France-based Aledia, founded in 2011, developed a technology to grow 3D GaN LEDs on 200 mm and 300 mm silicon wafers using CMOS wafer-fabrication processes and tools. Aledia says that its LED chips are 25% cheaper compared to traditional planar LED chips, and these LEDs can be used for micro-LED displays.
Aledia raised over 360 million Euro in total, with the latest 120 million Euro round announced in October 2023. In 2020 Aledia announced that it plans to establish a 140 million euros LED production fab.
Aledia is a MicroLED Industry Association member. The company has over 250 patent families (granted, or in application) and has two nanowire LED platforms. The first is based on blue-emitting 1.2 µm GaN nanowires on 8’’ and 12’’ silicon wafers and QD color conversion, aiming to produce 160µm RGB single-chip LED for fine pitch large-area displays. Aledia's next-generation microLED platform, still in R&D, targeting 2µm full-color RGB LEDs for AR applications.
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Aledia raised $36 million from Intel Capital and existing investors
France-based 3D GaN LED developer Aledia announced its Series-C Financing round, totaling $36 million. Its existing investors participated in this round, and Aledia also announced that Intel Capital has joined as a new investor.
Aledia also says that it is developing next-generation Micro-LED displays with several large industrial partners. Aledia is developing both mobile displays (for smartphones, tablets, etc) and micro displays for AR/VR applications.
