Koch Disruptive Technologies led the Series A round in Polaris Electro-Optics.

Koch Disruptive Technologies, a corporate venture capital arm of Koch Industries, led the Series A round in Polaris Electro-Optics, a technology company specializing in high-performance optical interconnects, with participation from Rhapsody Venture Partners, M Ventures, Buff Gold Ventures, and Blue Sky Capital. Financial terms were not disclosed. "I'm thrilled to join Polaris as its newly appointed CEO. Polaris has built a foundation of truly disruptive photonic technology. We are tackling one of the largest challenges in compute infrastructure—how to move more data, faster, and with less power. The platform delivers the speed, scale, and efficiency next-generation infrastructure demands, while leveraging standard silicon photonics tools for a faster, lower-risk path to volume. With the backing of KDT and our other investment partners, and the strength of our world-class team, we're focused on execution, bringing our first products to market and enabling the next generation of optical interconnects," Morten Nissov, Polaris CEO.