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2 | Year | Name of Company | Country | Amount raised | Series A (first round) or B (second round) | Investors | ||||||||||||||||||||
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5 | EPIC is the industry association that promotes the sustainable development of organisations working in the field of photonics. We foster a vibrant photonics ecosystem by maintaining a strong network and acting as a catalyst and facilitator for technological and commercial advancement. EPIC publishes market and technology reports, organizes technical workshops and B2B roundtables, engages in advocacy and lobbying, European funded projects, education and training activities, standards and roadmaps, pavilions at exhibitions. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | 2023 | Convergent Dental | USA | $50 million | Not disclosed | Trinity Capital, Arboretum Ventures and Gund Investment. | ||||||||||||||||||||
7 | 2023 | Imagia | USA | $4.5 million | Not disclosed | Gates Frontier, MetaVC Partners and other strategic investors. | ||||||||||||||||||||
8 | 2023 | New Origin | The Netherlands | €6 million | Not disclosed | PhotonDelta | ||||||||||||||||||||
9 | 2023 | Zomp | United Kingdom | £2 million | Not disclosed | Zeiss Ventures, Foresight WAE Technology and BGF. | ||||||||||||||||||||
10 | 2023 | Quantum Source | Israel | $12 million | Not disclosed | Dell Technologies, 10D, Eclipse VC, Grove Ventures, and Pitango First. | ||||||||||||||||||||
11 | 2023 | 3D Glass Solutions | USA | $30 million | Series C | Walden Catalyst Ventures, Intel Capital, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Applied Ventures, Cambium Capital and Mesh Cooperative Ventures. | ||||||||||||||||||||
12 | 2023 | Productive Machines | USA | £2.2 million | Not disclosed | UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund (UKI2S), NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance, ACT Venture Partners, Fuel Ventures and Innovate UK. | ||||||||||||||||||||
13 | 2023 | Isar Aerospace | Germany | $165 million | Series C | 7-Industries Holding, Bayern Kapital, Earlybird Venture Capital, HV Capital, Lakestar, Lombard Odier Investment Managers, Porsche SE, UVC Partners and Vsquared Ventures. | ||||||||||||||||||||
14 | 2023 | Mojo Vision | USA | $22.4 million | Series A | Not disclosed | ||||||||||||||||||||
15 | 2023 | Kepler | Canada | $92 million | Series C | Not disclosed | ||||||||||||||||||||
16 | 2023 | EarthOptics | USA | $27.6 million | Series B | Conti Ventures, Rabo Food & Ag Innovation Fund (RFAIF), CNH Industrial, Louis Dreyfus Company Ventures, CHS, Growmark's Cooperative Ventures join current EarthOptics investors Leaps by Bayer, FHB Ventures, S2G Ventures, iSelect Fund, Route 66 Ventures, and Middleland Capital's VTC Ventures. | ||||||||||||||||||||
17 | 2023 | Oqmented | Germany | $20 million | Series A | Sharp2, Salvia, Vsquared Ventures and others. | ||||||||||||||||||||
18 | 2023 | MVision | Finland | $5.85 million | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | ||||||||||||||||||||
19 | 2023 | BluGlass | Australia | $10.2 million | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | ||||||||||||||||||||
20 | 2023 | Vector Photonics | United Kingdom | £2.4 million | Not disclosed | Clean Growth Fund, Foresight WAE Technology (FWT) Funds, UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund (UKI2S), Equity Gap and Scottish Enterprise. | ||||||||||||||||||||
