Startup · United States
Lucidean
HQ Goleta, CaliforniaFounded 20221-10 employeesUpdated
Lucidean Raises Series Seed Funding to Accelerate Next-Gen Coherent Optical Links for Data Cen...
Federal Obligations by Year (All USAspending, as Reported at the Time)
| Fiscal year | Direct: contracts |
|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | $140K |
| FY2025 | $1.1M |
| FY2023 | $0 |
| FY2022 | $173K |
Direct is the company's own reviewed UEIs. Reported by USAspending is subsidiaries as reported by USAspending: recipients that name this company as their parent, not yet reviewed ownership.
Directly matched recipients (up to 12)
UEIs matched to this organization, largest obligations first. Subsidiary recipients are not included in this list; their attributed obligations can appear in the company totals above.
- LUCIDEAN, INC · SHQXVR623JG7 · $1.5M
Each action is credited by the ownership basis shown in its column. Reported-parent rows count for Lucidean only for the period a subsidiary reported Lucidean as its parent; reviewed links follow their reviewed dates. Net of de-obligations; these are obligations, not ceilings. They come from the whole USAspending baseline (every recipient size, contracts and assistance) and are a separate view from the curated contract totals on this page. FY2026 and later are partial, as on Markets.
Funding1 round · $18.0M
- Equity raised
- $18.0M
- Latest
- $18.0MSeed · Dec 24, 2025
| Announced | Stage | Amount | Valuation | Lead investors | Other investors | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 2025 | Seed | $18.0M | — | Entrada Ventures, Koch Disruptive Technologies | Cerberus Ventures, Foothill Ventures, M Ventures, Raptor Group | Reported |
- Seed$18.0MDec 24, 2025
Raised counts equity rounds; debt, secondary sales and grants are totaled separately. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the announcement month's average rate. A ~ marks an estimated or converted amount.
People3
| Person | Role |
|---|---|
| Aaron Maharry | Co-CTO and Co-Founder |
| Hector Andrade · LinkedIn ↗ | Co-CTO and Co-Founder |
| James Raring | Chief Executive Officer |
Sources6
Profile3
- 1
Lucidean · Supports Organization · description, Organization · name, Organization · website
“Lucidean Raises Series Seed Funding to Accelerate Next-Gen Coherent Optical Links for Data Cen...”
- 2
PitchBook · Supports Organization · country, Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · linkedin url
“country: US”
- 3
Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · kind
“{"group": "startups", "id": "895f773d-c979-43c5-bd1a-f4cebc4b12f8", "name": "Lucidean"}”
Funding1
- 4
VC News Daily · Dec 24, 2025 · Supports Funding round, Funding round · amount, Organization · ownership
“The Seed funding was co-led by Entrada Ventures and Koch Disruptive Technologies (KDT), with participation from Foothill Ventures, M Ventures, Cerberus Ventures, and Raptor Group.”
People2
- 5
Crunchbase · Supports Organization · country, Organization · employee range, Organization · hq city, Organization · linkedin url, Role
“country: US”
- 6DatabaseLucidean company profile
Octen Business Search · Supports Organization · hq region, Role
“hq_region: California (profile: 7127 Hollister Ave, Ste 25A-136; Goleta, California, United States)”
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