Luminate

Luminate is a startup accelerator based in Rochester, NY, funded by New York State, and focused on advancing next-generation optics, photonics, and imaging-enabled companies. The company is looking for visionary entrepreneurs working on solutions in areas such as augmented and virtual reality, autonomous vehicles, machine vision, and biophotonics. With a specific focus on difficult problems in the industry, Luminate provides support and resources to help these companies succeed in the optics and imaging capital of the world.

Sujatha Ramanujan

Managing Director

Past deals in Nanotechnology

Swave Photonics

Series A in 2025
Swave Photonics designs and markets holographic chips based on proprietary diffractive photonics technology to power compact, lightweight, high-resolution displays that seamlessly blend digital content with the real world. As a fabless semiconductor company, it advances NanoPixel technology to enable immersive holographic displays for augmented reality and metaverse applications, targeting display manufacturers and content creators. The goal is to provide tools that visualize complex content, enable collaboration, and expand possibilities for immersive AR experiences.

Photosynthetic

Grant in 2024
Photosynthetic B.V., founded in 2019 and based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, specializes in 3D lithography technology capable of printing objects with a feature size of less than a micron. This innovative technology allows for the creation of true 3D structures at high print speeds of up to six millimeters per minute. The company's products are particularly applicable in lab-on-chip developments and the production of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS). By streamlining the lithography production process, Photosynthetic enables clients to eliminate multiple steps, thereby reducing costs and time associated with prototyping.

Photosynthetic

Seed Round in 2024
Photosynthetic B.V., founded in 2019 and based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, specializes in 3D lithography technology capable of printing objects with a feature size of less than a micron. This innovative technology allows for the creation of true 3D structures at high print speeds of up to six millimeters per minute. The company's products are particularly applicable in lab-on-chip developments and the production of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS). By streamlining the lithography production process, Photosynthetic enables clients to eliminate multiple steps, thereby reducing costs and time associated with prototyping.

Swave Photonics

Seed Round in 2023
Swave Photonics designs and markets holographic chips based on proprietary diffractive photonics technology to power compact, lightweight, high-resolution displays that seamlessly blend digital content with the real world. As a fabless semiconductor company, it advances NanoPixel technology to enable immersive holographic displays for augmented reality and metaverse applications, targeting display manufacturers and content creators. The goal is to provide tools that visualize complex content, enable collaboration, and expand possibilities for immersive AR experiences.

Infrascreen

Seed Round in 2021
Infrascreen develops nano-based light filters and greenhouse screens designed to optimize climate control in greenhouses. The company’s technology uses nanoscale materials to improve energy efficiency and insulating properties, helping to maintain stable temperatures, reduce heat stress on crops, and lower heating and operating costs for growers. By enabling more efficient climate management, the solution supports sustainable agriculture and lowers the carbon footprint of food production. Infrascreen is collaborating with the PV-center of the CSEM in Neuchâtel to co-develop its products, and has demonstrated its concept in laboratory conditions.

DoubleHelix

Seed Round in 2018
Double Helix is a team of top talent from a range of fields coming together to advance discovery and research in precision 3D nano-imaging. They have recognized world experts in super-resolution, first-rate engineers in optics, 3D imaging, software, and advisors from the research and business world. They are experts in their fields, collaborators in others, and excited by discovery.
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