On July 16th, the Inaugural 2025 "Gazelle Select" enterprises list for China's Optics Valley was officially released. UVLEDTEK was honored to be selected as one of the 2025 "Gazelle Select" enterprises in China's Optics Valley. This recognition signifies that UVLEDTEK's technological strength and growth potential have received highly authoritative certification. "These 100 'Gazelle Select' enterprises in Optics Valley were selected from over 5,800 high-tech companies. They are like the 'top students in an advanced class,' each possessing the capability to 'gain admission to top-tier universities.' In the future, they are certain to produce a group of companies valued at billions or even tens of billions yuan. For investment institutions, it's essentially a 'safe bet.'"
The selected enterprises are characterized by their pioneering sectors, strong innovation capabilities, and high market value, with "Gazelle Select" firms securing an average equity financing of over 60 million yuan in the past three years.
Optics Valley is one of China's pioneering regions to launch the cultivation of gazelle enterprises. Over the past 15 years, it has cumulatively identified and cultivated 1,862 gazelle enterprises, spawning 26 listed companies and 8 unicorn enterprises from this pool. A complete service system for gazelle enterprises, covering "identification and selection, targeted cultivation and resource connection", has taken shape here.." Zhao Rongkai, Director of the Optics Valley Innovation Development Research Institute, stated that the selection of these 100 Optics Valley "Gazelle Select" enterprises represents a step forward from previous evaluations. The honored companies are distinguished by their innovative industry segments, robust R&D capabilities, and high investment potential, demonstrating what is termed the "5678" traits: over 50% of their employees are R&D personnel on average; each firm has raised more than 60 million yuan in equity financing over the past three years; 70% rank among the top tier in their respective fields; and over 80% operate in cutting-edge sectors such as integrated circuits, intelligent robotics, and biomanufacturing.
The name list for 2025 Optics Valley "Gazelle Select":
What deserves even greater attention is that the East Lake High-tech Development Zone will subsequently empower these enterprises through "Optics Valley Gazelle Highland" - the first domestic service platform for gazelle enterprises - providing multi-faceted support in funding, real-world application scenarios, and management. Customized activities such as sector-specific dialogues and dual-track financing roadshows will be organized to accelerate the cultivation of unicorn and listed companies. This means that "Gazelle Select" enterprises, including UVLEDTEK, will gain access to more fertile ground for growth.
As the only fully integrated enterprise in China covering the complete chain of semiconductor UV LED chips, devices, and lighting systems, UVLEDTEK has deep expertise in the strategic field of high-end semiconductor optoelectronics. From material growth and epitaxial growth to chip manufacturing, device packaging and testing, and further to lighting modules and system solutions, the company has achieved independent control over core technologies across the entire process. This "end-to-end advantage" not only enables faster response to technological iterations but also ensures product stability and reliability. The self-developed chips already lead globally in key performance metrics such as luminous efficiency.
Behind the robust technical strength lies solid R&D accumulation: UVLEDTEK holds a total of 357 intellectual property assets (including 183 invention patents, 12 integrated circuit-related patents, and 43 authorized domestic and international invention patents), with a technology commercialization rate of 100%-meaning every R&D achievement can be efficiently translated into productivity. Recognition from the capital market has been equally impressive: UVLEDTEK completed a nearly 100 million yuan Series B financing round led by China Fortune-Tech Capital in 2021, and was selected as a "Golden Seed" enterprise in Hubei Province's listed-company reserve program in 2023, emerging as a potential star in the hard-tech track.
This selection into the "Gazelle Select" list serves as a strong endorsement of UVLEDTEK's vision to "reshape healthy living with ultraviolet light sources." As a key player in Optics Valley's cutting-edge industrial ecosystem, UVLEDTEK, together with other honored enterprises, contributes to building the industrial cluster advantage of Optics Valley in sectors such as integrated circuits and optoelectronics. Leveraging Optics Valley's closed-loop ecosystem of "R&D-incubation-capital" and capitalizing on its domestic full-chain advantage, UVLEDTEK is accelerating the mass production of UV devices across scenarios including sterilization modules, medical aesthetics, high-end manufacturing, and defense technology. Its goal is to join the ranks of unicorns in the semiconductor optoelectronics field within three years. From being a "top student in Optics Valley" to becoming a "global leader," UVLEDTEK is writing a new chapter in the UV LED track with innovation as its pen. In the future, alongside more "gazelle" enterprises from Optics Valley, it will infuse "Optics Valley power" into enhancing the global competitiveness of China's semiconductor optoelectronics industry.
