2023
| March
| QuantWare
| The Netherlands
| €6 million
| Not disclosed
| Forward.One, QDNL Participations and Graduate Entrepreneur.
| https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/08/quantware-raises-e6m-to-scale-its-quantum-processor-business/?guccounter=1
|
| 2023 | March | EFFECT Photonics | The Netherlands | $10 million | Not disclosed | Invest-NL and Innovation Industries. | https://effectphotonics.com/news/effect-photonics-secures-40-million-in-additional-funding/ |
2023
| March
| EUV Tech
| USA
| Not disclosed
| Series A
| Intel Capital
| https://www.finsmes.com/2023/03/euv-tech-raises-series-a-funding.html
|
2023
| February
| 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.
| https://optics.org/news/14/2/3
|
| 2023 | February | IDloop | Germany | €10 million | Not disclosed | European Investment Council (EIC) Accelerator | https://www.photonics.com/Articles/IDloop_Noncontact_3D_Scanning_Developer_Gets/a68778 |
| 2023 | January
| Opsys Tech
| Israel
| $51.5 milion
| Series C
| 83North, Osage University Partners, Translink Capital and Saban Ventures.
| https://optics.org/news/14/1/9
|
2023
| January
| LioniX International
| The Netherlands
| €3.5 million
| Not disclosed
| Invest-NL, FORWARD.one, Universiteit Twente Holding, Oost NL and PhotonDelta.
| https://www.photondelta.com/news/dutch-consortium-invests-e3-5-million-in-lionix-international/
|
2023
| January
| 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.
| https://www.finsmes.com/2023/01/vector-photonics-receives-2-4m-in-growth-funding.html
|
2023
| January
| 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).
| https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Refined_Laser_Systems_Puts_29M_Toward_Rapid/a68714
|
2023
| January
| Lumotive
| USA | $13 million
| Not disclosed
| Samsung Ventures, USAA and Uniquest.
| https://optics.org/news/14/1/4
|
2022
| December
| Xscape Photonics
| USA
| $10 million
| Not disclosed
| Altair
| https://www.altair.com/newsroom/news-releases/altair-leads-seed-funding-for-xscape-photonics-with-10-million-investment#:~:text=Altair%20(Nasdaq%3A%20ALTR)%20a,performance%20computing%20(HPC)%20systems.
|
2022
| December
| Scantinel Photonics
| Germany
| €10 million
| Series A
| PhotonDelta, Scania Growth Capital and ZEISS Ventures.
| https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Scantinel_Photonics_Raises_105M_Series_A_Week/a68545#:~:text=2%2C%202022%20%E2%80%94%20Scantinel%20Photonics%2C,Growth%20Capital%20and%20ZEISS%20Ventures.
|
2022
| December
| iThera Medical
| Germany
| €13 Million
| Not disclosed
| TRUMPF Venture, EIC Fund, Mey Capital Matrix, Wachstumsfonds Bayern, BayBG, Fluxunit, Falk Strascheg Holding, and Occident.
| https://www.prweb.com/releases/2022/12/prweb19078813.htm
|
2022
| December
| LongPath Technologies
| USA
| $22 million
| Series A
| White Deer, ProFrac, Williams and Buff Gold Ventures.
| https://www.photonics.com/Articles/LongPath_Technologies_Raises_22M_in_Series_A/a68567
|
2022
| December
| Phlux Technology
| United Kingdom
| £4 million
| Not disclosed
| Octopus Ventures, Northern Gritstone, the Foresight Williams Technology Funds, the Innovation Fund and Innovate UK.
| https://www.uktechnews.info/2022/12/07/phlux-technology-secures-4-million-seed-investment-led-by-octopus-ventures/
|
2022
| November
| Hummink
| France
| €5 million
| Series B
| Sensinnovat, Elaia Partners, PSL, Beeyond and BPIFrance.
| https://ope-journal.com/news/hummink-announces-a-new-fundraising-of-5m-to-industrialise-its-nano-manufacturing-technology
|
2022
| November
| 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.
| https://ororatech.com/ororatech-raises-15-million-euro-to-launch-second-thermal-infrared-camera/
|
2022
| November
| Axial3D
| United Kingdom
| $15 million
| Not disclosed
| Stratasys
| https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221102005187/en/Stratasys-Makes-Strategic-Investment-in-Axial3D
|
| 2022 | November | Quside
| Spain
| Not disclosed
| Series A
| Trumpf Ventures, Bullnet Capital, Demium Capital and TechVisionCapital.
| https://www.icfo.eu/news/2111/quside-raises-series-a-round-led-by-trumpf-ventures-and-bullnet-capital/
|
2022
| November
| Scantinel Photonics
| Germany
| €10 million
| Series A
| PhotonDelta, Scania Growth Capital and Zeiss Ventures.
| https://optics.org/news/13/11/39
|
2022
| November
| Civ Robotics
| USA
| $5 million
| Not disclosed
| ff Venture Capital, Alley Robotics Ventures and Trimble Ventures.
| https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2022/11/03/civ-robotics-raises-5-million-seed-funding-round/56319/
|
2022
| November | Axtra3D | USA | $6.25 million | Series A | additive manufacturing (3D printing) specialist HZG Group of industry pioneers Kerstin and Frank Carsten Herzog. | https://www.3printr.com/axtra3d-successfully-closed-series-a-financing-round-of-usd-625-million-4259316/ |
2022
| November
| Vitro3D
| USA
| $1.3 million
| Not disclosed
| Buff Gold Ventures, several angel investors, Rockies Venture Club, Caruso Ventures, and The Deming Center Venture Fund.
| https://www.finsmes.com/2022/11/vitro3d-raises-1-3m-in-seed-financing.html
|
2022
| November
| actnano
| USA
| $8 million
| Not disclosed
| Liquidity Group, BMW i Ventures, Porsche Ventures, and Henkel.
| https://www.finsmes.com/2022/11/actnano-raises-8m-in-growth-funding.html#google_vignette
|
| 2022 | November | eleQtron | Germany | €50 million | Not disclosed | Earlybird and Siegerlandfonds. | https://tech.eu/2022/11/01/quantum-computer-maker-eleqtron-raises-eur50-million-in-funding/ |
2022
| November
| 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.
| https://www.finsmes.com/2022/11/coldquanta-raises-110m-in-series-b-funding.html
|
2022
| November
| 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.
| https://www.finsmes.com/2022/11/xanadu-closes-usd100m-series-c-funding.html
|
2022
| October
| OTI Lumionics
| Canada
| $55 million
| Not disclosed
| LG Technology Ventures, Samsung Ventures, UDC Ventures, Anzu Partners, and the Family Office of Lee Lau.
| https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/26/say-goodbye-to-the-notch-oti-raises-55m-for-technology-to-remove-screen-obstructions/
|
2022
| October
| Ainstec
| China
| CNY 10.0 million
| Series A+
| Meridian Capital, Maxonic, Silicon Harbour and Hainan Inhope Investment Co., Ltd.
| https://equalocean.com/news/2022100818989
|
2022
| October
| Sun Metalon
| Japan
| $5.6 million
| Series A
| Globis Capital Partners & Co., UTEC, D4V, and Berkeley SkyDeck Fund.
| https://www.finsmes.com/2022/10/sun-metalon-raises-us5-6m-in-series-a-funding.html
|
2022
| October
| Qunnect
| USA
| $8 million
| Series A
| Airbus Ventures, Quantonation, SandboxAQ, NY Ventures, Impact Science Ventures, and Motus Ventures.
| https://www.finsmes.com/2022/10/qunnect-raises-8m-in-series-a-funding.html
|
| 2022 | October | 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. | https://www.finsmes.com/2022/10/metalenz-raises-30m-in-series-b-funding.html |
| 2022 | October | 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. | https://lidarmag.com/2022/10/20/outsight-raises-e22-million-to-accelerate-the-deployment-of-lidar-across-all-industries/ |
| 2022 | September | ElFys | Finland | €3 million | Not disclosed | Samsung Venture Investment Corporation (SVIC) and Voima Ventures. | https://www.elfys.fi/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Press-release-2022-09-15_final.pdf |
| 2022 | September | Cognitive3D | Canada | $2.5 million | Not disclosed | Konvoy, Space Capital, Boost VC. | https://venturebeat.com/metaverse/cognitive3d-raises-2-5m-for-spatial-analytics-for-3d-apps/ |
2022
| September
| UnionTech
| China
| $30 million
| Series D
| CITIC Goldstone, Oriza FOFs, Cash Capital, Dragonrise Capital and Mount Morning Capital.
| https://www.finsmes.com/2022/09/uniontech-closes-30m-funding-round.html
|
| 2022 | September | ATLANT 3D Nanosystems | Denmark | $15 million | Series A | West Hill Capital and leading Japanese corporation. | https://www.finsmes.com/2022/09/atlant-3d-nanosystems-raises-15m-usd-in-funding.html |
2022
| September
| Kipu Quantum
| Germany
| €3 million
| Not disclosed
| Quantonation, Entrada Ventures and First Momentum Ventures.
| https://www.quantonation.com/2022/09/15/kipu-quantum-closes-eur-3m-funding-round-and-joins-quantonations-portfolio/
|
2022
| September
| bitsensing
| South Korea
| $10 million
| Series A
| AF WPartners, ARGES Private Equity and Mando Corporation.
| https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bitsensing-raises-10-million-in-series-a-funding-301627885.html
|
2022
| September
| 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.
| https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220907005411/en/Ambient-Photonics-Closes-17.5M-in-Equipment-Financing-to-Support-Opening-of-U.S.-based-Manufacturing-Facility
|
2022
| September
| Delphinus Medical Technologies
| USA
| $30 million
| Series D
| Arboretum Ventures, Beringea, North Coast Technology Investors, Venture Investors, Hopen Life Science Ventures, and Waycross Ventures.
| https://www.finsmes.com/2022/09/delphinus-medical-technologies-raises-30m-in-series-d-funding.html
|
2022
| September
| Alitheon
| USA
| $10 million
| Series A
| BMW I Ventures and Imagine Ventures.
| https://www.finsmes.com/2022/09/alitheon-raises-10m-in-series-a-funding.html
|
2022
| September
| Prophesee
| France
| €50 million
| Series C
| Sinovation Ventures, Xiaomi, Intel Capital, Robert Bosch Venture Capital, 360 Capital, iBionext, and the European Investment Bank.
| https://www.prophesee.ai/2022/09/22/prophesee-closes-50million-fundraising-round/
|
2022
| September
| Scintil Photonics
| France
| €19 million
| Series B
| Applied Ventures ITIC Innovation Fund, Robert Bosch Venture Capital (RBVC), Innovacom, Supernova Invest and Bpifrance.
| https://www.electrooptics.com/news/scintil-photonics-brings-total-raised-19m
|
2022
| September
| Optics11
| The Netherlands
| €5 million
| Not disclosed
| FORWARD.one and Value Creation Capital.
| https://www.optics11life.com/2022/09/29/optics11life-5million-funding-2022/
|
| 2022 | September | Leuko | USA | $5 million | Series A | HTH VC, Good Growth Capital, IAG Capital Partners, Nina Capital and angel investors. | https://optics.org/news/13/9/35 |
| 2022 | September | Cepton | USA | $100 million | Not disclosed | Koito | https://optics.org/news/13/9/1 |
| 2022 | September | Brelyon | USA | $15 million | Series A | Lockheed Martin Ventures, Corning Incorporated and LG Technology Ventures. | https://optics.org/news/13/9/32 |
2022
| September
| Skyroot Aerospace
| India
| $51 million
| Series B
| GIC
| https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220905005059/en/Skyroot-Aerospace-Raises-51-Million-Led-by-GIC-to-Propel-the-New-Future-of-Small-Satellite-Launches
|
| 2022 | September
| StradVision
| South Korea
| $88 million
| Series C
| ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Aptiv PLC, Hyundai Motor Company, Hyundai Mobis, LG Electronics and AISIN.
| https://www.photonics.com/Articles/StradVision_Closes_88M_Series_C_Funding_Round/a68340
|
2022
| September
| Bridger Photonics
| USA
| $55 million
| Not disclosed
| Carica Sustainable Investments, Madison Valley Partners and Next Frontier Capital.
| https://optics.org/news/13/9/8
|
2022
| August
| Somalytics
| USA
| $1.9 million
| Not disclosed
| IP Group and WRF Capital.