21 | 2023 | Opsys Tech | Israel | $51.5 milion | Series C | 83North, Osage University Partners, Translink Capital and Saban Ventures. | ||||||||||||||||||||
22 | 2023 | QuantWare | The Netherlands | €6 million | Not disclosed | Forward.One, QDNL Participations and Graduate Entrepreneur. | ||||||||||||||||||||
23 | 2023 | EUV Tech | USA | Not disclosed | Series A | Intel Capital | ||||||||||||||||||||
24 | 2023 | EFFECT Photonics | The Netherlands | $40 million | Not disclosed | Invest-NL and Innovation Industries. | ||||||||||||||||||||
25 | 2023 | IDloop | Germany | €10 million | Not disclosed | European Investment Council (EIC) Accelerator | ||||||||||||||||||||
26 | 2023 | Dxcover | United Kingdom | £10 million | series A | Eos Advisory, Mercia Asset Management, Scottish Enterprise, the University of Strathclyde, SIS Ventures, Norcliffe Capital, Mark Bamforth of Thairm Bio and European Innovation Council. | ||||||||||||||||||||
27 | 2023 | Refined Laser Systems | Germany | $2.9 million | Not disclosed | High-Tech Gründerfonds, APEX Ventures, NRW.BANK, Onsight Ventures, Papst Venture Capital, Tom Merk (former executive vice president of Coherent), and Werner Falkenstein (founder and CEO of former StarMedTec GmbH). | ||||||||||||||||||||
28 | 2023 | LioniX International | The Netherlands | €3.5 million | Not disclosed | Invest-NL, FORWARD.one, Universiteit Twente Holding, Oost NL and PhotonDelta. | ||||||||||||||||||||
29 | 2023 | Lumotive | USA | $13 million | Not disclosed | Samsung Ventures, USAA and Uniquest. | ||||||||||||||||||||
30 | 2022 | Hummink | France | €5 million | Series B | Sensinnovat, Elaia Partners, PSL, Beeyond and BPIFrance. | ||||||||||||||||||||
31 | 2022 | Xscape Photonics | USA | $10 million | Not disclosed | Altair | ||||||||||||||||||||
32 | 2022 | Scantinel Photonics | Germany | €10 million | Series A | PhotonDelta, Scania Growth Capital and ZEISS Ventures. | ||||||||||||||||||||
33 | 2022 | LongPath Technologies | USA | $22 million | Series A | White Deer, ProFrac, Williams and Buff Gold Ventures. | ||||||||||||||||||||
34 | 2022 | iThera Medical | Germany | €13 Million | Not disclosed | TRUMPF Venture, EIC Fund, Mey Capital Matrix, Wachstumsfonds Bayern, BayBG, Fluxunit, Falk Strascheg Holding, and Occident. | ||||||||||||||||||||
35 | 2022 | OroraTech | Germany | €15 million | Series A | Edaphon, Findus Venture, Ananda Impact Ventures, Wachstumsfonds Bayern 2, ConActivity, APEX Ventures, SpaceTec Capital, Ingo Baumann and Clemens Kaiser. non-dilutive co-funding from the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Free State of Bavaria. | ||||||||||||||||||||
36 | 2022 | Somalytics | USA | $1.9 million | Not disclosed | IP Group and WRF Capital. | ||||||||||||||||||||
37 | 2022 | Axial3D | United Kingdom | $15 million | Not disclosed | Stratasys | ||||||||||||||||||||
38 | 2022 | Touchlab | United Kingdom | $4.8 million | Not disclosed | Octopus Ventures, Creator Fund and Techstart Ventures. | ||||||||||||||||||||
39 | 2022 | ORCA Computing | United Kingdom | $15 million | Series A | Octopus Ventures, Oxford Science Enterprises, Quantonation and Verve Ventures. | ||||||||||||||||||||
40 | 2022 | Phlux Technology | United Kingdom | £4 million | Not disclosed | Octopus Ventures, Northern Gritstone, the Foresight Williams Technology Funds, the Innovation Fund and Innovate UK. | ||||||||||||||||||||
41 | 2022 | ElFys | Finland | €3 million | Not disclosed | Samsung Venture Investment Corporation (SVIC) and Voima Ventures. | ||||||||||||||||||||
42 | 2022 | Quside | Spain | Not disclosed | Series A | Trumpf Ventures, Bullnet Capital, Demium Capital and TechVisionCapital. | ||||||||||||||||||||
