# Corning

> Corning is a VC fund in Corning backing Manufacturing and Software. See 24 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Corning, United States
- Total investments: 24
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 21%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/3678
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/Corning
- Website: http://www.corning.com/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/corningincorporated

Corning is a manufacturer of building materials including glass, ceramic, related materials and technologies, and more. It does have capabilities such as synergistic and versatile which allows the company to evolve to meet changing market needs and also helping their customers capture new opportunities in dynamic industries. The companymanufactures and develops Gorilla Glass, which is used by many smartphone makers.Corning creates and makes keystone components that enable high-technology systems for consumer electronics, mobile emissions control, telecommunications, and life sciences. it also provides industry products including precision glass for advanced displays, connectivity solutions for state-of-the-art communications networks, clean-air technologies for cars and trucks, damage-resistant cover glass for mobile devices, and trusted products to accelerate drug discovery and delivery.Corning was founded in 1851 and is headquartered in Corning, New York, United States.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 7 | 29% |
| Software | 6 | 25% |
| Semiconductor | 5 | 21% |
| Hardware | 3 | 13% |
| Electronics | 3 | 13% |

50 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 7 | 29% |
| Series A | 4 | 17% |
| Series C | 3 | 13% |
| Seed | 2 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 8% |

11 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 21 | 88% |
| Spain | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jennifer Weber | Senior Development Scientist | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jennifer-weber-2 |
| Mark Wrighton | Board of Directors | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-wrighton |
| Robert Cummings | Board of Directors | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/robert-cummings |
| David Kozischek | Market Manager of Enterprise Networks | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-kozischek |
| Eric S. Musser | President & Chief Operating Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-s-musser |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ensurge Micropower | Ensurge develops ultrathin, flexible, and safe energy storage solutions for wearable devices, connected sensors, and beyond. Ensurge's innovative solid-state lithium battery (SSLB) technology is uniquely positioned to enable the production of powerful, lightweight, and cost-effective rechargeable batteries for diverse applications. Thecompany's state-of-the-art flexible electronics manufacturing facility, located in the heart of Silicon Valley, combines patented process technology and materials innovation with the scale of roll-to-roll production methods to bring the advantages of SSLB technology to established and expanding markets. Ensurge Micropower is a publicly listed company in Norway with corporate headquarters in Oslo and global headquarters in San Jose, California. |  | Post-IPO Equity | Nov 03, 2025 |  |
| LuxQuanta | Bringing quantum-safe cryptography to the Telecommunication industry | $9.3M | Series A | Oct 15, 2025 |  |
| Light Field Lab | Light Field Lab is a breakthrough technology startup that builds an innovative holographic ecosystem. It re-creates what optical physics calls a real image for off-screen projected objects by generating a massive number of viewing angles that correctly change with the point of view and location just like in the real world. They enable entirely newbusiness opportunities across consumer and enterprise markets.The company was founded in 2017 by Jon Karafin, Brendan Bevensee, and Ed Ibe, with the single mission to enable a holographic future by building upon the founders’ collective expertise of light field technology innovation. Based in San Jose, CA, Light Field Lab is backed by top-tier venture firms including Khosla Ventures. | $50M | Series B | Feb 08, 2023 |  |
| BRELYON | Brelyon is a developer of a display used to replace traditional monitors and virtual reality headgears. It was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California. | $16.2M | Series A | May 11, 2022 |  |
| DigiLens | DigiLens is an innovator in holographic waveguide display technology for extended reality (XR).DigiLens has developed a patented optical platform and photopolymer technology that delivers best-in-class solutions using a unique, low-cost contact-copy manufacturing process. DigiLens enables OEM partners to design and build XR-enabled devices for theglobal automobile, enterprise, consumer, avionics, and military industries. | $50M | Series D | Apr 07, 2022 |  |
| 3d Glass Solutions | 3D Glass Solutions provides customers complete glass-enabled systems integration services using their patented APEX® Glass. Their mission is to provide our customers with an integrative solution in electronics and IC packaging that allows them to integrate more components onto a single platform while decreasing overall manufacturing costs. | $4M | Series B | Jan 31, 2022 |  |
| Celldom, Inc | Celldom is developing next generation, high throughput single cell analysis technology to advance research, drug discovery, and drug development by illuminating diversity in cell populations. The company’s TrapTx Analyzer System uniquely integrates both phenotypic and genomic data at massive scale (up to tens of thousands of cells per experiment)to identify and characterize rare cells that play critical roles in biological pathways and disease. Celldom is developing initial applications of the platform in the areas of oncology, immunology and stem cell biology. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2021 |  |
| SigmaSense | SigmaSense is providing the first digital and fully scalable sensing technology to solve the noise immunity and tuning challenges of traditional touch sensors. Their SigmaTouch Controller utilizes a breakthrough in Capacitive Imaging to concurrently transmit and receive for self-capacitance, mutual capacitance, and pen from a single pin. The uniqueapproach to Capacitive Imaging has the potential to affect positive disruption across many industries where intuitive machine interfaces will decide the winners. SigmaSense technology enables access to game-changing information about interactions with mobile devices, large format interactive displays, and limitless custom sensing applications. Join us in pioneering the next evolutionary progression of perceptive machines. | $22M | Series A | Sep 22, 2020 |  |
| Mosaic Microsystems | Mosaic Microsystems is a container and packaging company that uses glass and other thin substrates as a platform material. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Rochester, New York. | $2M | Seed | Jun 11, 2020 |  |
| Luminar | Luminar is an autonomous vehicle sensor and software company with the vision to make autonomy safe and ubiquitous by delivering the only lidar and associated software that meets the industry’s stringent performance, safety, and economic requirements. Luminar has rapidly gained over 50 industry partners, including 8 of the top 10 global automotiveOEMs. In 2020, Luminar signed the industry’s first production deal for autonomous consumer vehicles with Volvo Cars, while also recently striking deals with Daimler Truck AG and Intel’s Mobileye. Luminar has also received minority investments from the world’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturer, Daimler Truck AG, and Volvo Cars, a global leader in automotive safety, to accelerate the introduction of autonomous trucks and cars at highway speed. Founded in 2012, Luminar is a nearly 400-person team with offices in Palo Alto, Orlando, Colorado Springs, Detroit, and Munich. | $100M |  | Jul 11, 2019 |  |

10 of 24 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Cisco](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cisco) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [1517 Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1517-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ampersand Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ampersand-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Bank of America Securities](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/banc-of-america-securities) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Kalkhoven, Pettit, and Levin Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kalkhoven-pettit-and-levin-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [LG Technology Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lg-technology-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Corning invest in?

Corning invests primarily in Manufacturing, Software and Semiconductor startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 24 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### Who are the partners at Corning?

The team at Corning includes Jennifer Weber (Senior Development Scientist), Mark Wrighton (Board of Directors) and Robert Cummings (Board of Directors), among 11 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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