# Salience Labs: Computer hardware, Oxford, United Kingdom > Salience Labs: Salience Labs is a deep-tech semiconductor company based in Oxford, United Kingdom, specializing in all-optical silicon photonic solutions. Source: https://millionrounds.com/startup/salience-labs (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United Kingdom · [Computer hardware startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Salience Labs Salience Labs is a deep-tech semiconductor company based in Oxford, United Kingdom, specializing in all-optical silicon photonic solutions. Funding reported Last round: Seed Computer hardware Oxford, United Kingdom Company summary - **Founded:** 2020 6 years old - **Team:** 66 51 to 200 people - **Funding reported:** 30M as listed, currency not stated - **Last round:** Seed May 2022 How sure we are - ✓ **Listed** We know it exists and what it does - 2 **Funding reported** A company dataset reports a raise - 3 **Observed** A filing or a dated announcement confirms a round No round for Salience Labs has been confirmed by a filing or an announcement yet, so nothing here counts toward an investor's record. [How we decide](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) ## About Salience Labs Salience Labs is a deep-tech semiconductor company based in Oxford, United Kingdom, specializing in all-optical silicon photonic solutions. Founded in 2020, the company emerged from a collaboration between the University of Oxford and the University of Münster. Salience Labs focuses on addressing data bottlenecks in artificial intelligence infrastructure by developing innovative technologies that enhance data processing and movement. The company's flagship offering is the all-optical silicon photonic switch, which uses light to transfer data, eliminating the need for traditional electronic components. This technology significantly reduces latency and power consumption, making it ideal for data centers and AI research facilities. Salience Labs is also working on a Photonic Tensor Processing Unit, designed to execute AI operations with remarkable speed and energy efficiency. With over $45 million in funding, Salience Labs is well-positioned to lead advancements in the Application Specific Semiconductors market, driving the future of AI infrastructure. ## What company datasets say Salience Labs raised Funding, as reported Reported in all **30M** in the source's currency Rounds **2** Last round **Seed** Last round date **May 2022** Investors listed **7** ## Funding filed with regulators Salience Labs filed 10 raises, $147M in all. Filings say how much was sold and to how many investors; they never name the investors. - Mar 2026 **$2.6M** UK share allotment - Jul 2025 **$53M** UK share allotment - Jul 2025 **$49M** UK share allotment - Feb 2025 **$1.5M** UK share allotment - Dec 2024 **$29M** UK share allotment - Dec 2024 **$930K** UK share allotment - Apr 2022 **$319K** UK share allotment - Jan 2022 **$9.3M** UK share allotment - Dec 2021 **$1.3M** UK share allotment - Oct 2021 **$276K** UK share allotment ## Founders and team From Salience Labs's own website: 2 founders, 8 on the team. **Vaysh Kewada** Founder, CEO, Director **Johannes Feldmann** Founder, CTO, Director - **George Rakuljic** VP Product - **Jim Finch** VP Commercial and Market Strategy - **Naresh Satyan** VP Technology - **Tuan Nguyen** VP Engineering - **Dan Armbrust** Chairman - **Dr. Bill Jeffrey** Board Member - **Jalal Bagherli** Board Member - **Matthew Myers** Board Member ## On 3 portfolio pages Investors who name them - [Silicon Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/silicon-catalyst) - [Deeptech Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/deeptech-labs) - [Silicon Catalyst Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/silicon-catalyst-ventures) Each firm lists Salience Labs on its own website. That is the firm's claim, a weaker thing than a round we watched, but a named source. ## The company, in detail What they build Known for compatibility with existing infrastructure all-optical networking optical switch reconfiguration fast switch configuration data movement optimization ai infrastructure information technology & services energy-efficient networking low-loss optical fabric optical network scalability reliable optical fabric semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing scalability ai datacenter networking integrated photonics semiconductors and electronic components manufacturing Built with from their website Google Tag Manager WordPress.org Atlassian Tailwind CSS Font Awesome C++ Google Workspace CloudFlare Viewport Meta Element UI +8 more WP Engine Varnish LabVIEW AI Google Meet Siemens Calibre nmLVS Google Font API Microsoft Exchange - **Sector:** Computer hardware - **Industry code:** NAICS 334413, 334111, SIC 3571 - **Region:** England - **Full record:** [Every detail in the company directory](https://millionrounds.com/directory/salience-labs) ## Computer hardware in United Kingdom Startups like it - [**Quantum Motion** London · founded 2017 *Raised*](https://millionrounds.com/company/quantum-motion) - [**Iceotope** Catcliffe · founded 2005](https://millionrounds.com/startup/iceotope) - [**Light Blue Optics** Cambridge · founded 2004](https://millionrounds.com/startup/light-blue-optics) - [**Tingbot** London · founded 2015](https://millionrounds.com/startup/tingbot) - [**Optalysys** Pontefract · founded 2013](https://millionrounds.com/startup/optalysys) - [**Giraffe360** London · founded 2016](https://millionrounds.com/startup/giraffe360-3) - [**Lumai** Oxford · founded 2022](https://millionrounds.com/startup/lumai-3) - [**R3-IoT Ltd.** Glasgow · founded 2018](https://millionrounds.com/startup/r3-iot-ltd) ## Is this your company? 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