Livermore-Based Alloptic Lands $8 Million Investment from Arcapita

Livermore, Calif. -- Alloptic, a Livermore-based developer of optical access equipment, said on Thursday that it has landed an $8 million equity investment from Arcapita Ventures, the venture capital arm of Arcapita Bank. The financing, which Alloptic plans to use to accelerate its growth, marks the second investment by Arcapita. Alloptic has more than 65 customers, including communities, telecommunications carriers and cable providers, as well as four patents and another seven pending. The company's equipment is designed to be used in fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) deployments, enabling such services as high-speed Internet, digital cable TV and IP telephone.
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