| https://somalytics.com/news/seed-funding-release/
|
| 2022 | August | 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. | https://www.finsmes.com/2022/08/nano-raises-us6-4m-in-pre-series-a-funding.html |
| 2022 | August | QLM Technology | United Kingdom | £12 million | Series A | Schlumberger, Green Angel Syndicate, Enterprise100 Syndicate, Development Bank of Wales, Newable Ventures and Quantum Exponential. | https://www.finsmes.com/2022/08/qlm-technology-raises-12m-in-series-a-funding.html |
| 2022 | August | 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. | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220815005119/en/Monod-Bio-Closes-25M-Seed-Financing-to-Advance-Biosensor-Technology-Platform |
| 2022 | August | Ottonomy | USA | $3.3 million | Not disclosed | Pi Ventures, Connetic Ventures, Branded Hospitality Ventures and the Founder & CEO of Addverb Technologies, Sangeet Kumar. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ottonomy-closes-3-3-million-seed-round-led-by-pi-ventures-and-announces-ottobot-2-0--301598125.html |
| 2022 | August | AvicenaTech | USA | $25 million | Series A | Samsung Catalyst Fund, Cerberus Capital Management, Clear Ventures and strategic investor Micron Ventures. | https://www.lightwaveonline.com/business/companies/article/14280665/avicena-lands-25-million-in-series-a-funding |
| 2022 | August | CamGraPhIC | Italy | £1.26 million | Not disclosed | Frontier IP and Wealth Club. | https://statnano.com/news/71162/CamGraPhIC-Raises-Over-%C2%A3800K-in-Funding |
| 2022 | August | PreciPoint | Germany | €10 million | Series A | bm‑t beteiligungsmanagement thüringen (bmt) | https://optics.org/news/13/8/6 |
| 2022 | August | GrayMatter Robotics | USA | $20 million | Series A | Bow Capital, Calibrate Ventures, OCA Ventures, Pathbreaker Ventures, Stage Venture Partners, 3M Ventures, Swift Ventures. | https://www.therobotreport.com/graymatter-robotics-sanding-solution-brings-in-20m/ |
| 2022 | July | Boston Micro Fabrication | China | $43 million | Series C | Shenzhen Capital Group | https://www.finsmes.com/2022/07/boston-micro-fabrication-raises-43m-in-series-c-funding.html |
2022
| July
| QuiX Quantum
| The Netherlands
| €5.5 million
| Not disclosed
| PhotonDelta, FORWARD.one and Oost NL.
| https://www.quixquantum.com/news/quix-quantum-lands-eu5-5-million-for-development-of-worlds-most-powerful-photonic-quantum-computer
|
2022
| July
| 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).
| https://oxfordquantumcircuits.com/oqc-series-a-38-million
|
| 2022 | July | iPronics | Spain | €3.7 million | Not disclosed | Amadeus Capital Partners and Caixa Capital Risc. | https://ipronics.com/ipronics-raises-e3-7-million-to-accelerate-the-adoption-of-programmable-photonic-chips/ |
| 2022 | July | 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. | https://meetiqm.com/articles/press-releases/european-leader-in-quantum-computing-iqm-raises-128m-led-by-world-fund/ |
| 2022 | July | Blickfeld | Germany | €15 million | Not disclosed | European Investment Bank (EIB) | https://www.blickfeld.com/eib-finances-blickfeld-with-15-million/ |
2022
| July
| Atlantic Quantum
| Sweden
| $9 million
| Not disclosed
| The Engine, Thomas Tull, Glasswing Ventures, Future Labs Capital and E14.
| https://www.thesaasnews.com/news/atlantic-quantum-raises-9-million-in-seed-round
|
| 2022 | July
| Phaseform
| Germany
| €1.1 million
| Not disclosed
| Private investors and MBG Baden-Württemberg.
| https://www.phaseform.com/post/seed-round-for-phaseform
|
| 2022 | July | XY Sense | Australia | $10 million | Series A | InterValley Ventures, JCI Ventures and OneVentures. | https://www.finsmes.com/2022/07/xy-sense-raises-us10m-in-total-funding.html |
| 2022 | July | iLoF | United Kingdom | €4.89 million | Not disclosed | Faber, M12, Microsoft’s venture fund, Quiet Capital, Lunar Ventures, Alter Venture Partners, re.Mind Capital, Fluxunit, the corporate VC arm of ams OSRAM, Angel investor Charlie Songhurst and Berggruen Holdings. | https://www.eu-startups.com/2022/07/digital-health-startup-ilof-secures-e4-89-million-to-accelerate-personalised-drug-discovery/ |
| 2022 | July
| Quantum Source
| Israel
| $15 million
| Not disclosed
| Grove Ventures, Pitango First and Eclipse Ventures.
| https://quantumcomputingreport.com/quantum-source-secures-15-million-in-seed-round-funding-to-develop-photonic-quantum-computer-technology-that-can-scale-to-millions-of-qubits/
|
| 2022 | July | VulcanForms | USA | $355 Million | Not disclosed | Eclipse Ventures, Stata Venture Partners, Fontinalis Partners, D1 Capital Partners, Standard Investments, Atlas Innovate, Boston Seed Capital, Industry Ventures, and the Simkins Family. | https://optics.org/news/13/7/5 |
| 2022 | July | ScaleNC | Germany | €4 million | Not disclosed | Trumpf | https://www.scalenc.com/de/news/trumpf-investiert-erneut-in-scalenc |
| 2022 | July | pureLiFi | United Kingdom | £10.0 million | Not disclosed | Scottish National Investment Bank | https://optics.org/news/13/7/18 |
| 2022 | July | Phix | The Netherlands | €3 million (short term) and €20 million | Not disclosed | National Growth Fund | https://www.phix.com/additional-investments-and-new-building/ |
| 2022 | July | Quantifi Photonics | New Zealand | $15 million | Series C | Intel Capital, New Zealand investors Pacific Channel, Nuance Connected Capital, Simplicity, K1W1, NZ Growth Capital Partners and UniServices. | https://www.quantifiphotonics.com/quantifi-photonics-completes-15m-series-c-led-by-intel-capital/?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=series-c |
2022
| July
| 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.
| https://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/origin-quantum-closes-148m-301743
|
| 2022 | June | ORCA Computing | United Kingdom | $15 million | Series A | Octopus Ventures, Oxford Science Enterprises, Quantonation and Verve Ventures. | https://www.uktechnews.info/2022/06/09/orca-computing-secures-12-54-million-series-a-investment-led-by-octopus-ventures-oxford-science-enterprises-quantonation-and-verve-ventures/ |
| 2022 | June | 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. | https://www.finsmes.com/2022/06/strella-raises-8-million-in-series-a-funding.html |
2022
| June
| planqc
| Germany
| $4.82 million
| Not disclosed
| UVC Partners and Speedinvest.
| https://quantumcomputingreport.com/planqc-secures-e4-6-million-4-82m-usd-funding-round-for-development-of-a-neutral-atom-based-quantum-computer/
|
| 2022 | June | Vayyar Imaging | Israel | $108 million | Series E | Koch Disruptive Technologies (KDT), Battery Ventures, Bessemer Ventures, More VC, Regal Four, Claltech, GLy Capital Management and Atreides Management LP. | https://www.therobotreport.com/vayyar-imaging-brings-in-108m-in-funding/ |
| 2022 | June | Quantum Systems | Germany | $32 million | Series A | Bayern Kapital, Several German private investors and European Investment Bank. | https://dronedj.com/2022/06/09/quantum-systems/ |
| 2022 | June | Sensel | USA | $18.8 million | Series B | Global Lighting Technologies Inc (GLT)and joined by Lenovo. | https://www.finsmes.com/2022/06/sensel-raises-18-8m-in-series-b-funding.html |
2022
| June
| Ai Build
| United Kingdom
| $3.2 million
| Not disclosed
| ACT Venture Partners and SuperSeed.
| https://3dprint.com/291912/ai-build-announces-3-2-million-in-new-investments/
|
2022
| June
| Qubit Pharmaceuticals
| France
| €16 million
| Not disclosed
| XAnge, Omnes, Quantonation and Mr. Octave Klaba.
| https://www.finsmes.com/2022/06/qubit-pharmaceuticals-raises-e16m-in-funding.html
|
| 2022 | June | evolutionQ | Canada | $5.5 million | Series A | Quantonation and The Group Ventures. | https://www.prweb.com/releases/2022/06/prweb18725018.htm |
| 2022 | June | Swave Photonics | Belgium | €7 million | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | photonics.com/Articles/AR_VR_Startup_Swave_Photonics_Raises_73M/a68140 |
| 2022 | June | Glowforge | USA | $43 million | Series E | DFJ Growth, Foundry Group, True Ventures, and Revolution Growth. | https://www.finsmes.com/2022/06/glowforge-raises-43m-in-series-e-funding.html |
| 2022 | June | NLM Photonics | USA | Not disclosed | Further round | Hamamatsu Photonics | https://www.novuslight.com/hamamatsu-photonics-invests-in-nlm-photonics_N12413.html |
| 2022 | June | 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. | https://image-sensors-world.blogspot.com/2022/06/alpsentek-vision-sensor-startup-raises.html |
| 2022 | June | Scintil Photonics | France | €13.5 million | Series B | Robert Bosch Venture Capital (RBVC) led the round, Innovacom, Supernova Invest and Bpifrance. | https://optics.org/news/13/6/31 |
| 2022 | June | UnitySC | France | £48 million | Not disclosed | Jolt Capital, the French Government through French Tech Souveraineté and Supernova Invest. | https://www.finsmes.com/2022/06/unitysc-raises-eur48m-in-funding.html |
| 2022 | June | Surfix | Netherlands | $9.12 million | Not disclosed | Qurin Diagnostics, LioniX International, PhotonDelta and the East Netherlands Development Agency Oost NL. | Surfix Secures $9M Investment for Light-Powered Sensor | Business | Jun 2022 | Photonics.com |
2022
| May
| Fictiv
| USA
| $100 million
| Series E
| Activate Capital, Angeleno Group, Cross Creek, The Westly Group, Accel, Bill Gates, G2 Venture Partners and Standard Investments.
