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Cellid

Techstars '21

Roppongi, JP · Founded 2016 · 59 employees on LinkedIn · 9 known investors

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Cellid is a fabless company developing AR glasses displays (waveguides) and spatial recognition engines for next-generation devices. It works with major domestic and international manufacturing partners to build a production ecosystem for mass-producing its waveguides.

Founders & leadership

Cellid was founded in 2016 by Ken Shirakami and SATOSHI SHIRAGA.

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Ken ShirakamiRepresentative Director & CEO
SSSATOSHI SHIRAGA
SATOSHI SHIRAGAFounder/CEOFounder and CEO of Cellid, where he leads engineering on a proprietary high-speed simulator for designing wider field-of-view waveguides used in AR glasses. He previously researched the Higgs boson on the ATLAS experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider, gaining experience in parallel computing for petabyte-scale data, and holds an M.S. in Physics from Waseda University.
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Ken ShiragamiRepresentative Director & CEO

Investors · 9

Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

$20.5M disclosed across 2 rounds · 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What does Cellid do?
Cellid is a fabless company developing AR glasses displays (waveguides) and spatial recognition engines for next-generation devices. It works with major domestic and international manufacturing partners to build a production ecosystem for mass-producing its waveguides.
Who founded Cellid?
Cellid was founded by Ken Shirakami, SATOSHI SHIRAGA in 2016.
Who are Cellid's investors?
Cellid's investors include 15th Rock, Global Brain, Techstars, TEL Venture Capital, Inc., Development Bank of Japan, FFG Venture Business Partners, IMM Investment, IMM Investment Japan and 1 more.
How much funding has Cellid raised?
Cellid has disclosed $20.5M raised across 2 rounds.
Where is Cellid headquartered?
Cellid is headquartered in Roppongi, JP.