Aluksen Optoelectronics raises 100M CNY Series B extension led by Green Pine Capital

What's the deal? Aluksen Optoelectronics, a Chinese analogue semiconductor designer, has closed a Series B extension round worth 100,000,000 CNY.

Green Pine CapitalDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → (Songhe Capital) led the round, with Wuxi Industrial Capital joining as a follow-on investor.

Aluksen designs analogue, mixed-signal, and optoelectronic integrated chips for optical communication and interconnect.

Its products target long-haul core networks, data centre interconnect (DCI), 5G aggregation and access, and fibre-to-the-home.

The chip lineup includes MZM/EML/DML driver chips, TIA transimpedance amplifiers, and NRZ and PAM4 clock and data recovery chips, spanning speeds from 10Gbps to 800Gbps.

Why now? The fresh capital will fund Aluksen's push into optical-electronic integration, a fast-growing area as data centres race to move ever more data.

Demand for high-speed optical interconnect chips is surging alongside the global build-out of AI infrastructure and 5G networks.

What could go wrong? Aluksen competes in a market dominated by established analogue chip players, and scaling production of advanced 800Gbps solutions is technically demanding.

China's semiconductor sector also faces export controls and supply-chain pressures that could slow expansion.

The signal: Lead investor Green Pine Capital, an investment fund, has thrown its weight behind a breakout-stage designer at a moment when China is racing toward semiconductor self-sufficiency. With corporate backer Wuxing Industrial Investment GroupDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → joining the round, Aluksen pairs financial and strategic capital to push its optical-electronic integration play across speeds from 10Gbps to 800Gbps.