has also added an ex-VP of Worldwide …

Tags:Investment| Semiconductors| Touch Market

Badger by Satellite Displays is live on StartEngine

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We reported on Badger, a start-up that is developing ‘smart badges’ based on EPD displays. The firm aims to use the technology to provide ‘real time close captioning’ (Badger Adds Subtitles …

Tags:EPD (Electrophoretic)| Investment| Medical

Zoom Invests in DTEN Collaboration Device Partner

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Zoom has invested in DTen, a firm that has been working closely with Zoom to develop optimised hardware. No figures were give, but DTen said that the investment would help the …

Tags:Investment| VideoConferencing

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BrightSign Accepts Majority Investment from Graham Partners

by Artem Alekseenko

BrightSign, LLC®, the global market leader in digital signage media players, announced that Graham Partners has made a significant investment in the company. Graham Partners is a private investment firm targeting technology-driven advanced manufacturing …

Tags:Brightsign| Digital Signage| Investment

Peak Nanosystems Gains Backing for Thin Optics

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Peak Nanosystems of Ohio has received $25 million in funding to help boost its production of gradient index (GRIN) optics. The company makes nano-layered polymer GRIN optics that mean that the …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Investment| Mixed Reality| Optics| Virtual Reality

P&H Tech signs deal with Dupont for OLED materials

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reports that P&H Tech of Korea has signed a deal with Dupont to supply ‘longer life’ blue materials. Earlier this year, P&H said it planned to boost its capacity …

Tags:DuPont| Investment| OLED Materials| Supply Chain

Magic Leap Raises More Money

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Magic Leap has raised $500 million on a valuation of $2 billion (down from the $6.4 billion valuation in 2019). CNBC interviewed CEO, Peggy Johnson, during which the new headset was …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Financial Data| Investment

Holograms get real: Startup creates objects out of light and thin air

by Bob Raikes

What They Say An article by CNet drew our attention to a Silicon Valley start-up that is developing light field displays, Light Field Lab. Investors in the firm include Samsung, Comcast and Verizon. According …

Tags:Holographic Displays| Investment| R&D (Research & Development)

Links Week Ending 24th September 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the second part of this week. ‘An Invitation – A Colour the Trails …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Batteries| Europe| Germany| Interactive Displays| Investment| LG Electronics (LGE)| Smartphones| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| SVOD| TVs (TV Sets)| USB

LG Display to Boost Vietnam OLED Capacity

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Reuters reported that the Vietnam government has licensed LG Display to invest $1/4 billion in the city of Hai Phong for OLED module assembly. The report said that 10,000 new jobs …

Tags:Investment| LG Displays (LGD)| OLED Fabs