Silicon 60 - optoelectronic field

The EE Time 60 Emerging Startups list reflects the latest corporate, commercial, technology and market conditions.
(http://www.eetimes.com/General/DisplayPrintViewContent?contentItemId=4210527)
I simplify the list  within optoelectronic filed:
Sensor technology:
InVisage Technologies Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.) is developing QuantumFilm, an imaging-sensing technology that the fabless company claims will replace silicon. Its first product enables high-fidelity, high-resolution images from handheld devices like camera phones and PDAs. InVisage was founded in 2006 and is venture funded by RockPort Capital, Charles River Ventures, InterWest Partners and OnPoint Technologies. 


SiOnyx Inc. (Beverly, Mass.) has licensed a portfolio of shallow-junction photonics patents developed by Harvard University in exchange for an unspecified equity stake and downstream royalties. Eric Mazur and James Carey founded the company in 2006 to exploit the optoelectronic properties of so-called black silicon.


Camera application:
LensVector Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.) was founded in 2006 to commercialize optical technology that can shape, steer and focus light without mechanical movement. It has attracted more than $50 million in financing from investors and partners, including Menlo Ventures, Institutional Venture Partners, Samsung, Silicon Valley Bank, Mitsui and Kodak.
 ~ Auto-focus by Liquid Crystal


Manufacture:
Maskless Lithography Inc. (San Jose), a 2005 startup led by a group of electronics industry veterans, is offering direct-write digital imaging technology for pc board production. Its first product is the MLI-2027 direct-write lithography system.

Photonics:
OneChip Photonics Inc. (Ottawa), founded in 2005, develops and manufactures low-cost, high-performance optical transceivers based on monolithic photonic ICs using indium phosphide. The devices are used for access networks and other mass-market broadband applications.


Display:
Pixel Qi Corp. (San Bruno, Calif.) designs liquid-crystal displays that can be operated in black-and-white reflective mode (with the backlight switched off) in ambient light, allowing for significant power savings. The LCDs can be produced on conventional fabrication equipment. The company was formed in 2008 by Mary Lou Jepson, who had previously served as CTO of the One Laptop per Child project.


Solar Cell:
G24 Innovations Ltd. (Cardiff, U.K.) is a pioneer of dye-sensitized thin-film solar cells. The company, founded in 2006, raised $50 million in 2008 and claims it is the first commercial manufacturer of Graetzel dye-sensitized solar cell technology for mass consumer use.


Heliatek GmbH (Dresden, Germany) was formed in 2006 as a spinoff from the Universities of Dresden and Ulm. The company has developed organic solar cells from small molecule organic dyes that are chemically synthesized from hydrocarbons. Recent funding of $27 million is earmarked for building an initial production facility in Dresden. Heliatek will use its technology to produce flexible photovoltaic modules on a film substrate.


SpectraWatt Inc. (Hopewell Junction, N.Y.), a maker of solar cells, was founded in June 2008 from assets spun out of Intel Corp. and complemented by a $50 million Series A round from investors including Intel Capital, Goldman Sachs and solar module maker Solon SE. SpectraWatt constructed its first solar cell factory in 2009.