nLight, the Vancouver, WA-based developer of high-powered semiconductor lasers, said it has raised $10.7 million in the first closing of a new round of equity financing. The cash came from existing investors Oak Investment Partners, Mohr Davidow Ventures, and Menlo Ventures. The money will be used to continue developing integrated laser modules, and boost sales to customers in the industrial, defense, and medical markets, the company said.
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Luke is an award-winning journalist specializing in life sciences. He has served as national biotechnology editor for Xconomy and national biotechnology reporter for Bloomberg News. Luke got started covering life sciences at The Seattle Times, where he was the lead reporter on an investigation of doctors who leaked confidential information about clinical trials to investors. The story won the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award and several other national prizes. Luke holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and during the 2005-2006 academic year, he was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT.
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