43 | 2022 | Scantinel Photonics | Germany | €10 million | Series A | PhotonDelta, Scania Growth Capital and Zeiss Ventures. | ||||||||||||||||||||
44 | 2022 | OTI Lumionics | Canada | $55 million | Not disclosed | LG Technology Ventures, Samsung Ventures, UDC Ventures, Anzu Partners, and the Family Office of Lee Lau. | ||||||||||||||||||||
45 | 2022 | Ainstec | China | CNY 10.0 million | Series A+ | Meridian Capital, Maxonic, Silicon Harbour and Hainan Inhope Investment Co., Ltd. | ||||||||||||||||||||
46 | 2022 | Civ Robotics | USA | $5 million | Not disclosed | ff Venture Capital, Alley Robotics Ventures and Trimble Ventures. | ||||||||||||||||||||
47 | 2022 | Axtra3D | USA | $6.25 million | Series A | additive manufacturing (3D printing) specialist HZG Group of industry pioneers Kerstin and Frank Carsten Herzog. | ||||||||||||||||||||
48 | 2022 | UnionTech | China | $30 million | Series D | CITIC Goldstone, Oriza FOFs, Cash Capital, Dragonrise Capital and Mount Morning Capital. | ||||||||||||||||||||
49 | 2022 | Sun Metalon | Japan | $5.6 million | Series A | Globis Capital Partners & Co., UTEC, D4V, and Berkeley SkyDeck Fund. | ||||||||||||||||||||
50 | 2022 | Vitro3D | USA | $1.3 million | Not disclosed | Buff Gold Ventures, several angel investors, Rockies Venture Club, Caruso Ventures, and The Deming Center Venture Fund. | ||||||||||||||||||||
51 | 2022 | Nano | Vietnam | $6.4 million | Series A | Openspace, Partech Partners, Tekton Ventures, KVision, IT Farma, Sketchnote Partners, Golden Gate Ventures, FEBE Ventures, FJLabs, Venturra, TO Ventures, ACE & Company and Goodwater Capital. | ||||||||||||||||||||
52 | 2022 | actnano | USA | $8 million | Not disclosed | Liquidity Group, BMW i Ventures, Porsche Ventures, and Henkel. | ||||||||||||||||||||
53 | 2022 | ATLANT 3D Nanosystems | Denmark | $15 million | Series A | West Hill Capital and leading Japanese corporation. | ||||||||||||||||||||
54 | 2022 | Kipu Quantum | Germany | €3 million | Not disclosed | Quantonation, Entrada Ventures and First Momentum Ventures. | ||||||||||||||||||||
55 | 2022 | Xanadu | Canada | $100 million | Series C | Georgian, Porsche Automobil Holding SE, Forward Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Pegasus Tech Ventures, Silicon Valley Bank, Bessemer Venture Partners, Capricorn, BDC Capital, and Tim Draper. | ||||||||||||||||||||
56 | 2022 | ColdQuanta | USA | $110 million | Series B | LCP Quantum, In-Q-Tel, Sumitomo Corporation of Americas, Breakthrough Victoria, BOKA Group Holdings LP, Foundry Group, Global Frontier Investments, and Maverick Ventures. Christopher Galvin, former Motorola chairman and CEO, joined ColdQuanta’s Board of Directors. Mr. Galvin. | ||||||||||||||||||||
57 | 2022 | eleQtron | Germany | €50 million | Not disclosed | Earlybird and Siegerlandfonds. | ||||||||||||||||||||
58 | 2022 | Qunnect | USA | $8 million | Series A | Airbus Ventures, Quantonation, SandboxAQ, NY Ventures, Impact Science Ventures, and Motus Ventures. | ||||||||||||||||||||
59 | 2022 | bitsensing | South Korea | $10 million | Series A | AF WPartners, ARGES Private Equity and Mando Corporation. | ||||||||||||||||||||
60 | 2022 | Ambient Photonics | USA | $17.5 million | Series A | Climate Pledge Fund, Ecosystem Integrity Fund (EIF), Cthulhu Ventures, Tony Fadell’s Future Shape and I Squared Capital. | ||||||||||||||||||||
61 | 2022 | Delphinus Medical Technologies | USA | $30 million | Series D | Arboretum Ventures, Beringea, North Coast Technology Investors, Venture Investors, Hopen Life Science Ventures, and Waycross Ventures. | ||||||||||||||||||||
