A piece of material with a $1 million 500 thousand investment to bring him 10 times the brightness of the lighting!

There is a light in the night, we have 24 hours of happiness. However, Chen Chen felt the light is not enough, also need more light". So, at the end of 2014, he and Professor Han Zhong (Department of Yale University Department of Electronics) founded Saphlux, a new generation of semipolar Gan light emitting materials for solid state display and lighting. The Saphlux founder: Chen Chen (right) and Professor Han Zhong. Looking up, the luminescence dating back more than 20 years has passed for a generation, no matter in the LED lamp or on the screen, it almost get in by every opening in everyone's life. But the bottleneck is also becoming increasingly apparent: the brightness of monolithic LED chip has reached the limit. Therefore, many scientists have put on a new generation of optical materials. Among them, semipolar Gan light emitting materials become new favorites "the single chip laboratory, brightness theory can reach 10 times in the past". But how to achieve mass production, has become a problem. Chen Chen led the team with the sapphire substrate, in June this year, the development of large size semi polar material, solves the problem of mass production. Once launched, the global top producer LED 5 has 3 uses. In addition to high power lighting, materials can be used in the 3D projection, VR, medical and other fields. Sounds very good, but the entrepreneurial process Chen Chen was full of dramatic...... Han Zhong met at the Yale professor's lectures are arranged in the last. As Gan materials experts, the content of the lecture nature cannot do without the GaN material and commercial value. Finished, he rushed down a glance. It is as expected, each face or confused, or no interest. Research on a new generation of optical materials in Yale University, Department of electronics, and even the whole world is difficult, not to mention, he is facing a group of school children. "What do you want to ask me?" After the lecture, he retained the routine questions. Under the table in perfect silence. At this time, Chen Chen suddenly stood up, broke the quiet venue, "I want to know the technical barriers in this material". He is the only one who asked the professor to answer. This scene took place in 2014, a lecture at Yale University in Connecticut, in the United states. Shortly before August, Chen Chen came to Yale University for MBA. Although it is a business school student, but he is no stranger to technology: Tsinghua University undergraduate, 24 year old has graduated, research onyx360, by the industry awards...... At that time, Chen Chen of solid-state lighting industry shows that understanding is not much, not to mention the research frontier of GaN materials. After the lecture, he once again find Han Zhong. "He is a Virgo, I was in Capricorn, we analysis from the constellation congenial temper." Chen Chen joked. In this way, the two age difference of 20 years old, a friendship between generations, meet to explore semipolar Gan materials commercialization. Since then, Chen Chen in-depth understanding of the industry. Since 90s, Nakamura Shuji developed a blu ray LED, solid state display and lighting is at the core of the first generation semiconductor materials has gone through more than 20 years. Until now, the brightness has reached the limit. "To improve the brightness, can only increase the number of chips LED." In the high-power lighting and display model (3D, VR, projection etc.) the first generation of materials has been unable to meet the needs of the people. Semipolar Gan materials have been given high expectations, has become a hotspot in optical materials. "The single chip brightness can theoretically reach 10 times in the past". But the production of materials has been stuck in the laboratory, Professor Han Zhong has accumulated 6 years of research experience in this field. "Even the inventor of the Nobel physics prize winner Nakamura Shuji can not solve the problem of mass production." In November two, the establishment of the company Saphlux. "Did not think too much, want to try." A $1 million 500 thousand investment in a month after school winter vacation. Chen Chen is not idle, to seek financing. "We do not vote, the new material of semiconductor." Often too late to speak, Chen Chen had to cold-shoulder treatment. Two weeks, he is from Beijing, Shanghai and many other city, met a total of 25 dial investors, finally several investment institutions favor, including Zhenge fund. However, the first meeting, Chen Chen took it real fund partner Li Jianwei chat sleepy. When two people talk less than an hour, Li Jianwei yawned Chen Chen away. "Thought to be yellow, but BP is not doing well." After going back, Chen Chen immediately according to the investor's feedback has been adjusted to BP. "We don't know what the investor concern, only a little bit to find out. My sword and Wei later became good friends, he later told me that, according to our original BP no one will vote." Last February, the angel round of $1 million 500 thousand investment into account, the real lead investor funds, LIAN investment and Yale VC with investment. Subsequently, Chen Chen began recruiting. "Over the past 10 years, LED related products to improve the efficiency of 10 times, 10 times the price drop. But in the past two or three years, growth stagnation, even industry giants also difficult to break. This is a good opportunity to dig to industry experts." He will be looking to the director of research and development of a leading South Korean company LED, a disciple of Nakamura Shuji scientists. "You have to be careful here, life is tragic, may often have to work overtime." The United States Friday, Chen Chen gave the scientist to dial the phone, openly talk after work. "You don't have to mention this, now is the time to South Korea on Saturday, but I