| https://www.finsmes.com/2022/05/fictiv-secures-100m-in-series-e-funding.html
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| 2022 | May | Cambridge Raman Imaging | Italy | £1.1 million | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | https://www.cambridgeramanimaging.com/cri-raises-1-1-million-to-accelerate-scale-up/ |
| 2022 | May | Ambient Photonics | USA | $31 million | Series A | Climate Pledge Fund, Ecosystem Integrity Fund (EIF), Future Shape and I Squared Capital. | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220510006161/en/Ambient-Photonics-Energy-Harvesting-Technology-Reduces-IoT-Carbon-Footprint-31-Million-Series-A-Financing-Co-Led-by-Amazon-through-its-Climate-Pledge-Fund-and-Ecosystem-Integrity-Fund |
2022
| May
| Aegiq
| United Kingdom
| $1.5 million
| Not disclosed
| Black Quant and Quantum Exponential
| https://thequantuminsider.com/2022/05/17/aegiq-closes-oversubscribed-investment-round-brings-total-funding-to-nearly-4-million/
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| 2022 | May | SLAMcore | United Kingdom | $16 million | Series A | ROBO Global Ventures, Presidio Ventures, Amadeus Capital Partners, Global Brain, IP Group, MMC, Octopus, Samsung Ventures, Toyota Ventures, and Yamato Holdings. | https://www.finsmes.com/2022/05/slamcore-raises-16m-in-series-a-funding.html |
| 2022 | May | Salience Labs | United Kingdom | $11.5 million | Further round | Not disclosed | https://optics.org/news/13/5/18 |
| 2022 | May | Pharrowtech | Belgium | €15 million | Series A | Innovation Industries, imec.xpand, Bloc Ventures, and KBC Focus Fund. | businesswire.com/news/home/20220511005440/en/Pharrowtech-Raises-€15-Million-in-Series-A-Funding-to-Develop-Worlds-First-Viable-Wireless-Alternative-for-Optical-Fiber |
| 2022 | May | Tribosonics | United Kingdom | £1.5 million | Further round | NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance, Mercia EIS funds, and other investors. | https://www.finsmes.com/2022/05/tribosonics-raises-further-1-5m-in-funding.html |
| 2022 | May | Classiq | Israel | $3 million | Series B | HSBC, NTT Finance, Neva SGR’s Intesa Sanpaolo, Wing VC, Entrée Capital, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Team8, Phoenix, Sumitomo (through IN Venture), OurCrowd, Spike Ventures, Samsung NEXT, Lip-Bu Tan and Harvey Jones. | https://www.finsmes.com/2022/05/classiq-raises-further-usd5m-in-second-closing-of-series-b-funding.html |
| 2022 | May | Cornami | USA | $68 million | Series C | SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Impact Venture Capital, Octave Ventures, and Applied Ventures, LLC. | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220515005056/en/Cornami-Closes-over-68-Million-Funding-in-Oversubscribed-Series-C-Led-by-SoftBank-Vision-Fund-2 |
| 2022 | May | Viaphoton | USA | $80 million | Not disclosed | Trinity Capital | https://venturebeat.com/2022/05/05/viaphoton-raises-80m-to-disrupt-fiber-manufacturing/ |
| 2022 | May | Lynx | France | $4 million | Series A | Somnium Space, ex-Meta and Google engineers, and other investors. | https://www.thevirtualreport.biz/deal/65291/ambitious-european-champion-of-mixed-reality-raises-4m-series-a-funding/ |
| 2022 | May | InferSens | United Kingdom | £870,000 | Not disclosed | RO Capital Partners, Oxford Innovation Fund, and Bruce Melizan. | https://www.finsmes.com/2022/05/infersens-raises-gbp870k-in-funding.html |
| 2022 | May | Nomagic | Poland | $22 million | Series A | Khosla Ventures, Almaz Capital, European Investment Bank, DN Capital, Capnamic Ventures, DN Capital and Manta Ray. | https://www.therobotreport.com/nomagic-picks-up-22m-in-series-a-funding/ |
| 2022 | May | Eureka Robotics | Singapore | $4.25 million | Series A | The University of Edge Capital Partners, Touchstone Partners and ATEQ. | https://www.therobotreport.com/eureka-robotics-brings-in-4-5m-in-pre-series-a-funding/ |
| 2022 | May | Point2 Technology | USA | $22 million | Series B | GU Equity Partners, LLC, Molex Ventures, Samsung Securities, Shinhan Capital, Tigris Investment, K2 Investments and Korea Omega Investment, GU Equity Partners, Timefolio Investment, Nautilus Venture Partners, Quantum Ventures Korea and Walden International. | https://www.finsmes.com/2022/05/point2-technology-raises-22m-in-series-b-funding.html |
| 2022 | May | Contactile | Australia | $2.5 million | Not disclosed | Silicon Valley's True Ventures, Flying Fox Ventures, Radar Ventures and UNSW Founders. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/contactile-raises-us2-5-million-to-accelerate-development-of-tactile-sensor-technology-for-robotic-dexterity-301536115.html |
| 2022 | April | CytoTronics | USA | $9.25 million | Not disclosed | Anzu Partners, Milad Alucozai (BoxOne Ventures) and institutional investors. | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220428005157/en/CytoTronics-Launches-with-9.25-Million-in-Seed-Funding-to-Revolutionize-Drug-Discovery-and-Phenotypic-Screening |
| 2022 | April | InZiv | Israel | $10 million | Series A1 | BlueRed Partners, OurCrowd, and other existing investors. | https://www.prnewswire.com/il/news-releases/inziv-raises-10m-series-a1-to-pioneer-the-future-of-microled-display-inspection-and-repair-301532880.html |
| 2022 | April | Synergy Quantum | Switzerland | Not disclosed | Series A | Not disclosed | https://www.finsmes.com/2022/04/synergy-quantum-closes-pre-series-a-funding-round.html |
| 2022 | April | Prisma Photonics | Israel | Not disclosed | Further round | Israel Electric Corporation | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/prisma-photonics-receives-strategic-investment-from-israel-electric-corporation-301518713.html |
| 2022 | April | Venus Aerospace | USA | $20 million | Series A | Prime Movers Lab, Draper Associates, Boost, Saturn 5, Seraph Group, Cantos, The Helm and Tamarack Global. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/venus-aerospace-raises-20-million-in-series-a-funding-led-by-prime-movers-lab-301517809.html |
| 2022 | April | sensiBel | Norway | €15 million | Series A | Trumpf | https://optics.org/news/13/4/42 |
| 2022 | April | Verana Networks | USA | $28 million | Series B | DC Investment Partners, Spark Capital, BOLD Capital Partners, Aspiro Capital, Taiwania Capital and TDK Ventures. | https://www.finsmes.com/2022/04/verana-networks-raises-28m-in-series-b-funding.html |
| 2022 | April | EX-Fusion | Japan | $1 million | Not disclosed | ANRI and Osaka University. | https://optics.org/news/13/4/22 |
| 2022 | April | VisionNav Robotics | China | $80 million | Series C+ | Meituan and 5Y Capital. | https://www.finsmes.com/2022/04/visionnav-robotics-raises-80m-in-series-c-funding.html |
| 2022 | April | Pixel Photonics | Germany | €1.45 million | Further round | High-Tech Grürnderfonds and Quantonation. | https://www.eetimes.eu/quantum-photonics-startup-secures-e1-45m-in-seed-funding/ |
| 2022 | April | Pixxel | USA | $25 million | Series A | Radical Ventures | https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Pixxel_Pulls_in_25M_in_Series_A_Funding/a67933 |
| 2022 | April | Diligent Robotics | USA | $30 million | Series B | Tiger Global, True Ventures, DNX Venture, Ubiquity Ventures, E14 Fund, Next Coast Ventures, Boom Capital, Gaingels and Cedars-Sinai Health Ventures. | https://www.finsmes.com/2022/04/diligent-robotics-raises-over-30m-in-series-b-funding.html |
| 2022 | April | LuminWave | China | $20 million | Series B | Anxin Capital, Value Capital and Nuoyan Capital. | https://optics.org/news/13/4/33 |
| 2022 | April | DigiLens | USA | $50 million | Series D | Corning, Samsung, Mitsubishi Chemical, and Universal Display Corporation. | https://optics.org/news/13/4/19 |
| 2022 | April | Nodar | USA | $12 million | Series A | New Enterprise Associates and Rhapsody Venture Partners. | https://www.finsmes.com/2022/04/nodar-raises-12m-in-series-a-funding.html |
| 2022 | April | PulseMedica | Canada | $2.6 million | Further round | Not disclosed | https://optics.org/news/13/4/1 |
| 2022 | April | Ayar Labs | USA | $130 million | Series C | Boardman Bay Capital Management, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), NVIDIA, Applied Ventures LLC, GlobalFoundries, Intel Capital, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Agave SPV, Atreides Capital, Berkeley Frontier Fund, IAG Capital Partners, Infinitum Capital, Nautilus Venture Partners, Tyche Partners, BlueSky Capital, Founders Fund, Playground Global, and TechU Venture Partners. | https://ayarlabs.com/ayar-labs-raises-130-million-in-series-c-funding/ |
| 2022 | April | Agility Robotics | USA | $150 million | Series B | DCVC, Playground Global and Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund. | https://www.geekwire.com/2022/agility-robotics-raises-150m-from-amazon-and-others-to-build-robots-used-in-the-workplace/ |
| 2022 | March | Pilot Photonics | Ireland | €1.8 million | Not disclosed | Kernel Capital | https://www.techcentral.ie/kernel-capital-invests-e1-8m-in-pilot-photonics/ |
| 2022 | March | Qure.ai | India | $40 million | Not disclosed | Novo Holdings, HealthQuad, MassMutual Ventures, Fractal analytics and Sequoia Capital. | https://www.finsmes.com/2022/03/qure-ai-raises-40m-in-funding.html |
| 2022 | March | QunaSys | Japan | $10 million | Series B | JIC Venture Growth Investments, ANRI, Fujitsu Ventures Fund, Global Brain, HPC Systems, JST SUCCESS Program, MUFJ Capital, Shinsei Corporate Investment Limited, and Zeon Corporation. | https://www.finsmes.com/2022/03/qunasys-raises-10m-in-series-b-funding.html |
| 2022 | March | Deepcell | USA | $73 million | Series B | Koch Disruptive Technologies, Bridger Healthcare, Horizons Ventures, Casdin Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Bow Capital, Jeff Dean, and Matt Mcllwain. | https://deepcell.com/2022/03/17/deepcell-raises-73-million-series-b-round-to-advance-its-ai-powered-single-cell-analysis-platform/ |
| 2022 | March | SpaceAge Labs | Singapore | $1.25 million | Further round | Silicon Solution Partners (SSP) and SEEDS Capital | https://www.finsmes.com/2022/03/spaceage-labs-raises-us1-25m-in-seed-funding.html |
| 2022 | March | Slingshot Aerospace | USA | $25 million | Series A | Draper Associates, ATX Venture Partners, Edison Partners, Embedded Ventures, Valor Equity Partners and Lockheed Martin Ventures. | https://spacenews.com/slingshot-aerospace-closes-25-million-fundraising-round/ |
| 2022 | March | Bear Robotics | USA | $81 million | Series B | IMM, Cleveland Avenue, LLC and other existing investors. | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220315005074/en/Bear-Robotics-Raises-81M-Series-B-to-Scale-Up-Mobile-Robots-in-the-Hospitality-Market |
| 2022 | March | LASEA | Belgium | €10 million | Not disclosed | M80, Noshaq and SRIW. | https://optics.org/news/13/3/32 |
| 2022 | March | Nreal | China | $60 million | Series C | Alibaba | https://venturebeat.com/2022/03/29/ar-glasses-maker-nreal-raises-60m-in-funding-led-by-alibaba/ |
| 2022 | March | Plotlogic | Australia | $18 million | Series A | Innovation Endeavors | https://optics.org/news/13/3/37 |
| 2022 | March | EFFECT Photonics | The Netherlands | $20 million | Series C | Not disclosed | https://effectphotonics.com/effect-photonics-acquires-coherent-optical-digital-signal-processing-business-from-viasat/ |
| 2022 | March | Autobrains | Israel | $120 million | Series C | Temasek, Continental, BMW i Ventures, Knorr-Bremse AG and VinFast. | https://www.finsmes.com/2022/03/autobrains-raises-120m-in-series-c-funding.html |
| 2022 | March | Zero Point Motion | United Kingdom | £2.58m | Not disclosed | Foresight-Williams Technology, Verve Ventures and u‑blox. | https://zeropointmotion.com/news/a-photonic-renaissance-zero-point-motions-258m-seed-round-paves-way-for-new-navigation-amp-motion-sensing-chips |
| 2022 | March | Osso VR | USA | $66 million | Series C | Oak HC/FT, Signalfire, GSR Ventures, Tiger Global Management and Kaiser Permanente Ventures. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/osso-vr-raises-66-million-to-broaden-access-to-surgical-education-for-healthcare-professionals-301509932.html |
| 2022 | March | Paragraf | United Kingdom | $60 million | Series B | New Science Ventures, Parkwalk, Amadeus Capital Partners, IQ Capital, Molten Ventures, British Patient Capital and In-Q-Tel. | https://www.finsmes.com/2022/03/paragraf-raises-60m-in-series-b-financing.html |
| 2022 | March | Alice&Bob | France | €27 million | Series A | Elaia, Bpifrance, Supernova Invest and Breega. | https://techcrunch.com/2022/03/09/alicebob-a-quantum-computing-startup-raises-30m-to-launch-its-first-fault-tolerant-cat-qubit-computers-in-2023/ |
| 2022 | March | Luminous Computing | USA | $105 million | Series A | Gigafund, Bill Gates, 8090 Partners, Neo, Third Kind Venture Capital, Alumni Ventures Group, Strawberry Creek Ventures, Horsley Bridge, Modern Venture Partners and others. | https://siliconangle.com/2022/03/03/luminous-computing-raises-105m-build-photonics-powered-ai-supercomputer/ |
| 2022 | February | Touchlab | United Kingdom | $4.8 million | Not disclosed | Octopus Ventures, Creator Fund and Techstart Ventures. | https://www.uktechnews.info/2022/02/23/touchlab-secures-3-5-million-seed-investment-led-by-octopus-ventures/ |
2022
| February
| 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.
| https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/stamm-secures-a-series-a-round-of-17-million-301504558.html
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| 2022 | February | TTTech Auto | Austria | USD 285 million | Further round | Aptiv PLC, Audi, and other investors. | https://www.finsmes.com/2022/02/tttech-auto-raises-usd285m-in-funding.html |
2022
| February
| Federated Wireless
| USA
| $58 million
| Series D
| Cerberus Capital Management, Allied Minds, and GIC. | https://www.finsmes.com/2022/02/federated-wireless-raises-58m-in-series-d-funding.html
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| 2022 | February | QuantrolOx | United Kingdom | £1.4 million | Not disclosed | Nielsen Ventures and Hoxton Ventures. Voima Ventures, Remus Capital, Dr. Hermann Hauser, and Laurent Caraffa. | https://quantrolox.com/quantrolox-raise-funding/ |
| 2022 | February | RightHand Robotics | USA | $66 million | Series C | Safar Partners, Thomas H. Lee Partners LP, and SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Zebra Technologies, Epson, Global Brain, GV, F-Prime Capital, Menlo Ventures, Matrix Partners, Future Shape, Menlo Ventures and Playground Global. | https://www.photonics.com/Articles/RightHand_Robotics_Closes_66M_Funding_Round/a67825 |
| 2022 | February | Kinova | Canada | $60 million | Not disclosed | Graham Partners, Export Development Canada (EDC) and Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF). | https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/kinova-raises-60-million-in-new-financing-the-company-s-expansion-into-the-industrial-automation-market-continues-826413359.html |
| 2022 | February | Algorithmiq | Finland | $4 million | Further round | Nokia/Shell, Dawn Capital, Thames Trust, Foobar/Unity3D, Tiger Global, Arena Holdings, Tokyo Black/LookerGoogle/Firebolt, K5 Global and other angels and entrepreneurs. | https://www.finsmes.com/2022/02/algorithmiq-raises-4m-in-seed-funding.html |
| 2022 | February | E-Space | France | $50 million | Not disclosed | Prime Movers Lab | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/e-space-announces-largest-space-seed-round-ever-to-democratize-space-with-sustainable-satellites-and-reduce-orbital-debris-301476274.html |
| 2022 | February | H2scan | USA | $70 million | Not disclosed | LetterOne and GS Energy. | https://www.finsmes.com/2022/02/h2scan-raises-70m-in-funding.html |
| 2022 | February | LeddarTech | Canada | $140 million | Series D | FS Investors, Investissement Québec, BDC Capital, Go Capital, Fidelity Investments Canada ULC, Fonds de solidarité FTQ, Export Development Canada, ams OSRAM, Desjardins Capital, UI Investissement, Cowen Investment II LLC and other LeddarTech management. | https://optics.org/press/5354 |
| 2022 | February | Celestial | USA | $56 million | Series A | Koch Disruptive Technologies, Temasek Xora Innovation fund, The Engine, Tyche Partners, M-Ventures, IMEC XPand and Fitz Gate.
