Auxora Completes Series A Financing

BALDWIN PARK, Calif., June 20 -- Auxora Inc., a provider of optical filter products for wavelength management and control, announced it has completed its Series A financing round with an additional $3 million, led by Rustic Canyon Ventures. Existing investors Intel Capital and individuals also participated.

This financing round brings the total investment in Auxora to $14.7 million. Rustic Canyon, Intel Capital and individuals provided an initial investment of $11.7 million in September 2000. Auxora will use the funds to continue expanding its R&D efforts and to help bring its new products, including next-generation tunable filters, to market this year.

Auxora's current products include tunable filters, DWDM filters and specialty thin-film filters such as gain-flattening filters and high-performance band splitters.