PhotonEdge Ventures
PhotonEdge Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Pasadena, CA investing in Other. The firm typically writes $250K–$2.0M checks and has 1 portfolio company in our records.
- Check size
- $250K–$2.0M
- Portfolio
- 1 company on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Other
- HQ
- Pasadena, CA
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-07-15
Pre-Seed, Seed
$250K – $2.0M
1+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
PhotonEdge Ventures specializes in photonics-based industrial and automotive technologies, with a focus on platforms that enable energy efficiency or replace legacy systems with precision photonic solutions.
How PhotonEdge Ventures invests
PhotonEdge Ventures is a vc firm based in Pasadena, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other. It does not invest in Consumer Apps.
PhotonEdge Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$2.0M per investment.
PhotonEdge Ventures has backed 1 company in our records, including LightCraft Systems.
Partners & Team
Dr. Alice Young
GP
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (1)
Other
LightCraft Systems
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $2.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Dr. Alice Young, GP.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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