| https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220204005002/en/Celestial-AI-Raises-56-Million-Series-A-to-Disrupt-the-Artificial-Intelligence-Chipset-Industry-with-Novel-Photonic-Electronic-Technology-Platform |
| 2022 | February | 9T Labs | Switzerland | $17 million | Series A | Stratasys, Solvay Ventures, Solvay SA, Verve Ventures, ACE & Company, Zurcher Kantonalbank and Wingman Ventures. | https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/9t-labs-secures-17m-series-a-funding-to-commercialize-carbon-fiber-3d-printing-204778/ |
| 2022 | February | Nord Quantique | Canada | C$9.5 million | Not disclosed | BDC Capital Deep Tech Venture Fund, Quantonation VC fund and Real Ventures.
| https://www.nordquantique.ca/news/nord-quantique-secures-cad-9-5-million-in-seed-funding |
| 2022 | February | Iceye | Finland | $136 million | Series D | Seraphim Space, BAE Systems, Kajima Ventures, Molten Ventures, OTB Ventures, True Ventures, C16 Ventures, Chione Ltd, Services Group of America, UK's National Security Strategic Investment Fund, Space Capital, and Promus Ventures. | https://www.satellitetoday.com/business/2022/02/03/iceye-raises-136m-in-series-d-funding-round/ |
| 2022 | February | Prisma Photonics | Israel | $20 million | Series B | Insight Partners, SE Ventures, and Future Energy Ventures. | https://fev.vc/prisma-photonics-raises-20-million/ |
| 2022 | February | G-PAL | China | Not disclosed | Further round | Boyuan Capital | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/g-pal-secures-strategic-investment-from-boschs-boyuan-capital-301485045.html |
| 2022 | February | Automata | United Kingdom | $50 million | Series B | Octopus Ventures, Hummingbird, Latitude Ventures, ABB Technology Ventures, Isomer Capital, In-Q-Tel, and others. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/automata-raises-us50-million-in-series-b-financing-to-accelerate-automation-in-life-sciences-301486701.html |
| 2022 | February | Exodigo | Israel | $29 million | Not disclosed | Zeev Ventures, 10D Ventures, SquarePeg Capital, JIBE Ventures, Tidhar Construction, Israel Canada and WXG. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/exodigo-digs-up-29-million-in-seed-funding-to-make-underground-mapping-nonintrusive-301484953.html |
| 2022 | February | Talespin | USA | $15 million | Series B | Seek Investments, Allomer Capital, Pearson Ventures, Accenture Ventures, Go1, and Sony Innovation Fund. | https://venturebeat.com/2022/02/17/talespin-raises-20m-to-train-workers-using-spatial-technologies/ |
| 2022 | February | Scrona | Switzerland | $9.6 million | Series A | AM Ventures, TRUMPF Venture, Verve Ventures and Manz GmbH Management Consulting and Investment. | finsmes.com/2022/02/scrona-raises-9-6m-in-series-a-funding.html |
| 2022 | February | Micropsi Industries | Germany | $30 million | Series B | Metaplanet, VSquared, Ahren Innovation Capital, Project A Ventures and M Ventures. | https://www.finsmes.com/2022/02/micropsi-industries-raises-30m-in-series-b-funding.html |
| 2022 | February | FlexEnable | United Kingdom | $11 million | Series B | Coretronic and other investors. | https://www.finsmes.com/2022/02/flexenable-raises-11m-in-series-b-funding.html |
| 2022 | February | CogniFiber | Israel | $6 million | Series A | Chartered Group | https://www.finsmes.com/2022/02/cognifiber-raises-6m-in-series-a-funding.html |
| 2022 | February | Aito | The Netherlands | €1 million | Not disclosed | Rabobank | https://www.finsmes.com/2022/02/aito-raises-further-e1m-investment-from-rabobank.html |
| 2022 | February | Porotech | United Kingdom | $20 million | Series A | Ameba Capital and Speedinvest. | https://optics.org/news/13/2/41 |
| 2022 | February | RIOS Intelligent Machines | USA | $28 million | Series A | Main Sequence, Yamaha Motor Ventures, Orbit Venture Partners, Hypertherm Ventures, Valley Capital Partners, Morpheus Ventures, Grit Ventures, and others. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/rios-announces-28m-in-new-funding-to-automate-old-line-industries-301486803.html |
| 2022 | February | MORAI | South Korea | $20 million | Series B | Korea Investment Partners, KB Investment, Korea Development Bank (KDB), Naver D2 Startup Factory, Hyundai Motor ZERO1NE, Kakao Ventures, and Atinum Investment.
| https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/morai-raises-usd-20-million-series-b-funding-round-301477317.html |
| 2022 | January | Zvision Technologies | China | Not disclosed | Series C | Xpeng Motors, Shang Qi Capital, Dongfeng Motor and Intel Capital. | https://technode.com/2022/01/12/xpeng-motors-invests-in-lidar-company-to-bolster-self-driving-tech/ |
| 2022 | January | Wandelbots | Germany | $84 million | Series C | Insight Partners, venture capital firm, like 83North, Microsoft, Next47, Pana, Atlantic Labs and EQT. | https://www.therobotreport.com/wandelbots-raises-84m-for-no-code-robotics-programming/ |
| 2022 | January | 3D Glass Solutions (3DGS) | USA | $4 million | Series B1 | Menlo Microsystems Inc., Corning Incorporated and Sun Mountain Capital. | https://www.3dgsinc.com/sites/default/files/media/3dgs_jan31_2022_release.pdf |
| 2022 | January | Strados Labs | USA | $4.5 million | Series A | SOSV, cultivate(MD), Wavemaker360 Health, Blu Venture Investors and Broad Street Angels. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/strados-labs-growing-medtech-company-raises-4-5m-in-pre-series-a-funding-round-301454591.html |
| 2022 | January | Terra Quantum | Switzerland | $60 million | Series A | Lakestar and other investors. | https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/20/terra-quantum-raises-60m-for-its-quantum-as-a-service-platform/ |
| 2022 | January | Owl Autonomous Imaging | USA | $15 million | Series A | State Farm Ventures, Excell Partners, Empire State Development, MHNW Consortium, Dr. Sanjay Jha, and Luminate NY Accelerator. | https://optics.org/news/13/1/39 |
| 2022 | January | Atom Computing | USA | $60 million | Series B | Third Point Ventures, Primer Movers Lab, Innovation Endeavors, Venrock, Prelude Ventures and others. | https://www.finsmes.com/2022/01/atom-computing-raises-60m-in-series-b-funding.html |
| 2022 | January | Voyant Photonics | USA | $15.4 million | Series A | UP.Partners, LDV Capital, and Contour Ventures. | https://www.roboticsbusinessreview.com/rbr-investment/voyant-photonics-secures-15-4m-for-novel-chip-scale-lidar-solution-for-3d-machine-perception/ |
2022
| January
| Eikon Therapeutics
| USA
| $517.8 million
| Series B
| Not disclosed
| https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Eikon_Therapeutics_Raises_517M_Expands/a67670
|
| 2022 | January | Aegiq | United Kingdom | £3.5 million | Not disclosed | High-Tech Gründerfonds, Deepbridge Capital and other investors. | https://www.aegiq.com/post/aegiq-lands-seed-investment-to-revolutionise-trust-in-telecoms-and-computing-with-quantum-photonics |
| 2022 | January | Nuburu | USA | $350 million | Not disclosed | Anzu Partners, Grapha Holdings, and Thomas Wilson. | https://optics.org/news/13/1/38 |
| 2022 | January | PQShield | United Kingdom | $20 million | Series A | Oxford Science Enterprises and Crane.
| https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/25/pqshield-raises-20m-for-its-quantum-ready-future-proof-cryptographic-security-solutions/ |
2022
| January
| Emberion
| Finland
| €6 million
| Not disclosed
| Nidoco AB, Tesi (Finnish Industry Investment Ltd) and Verso Capital.
| https://www.emberion.com/emberion-raises-e6-million-to-accelerate-the-growth-of-its-infrared-imaging-business/
|
2022
| January | Truespeed
| United Kingdom
| £100 million
| Further round
| Aviva Investors
| https://www.lightwaveonline.com/business/companies/article/14223337/uks-truespeed-lands-100-million-for-fttp-roll-out
|
2021
| December
| Blickfeld
| Germany
| $31 million
| Series A
| New Future Capital
| https://optics.org/news/12/12/14
|
| 2021 | December | Chayora
| China
| Not disclosed
| Further round
| EdgeConneX
| https://www.lightwaveonline.com/business/mergers-acquisitions/article/14222673/edgeconnex-to-take-stake-in-chayora-for-china-data-center-presence
|
2021
| December
| MicroAlign
| Netherlands
| Not disclosed
| Further round
| PhotonDelta and the Smart Industries TTT Fund.
| https://www.novuslight.com/tu-eindhoven-spinoff-microalign-receives-funding-to-speed-technology-and-product-development_N12145.html#atop
|
2021
| November
| Cognixion
| USA
| $12 million
| Further round
| Prime Movers Lab, Northwell Health, Amazon Alexa Fund and Volta Circle. | https://www.cognixion.com/blog/2021/11/16/cognixion-raises-12-million-to-advance-assisted-reality-tech-for-millions-affected-by-communication-disabilities
|
2021
| November
| Spectralics
| Israel
| $2 million
| Not disclosed
| Volvo Cars Tech Fund
| https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/23/volvo-cars-tech-fund-invests-2m-in-optics-and-imaging-startup-spectralics/
|
2021
| November
| PreAct Technologies
| USA
| $13 million
| Series A
| State Farm Ventures, Elev8.VC, Gotham Partners, Traylor Capital, Stargazer Ventures, and others.
| https://www.preact-tech.com/news/preact-technologies-secures-13-million-in-funding-to-drive-the-next-generation-of-automotive-safety/
|
2021
| November
| HaptX
| USA
| $4 million
| Series A
| Crescent Cove Advisors, Verizon Ventures, Mason Avenue Investments, Taylor Frigon Capital Partners, and Upheaval Investments.
| https://haptx.com/crescent-cove-investment/
|
2021
| November
| Autotalks
| Israel
| $10 million
| Not disclosed
| Foxconn Interconnect Technology
| https://auto-talks.com/foxconn-interconnect-technology-invests-10-million-in-autotalks-following-strategic-collaboration-agreement/
|
| 2021 | November | Moore Threads | China
| $313 million | Series A | Source Code Capital, Shanghai Guosheng Group, Bohai Sheng (Hubei) Industrial Fund Management, CCB International, AND China Merchants Securities.
| https://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/moore-threads-secures-313m-271373/
|
2021
| November
| Holomatic
| China
| Not disclosed
| Series C1
| GAC Group
| https://autonews.gasgoo.com/m/70019045.html
|
2021
| November
| Helm.ai
| USA
| $26 million
| Series B
| Amplo, JMPartners, Base Capital Funding, and Freeman Group, ACVC, One Way Ventures, Binnacle Partners, and undisclosed investors.
| https://venturebeat.com/2021/11/16/helm-ai-raises-26m-for-unsupervised-autonomous-driving-software/
|
2021
| November
| Guangli Technology
| China
| $15.67 million
| Series A+
| Full Harvest Asset Management, Songyang Industry Fund, Ivy League Capital, Linear Capital and Vertex Ventures.
| https://startupsauthority.com/guangli-technology-raises-over-15-67-million-to-release-ar-smart-glasses-for-general-consumption/
|
2021
| November | North Ocean Photonics
| China
| $62.7 million
| Series B
| CITIC Zhengye Xinye Industry Fund, YF Capital, Haiwang Capital (Pudong Kechuang Group), CCB Investment Funds Management, Future Capital, Source Code Capital and Winsdom Capital (Country Garden Core Alliance Enterprise), Kinzon Capital, Walden International, Lingang Sc-inovation Invest, Vision Plus Capital, Oriza FoFs and Chenhui Venture Partners.
