Photon IP
Seed Round in 2025
Photon IP is a deeptech startup located in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, specializing in the development of advanced technologies for photonics applications. The company focuses on creating application-specific semiconductors that cater to various industries, including automotive and telecommunications. Its innovative products are designed to enhance the production of wearable electronics and improve data center operations, providing tailored solutions that address the evolving needs of its clients.
Amazec Photonics
Seed Round in 2024
Amazec Photonics is a company dedicated to advancing healthcare through the development of innovative photonics-based technologies for ultrasensitive temperature sensing. By focusing on integrated photonics, Amazec Photonics creates non-invasive measurement systems designed to accurately detect temperature variations in blood within arteries. This technology aims to enhance cardiovascular monitoring tools, facilitating improved diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular and circulatory disorders. The company's vision is to transform healthcare by providing new methods for monitoring and diagnosing health conditions, ultimately leading to better patient outcomes.
Astrape Networks
Pre Seed Round in 2023
Astrape powers the future of datacenters: more bandwidth, less power.
SMART-Photonics
Grant in 2023
SMART Photonics specializes in the development and production of integrated photonic chips that utilize light for data transmission, enhancing speed and bandwidth while lowering energy consumption. The company provides a versatile portfolio that includes easy access to Multi-Project Wafer runs, facilitating low-cost and rapid prototyping of photonic integrated circuits. Additionally, SMART Photonics offers engineering services tailored to meet specific customer requirements, along with production development for volume manufacturing of customized products. By focusing on these innovative processes, the company aims to support advancements in various sectors, such as healthcare and mobility, enabling clients to efficiently manage and transmit large volumes of data.
Delta Life Science
Series A in 2023
Delta Diagnostics, founded in 2018 as a spin-off from TNO – The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, specializes in the commercialization of advanced biosensor technology. The company focuses on developing photonic biosensors that integrate optical chips with waveguides to facilitate multiplexed biosensing. This technology enables real-time monitoring through highly sensitive refractive index sensors, allowing for label-free biosensing. Delta Diagnostics aims to provide rapid, sensitive, and cost-effective solutions that can significantly enhance research in the Life Sciences sector. By enabling accurate measurement of multiple biomarkers within minutes, the company aspires to drive new discoveries and foster the development of innovative diagnostics.
New Origin
Seed Round in 2023
New Origin operates as a photonic chips foundry to produce silicon nitride chips.
LioniX International
Venture Round in 2023
LioniX International specializes in the development and manufacturing of photonic microsystems and optical devices, focusing on customized solutions for original equipment manufacturers and system integrators. The company utilizes its expertise in Photonic Integrated Circuits, micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), and opto-fluidics to offer products that range from design to fully assembled modules. By leveraging vertical integration and scalable production capabilities, LioniX International ensures that its clients in the telecommunications industry have access to advanced micro-nanotechnology solutions. The company maintains a strong position in technology leadership through a robust intellectual property portfolio.
Scantinel Photonics
Series A in 2022
Scantinel Photonics specializes in developing Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) technology tailored for autonomous driving vehicles. Their innovative approach combines coherent ranging and spectral scanning on a solid-state platform, enabling precise environmental detection with high range, reliability, compactness, and cost-effectiveness. This technology facilitates safe mobility solutions by accurately measuring distances and velocities of objects in the higher meter range.
Delta Life Science
Seed Round in 2022
Delta Diagnostics, founded in 2018 as a spin-off from TNO – The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, specializes in the commercialization of advanced biosensor technology. The company focuses on developing photonic biosensors that integrate optical chips with waveguides to facilitate multiplexed biosensing. This technology enables real-time monitoring through highly sensitive refractive index sensors, allowing for label-free biosensing. Delta Diagnostics aims to provide rapid, sensitive, and cost-effective solutions that can significantly enhance research in the Life Sciences sector. By enabling accurate measurement of multiple biomarkers within minutes, the company aspires to drive new discoveries and foster the development of innovative diagnostics.
QuiX BV, located in Enschede, the Netherlands, specializes in the development of integrated and reconfigurable light-based quantum processors. The company focuses on quantum information processing through its proprietary TriPleX platform, which utilizes stoichiometric Si3N4 waveguides. QuiX offers plug-and-play solutions that enable stable and efficient processing of single photons, facilitating advancements in quantum computing. By providing both integrated photonic processors and customized devices, QuiX aims to contribute significantly to the evolution of quantum technologies, paving the way for a transformative approach to information processing.
PhotonFirst
Series A in 2021
PhotonFirst, founded in 1996 and headquartered in Alkmaar, Netherlands, specializes in integrated photonics sensing solutions designed for advanced applications across various sectors, including aerospace, automotive, medical, and energy. The company is dedicated to enhancing the capabilities of photonic technologies to measure critical parameters such as temperature, strain, pressure, and shape. By focusing on the development of sophisticated photonics sensing systems, PhotonFirst empowers its clients to create innovative and improved solutions tailored to their specific needs.
Effect Photonics
Series C in 2021
Effect Photonics is a technology company headquartered in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, specializing in chip technology for photonic integration and optical communications. With offices across three continents and a team of over 240 professionals, the company is dedicated to enhancing interconnectivity and addressing the growing demand for sustainable bandwidth solutions. Effect Photonics develops integrated systems for telecom and datacom industries, focusing on compact, cost-effective technologies that leverage proprietary digital signal processing, forward error correction, and ultra-pure light sources. The company aims to make photonic technology smaller, more affordable, and accessible, thereby facilitating advancements in areas such as 5G and coherent communication for hyperscalers. By partnering with established microelectronics industry leaders, Effect Photonics ensures scalable manufacturing and a secure supply chain, while also adopting a hybrid business model that allows for flexibility in the development of transceivers and sub-assemblies. The company aspires to revolutionize various emerging industries by reducing barriers to entry for photonic technologies.
SMART-Photonics
Series C in 2020
SMART Photonics specializes in the development and production of integrated photonic chips that utilize light for data transmission, enhancing speed and bandwidth while lowering energy consumption. The company provides a versatile portfolio that includes easy access to Multi-Project Wafer runs, facilitating low-cost and rapid prototyping of photonic integrated circuits. Additionally, SMART Photonics offers engineering services tailored to meet specific customer requirements, along with production development for volume manufacturing of customized products. By focusing on these innovative processes, the company aims to support advancements in various sectors, such as healthcare and mobility, enabling clients to efficiently manage and transmit large volumes of data.
SMART-Photonics
Debt Financing in 2019
SMART Photonics specializes in the development and production of integrated photonic chips that utilize light for data transmission, enhancing speed and bandwidth while lowering energy consumption. The company provides a versatile portfolio that includes easy access to Multi-Project Wafer runs, facilitating low-cost and rapid prototyping of photonic integrated circuits. Additionally, SMART Photonics offers engineering services tailored to meet specific customer requirements, along with production development for volume manufacturing of customized products. By focusing on these innovative processes, the company aims to support advancements in various sectors, such as healthcare and mobility, enabling clients to efficiently manage and transmit large volumes of data.