Posts Categorized: Press Releases

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