62 | 2022 | Alitheon | USA | $10 million | Series A | BMW I Ventures and Imagine Ventures. | ||||||||||||||||||||
63 | 2022 | Metalenz | USA | $30 million | Series B | Neotribe Ventures, Foothill Ventures, M Ventures, Intel Capital, Osage University Partners, TDK Ventures, 3M Ventures, Global Brains, SG Innovate, Baidu Ventures, Hegemon Capital, and Braemar Ventures. | ||||||||||||||||||||
64 | 2022 | Ambient Photonics | USA | $17.5 million | Series A | Climate Pledge Fund, Ecosystem Integrity Fund (EIF), Cthulhu Ventures, Tony Fadell’s Future Shape and I Squared Capital. | ||||||||||||||||||||
65 | 2022 | OUTSIGHT | France | €22 million | Not disclosed | Energy Innovation Capital (EIC) and the Defense Innovation Fund managed by Bpifrance, alongside Groupe ADP and historical investors BNP Paribas, SPDG, Demeter, Safran, and Faurecia. | ||||||||||||||||||||
66 | 2022 | Scintil Photonics | France | €19 million | Series B | Applied Ventures ITIC Innovation Fund, Robert Bosch Venture Capital (RBVC), Innovacom, Supernova Invest and Bpifrance. | ||||||||||||||||||||
67 | 2022 | Prophesee | France | €50 million | Series C | Sinovation Ventures, Xiaomi, Intel Capital, Robert Bosch Venture Capital, 360 Capital, iBionext, and the European Investment Bank. | ||||||||||||||||||||
68 | 2022 | Fictiv | USA | $100 million | Series E | Activate Capital, Angeleno Group, Cross Creek, The Westly Group, Accel, Bill Gates, G2 Venture Partners and Standard Investments. | ||||||||||||||||||||
69 | 2022 | Optics11 | The Netherlands | €5 million | Not disclosed | FORWARD.one and Value Creation Capital. | ||||||||||||||||||||
70 | 2022 | Stämm | USA | $17 million | Series A | Varana Capital, Draper Associates, SOSV's IndieBio, Decarbonization Consortium, Trillian LLC, New Abundance, Grid Exponential, VistaEnergy, Teramips, Draper Cygnus, Serenity Traders, and Dragones VC. | ||||||||||||||||||||
71 | 2022 | Leuko | USA | $5 million | Series A | HTH VC, Good Growth Capital, IAG Capital Partners, Nina Capital and angel investors. | ||||||||||||||||||||
72 | 2022 | Brelyon | USA | $15 million | Series A | Lockheed Martin Ventures, Corning Incorporated and LG Technology Ventures. | ||||||||||||||||||||
73 | 2022 | 9T Labs | Switzerland | $17 million | Series A | Stratasys, Solvay Ventures, Solvay SA, Verve Ventures, ACE & Company, Zurcher Kantonalbank and Wingman Ventures. | ||||||||||||||||||||
74 | 2022 | Skyroot Aerospace | India | $51 million | Series B | GIC | ||||||||||||||||||||
75 | 2022 | Bridger Photonics | USA | $55 million | Not disclosed | Carica Sustainable Investments, Madison Valley Partners and Next Frontier Capital. | ||||||||||||||||||||
76 | 2022 | Cepton | USA | $100 million | Not disclosed | Koito | ||||||||||||||||||||
77 | 2022 | AlpsenTek | China | $30 million | Series A | Xunxing Investment, ArcSoft Corp, Sunny Optical Industry Fund, Clory Ventures, Shenzhen Angel FOF, Lenovo Capital, Incubator Group and Zero2IPO. | ||||||||||||||||||||
78 | 2022 | Monod Bio | USA | $25 million | Not disclosed | Matrix Capital, Global Health Investment Corporation, Cercano Management, The Washington Research Foundation, Boom Capital Ventures, Sahsen Ventures, and Pack Ventures. | ||||||||||||||||||||
79 | 2022 | Glowforge | USA | $43 million | Series E | DFJ Growth, Foundry Group, True Ventures, and Revolution Growth. | ||||||||||||||||||||
80 | 2022 | Boston Micro Fabrication | China | $43 million | Series C | Shenzhen Capital Group | ||||||||||||||||||||