| https://pandaily.com/north-ocean-photonics-announces-completion-of-nearly-62-7-million-series-b-financing/
|
2021
| November
| DigiLens
| USA
| $50 Million
| Series D
| Samsung Electronics, Samsung Electro-Mechanics, Diamond Edge Ventures, Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation, Alsop Louie Partners, 37 Interactive Entertainment, UDC Ventures, Dolby Family Ventures, and others.
| https://www.digilens.com/pr-seriesd01/
|
| 2021 | November | Dispelix | Finland | $33 million | Series B | Atlantic Bridge, Lifeline Ventures, VTT Ventures, Finnish Industry Investment, 3M Ventures, CCB Trust and Flashpoint. | https://optics.org/news/12/11/14 |
2021
| November
| Ultraleap
| United Kingdom
| $82 million
| Series D
| Tencent, British Patient Capital, CMB International, Mayfair Equity Partners, IP Group, and other undisclosed investors.
| https://www.ultraleap.com/company/news/press-release/series-d-fundraise/
|
| 2021 | November
| Tyrafos
| China
| Not disclosed
| Series A+
| Yunqi Partners
| https://pandaily.com/tyrafos-complets-a-round-of-financing-led-by-yunqi-partners/
|
2021
| November
| Quandela
| France
| €15 million
| Not disclosed
| Omnes, the Defence Innovation Fund, and Quantonation.
| https://www.quantonation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Press-release-Quandela_21.11.16.pdf
|
| 2021 | November | Biolinq | USA | $100 million | Series B | RiverVest Venture Partners and other undisclosed investors. | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211102005898/en/Biolinq-Raises-100-Million-Unveils-Micro-Sensing-Technology-in-the-Skin |
2021
| November
| QuEra Computing
| USA
| $17 million
| Not disclosed
| Rakuten, Day One Ventures, Frontiers Capital, Serguei Beloussov, and Paul Maritz.
| https://www.quera.com/news
|
| 2021 | November | DustPhotonics | Israel | $33 million | Further round | Greenfield Partners, Intel Capital, and other investors. | https://optics.org/news/12/11/2 |
| 2021 | November | SIRO | Ireland | €620 million | Not disclosed | European Investment Bank and other undisclosed investors. | https://www.lightwaveonline.com/fttx/ftth-b/article/14213258/irelands-siro-secures-620-million-to-expand-fttb-footprint |
2021
| November
| Lanxin Technology
| China
| $15,695 million
| Series B
| Desay Battery and other undisclosed investors.
| https://pandaily.com/vision-system-developer-lanxin-technology-finishes-b-round-of-financing-worth-over-100-million-yuan/
|
| 2021 | November | Netomnia | United Kingdom | £123 million | Not disclosed | ESO Capital Partners UK LLP, AdvenCap, Avenue Capital Group and founders of Netomnia. | https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2021/11/netomnia-get-gbp123m-funding-for-uk-fttp-broadband-rollout.html |
| 2021 | November | OQmented | Germany | $9.3 million | Series A | IT-Farm Corporation, Leblon Capital, DEEPTECH-A and Salvia, Vsquared Ventures, Jinhua Shen, Baltic Business Angels SL-H, MBG Schleswig-Holstein. | https://oqmented.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Press-release_OQmented-seed-extension.pdf |
2021
| October
| AIM Photonics
| USA
| $321 million
| Not disclosed
| Force Research Laboratory and the Research Foundation of the State University of New York.
| https://optics.org/news/12/10/40
|
| 2021 | October | Flexciton | United Kingdom | £15 million | Series A | Nadav Rosenberg (Saras Capital), BACKED VC Chalfen Ventures, and Entrepreneur First. | https://www.flexciton.com/single-post/flexciton-announces-15m-series-a-investment |
| 2021 | October | SigmaSense | USA | $24 million | Series B | Not disclosed | https://sigmasense.com/sigmasense-closes-24m-series-b-funding-round/ |
| 2021 | October | Tactile Mobility | Israel | $27 million | Series C | Delek Motors, Goodyear Ventures, Porsche Ventures, Union Group, The Group Ventures, Zvi Neta (AEV), Giora Ackerstein, and Doron Livnat. | https://www.finsmes.com/2021/10/tactile-mobility-raises-additional-27m-in-series-c-funding.html |
| 2021 | October | Conflux Technology | Australia | AUD$8.5 million | Series A | AM Ventures and Acorn Capital. | https://www.3dprintingmedia.network/conflux-technology-secures-aud8-5-million-in-series-a-investment-round/ |
| 2021 | October | Multiverse Computing | Spain | €10 million | Not disclosed | JME Ventures, Quantonation, EASO Ventures, Inveready, CLAVE Capital (Mondragón Fondo de Promoción), Ikerlan, LKS, Penja Strategy, Seed Gipuzkoa and Ezten Venture Capital Fund. | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211020005605/en/Quantum-Computing-Startup-Multiverse-Computing-Closes-%E2%82%AC10-Million-Investment-Round |
| 2021 | October | Sentea | Belgium | € 2.3 million | Not disclosed | Finindus, PMV, Qbic II and Fidimec. | https://www.qbic.be/nieuws/sentea-raises-2-3-million-euros-to-support-the-growth-of-its-fiber-optic-sensing-business |
| 2021 | October | BlueDot Photonics | USA | $1 million | Further round | Hamamatsu Ventures | https://www.novuslight.com/hamamatsu-ventures-usa-invests-in-perovskite-company-bluedot-photonics_N11955.html |
| 2021 | October | OneProjects | Republic of Ireland | $17 million | Series A2 | imec.xpand, European Innovation Council Fund, LSP, Atlantic Bridge Ventures, and other existing investors. | https://www.pcronline.com/News/Press-releases/2021/oneprojects-announces-17-million-new-financing-advance-development-4d-cardiac-imaging-technology |
| 2021 | October | TriLite | Austria | €8 million | Further round | APEX Ventures, B&C Innovation Investments, Hermann Hauser Investment, TEC Ventures, QC·Ventures and other investors. | https://optics.org/news/12/10/30 |
| 2021 | October | SWIR Vision Systems | USA | $5 million | Series A | Keiretsu Forum angel investor network, RTI International, Blue Sky Capital, AAC Technologies Ltd., Carolina Angel Network, WaterStar Capital, and Oval Park Capital. | https://optics.org/news/12/10/29 |
| 2021 | October | Armonica Technologies | USA | $2 million | Series B | Hamamatsu, Cottonwood Technology Fund, Sun Mountain Capital, and Tramway Venture Partners. | https://optics.org/news/12/10/23 |
| 2021 | October | Peak Nanosystem | USA | $25 million | Further round | Squadron Capital. | https://optics.org/news/12/10/12 |
| 2021 | October | Anello Photonics | USA | $28 million | Series A | New Legacy Ventures, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Catapult Ventures, JS Capital, Hardware Club, and other unmentioned individual investors. | https://finance.yahoo.com/news/anello-photonics-completes-28m-series-124700408.html |
| 2021 | October | Fruitcore Robotics | Germany | $20 million | Series A | UVC Partners, btov Partners and CNB Capital. | https://www.therobotreport.com/fruitcore-robotics-closes-20m-series-a/ |
| 2021 | October | ZEUS laser | USA | $18.5 million | Not disclosed | NSF | https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Full-Power_3-Petawatt_ZEUS_Laser_Awarded_185M/a67262 |
| 2021 | September | Focused Energy | USA and Germany | $15 million | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | https://optics.org/news/12/9/42 |
| 2021 | September | Mech-Mind Robotics | China | $155 million | Series C+ | Meituan and IDG Capital. | https://www.therobotreport.com/mech-mind-robotics-155m-3d-vision/ |
| 2021 | September | MetoMotion | Israel | $5 million | Not disclosed | Ridder, Navus Ventures, and other undisclosed investors. | https://www.finsmes.com/2021/09/metomotion-raised-5m-in-funding.html |
| 2021 | September | QC Ware | USA | $25 million | Series B | Koch Disruptive Technologies, Covestro, Samsung Ventures, Citi, D. E. Shaw group and Pegasus Tech Ventures. | https://www.finsmes.com/2021/09/qc-ware-raises-25m-in-series-b-financing.html |
| 2021 | September | Quantum Machines | Israel | $50 million | Series B | Red Dot Capital Partners, Exor, Claridge Israel, Samsung NEXT, Valor Equity Partners, Atreides Management LP, TLV Partners, Battery Ventures and 2i Ventures. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/quantum-machines-raises-50m-to-make-quantum-computers-ubiquitous-and-disruptive-across-all-industries-301369668.html |
| 2021 | September | Foretellix | Israel | $32 million | Series B | MoreTech Ventures, Volvo Group Venture Capital, Nationwide, NI, Japan-Israel High Tech Ventures, 83North Ventures, Jump Capital, OurCrowd and NextGear. | https://www.foretellix.com/foretellix-round-b-announcement/ |
| 2021 | September | Oculii | USA | Not disclosed | Series B | General Motors | https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/13/gm-invests-in-radar-software-startup-oculii-as-demand-for-automated-driving-features-rise/ |
| 2021 | September | Agile Robots | Germany | $220 million | Series C | SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Abu Dhabi Royal Group, GL Ventures, Sequoia China, Linear Capital, Xiaomi Group, Foxconn Industrial Internet (“FII”), and Midas. | https://www.therobotreport.com/agile-robots-closes-220m-series-c-funding/ |
| 2021 | September | Carbon Robotics | USA | $27 million | Series B | Anthos Capital, Ignition Partners, Fuse Venture Capital, Voyager Capital, Bolt and Liquid2 Ventures. | https://carbonrobotics.com/news/carbon-robotics-closes-27-million-in-series-b-financing-round-led-by-anthos-capital |
| 2021 | September | Ambi Robotics | USA | $26 million | Series A | Tiger Global Management, Bow Capital, Vertex Ventures US and The House Fund. | |
| 2021 | September | Phiar Technologies | USA | $12 million | Series A | State Farm Ventures, Cambridge Mobile Telematics, Telenav, and Norwest Venture Partners, The Venture Reality Fund, and GFR Fund. | https://www.finsmes.com/2021/09/phiar-technologies-raises-12m-in-series-a-funding.html |
| 2021 | September | Keenon Robotics | China | $200 million | Series D | Softbank Vision Fund 2*, CICC ALPHA and Prosperity7 Ventures. | |
| 2021 | August | Forefront | United Kingdom | £1.5 million | Not disclosed | Science Creates Ventures, Foresight Williams Technology, BGF, and The Cambridge Angels. | https://www.finsmes.com/2021/08/forefront-rf-raises-1-5m-in-funding.html |
| 2021 | August | Diamond Age | USA | $8 million | Not disclosed | Prime Movers Lab, Alpaca VC, Dolby Family Ventures, Calm Ventures, Gaingels, Towerview Ventures, GFA Venture Partners, and Suffolk Construction. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/diamond-age-raises-8-million-seed-round-to-advance-robotics-and-3d-printing-for-affordable-home-construction-301358921.html |
| 2021 | August | Spartan Radar | USA | $10 million | Further round | Prime Movers Lab, 8VC, Mac VC, Alumni Ventures Group, Broom Ventures and Gaingels. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/spartan-radar-raises-10-million-in-seed-funding-to-advance-autonomous-vehicle-radar-software-301363246.html |
| 2021 | August | Trice Medical | USA | Not disclosed | Series D | Bioventus | https://tricemedical.com/trice-medical-receives-investment-and-international-distribution-partnership-from-bioventus-inc/ |
| 2021 | August | Chromacity | United Kingdom | £1.2 million | Further round | Kelvin Capital, EOS, Scottish Enterprise and ESM Investments. | https://chromacitylasers.com/funding-round/ |
| 2021 | August | Quantum Brilliance | Germany | $9.7 million | Not disclosed | QxBranch founders’, Main Sequence investment consortium, CP Ventures, Investible, Jelix Ventures, MA Financial, Growth Ventures Fund, R3I Ventures, and Ultratech Capital Partners. | https://www.finsmes.com/2021/08/quantum-brilliance-raises-9-7m-in-seed-funding.html |
| 2021 | August | Kairos Aerospace | USA | $26 million | Series C | DCVC, OGCI Climate Investments, John Crane, and Energy Innovation Capital. | https://optics.org/news/12/8/27 |
| 2021 | August | Ultromics | United Kingdom | $33 million | Series B | Blue Venture Fund, Optum Ventures, GV, and Oxford Sciences Innovation. | https://www.ultromics.com/press-releases/ultromics-raises-33m-in-series-b-funding-to-help-transform-cardiac-disease-treatment |
| 2021 | August | Speclipse | South Korea | $7.7 million | Not disclosed | Signite Partners with participation from BNH Investment, Shinhan Capital, MiCo and MiCoBioMed. | https://www.finsmes.com/2021/08/speclipse-raises-7-7m-in-funding.html |
| 2021 | August | Spectricity | Belgium | € 14 million | Series B | AtlanticBridge, Capricorn Fusion China Fund, Shanghai Semiconductor Equipment and Material Fund and other undisclosed investors. | http://spectricity.com/spectricity-home-page__2/news/ |
