About Soraa
Soraa is a stealth cleantech startup that is focusing on LED technology and lasers, working together with Kaai.
Soraa leverages science to produce unparalleled spectrum and quality, bringing nature’s light indoors to make illumination something to see and experience. Soraa pioneered full spectrum color rendering LED light, the heart of which is the proprietary LED technology manufactured in California, a technological breakthrough that is further enhanced by focusing on every aspect of producing the most natural light possible. The company supports and conducts research to develop insights and expertise to deliver breakthrough products. Soraa is conscious and curious about how light impacts well-being, productivity, and emotion, and about how to make light look and feel better.
Open positions (2)
Company details
Funding
Total raised
$194M
Investors
Founders
Shuji Nakamura
Nobel Prize-winning physicist (2014) and UCSB professor; inventor of the blue LED and pioneering researcher in gallium nitride LED technology.
Steven P. DenBaars
UCSB professor and pioneering nitride semiconductor researcher who co-founded Soraa to commercialize GaN-on-GaN LED technology.
James Speck
UCSB professor and nitride materials researcher; co-founded Soraa with Nakamura and DenBaars in 2008 to develop GaN-on-GaN LED technology.
What happens next.
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
Confirm the fit
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I pitch you to the company
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
A meeting lands on your calendar
If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.