81 | 2022 | Ai Build | United Kingdom | $3.2 million | Not disclosed | ACT Venture Partners and SuperSeed. | ||||||||||||||||||||
82 | 2022 | GrayMatter Robotics | USA | $20 million | Series A | Bow Capital, Calibrate Ventures, OCA Ventures, Pathbreaker Ventures, Stage Venture Partners, 3M Ventures, Swift Ventures. | ||||||||||||||||||||
83 | 2022 | Phix | The Netherlands | €3 million (short term) and €20 million | Not disclosed | National Growth Fund | ||||||||||||||||||||
84 | 2022 | evolutionQ | Canada | $5.5 million | Series A | Quantonation and The Group Ventures. | ||||||||||||||||||||
85 | 2022 | Qubit Pharmaceuticals | France | €16 million | Not disclosed | XAnge, Omnes, Quantonation and Mr. Octave Klaba. | ||||||||||||||||||||
86 | 2022 | Origin Quantum | China | $148.2 million | Series B | Shenzhen Capital, Shenzhen Capital Group’s Hotland Investment Asset Management, CITIC Securities, China International Capital Corporation (CICC), Bank of China Group Investment Limited (BOCGI) and several other Chinese investment institutions. | ||||||||||||||||||||
87 | 2022 | Atlantic Quantum | Sweden | $9 million | Not disclosed | The Engine, Thomas Tull, Glasswing Ventures, Future Labs Capital and E14. | ||||||||||||||||||||
88 | 2022 | IQM Quantum Computers | Finland | $128 million | Series A2 | World Fund, Bayern Kapital, EIC Fund, OurCrowd, QCI SPV, Tofino, Varma, Maki.vc, Matadero QED, MIG Fonds, OpenOcean, Salvia GmbH, Santo Venture Capital GmbH, Tencent, Tesi and Vsquared. | ||||||||||||||||||||
89 | 2022 | Oxford Quantum Circuits | United Kingdom | $46.45 million | Series A | Lansdowne Partners, The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners (UTEC), British Patient Capital, Oxford Science Enterprises (OSE) and Oxford Investment Consultants (OIC). | ||||||||||||||||||||
90 | 2022 | Quantum Systems | Germany | $32 million | Series A | Bayern Kapital, Several German private investors and European Investment Bank. | ||||||||||||||||||||
91 | 2022 | planqc | Germany | $4.82 million | Not disclosed | UVC Partners and Speedinvest. | ||||||||||||||||||||
92 | 2022 | Quantum Source | Israel | $15 million | Not disclosed | Grove Ventures, Pitango First and Eclipse Ventures. | ||||||||||||||||||||
93 | 2022 | QuiX Quantum | The Netherlands | €5.5 million | Not disclosed | PhotonDelta, FORWARD.one and Oost NL. | ||||||||||||||||||||
94 | 2022 | CamGraPhIC | Italy | £1.26 million | Not disclosed | Frontier IP and Wealth Club. | ||||||||||||||||||||
95 | 2022 | Sensel | USA | $18.8 million | Series B | Global Lighting Technologies Inc (GLT)and joined by Lenovo. | ||||||||||||||||||||
96 | 2022 | Strella Biotechnology | USA | $8 million | Series A | Millennium New Horizons, Google Ventures, Rich Products Ventures, Mark Cuban, Yamaha Motor Ventures, Catapult Ventures and Union Labs. | ||||||||||||||||||||
97 | 2022 | XY Sense | Australia | $10 million | Series A | InterValley Ventures, JCI Ventures and OneVentures. | ||||||||||||||||||||
98 | 2022 | Blickfeld | Germany | €15 million | Not disclosed | European Investment Bank (EIB) | ||||||||||||||||||||
99 | 2022 | Ottonomy | USA | $3.3 million | Not disclosed | Pi Ventures, Connetic Ventures, Branded Hospitality Ventures and the Founder & CEO of Addverb Technologies, Sangeet Kumar. | ||||||||||||||||||||
100 | 2022 | QLM Technology | United Kingdom | £12 million | Series A | Schlumberger, Green Angel Syndicate, Enterprise100 Syndicate, Development Bank of Wales, Newable Ventures and Quantum Exponential. | ||||||||||||||||||||