| 2021 | July | ScreenPoint | Netherlands | $28 million | Series C | Insight Partners, ScreenPoint Medical's founders, Siemens Healthineers, Oost NL, and University Radiology Group (URG). | https://screenpoint-medical.com/screenpoint-medical-raises-28m-in-its-series-c-funding-with-insight-partners/ |
| 2021 | July | Eyenuk | USA | $6.2 million | Further round | AXA IM | https://www.finsmes.com/2021/07/eyenuk-raises-6-2m-in-funding.html |
| 2021 | July | Sonatus | USA | $35 million | Series A | Silicon Valley VC Translink Capital, Marvell Technology, UMC Capital and Wanxiang Group. | https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/21/auto-software-company-sonatus-raises-35-million-from-hyundai-motor-group-saic-capital/ |
| 2021 | July | MINIEYE | China | Not disclosed | Further round | CICC ALPHA, Dongfeng Asset Management Co., Ltd., Harvest Capital and Vision Plus Capital. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/minieye-raised-d1-round-of-financing-will-deliver-500-000-adas-products-in-2021--301326546.html |
| 2021 | July | Prophesee | France | Not disclosed | Further round | Sinovation Ventures, Xiaomi and Inno-Chip. | https://www.prophesee.ai/2021/07/06/strategic-investment-sinovation-xiaomi-inno-chip/ |
| 2021 | July | Quantifi Photonics | New Zealand | $10 million | Series B | Not disclosed | https://www.lightwaveonline.com/business/companies/article/14280085/quantifi-photonics-adds-15-million-in-series-c-funding |
| 2021 | July | Fabric8Labs | USA | $19.3 million | Series A | Intel Capital, Lam Capital, TDK Ventures, SE Ventures, imec.xpand, Stanley Ventures and Mark Cuban. | https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/20/metal-3d-printing-company-fabric8labs-raises-19m/?cx_testId=6&cx_testVariant=cx_undefined&cx_artPos=1#cxrecs_s |
| 2021 | July | PsiQuantum | USA | $450 million | Series D | BlackRock, Baillie Gifford and M12, Blackbird Ventures, Temasek. | https://www.photonics.com/Articles/PsiQuantum_Will_Build_Commercial_Quantum_Computer/a67202 |
| 2021 | July | Inkbit | USA | $30 million | Series B | Phoenix Venture Partners LLC | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/inkbit-secures-30m-in-series-b-funding-301337137.html |
| 2021 | July | Aidoc | Israel | $66 million | Series C | General Catalyst | https://www.finsmes.com/2021/07/aidoc-raises-66m-in-series-c-funding.html |
| 2021 | June | Lightspeed Microscopy | USA | $4 million | Series A | Dynamk Capital | https://www.finsmes.com/2021/06/lightspeed-microscopy-raises-4m-in-series-a-financing.html |
| 2021 | June | Porotech | United Kingdom | £3 million | Further round | Speedinvest, IQ Capital,Cambridge Enterprise, Martlet, and Cambridge Angels. | https://optics.org/press/5135 |
| 2021 | June | Zvision Technologies | China | Not disclosed | Series B | Intel Capital and Sinovation Ventures. | https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-06-21/zvisions-latest-funding-round-shows-investor-interest-in-lidar-has-got-range-101729654.html |
| 2021 | June | Seurat Technologies | USA | $41 million | Series B | Capricorn’s Technology Impact Fund, Denso, True Ventures, GM Ventures, Porsche Automobil Holding, Siemens Energy, and Maniv Mobility. | https://optics.org/news/12/6/42 |
| 2021 | June | Isorg | France | €16 million | Series C | Sumitomo Chemical, Mitsubishi Corporation, Integrated Systems Development SA, Financière Fonds Privés, Bpifrance, New Science Venture, CEA Investment and Sofimac Group (Limousin Participations). | https://www.isorg.fr/isorg-raises-e16-million-in-series-c-financing/ |
| 2021 | June | Hesai Technology | China | $300 million | Series D | GL Ventures, Xiaomi, Meituan, and CITICPE. | https://autonews.gasgoo.com/china_news/70018307.html |
| 2021 | June | Pasqal | France | €25 million | Series A | Quantonation and the Defense Innovation Fund (managed by Bpifrance on behalf of the Defense Innovation Agency), Runa Capital, Daphni, Eni Next. | https://pasqal.io/2021/06/08/pasqal-raises-e25-m-in-series-a-funding-to-speed-up-commercialization-of-quantum-processors/ |
| 2021 | June | Raythink | China | ¥10 million | Series A | Plum Ventures, Qianhai FOF, Weed Ventures and Oriental Fortune Capital. | https://www.raythinktech.com/show-38-21-1.html |
| 2021 | May | Omnitron Sensors | USA | $2.4 million | Not disclosed | StratMinds, Lombardstreet Ventures and 500 Startups. | https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/omnitron-sensors/company_financials |
2021
| May
| Surfix
| Netherlands
| €8.5 million
| Not disclosed
| Qurin Diagnostics, LioniX International, PhotonDelta and East Netherlands Development Agency Oost NL.
| https://www.lionix-international.com/about-us/news/e8-5-investment-in-photonic-diagnostic-biosensing/
|
2021
| May
| Eys3D
| China
| $7 million
| Series A
| Arm IoT Capital, WI Harper Group, and Marubun Corporation.
| https://venturebeat.com/2021/05/25/eys3d-raises-7m-for-ai-edge-sensor-technology/
|
| 2021 | May | ColdQuanta | USA | $20 million | Series B | Foundry Group, Global Frontier Quantum Opportunity Fund, LCP Quantum Partners and Maverick Ventures. | https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2021/05/12/2228069/0/en/ColdQuanta-Announces-20-Million-in-Funding-to-Accelerate-Commercialization-of-Cold-Atom-Quantum-Technology.html |
| 2021 | May | UltraSight | Israel | $13 million | Series B | Yozma Group Korea, Atain Specialty Insurance Company and Weizmann Institute of Science. | https://www.ultrasight.com/ultrasight-raises-13-million-to-bring-a |
| 2021 | May | Atonarp | Japan | $50 million | Series D | WRVI Capital and other unmentioned investors. | https://www.atonarp.com/atonarp-news/atonarp-announces-50m-series-d-financing-to-scale-its-molecular-sensing-virtual-metrology-technology-for-semiconductor-manufacturing |
| 2021 | May | Xanadu | Canada | $100 million | Series B | Bessemer Venture Partners, Capricorn, Tiger Global, BDC Capital, In-Q-Tel, Georgian, OMERS, and Tim Draper. | https://optics.org/news/12/5/38 |
| 2021 | May | Path Robotics | USA | $56 million | Series B | Addition, Drive Capital, Basis Set, and Lemnos Lab. | https://www.finsmes.com/2021/05/path-robotics-raises-56m-in-funding.html |
| 2021 | May | formlabs | USA | $150 million | Series E | SoftBank Vision Fund 2 | https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/19/formlabs-raises-150m/ |
| 2021 | May | PointGrab | United Kingdom | £3.4 million | Not disclosed | EMV Capital, ABB Ventures, Signify. | https://www.finsmes.com/2021/05/pointgrab-raises-3-4m-in-funding.html |
| 2021 | May | Senorics | Germany | €8 million | Series A | FIDURA Private Equity, ZEISS Ventures, Ventura Investment, Technologie Gründerfonds Sachsen (TGFS), and the TU Dresden Aktiengesellschaft (TUDAG). | https://senorics.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021_05_19_Senorics_Pre-Series-A_Financing-Round.pdf |
| 2021 | May | Eikon Therapeutics | USA | $148 million | Series A | The Column Group, Foresite Capital, Innovation Endeavors and Lux Capital. | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210505005416/en/Eikon-Therapeutics-Closes-148-Million-Series-A-Financing-to-Develop-High-Throughput-Super-Resolution-Microscopy-for-Drug-Discovery |
| 2021 | May | Lightmatter | USA | $80 million | Series B | Viking Global Investors, GV, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Lockheed Martin, Matrix Partners, SIP Global Partners, Spark Capital, and others. | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210506005271/en/Lightmatter-Raises-80M-Series-B-and-Brings-Photonic-Compute-Chip-to-Market-That-Accelerates-AI-With-10x-Plus-Speed-and-Energy-Advantage |
| 2021 | May | Scantinel Photonics | Germany | € 7.5 million | Not disclosed | Scania Growth Capital and other undisclosed investors. | https://www.finsmes.com/2021/05/scantinel-photonics-raises-e-7-5m-in-funding.html |
| 2021 | May | Agnostiq | Canada | $2 million | Not disclosed | Differential Ventures, Scout Ventures, Tensility Venture Partners, Boost VC, and Green Egg Ventures. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/agnostiq-secures-2-million-seed-round-to-further-develop-saas-based-quantum-solutions-301290810.html |
| 2021 | May | QphoX | Netherlands | €2 million | Not disclosed | Quantonation, Speedinvest, High-Tech Grunderfonds, and TU Delft. | https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/12/dutch-startup-qphox-raises-e2m-to-connect-quantum-computers-with-a-quantum-modem/ |
| 2021 | May | Qnami | Switzerland | $4.4 million | Series A | Runa Capital, SIT Capital, Quantonation, Verve Ventures, ZKB Start-up Finance and the High Tech Gründerfond. | https://qnami.ch/qnami-closes-4-0m-chf-series-a-round/ |
| 2021 | May | Innovusion | USA | $64 million | Series B | Temasek, BAI Capital, Joy Capital, NIO Capital, Eight Roads Ventures, and F-Prime Capital. | https://www.innovusion.com/news-13 |
| 2021 | May | LightCode Photonics | Estonia | 425000 | Pre-seed | United Angels VC and Superangel, Martin Villig, Taavi Kotka, Sten Tamkivi, and Ragnar Sass. | https://www.eu-startups.com/2021/05/estonia-based-lightcode-photonics-raises-e425k-to-transform-the-autonomous-vehicle-industry/ |
| 2021 | May | SiLC Technologies | USA | $17 million | Series A | Alter Venture Partners, Dell Technologies Capital, Fluxunit – OSRAM Ventures, Sony Innovation Fund by IGV*, Epson, UMC Capital, Yamato Holdings and Global Brain. | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210524005118/en/SiLC-Technologies-Raises-17M-Series-A-Funding-Round-to-Advance-Machine-Vision-Applications |
| 2021 | April | Lumicks | Netherlands | $93 million | Series D | Farallon Capital Management, Lauxera Capital Partners, Softbank Vision 2, T. Rowe Price Associates, Parian Global Management, Pura Vida Investments, Irving Investors, and Gilde Healthcare. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lumicks-raises-93-million-in-series-d-financing-301270485.html |
| 2021 | April | Vector Photonics | United Kingdom | £1.6 million | Further round | Foresight, UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund, and Equity Gap. | https://www.vectorphotonics.co.uk/news/vector-photonics-1-6m-equity-investment-for-next-generation-laser-commercialisation-takes-its-seed-funding-round-to-4m/ |
| 2021 | April | Jolt Capital IV | France | €212 million | Second closing | Jolt Capital | https://jolt-capital.com/news/jolt-capital-announces-a-second-closing-of-212me-for-its-new-growth-fund-jolt-capital-iv/ |
| 2021 | April | Holoride | Germany | $12 million | Series A | Terranet and Chinese financial and automotive technology investors. | https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/22/audi-spinoff-holoride-collects-e10m-in-series-a-led-by-terranet-ab/ |
| 2021 | April | SentiAR | USA | $5.1 million | Series A | TechWald Holding, BioGenerator, Cultivation Capital, VCapital, Neue Fund, QRM Capital, and Keiretsu Forum. | https://www.finsmes.com/2021/04/sentiar-closes-5-1m-series-a-funding.html |
| 2021 | April | QLM Technology | United Kingdom | £3.1 million | Further round | Green Angel Syndicate, Enterprise100 syndicate, Newable Venture Fund, Development Bank of Wales, Bristol Private Equity Club, Britbots Seed Fund, and ChampionX. | https://qlmtec.com/qlm-announces-successful-completion-of-seed-round-of-funding/ |
| 2021 | April | OnLume | USA | $7 million | Series A | Cambridge Investment Group (Luzich Partners LLC), WARF Ventures (Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation) and Wisconsin Investment Partners (WIP). | https://www.onlume.com/onlume-surgical-completes-7-million-series-a-financing/ |
| 2021 | April | LEDCity | Switzerland | $2.1 million | Further round | angel investors via SICTIC. | https://ledcity.io/en/2021/04/12/led-professional-ledcity-secured-chf-2-million/ |
| 2021 | April | Xwing | USA | $40 million | Further round | Blackhorn Ventures, ACME Capital, Loup Ventures, R7 Partners, Eniac Ventures, Alven Capital and Array Ventures. | https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/15/autonomous-aviation-startup-xwing-hits-400m-valuation-after-latest-funding-round/ |
| 2021 | April | EFFECT Photonics | Netherlands | $43 million | Series C | Invest-NL | https://effectphotonics.com/effect-photonics-completes-its-series-c-funding-round-raising-a-total-of-43m/ |
