Posts Categorized: Press Releases

PHOTON IP raises €4.75M seed funding led by Innovation Industries, with Faber, BOM, and PhotonDelta

EINDHOVEN, the Netherlands. PHOTON IP, a manufacturer of advanced low-power optical chips, announced today it has raised a 4.75 million euro seed round. The round was led by Innovation Industries with participation from Faber and Brabantse Ontwikkelings Maatschappij (BOM) and with funding support from PhotonDelta. With this financing, PHOTON IP will accelerate the industrialisation and

PhotonDelta contributes €53.8 million to PIXEurope pilot line

27 November 2024 – This week, the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs announced that the National Growth Fund plan PhotonDelta will contribute €53.8 million to the PIXEurope pilot line of which a large part will be built in the Netherlands. The Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) will coordinate the project on a pan-European level. This

QuiX Quantum selected for prestigious EIC Accelerator funding

Enschede, Netherlands, 18 July 2024 – QuiX Quantum, a European leader in photonic quantum computing hardware, proudly announces its selection by the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator programme, a key initiative of the European Commission. Being granted the EIC Accelerator highlights QuiX Quantum’s innovative contributions and secures financial support for their cutting-edge projects. The EIC

Surfix Diagnostics, the Netherlands Cancer Institute, and CRCbioscreen join forces to validate biomarkers for colorectal cancer screening

Amsterdam and Wageningen, Netherlands, 10 July 2024: Today, Surfix Diagnostics, alongside the Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) and CRCbioscreen, announced a collaboration aimed at enhancing colorectal cancer (CRC) screening methods. This project is set to leverage Surfix Diagnostics’ advanced photonic diagnostic platform and novel biomarkers targeting molecularly defined high-risk precursor lesions and cancer discovered by NKI.

PhotonDelta opens office in Silicon Valley to power next wave of semicon tech in North America

$1.2 billion backed photonic chip accelerator seeks to speed up the creation and adoption of advanced semiconductors enabled by integrated photonics. San Francisco, USA; 9 July 2024: Dutch photonic chip accelerator PhotonDelta has announced the opening of a new office in North America. The move is part of the organisation’s goal to grow the photonic

MicroAlign closes seed funding round

The Dutch startup MicroAlign secures a 1 million EUR seed investment to enable efficient interconnections in Quantum Photonic Computers. EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands, 5 June 2024 – MicroAlign, a spin-off from the Eindhoven University of Technology, announced today that it has closed €1 million in seed-funding to accelerate the commercialisation of high-accuracy fibre arrays. The funding

QuiX Quantum technology advances scalable photonic quantum computing

Researchers using QuiX Quantum’s technology have successfully demonstrated the on-chip generation of Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) states, a critical component for the advancement of photonic quantum computing. This breakthrough establishes QuiX Quantum’s integrated technology as a leading platform for photonic quantum computing and further validates QuiX Quantum’s roadmap to deliver a scalable universal quantum computer.  A GHZ

PhotonVentures closes second fundraising round for its fund at €75 million

Breukelen, Netherlands – 16 April 2024 – PhotonVentures, the deep tech venture capital fund focused on startups and scale-ups developing solutions with photonic chips, is proud to announce that its second fundraising round of over €15 million has been successfully completed, bringing the fund’s total to the targeted €75 million. The enthusiasm in the market

Comprehensive roadmap to drive the integrated photonics industry forward unveiled

Eindhoven, the Netherlands; Massachusetts, USA; 25th March 2024: More than 400 technology, academic and industrial organisations from around the world have contributed to a new integrated photonics roadmap led by foundation PhotonDelta and the Microphotonics Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). IPSR-I provides a technology roadmap and a clear way forward for building