Luxim brightens with $12M for efficient plasma lighting

Luxim, provider of high-efficiency solid-state plasma lighting systems, has nabbed $12 million in a third round of funding from Sequoia Capital and others. Based in Sunnyvale, Calif., the company plans to use the money to scale production of its existing products, which are largely used… Continue Reading

Super-efficient lighting technologies provide energy saving ideas, outdoors and in

Super-efficient lighting technologies provide energy saving ideas, outdoors and in

In Australia, the husband and wife team behind Lumiflux has found a way to make a 50 year old technology seem new and, well, shiny. Electroluminescence, or EL, has been the technology behind your digital watch night-light and a series of small lamps from Sylvania… Continue Reading

Efficient light company, Luxim, raises $21M more

Efficient light company, Luxim, raises $21M more

Luxim, a Sunnyvale, Calif. company that boats it produces one of the most efficient light sources on the globe — 144 lumens per watt — or almost twice as efficient as other sources, has raised $21 million more in financing, we’ve learned.

The money comes from… Continue Reading