| 2021 | April | imageens | France | €1.2 million | Not disclosed | Anaxago, BADGE (Business Angels des Grandes Ecoles), COALESCENCE, and existing investors. | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210415005466/en/IMAGEENS-Raises-1.2Mn%E2%82%AC-Seed-Financing-Round-to-Launch-Its-First-Two-Products |
| 2021 | March | Audioptics Medical | Canada | $1.9 million | Further round | Innovacorp and Carl Zeiss Meditec. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/audioptics-medical-closes-1-9-million-seed-investment-round-to-help-surgeons-treat-hearing-loss-by-more-accurately-visualizing--diagnosing-middle-ear-pathologies-301258761.html |
| 2021 | March | Lightpoint | United Kingdom | $8 million | Not disclosed | Oxford Technology, Venture Founders, Coutts Bank, and British Business Bank Future Fund. | https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/lightpoint-medical-announces-8-million-in-funding-to-support-commercial-launch-of-its-robotic-cancer-detection-probe-827551590.html |
| 2021 | March | LGN | United Kingdom | $2 million | Not disclosed | Trucks Venture Capital, Luminous Ventures, and Jaguar Land Rover. | https://tech.eu/brief/london-based-edge-ai-firm-lgn-raises-2-million/ |
| 2021 | March | MICLEDI Microdisplays | Belgium | €7 million | Not disclosed | FPIM and KBC Focus Fund. | https://www.micledi.com/news/press-release-mar-4th-2021 |
| 2021 | March | Aeponyx | Canada | $10 million | Not disclosed | onds Ecofuel, Investissement Québec, Business Development Bank of Canada, Pangaea Ventures and Fonds Innovexport. | https://aeponyx.com/aeponyx-closes-10m-funding-round/ |
| 2021 | March | EFFECT Photonics | Netherlands | $37 million | Series C | Smile Invest, Innovation Industries Fund, Photon Delta, btov Partners, Brabant Development Agency (BOM) and other individual investors. | https://effectphotonics.com/effect-photonics-raises-37m-to-develop-single-chip-coherent-optics-and-scale-production/ |
| 2021 | March | Venus Aerospace | USA | $3 million | Not disclosed | Prime Movers Lab, Draper Associates, Boost VC, Saturn Five and X-Factor Ventures. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/venus-aerospace-closes-on-3-million-in-seed-funding-301239617.html |
| 2021 | March | TechsoMed | Israel | $7 million | Series B | Axil Capital, Yongjin Capital, Cobro Ventures, Magna Capital Partners, Radianx Capital, Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Inc., and NextLeap Ventures. | https://www.prnewswire.com/il/news-releases/techsomed-raises-7-million-series-b-financing-led-by-axil-capital-301239657.html |
| 2021 | March | Baraja | Australia | AUD $40 million | Series B | Blackbird Ventures, Hitachi Construction Machinery, Main Sequence Ventures, Regal Funds Management, Perennial Value Management, HESTA, and InterValley Ventures. | https://www.baraja.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/FINAL-Baraja-Announcement-%E2%80%94-LiDAR-innovator-Baraja-raises-AUD40m-to-bring-autonomous-vehicles-to-market-sooner5.pdf |
| 2021 | March | Skycatch | USA | $25 million | Further round | ADB Ventures and Wavemaker. | https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/25/drone-data-scanning-company-skycatch-announces-a-25m-raise/ |
| 2021 | March | SUB2r | USA | $3.5 million | Series A | Riva Technology | https://www.sub2r.co/sub2r-raises-investment-from-rte |
| 2021 | March | Pixxel | USA & India | $7.3 million | Not disclosed | Omnivore VC, Techstars, Lightspeed Ventures, Blume, growX, Ryan Johnson, former President at Planet Labs, and others. | https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/pixxel-closes-7-3-million-seed-funding/articleshow/81568854.cms |
| 2021 | March | 3DLOOK | USA | $6.5 million | Series A | Almaz Capital, TMT Investments and Zubr Capital. | https://3dlook.me/blog/3dlook-announces-6-5-million-series-a-round/ |
| 2021 | March | Utilis | USA | $6 million | Not disclosed | Beringea | https://www.finsmes.com/2021/03/utilis-raises-6m-in-funding.html |
| 2021 | March | Adapttech | United Kingdom | £2 million | Not disclosed | MEIF Proof of Concept & Early Stage Fund, Bionova Capital, ACF Investors, Wealth Club and Wren Capital. | https://www.adapttech.eu/press-releases/2021/3/22/adapttech-secures-2-million-in-new-funding |
| 2021 | February | NIL Technology | Denmark | $31 million | Further round | Jolt Capital, NGP Capital, Vækstfonden, and EIC Fund. | https://www.nilt.com/nilt-raises-e26m-to-accelerate-manufacturing-of-optical-solutions/ |
| 2021 | February | SpectraWAVE | USA | $13.2 million | Series A | Deerfield Management | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210203005225/en/SpectraWAVE-Announces-13.2-Million-Series-A-2-Financing-from-Existing-Investors-to-Bring-Intracoronary-Imaging-Technology-to-Market |
| 2021 | February | Bolb | USA | $16 million | Series A | Osram Opto Semiconductors, Southeast Asian UVC-Tech Group and Walden International. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/germicidal-ultraviolet-led-start-up-bolb-inc-raises-16-million-in-series-a-round-led-by-fluxunit-osram-investment-arm-301230719.html |
| 2021 | February | UiPath | USA | $750 million | Series F | Coatue, Alkeon Capital, Altimeter Capital, Dragoneer, IVP, Sequoia, Tiger Global, and funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price. | https://www.uipath.com/newsroom/uipath-closes-750-million-series-f-funding |
| 2021 | February | Quantum Optics Jena | Germany | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | ELAS Technologies, Fraunhofer Technologie-Transfer Fonds and beteiligungsmangement Thüringen (bm|t). | https://www.iof.fraunhofer.de/en/pressrelease/2021/quantum-optics-jena.html |
| 2021 | February | Recogni | USA | $48.9 million | Series B | WRVI Capital, Mayfield Fund, Continental, Robert Bosch Venture Capital, GreatPoint Ventures, Toyota AI Ventures, BMW i Ventures, Fluxunit – OSRAM Ventures, DNS Capital, and others. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/recogni-raises-48-9-million-series-b-investment-led-by-wrvi-capital-301229619.html |
| 2021 | February | Metalenz | USA | $10 million | Series A | 3M Ventures, Applied Ventures LLC, Intel Capital, M Ventures, TDK Ventures, Tsingyuan Ventures, and Braemar Energy Ventures. | https://news.crunchbase.com/news/metalenz-puts-10m-series-a-into-focus-with-investment-from-intel-and-3m/ |
| 2021 | February | SPARK Microsystems | Canada | CDN $17.5 million | Further round | Cycle Capital, ND Capital, Export Development Canada, and Real Ventures. | https://www.sparkmicro.com/spark-microsystems-announces-cdn17-5-million-financing-led-by-cycle-capital-to-drive-commercialization/ |
| 2021 | February | C. Light Technologies | USA | $2.5 million | Further round | Creative Ventures, Yamaha Motor Ventures, Wisconsin Investment Partners, Berkeley Skydeck Fund, Band of Angels, EGB Capital, Monde Green Ventures, Puck Ventures, and Vectors Angel. | https://www.finsmes.com/2021/02/c-light-technologies-raises-2-5m-in-seed-funding.html |
| 2021 | February | Shield AI | USA | $90 million | Series C | Point72 Ventures and other undisclosed investors. | https://www.shield.ai/news/2021/2/23/shield-ai-raises-90-million-series-c-funding-point72-ventures-and-other-investors |
| 2021 | January | Tactile Mobility | Israel | Not disclosed | Further round | Nexteer Automotive and The Group Ventures. | https://www.prnewswire.com/il/news-releases/tactile-mobility-secures-strategic-investment-from-nexteer-automotive-and-the-group-ventures-to-support-growing-demand-for-tactile-virtual-sensing-and-data-301202670.html |
| 2021 | January | Rockley Photonics | United Kingdom | $65 million | Further round | Morningside Ventures and other undisclosed investors. | https://rockleyphotonics.com/rockley-closes-additional-65-million-to-accelerate-growth/ |
| 2021 | January | UVeye | Israel | $40 million | Not disclosed | Hyundai Motor Company, W. R. Berkley Corporation and other investors. | https://www.prnewswire.com/il/news-releases/uveye-secures-strategic-investment-from-hyundai-motor-company-301210921.html |
| 2021 | January | Teraview | United Kingdom | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Sustainable Innovation Fund, Innovate UK. | https://teraview.com/2021/01/17/uk-research-and-innovation-invest-in-teraviews-6g-technology/ |
| 2021 | January | Dominion Aesthetic | USA | $23.7 million | Series B | Dominion Aesthetic Technologies CEO Cooper Collins, MagnaSci Ventures, McNair Interests Ltd, and Morton Cohn Investments. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dominion-aesthetic-technologies-closes-23-7-million-series-b-financing-to-accelerate-the-commercialization-of-eon-301217206.html |
| 2021 | January | Oxbotica | United Kingdom | $47 million | Series B | BGF, bp ventures, Halma, HostPlus, IP Group,Tencent, Venture Science, and funds advised by Doxa Partners. | https://www.oxbotica.com/insight/oxbotica-raises-47-million-to-deploy-autonomy-software-platform-around-the-world/ |
| 2021 | January | Zadar Labs | USA | $5.6 million | Not disclosed | Zoox, HYPR, Leslie Ventures, Jeff Rothschild, Plug and Play, and Mentors Fund. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/zadar-labs-developing-next-generation-imaging-radar-closes-5-6m-in-seed-funding-301214844.html |
| 2021 | January | Aeva | USA | $200 million | Further round | Sylebra Capital | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/aeva-inc-and-interprivate-acquisition-corp-announce-200-million-investment-from-sylebra-capital-in-support-of-business-combination-301200014.html |
| 2021 | January | Origin Quantum | China | $15.45 million | Series A | China Internet Investment Fund, Guoxin Fund, CICC Qizhi, Chengdu Industrial Investment, CCB International, Zhongke Yucheng, Zhongtian Fortune, and Pangu Turing. | https://thequantumdaily.com/2021/01/19/origin-quantum-raises-100-million-plus-yuan-15-million-u-s-in-latest-funding-round/ |
| 2021 | January | Promaxo | USA | $4.17 million | Further round | Huami | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210113005241/en/Promaxo-Raises-4.17M-in-Funding-Round-Led-by-Huami-Corporation |
| 2021 | January | Sila Nanotechnologies | USA | $590 million | Series F | Coatue, T. Rowe Price Associates, 8VC, Bessemer Venture Partners, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, and Sutter Hill Ventures. | https://silanano.com/news/sila-nanotechnologies-raises-590m-to-fund-battery-materials-factory/ |
| 2021 | January | Micatu | USA | $10 Million | Not disclosed | WAVE Equity Partners and other unmentioned investors. | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210113005743/en/Micatu-Secures-10-Million-Investment-from-WAVE-Equity-Partners-for-Disruptive-Grid-Optical-Sensor-Platform |
| 2021 | January | Classiq | Israel | $10.5 million | Series A | Team8, Wing Venture Capital, Entrée Capital, OurCrowd and IN Venture. | https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/27/classiq-raises-10-5m-series-a-round-for-its-quantum-software-development-platform/ |
| 2020 | December | Scale AI | USA | $155 million | Further round | Tiger Global | https://scale.com/blog/series-d |
| 2020 | December | Process Sensing Technologies | United Kingdom | Not disclosed | Further round | AEA Investors LP | https://www.processsensing.com/en-us/news/Process-Sensing-Technologies-Announces-New-Majority-Investment-from-AEA-Investors.htm |
| 2020 | December | Akasha Imaging | USA | $10.75 million | Series A | Khosla Ventures, Sierra Ventures, and Promus Ventures. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/akasha-imaging-closes-10-75-million-in-series-a-funding-301189217.html |
| 2020 | December | Fylamynt | USA | $6.5 million | Further round | Gradient Ventures, Mango Capital, and Point72 Ventures. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fylamynt-launches-with-6-5-million-seed-to-automate-cloud-workflows-301183924.html |
| 2020 | December | Nuburu | USA | $20 million | Series B | Anzu Partners, Thomas Wilson (CEO of Allstate Corporation), and other investors. | https://nuburu.net/nuburu-completes-20-million-series-b/ |
