# Staera Semiconductor funding rounds and investors

As of 14 Nov 2026, Staera Semiconductor has raised $4.6M across 1 verified round on record; latest: US$4.6 million pre-seed round led by Investec and Openspace Ventures, announced 10 Nov 2026.

Designs the technology that lets modern hardware scale, by carrying data on light instead of electricity

Website: https://www.staera.ai/  
Headquarters: Singapore  
Page: https://fireround.dev/companies/staera.ai

## Verified rounds

| Announced | Round | Amount | Lead investors | Other investors | Sources |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-11-10 | Pre-seed | US$4.6 million | Investec, Openspace Ventures | 28 Holdings, Black Kite Capital, Decimus Technologies, SGInnovate (Singapore) | [prnewswire.com](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/staera-semiconductor-emerges-from-stealth-with-us4-6-million-to-build-light-into-the-chip-and-break-ais-data-bottleneck-302934648.html), [einpresswire.com](https://www.einpresswire.com/article/955958901/staera-semiconductor-emerges-from-stealth-with-us-4-6-million-to-break-ai-s-data-bottleneck), [dailyaibrief.com](https://dailyaibrief.com/news/staera-raises-4-6-million-optical-links-ai-chips-Pbzw165A) |

Source: Fireround (https://fireround.dev), an open-source funding feed. Each round is checked against the pages listed with it.