A method of producing an optoelectronic component includes providing a semiconductor wafer with a functional semiconductor layer that has electronic control elements, and a growth layer; generating a plurality of recesses in the semiconductor wafer exposing the growth layer in places; and epitaxially growing a plurality of semiconductor layer stacks on the exposed growth layer, wherein a surface of the exposed growth layer is used as a growth surface for the semiconductor layer stacks, and the growth surface is inclined to a main extension plane of the semiconductor wafer.