BEAM Technologies

DeepTech · Tokyo, JP

RIKEN spinout developing human-safe Far-UVC LEDs for sterilization/virus inactivation

Founders

Kazuki Iimura (Japan · ♂) — Spinning research out of RIKEN, he founded BEAM Technologies to develop cutting-edge AlGaN optical semiconductor devices, becoming the first in the world to achieve 1 mW output in a Far-UVC LED for applications like disease prevention and food preservation.

Shares the most investors with (number = shared investors):

Date	Round	Amount
Aug 2024	Seed BEAM Technologies, a RIKEN Far-UVC LED spinout, raised 200M JPY in seed funding led by Tokyo University of Science Innovation Capital with PE&HR and Hamamatsu Photonics CVC (incl. a NEDO grant).	$1.3M
Mar 2022	Series B Beam, a Singapore-based micromobility operator, raised a $93M Series B led by Affirma Capital, with Sequoia Capital India, EDBI and RTP Global participating.	$93M

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