# Double Helix Optics funding: rounds and investors

> Double Helix Optics has raised $1.0M across 1 round since 2018. Investors include Luminate. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/double-helix-optics (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *Double Helix Optics*

One round we have observed, with the one investor named in it. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Manufacturing

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$1.0M** raised across 1 round since 2018, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Round, $1.0M Jul 2018
- **Investors:** 1

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **Jul 2018** Round **$1.0M** [Luminate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/luminate-accelerator) Reported by FinSMEs

## Founders and team

From Double Helix Optics's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 1 founder, 7 on the team.

**Leslie Kimerling** Co-Founder & CEO *Named on its 2021 Form D*

- **Andrew Malik** Chairman
- **Ballard Spahr** Legal Counsel
- **Expand Investments** Chairman
- **Eyal Kaplan** Chairman
- **Steve Dupont** Legal Counsel
- **Sujatha Ramanujan** Managing Director
- **Rafael Piestun** Executive Officer, Director, Promoter i

## Everyone who backed them

[Luminate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/luminate-accelerator) Accelerator **1** round

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## Quick answers about Double Helix Optics

### Who invested in Double Helix Optics?

Double Helix Optics's investors include Luminate.

### How much has Double Helix Optics raised?

Double Helix Optics has raised $1.0M across 1 round since 2018.

### When did Double Helix Optics last raise?

Double Helix Optics's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $1.0M in Jul 2018.

### What was Double Helix Optics's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $1.0M in Jul 2018, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Double Helix Optics first?

Double Helix Optics's first round on record, in Jul 2018, was backed by Luminate.

### What stage is Double Helix Optics at?

Double Helix Optics's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Jul 2018.

### Where is Double Helix Optics based?

Double Helix Optics is based in the United States.

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