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## Growth Capital Hyper-Focused on Photonics

Advance the application of photonics critical to health, communications, security, transportation and the environment to benefit all stakeholders

Leverage extensive industry networks and knowledge to deliver a unique level of domain expertise and reach to transform companies into market leaders

# What is photonics?

### Photonics is the science and application of light

### Light underpins the technologies of daily life from smartphones and the Internet to medical devices and defense – all are possible because of photonics

![Smart Phones – Camera, Security, Display](https://www.glascap.com/hubfs/smart-phones.jpg "Smart Phones – Camera, Security, Display")

#### Cameras, Displays & Sensing

![Communications Networks](https://www.glascap.com/hubfs/communication-networks.jpg "Communications Networks")

#### Data Communications

![led-lighting](https://www.glascap.com/hubfs/led-lighting.jpg "led-lighting")

#### Defense & Security

![Point-of-Care Medical Diagnostics](https://www.glascap.com/hubfs/point-of-care.jpg "Point-of-Care Medical Diagnostics")

#### Medical Diagnostics

## Foundation of GLAS Capital

### Unprecedented opportunity

Photonics is revolutionizing society through medicine, communications, transportation, entertainment and culture

### Industry complexity exceeds generalist investor skill set and network

Companies employing photonics are innovating at a deep technical level where nuanced differences can separate success from failure — picking the winners requires a deep vertical expertise

### Diverse leadership team and expert advisory council

Team has deep technology and industry expertise across a diverse breadth of applications and end markets

## Investment Strategy

Target highly differentiated companies with high growth potential that are advancing the application of photonics

Source investment opportunities from an expansive network of industry relationships

Leverage domain expertise to create value by accelerating performance, improving governance and creating M&A platform for inorganic growth

### "The 21st century will depend as much on photonics as the 20th century depended on electronics to solve the challenges of a modern world."

  

**National Photonics Initiative**

![agriculture-environment](https://www.glascap.com/hubfs/agriculture-environment.jpg "agriculture-environment")

Environment & Agriculture

![transportation](https://www.glascap.com/hubfs/transportation.jpg "transportation")

Transportation

![healthcare](https://www.glascap.com/hubfs/healthcare.jpg "healthcare")

Healthcare

![smart-robots](https://www.glascap.com/hubfs/smart-robots.jpg "smart-robots")

Advanced Manufacturing

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