August 2005
Polyera is founded.
March 2006
Polyera demonstrates flexible TFT with integrated materials stack.
July 2007
Co-Founder Tobin J. Marks awarded the National Medal of Science.
December 2007
Polyera raises series A funding of $4mm, led by private investors.
June 2008
Polyera expands its R&D facilities at the Illinois Science + Technology Park to 14,000 square feet covering a suite of chemistry, material science, and device physics capabilities.
January 2009
Polyera publishes on a new class of semiconductor materials in Nature, continuing to push the state of the art in flexible electronics.
October 2009
Polyera demonstrates full TFT material stack suited for the production of flexible displays.
August 2010
Polyera raises $5mm series B financing, led by Solvay.
December 2010
Polyera opens its Taiwan offices, focusing on the transfer of turn-key solutions for the production of flexible display backplanes.
December 2010
Polyera files its 100th patent application.
August 2011
Polyera demonstrates first flexible display prototypes using turnkey fab processes.
April 2012
Polyera raises $24.5mm series C financing, co-led by Chengwei Capital and Tsing Capital.
June 2012
Polyera opens its Zhubei flexible display pilot line in Taiwan.
July 2013
Polyera begins scale up of supply chain for flexible-display mass production.
February 2014
Polyera opens its San Francisco office, focused on the development of consumer products incorporating flexible displays.
December 2014
Polyera demonstrates flexible OLED panels with high mechanical robustness.
August 2015
Polyera Announces the Wove™ Band, the world’s first product featuring a flexible display, enabled by Polyera Digital Fabric Technology™.