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Corning

North America, New York, United States, Corning

Description

Corning is a manufacturer of building materials including glass, ceramic, related materials and technologies, and more.

Investor Profile

Corning has backed more than 19 startups, with 0 new investments in the last 12 months alone. The firm has led 3 rounds, about 16% of its total and boasts 7 exits across its portfolio.

Investment Focus Highlights

  • Concentrates on Series B, Series C, Series A rounds (top funding stages).
  • Majority of deals are located in United States.
  • Strong thematic focus on Manufacturing, Software, Telecommunications.

Stage Focus

  • Series B (37%)
  • Series C (16%)
  • Series A (16%)
  • Series Unknown (11%)
  • Pre Seed (5%)
  • Seed (5%)
  • Series D (5%)
  • Series E (5%)

Country Focus

  • United States (100%)

Industry Focus

  • Manufacturing
  • Software
  • Telecommunications
  • Hardware
  • Semiconductor
  • Wireless
  • Augmented Reality
  • Health Care
  • Information Technology
  • Optical Communication
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FAQ

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Learn who this investor regularly partners with—both firms and angels—and explore their latest activity.

Who does Corning frequently co-invest with?

UDC Ventures
North America, New York, United States, New York
Co-Investments: 2
Sevin Rosen Funds
North America, Texas, United States, Dallas
Co-Investments: 2
Ampersand Capital Partners
North America, Massachusetts, United States, Wellesley
Co-Investments: 2
LG Technology Ventures
North America, California, United States, Santa Clara
Co-Investments: 2
1517 Fund
North America, California, United States, Oakland
Co-Investments: 2
KP
North America, California, United States, Menlo Park
Co-Investments: 2
Cisco
North America, California, United States, San Jose
Co-Investments: 5
Bank of America Securities
North America, New York, United States, New York
Co-Investments: 2
Telecom Partners
North America, New York, United States, New York
Co-Investments: 2
Khosla Ventures
North America, California, United States, Menlo Park
Co-Investments: 2

Which angels does Corning often collaborate with?

Shared Deals: 1
PT
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
Shared Deals: 1
Shared Deals: 1
Fernando Pontaza
North America, Guatemala, Guatemala, Guatemala City
Shared Deals: 1
TM
North America, Texas, United States, Austin
Shared Deals: 1

What are some of recent deals done by Corning?

Ensurge Micropower

San Jose, California, United States

Ensurge Micropower manufactures energy storage technology for wearables and connected sensors.

BatteryConsumer ElectronicsElectronicsEnergy StorageWearables
Post Ipo EquityNov 3, 2025
LuxQuanta

Castelldefels, Catalonia, Spain

Bringing quantum-safe cryptography to the Telecommunication industry

Series AOct 15, 2025
Amount Raised: $9,300,476
Light Field Lab

San Jose, California, United States

Light Field Lab is a breakthrough technology startup that builds an innovative holographic ecosystem.

Digital EntertainmentFilmHardwareIndustrial DesignInformation TechnologyMedia and EntertainmentSoftware
Series BFeb 8, 2023
Amount Raised: $50,000,000
BRELYON

San Mateo, California, United States

A display technology company introducing new category of headset-less virtual displays for enterprise, and automotive applications.

Consumer ElectronicsHardwareSoftware
Series ASep 19, 2022
Amount Raised: $16,200,000
DigiLens

Sunnyvale, California, United States

DigiLens is an innovator in holographic waveguide display technology for extended reality (XR).

Augmented RealityManufacturingNanotechnologyVirtual RealityWearables
Series DApr 7, 2022
Amount Raised: $50,000,000
3d Glass Solutions

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

3D Glass Solutions provides customers complete glass-enabled systems integration services.

Electronics
Series BJan 31, 2022
Amount Raised: $4,000,000
Celldom, Inc

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Find and study cells that make diseases incurable

BiotechnologyGeneticsHealth CareLife Science
SeedApr 12, 2021
SigmaSense

Austin, Texas, United States

SigmaSense provides a digital and fully-scalable sensing technology to solve the noise immunity and tuning challenges of touch sensors.

Image RecognitionInformation TechnologySemiconductor
Series ASep 22, 2020
Amount Raised: $22,000,000
Luminar

Orlando, Florida, United States

Luminar is an autonomous vehicle and lidar technology company for passenger cars, commercial trucking and robo-taxi.

AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesSensorSoftware
Series UnknownJul 11, 2019
Amount Raised: $100,000,000
Kura Technologies

San Francisco, California, United States

A brand-new multimodal AI + AR for empower and connecting people.

3D TechnologyAugmented RealityService IndustrySoftware
Pre SeedFeb 28, 2017
Amount Raised: $1,500,000