Multiplex Gets $105 Million Expansion Funds

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J., May 15 -- Multiplex Inc., a privately held supplier of optical components for telecom networks, has won $105 million in venture funds to expand manufacturing capacity in its third round of financing. Multiplex, founded three years ago by former Bell Laboratories executives, said that its customers include JDS Uniphase, Marconi, Ericsson and others.
Venture capital funds including Zero Gravity Partners, JP Morgan Chase HQ Ventures, Credit Suisse Ventures, Walden International and others participated in the latest funding round.