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Hard Krypton’s first release | Ion beam equipment manufacturer received over 100 million yuan in financing and has introduced leading customers in optical communications, nuclear fusion, and quantum computing in batches

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Source: 36氪
Hard Krypton learned that Zhongshan Bodun Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Bodun Optoelectronics") completed a B+ round of financing of over 100 million yuan. The investors in this round are Yida Capital, CITIC Construction Capital, Dawu Venture Capital, Friendship Time, and Nanjing Fund. IO Capital serves as the exclusive financial advisor. This round of funds will be used to introduce high-end talents, develop new products, and accelerate investment in comprehensive solutions, market promotion, and production capacity construction for key industries that have experienced explosive trends. Boton Optoelectronics was established in 2016 and is a national-level "specialized, specialized and innovative" small giant enterprise. The company focuses on producing independent controllable ion sources and ion beam ultra-precision process equipment nationwide. It is the only company in the industry that masters the core technology of the entire chain of core components ion source - ion beam complete equipment - application process solutions and develops and manufactures them by itself. (Photo source/Enterprise) On the ground of commercialization, Bolton has a basic performance base that provides stable cash flow with precision optics, pan-semiconductors, and aerospace. At the same time, relying on scarce slots, it has become the "exclusive seller" of core process equipment in cutting-edge fields such as controllable nuclear fusion, optical communications, and quantum technology. In recent years, the company's annual revenue growth rate has reached more than 50%. For example, in the currently booming field of controllable nuclear fusion, Borden Optoelectronics has demonstrated dominance with nearly 100% market share. High-temperature superconducting tape is an irreplaceable material for realizing high-field strength magnets. In the preparation process of the second-generation high-temperature superconducting tape (REBCO system), the use of IBAD (ion beam assisted deposition) equipment to plate the magnesium oxide seed layer is a key process that cannot be bypassed. Boton is currently the only manufacturer in China that has the complete supply capability of the IBAD ion source for superconducting tape and a complete set of coating equipment, and has successfully introduced it to almost all domestic high-temperature superconducting tape companies. In the optical communications industry chain, which has been detonated by the explosive demand for AI computing power, optical modules are rapidly evolving from 800G to 1.6T or even 3.2T. Not only has the demand for laser chips, modulation devices, detection devices, narrow-band filters, thin-film lithium niobate waveguides and other passive optical devices in optical modules increased dramatically, but the performance parameters have also forced rapid upgrades in technical architecture and processing technology. Bolton relies on IBS/IBD in thin film ultra-low loss, spectrum