Press Releases and Investor News

August 2, 2007 – Poised to take advantage of the rapid growth of solid state lighting, BridgeLux Inc., a maker of light emitting diode, or LED, chips, has closed a $23 million Series C round, VentureWire has learned. The round was led by new investor Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital. Follow-on investments were made by DCM, El Dorado Ventures, Harris & Harris Group. New investor VantagePoint Venture Partners also participated, said CEO Mark Swoboda. More

June 20, 2007
FREMONT, Calif.—June 20, 2007—Intematix Corp. a leading innovator of advanced materials solutions and provider of patent-backed merchant phosphor products for solid state lighting applications, today named materials expert, Christopher Bajorek, Ph.D. as vice president of advanced development. Reporting to CEO Peter Larsson, Dr. Bajorek will lead the company’s initiatives to develop enabling new materials for emerging, high-growth clean-technology markets which include solar, fuel cell and battery technologies. More

June 11, 2007
When venture investors first put money in nanotechnology materials developer Intematix Corp., the company had a very promising technology but lacked a market. Seven years later, Intematix finds itself in the enviable position of turning investors away, as consumers flip on the switch for new energy-efficient lighting. More

April 25, 2007
Think of Intematix as a paint store for the energy market. The company has come up with a way to quickly devise formulas for phosphors for light emitting diodes. Phosphors are essentially a coating for LED lights: put the right kind of phosphor over a blue LED and you get white light. The LED can then be put into a bulb or a lamp to light a room. More

November 20, 2006
Fremont, California, USA – November 20, 2006 – Material discovery expert, Intematix Corp, best known for its solid state lighting and display phosphors, today announced that it has raised $16.5 million in a series C venture capital financing round led by Crosslink Capital and Samsung Ventures. Additional series participants include new investor Sumitomo Corporation subsidiary Presidio STX, and existing investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson, East Gate Capital and Pacifica Fund. More

May 23, 2006
Adding to its growing stable of strategic customer wins, phosphor expert, Intematix Corporation announced today that it will provide its industry-leading line of patent-backed phosphors to High Power Lighting Corp, of Tucheng Taiwan. HPLighting, a Taiwanese/Japanese joint venture formed in 2005, will use Intematix White Lightning WL-NY450 / WL-NY460, and other color phosphors, to address the burgeoning large LCD backlight market along with other high-profile application areas.More

February 28, 2006
Intematix Announces Key Win for Solid State Lighting LED Phosphor Technology
with Taiwan’s Kingbright Electronic Co. Ltd. Adding to recent wins, phosphor experts, Intematix Corporation of Fremont, California, demonstrated another key addition to its customer list by announcing today that it will provide its industry-leading line of patent-backed phosphors to Taiwan’s Kingbright Electronic Co. Ltd. More

February 13, 2006
Sumitomo Corporation investing in a representative relationship with Intematix for solid state lighting LED phosphor technology. Worldwide progress toward establishing a true merchant supply of phosphors for solid state lighting applications, Intematix Corporation of Fremont, California, and Sumitomo Corporation of Japan have jointly announced a comprehensive investment (via Presidio STX, LLC) and representation agreement. The agreement positions Sumitomo as the key representative in Japan for Intematix’ expanding line of phosphors that are used to create a variety of cool and warm white, green, and other color high brightness (HB) LEDs. More

November 8, 2005
Fremont, California, USA – Materials discovery and manufacturing expert, Intematix Corporation of Fremont, California has been honored as one of 5 finalists for Best Product of the Year category at NanoCommerce 2005 in Chicago. More

September 6, 2005
Material discovery and phosphor experts, Intematix Corporation of Fremont, California, today announced that it will provide its White Lightning Y450/Y460 TM brand of Phosphor to Taiwan’s Edison Opto for use in a variety of applications for the white LED and solid state lighting markets. More

August 28, 2005
Material discovery and phosphor experts, Intematix Corporation of Fremont, California, demonstrated another key addition to its customer list by announcing today that it will provide its White Lightning Y450/Y460 TM brand of phosphor to Taiwan’s Pro Light Opto Technology Corporation for use in a variety of applications in the white LED market. More

August 3, 2005
Material discovery and phosphor experts, Intematix Corporation of Fremont, California and innovative LED design and manufacturing leader Unity Opto Technology Co., Ltd. (ticker 2499.TW) of Taipei County, Taiwan today announced a key partnership based on Intematix’ White Lightning Y460 TM and Y450 TM patent-backed phosphor solutions. More.

May 2, 2005
Material discovery and phosphor experts, Intematix Corporation of Moraga, California today announced the completion of another major white LED technology customer announcement with a multi-faceted license-based agreement with ITSWELL Co., Ltd. of Cheongwon Chungbuk, Korea. ITSWELL is a recognized leader in chip and LED innovation and manufacturing across major international markets, and will use the Intematix patent-backed phosphor across its portfolio of blue spectrum LED applications. More.

April 14, 2005
Material discovery and phosphor experts, Intematix Corporation of Moraga, California, today announced another key win for its white LED phosphor technologies with the completion of a multi-faceted license-based agreement related to white LED technology with LumiMicro of Suwon Gyunggi-do, Korea. LumiMicro, a recognized international leader in LED innovation for power LED applications including LCD backlighting, camera flashes, and emerging architectural solutions, will use the Intematix patent-backed phosphor in its core and emerging businesses. More.

March 30, 2005
Intematix, a venture-backed California USA company that was established in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2000, appears to be ramping remarkably quickly in their production of a truly new genre of phosphors. More.

March 24, 2005
Intematix Inc. of Moraga California USA, completed a royalty-bearing Agreement related to white LED technology with Advanced Optoelectronic Technology (AOT), a dominant manufacturer of blue spectrum LEDs, of Hsinchu, Taiwan. More.