# LAFORGE Optical funding: rounds and investors

> LAFORGE Optical has raised $2.3M across 3 rounds since 2014. Investors include Bantam Group and Somo Optical. Every round with its source.

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

United States · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *LAFORGE Optical*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 2 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$2.3M** raised across 3 rounds since 2014, from 3 sources

**$1.1M** Seed **$525K** Venture **$675K** Seed

- **Latest round:** Seed, $675K May 2016
- **Biggest round:** $1.1M Seed · Nov 2014
- **Step-up i:** 1.3×
- **Investors:** 2

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## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2015 2016

**$1.1M** Seed

**$525K** Venture

**$675K** Seed

- **First round:** Seed, $1.1M
- **Biggest round:** $1.1M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 9 months

## The rounds

- **May 2016** Seed **$675K** *1 new* [Bantam Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bantam-group) Source recorded
- **Aug 2015** Venture **$525K** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record SEC filing: $525K sold, first sale Jul 2015
- **Nov 2014** Seed **$1.1M** *1 new* [Somo Optical](https://millionrounds.com/fund/somo-optical) From a historical funding record

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 1 on the team.

- **Corey Mack** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Rudy Mazzochi* *Seung Chong Shin*

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Seed** 2014 **Venture** 2015 **Seed** 2016 [Bantam Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bantam-group) [Somo Optical](https://millionrounds.com/fund/somo-optical)

## Everyone who backed them

[Bantam Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bantam-group) VC firm **1** round

[Somo Optical](https://millionrounds.com/fund/somo-optical) VC firm **1** round

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## Quick answers about LAFORGE Optical

### Who invested in LAFORGE Optical?

LAFORGE Optical's investors include Bantam Group and Somo Optical.

### How much has LAFORGE Optical raised?

LAFORGE Optical has raised $2.3M across 3 rounds since 2014.

### When did LAFORGE Optical last raise?

LAFORGE Optical's most recent round was a Seed of $675K in May 2016.

### What was LAFORGE Optical's biggest round?

LAFORGE Optical's largest round on record is $1.1M (Seed), in Nov 2014.

### Who backed LAFORGE Optical first?

LAFORGE Optical's first round on record, in Nov 2014, was backed by Somo Optical.

### What stage is LAFORGE Optical at?

LAFORGE Optical's latest named round is a Seed, in May 2016.

### Where is LAFORGE Optical based?

LAFORGE Optical is based in the United States.

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