Beacon Angels

Orange Photonics, Inc. specializes in providing quality control and data analytics products for the legal cannabis industry. Based in Elkins, New Hampshire, the company develops solutions for a variety of stakeholders, including growers, dispensaries, regulators, and manufacturers of infused products. Its flagship product, the LightLab, is a portable, lab-grade cannabis potency analyzer designed for on-site testing and tracking of cannabis potency. This innovative tool aims to set a new standard for accurate, repeatable, and cost-effective potency testing. In addition to the LightLab, Orange Photonics plans to offer services that facilitate data collection and analysis, enabling customers to make informed, data-driven decisions to enhance their operations within the cannabis market.

XCube R&D provides software infrastructure that automates testing and training process for machine learning algorithms. The company specializes in providing automation for OEMs and auto suppliers developing advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous vehicle programs. It offers StreamX Platform, a web-based interface to capture and store multi-sensor data, tag or annotate data based on the content important to the application, search data during the tagging and mining phase, launch an application, and save and automate a process. The company offers solutions in the areas of test and validation, training classifiers, real-time analysis, and automated regression testing. XCube R&D was founded in 2006 and is based in Nashua, New Hampshire.