In October 2010, SiOnyx raised $12.5m in its series B round from a consortium including laser maker Coherent.

SiOnyx, a US-based developer of solar power semiconductors backed by laser maker Coherent, has raised an undisclosed amount from In-Q-Tel, the quasi-corporate venturing unit of the US government’s intelligence services.

In April, SiOnyx said in a regulatory filing it had raised $6.9m of a planned $16m series C round.

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In November, the US Department of Defense gave SiOnyx a $3m contract to build next-generation laser targeting systems.

Syd Ulvick, senior vice-president in charge of IQT’s physical and biological Technologies…