Light Polymers and JSR Complete Second Close of Strategic Series B Funding Round

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Light Polymers, a nanochemistry startup with R&D operations in Silicon
Valley, Taiwan and Korea, has announced that JSR Corporation will join
the recent Series B funding round as a strategic partner. JSR
Corporation joins the Series B round led by Tsingda International
Venture Investments and TEL Venture Capital which closed in June.

“We’re thrilled to add a new partner that shares our mission of
revolutionizing light management on a global scale,” said Marc
McConnaughey, President of Light Polymers.

As a strategic partner, JSR will drive the innovation and implementation
of display materials. With the addition of JSR, Light Polymers will
continue to develop commercialized applications for lyotropic liquid
crystals in a variety of fields, including lighting, displays, and
building materials.

Light Polymers’ lyotropic nanochemistry has various properties that can
lower production costs for the LED lighting industry while increasing
product efficiency. Light Polymers is committed to creating
sustainably-sourced polarizing technology and coating materials that
reduce environmental impact and encourage safer manufacturing.

About Light Polymers

Light Polymers is a nanochemistry company with deep domain knowledge of
lyotropic liquid crystals, which has use in many applications including
LCD and OLED flat panel displays, LED lighting, advanced building
materials and biomedical applications. Founded in 2013 in San Francisco,
Light Polymers makes easy to apply water based chemistry for a number of
industries. For more information, visit http://www.lightpolymers.com/.

About JSR Corporation

From synthetic rubbers for tires to semiconductor materials, display
materials and, life sciences business, materials created by JSR play a
role in almost every aspect of daily life since 1957. Since then, JSR
has continuously expanded its business to emulsions, plastics and other
materials for the semiconductor, flat panel display, and optical
materials fields by leveraging our proprietary polymer technologies. For
more information, visit http://www.jsr.co.jp/jsr_e/.

Contacts

Write2Market for Light Polymers
Casey Stokes, 404-428-2135
[email protected]