About Us
Founded in 2015, Vertilite, as an innovative start-up company, develops and markets high power and high speed VCSEL (vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser) and module solutions.
Consisting of experienced scientists and engineers from the industry, Vertilite has successfully released products of high performance for diversified applications in 3D sensing, optical communications, industrial automation, biomedical applications, automotive applications, consumer electronics and LiDAR solutions.
- Journey
2015
Shanghai Vertilite Optoelectronics (上海纵慧光电) founded
Raised 30 million RMB in Round A
- Journey
2016
Supply chain upgraded to 6-inch wafers
850nm PCE>30%
- Journey
2017
850nm 940nm PCE>40%
- Journey
2018
Changed to Vertilite Co., Ltd. (常州纵慧芯光)
Raised over 100 million RMB in Round B
Entered Tier1 Android smartphone supply chain
850nm 940nm PCE>45%
- Journey
2019
Raised over 100 million RMB in Round B+
Chip shipment >10 million per year
6-inch epi production line built
- Journey
2020
Passed AEC-Q102
Raised over 100 million RMB total in Round C1 and C2
Chip shipment >10 million per year
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2021
Passed IATF16949 certification
Raised hundreds of millions RMB in Round C3
Automotive-grade products shipping in volume
Started by several Ph.D. graduates from Stanford University, Vertilite is equipped with an excellent R&D and technology team graduating from Stanford, Duke, Yale, Tsinghua, Peking and Chinese Academy of Sciences and having extensive industrial experience in chip design, epitaxial growth and wafer processing and module packaging.
Vertilite has been awarded with National High-Tech Enterprise, Jiangsu Innovation and Venture Talent Unit, and been rated as a Potential Unicorn Enterprise in Southern Jiangsu and won the Technology and Science Innovation award. Vertilite also has been selected as Member of Smart Manufacture Branch of China Machine Industry Union, and has won the honor of Changzhou Intelligent Workshop, District Growth Enterprise and Intelligent Manufacture.
Vertilite has passed IS09001, ISO14001, ISO45001, QC080000 and adopted ERP management system to strengthen process control and allocate resources scientifically. Vertilite has passed AEC-Q102 in 2020, and won IATF16949 Letter of Conformity in 2021, which satisfies the requirements of automotive quality management standards.
Headquartered in Changzhou, Vertilite also operates offices in Shanghai in China, Silicon Valley in the USA, Seoul in Korea, Hsinchu in Taiwan and Kwun Tong in Hongkong.