| 2020 | December | UbiQD | USA | $7 million | Series A | Scout Ventures, Keiretsu Forum, Sun Mountain Capital, Epic Ventures, Plug and Play Ventures, Arcview Collective Fund, and Nanosys. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ubiqd-announces-7m-in-series-a-funding-to-scale-deployment-of-quantum-dot-technology-in-agriculture-and-energy-301189138.html |
| 2020 | December | Cambridge Quantum Computing | United Kingdom | $45 million | Not disclosed | Honeywell Ventures, IBM Ventures, JSR Corporation, Serendipity Capital, Alvarium Investments and Talipot Holdings. | https://cambridgequantum.com/cambridge-quantum-computing-completes-45-million-financing/ |
| 2020 | December | Mech-Mind Robotics Technologies Ltd. | China | $15 million | Series B+ | Sequoia Capital China, and Source Code Capital. | https://www.mech-mind.de/en/translate-to-englisch-aktuelles/news-detail/robot-ai-company-mech-mind-robotics-raises-close-to-us15-million-in-series-b |
| 2020 | November | M Squared | United Kingdom | £32.5 million | Further round | Santander UK and Scottish National Investment Bank. | https://businesscloud.co.uk/glasgow-quantum-developer-raises-32-5m-from-major-backers/ |
| 2020 | November | Sense Photonics | USA | $32 million | Further round | IDEA | https://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article247285224.html |
| 2020 | November | Nuro | USA | $500 million | Series C | T. Rowe Price, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Baillie Gifford, SoftBank Vision Fund 1, and Greylock. | https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/11/09/2122658/0/en/Nuro-Announces-500-Million-Financing-Round.html |
| 2020 | November | Lunewave | USA | $7 million | Series A | FM Capital, Baidu, Proeza Ventures, Intact Ventures, Blue 9 Capital, Tsingyuan Ventures. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lunewave-radar-and-antenna-pioneer-closes-7m-in-new-investment-led-by-fm-capital-with-support-from-proeza-ventures-baidu-ventures-301178663.html |
| 2020 | November | Pony.ai | USA | $267 million | Further round | Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board’s Teachers’ Innovation Platform, Fidelity China Special Situations PLC, 5Y Capital, ClearVue Partners, Eight Roads. | https://venturebeat.com/2020/11/05/autonomous-vehicle-startup-pony-ai-raises-267-million-at-an-over-5-3-billion-valuation/ |
| 2020 | November | Cytek Biosciences | USA | $120 million | Further round (Series D) | RA Capital and Hillhouse Capital, OrbiMed and LYFE Capital. | https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Cytek_Biosciences_Closes_Series_D_Funding_with/a66368 |
| 2020 | November | OutSense | Israel | $2.2 million | Series A | Peregrine Ventures | https://venturebeat.com/2020/11/09/outsenses-ai-looks-for-life-threatening-diseases-in-your-poop/ |
| 2020 | November | Aurora Solar | USA | $50 million | Series B | Iconiq Growth, Energize Ventures, Fifth Wall, and Pear VC. | https://venturebeat.com/2020/11/30/aurora-solar-raises-50-million-to-streamline-solar-installation-with-predictive-algorithms/ |
| 2020 | November | Ayar Labs | USA | $35 million | Series B | Downing Ventures, BlueSky Capital, Applied Ventures , Castor Ventures, Downing Ventures (U.K.), and SGInnovate (Singapore). | https://ayarlabs.com/ayar-labs-secures-35-million-in-series-b-funding-and-adds-new-strategic-and-global-investors-as-interest-in-optical-i-o-grows/ |
| 2020 | November | Autonomous a2z | South Korea | $1.9 million | Further round | Not disclosed | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/autonomous-a2z-raises-us1-9m-in-seed-round-for-autonomous-driving-solution-301177329.html |
| 2020 | November | Gatik | Canada | $25 million | Series A | Wittington Ventures and Innovation Endeavors, FM Capital, Intact Ventures, Dynamo Ventures, Fontinalis Partners, and AngelPad. | https://venturebeat.com/2020/11/23/gatik-raises-22-5-million-for-autonomous-short-haul-delivery-trucks/ |
| 2020 | November | EdgeQ | USA | $51 million | Series A | Threshold Ventures (formerly DFJ), Fusion Fund, and Yahoo! | https://venturebeat.com/2020/11/17/edgeq-emerges-from-stealth-to-bring-ai-to-the-edge-with-5g/ |
| 2020 | November | LightSpeedAI | India | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | YourNest Venture Capital and growX Ventures. | https://www.vccircle.com/yournest-growx-lead-funding-in-lightspeedai-labs/ |
| 2020 | November | Provizio | Ireland | $6.2 million | Further round | Autonomous Stuff, Movidius, European Innovation Council, and ACT Venture Capital. | https://tech.eu/brief/provizio-seed-funding/ |
| 2020 | November | Zilliz | China | $43 million | Series B | Hillhouse Capital, TrustBridge Capital, Pavillion Capital, 5Y Capital, and Yunqi Partners. | https://techcrunch.com/2020/11/16/zilliz-43-million-series-b/#:~:text=The%20three%2Dyear%2Dold%20Chinese,source%20business%20around%20the%20world. |
| 2020 | November | Zapata Computing | USA | $38 million | Series B | Comcast Ventures, Pitango, Prelude Ventures, BASF Venture Capital, Robert Bosch Venture Capital, The Engine, Ahren Innovation Capital, Alumni Ventures Group, Honeywell Venture Capital, ITOCHU Corporation, and Merck Global Health Innovation Fund. | https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/11/19/2130192/0/en/Zapata-Computing-Announces-38-Million-Funding-for-Series-B-Financing-to-Accelerate-the-Commercial-Adoption-of-Quantum-Computing-Technologies-and-Applications.html |
| 2020 | November | ColdQuanta | USA | $32 million | Series A | Global Frontier Investments, LCP Quantum Partners, Maverick Ventures, and Foundry Group. | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201105005009/en/ColdQuanta-Raises-32M-in-Series-A-Funding-to-Accelerate-Development-of-Quantum-Systems |
| 2020 | November | Rapid Robotics | USA | $5.5 million | Further round | Greycroft and Bee Partners. | https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/11/18/2129265/0/en/Rapid-Robotics-announces-5-5M-seed-funding-to-spark-reshoring-revolution.html |
| 2020 | November | TuSimple | USA | $350 million | Series E | VectoIQ, Navistar, and Volkswagen Traton Group. | https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/latest-news-headlines/tusimple-raises-350m-in-series-e-round-8211-forbes-61404487 |
| 2020 | November | Maidbot | USA | Not disclosed | Series B | RB (Reckitt Benckiser) | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/maidbot-closes-series-b-round-led-by-rb-makers-of-lysol-301173783.html |
| 2020 | November | Morai | South Korea | $1.8 million | Series A | Kakao Ventures, Korea Credit Guarantee Fund, and Naver D2SF. | https://www.morai.ai/post/morai-announces-20m-series-a-investment |
| 2020 | November | High Lander | Israel | $3 million | Further round | Paras Defence and Space Technologies, and AGV Group. | https://jewishbusinessnews.com/2020/11/09/israeli-drone-solution-provider-high-lander-offers-drone-autonomy/ |
| 2020 | November | Percepto | Israel | $45 million | Series B | Koch Disruptive Technologies, State of Mind Ventures, Atento Capital, Summit Peak Investments, Delek-US, U.S. Venture Partners, Spider Capital, and Arkin Holdings. | https://percepto.co/45-million-sereis-b-and-launch-of-aim-platform/ |
| 2020 | November | Opteran | United Kingdom | £2.1 million | Further round | IQ Capital, Seraphim Capital, Episode1, Join and Seraphim Capital. | https://www.uktech.news/news/opteran-bags-2-1m-funding-to-control-autonomous-vehicles-20201124 |
| 2020 | November | Inceptio Technology | China | $120 million | Further round | CATL | https://en.inceptio.ai/news/169.html?language=en |
| 2020 | November | GrAI Matter Labs | France | $14 million | Further round | iBionext, Future Investment Program, and Celeste Management. | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201123005371/en/GrAI-Matter-Labs-Raises-14M-to-Bring-Fastest-AI-per-Watt-to-Every-Device-on-the-Edge |
| 2020 | October | Aledia | France | €80 million | Further round (D-round) | Bpifrance, Braemar Energy Ventures, Demeter Investment Partners, the Ecotechnologies fund of Bpifrance, Ingka Investments, Intel Capital, Sofinnova Ventures, Supernova Invest, TEL (Tokyo Electron), and Valeo. | https://www.ledsmagazine.com/company-newsfeed/article/14185742/aledia-french-developer-of-nextgeneration-microled-displays-for-highvolume-consumer-markets-announces-80m-closing-of-planned-120m-investment-round |
| 2020 | October | Envisics | United Kingdom | $50 million | Series B | Hyundai Mobis, GM Ventures, SAIC Capital, and Van Tuyl Companies. | https://venturebeat.com/2020/10/07/envisics-raises-50-million-to-bring-ar-holographic-displays-to-car-windshields/ |
| 2020 | October | Rockley Photonics | United Kingdom | $50 million | Further round | SIG-i Capital and Applied Ventures and existing shareholders. | https://rockleyphotonics.com/rockley-closes-50m-growth-round/ |
| 2020 | October | Pitstop | Canada | Not Disclosed | Series A | Sensata Technologies, Ripple Ventures, and Hike Ventures. | https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/pitstop-announces-series-automotive-predictive-110000083.html |
| 2020 | October | PHIX | Netherlands | Not Disclosed | Not Disclosed | PhotonDelta, Brainport Development and the province of Overijssel. | https://www.photonics.com/Articles/PhotonDelta_Invests_in_PHIX/a66270 |
| 2020 | October | vHive | Israel | $4 million | Series A | Telekom Innovation Pool (TIP), Deutsche Telekom, Octopus Ventures and StageOne Ventures. | https://www.prnewswire.com/il/news-releases/vhive-secures-4m-in-an-investment-led-by-deutsche-telekom-to-accelerate-expansion-in-the-enterprise-drone-hive-software-market-301151865.html |
| 2020 | September | Aurora Labs | Israel | $23 million | Series B | LG Technology Ventures, Marius Nacht (Check Point cofounder), Porsche SE, Toyota Tsusho, and UL Ventures. | https://www.finsmes.com/2020/09/aurora-labs-raises-23m-in-series-b-funding.html |
| 2020 | September | Lumenisity | United Kingdom | £7.5 million | Further round | BGF, Parkwalk and other existing investors. | https://optics.org/news/11/9/52 |
| 2020 | September | Seeqc | USA | $22.4 million | Series A | EQT Ventures, FAM ABM, Ventures, Merck KGaA, BlueYard Capital, Cambium, NewLab and the Partnership Fund for New York City. | https://seeqc.com/press-releases/seeqc-secures-22-4-million-in-series-a-round-strategic-investment-led-by-eqt-ventures/ |
| 2020 | September | AccelerComm | United Kingdom | £5.8 million | Series A | IQ Capital, Bloc Ventures, and IP Group. | https://www.accelercomm.com/news/accelercomm-secures-5.8m-series-a-funding-from-iq-capital-bloc-ventures-and-ip-group |
| 2020 | September | Idriverplus | China | $14.6 million | Series C+ | Xin Ding Capital and Huaxia Weiming Investment. | https://venturebeat.com/2020/09/14/idriverplus-raises-over-14-6-million-for-autonomous-street-cleaners-and-cars/ |
| 2020 | September | NUVIA | USA | $240 million | Series B | Mithril Capital, Marvell Technology Group, BlackRock, Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC., Temasek, Atlantic Bridge, Redline Capital, Capricorn Investment Group, Dell Technologies Capital, Mayfield, Nepenthe LLC and WRVI Capital. | https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/24/nuvia-series-b/ |
| 2020 | September | Annotell | Sweden | €5.8 million | Series A | Ernström & Co and Stena Sessan. | https://www.annotell.com/articles/annotell-announcement/ |
| 2020 | August | PICadvanced | Portugal | €4 million | Series A | Verizon Ventures | https://tech.eu/brief/picadvanced-series-a/#:~:text=PICadvanced%20(PICa)%2C%20a%20Portuguese,Fund%20managed%20by%20PME%20Investimentos. |
| 2020 | August | Nanosys | USA | $20 million | Further round | Not disclosed | https://www.nanosys.co/news/2020/8/11/nanosys-adds-20m-in-strategic-financing-to-expand-capacity-and-sales-continue-double-digit-growth-in-sales-of-quantum-dots |
| 2020 | August | Preciseley Microtechnology | Canada | Not Disclosed | Further round | Ace Equity Partners, BDC Capital. | https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/preciseley-announces-equity-investment-and-partnership-with-ace-equity-partners-and-bdc-capital-807264673.html |
| 2020 | August | Verta | USA | $10 million | Series A | Intel Capital, General Catalyst. | https://www.finsmes.com/2020/08/verta-raises-10m-in-series-a-funding.html |
| 2020 | August | SiFive | USA | $61 million | Series E | SK hynix, Prosperity7 Ventures, Sutter Hill Ventures, Western Digital Capital, Qualcomm Ventures, Intel Capital, Osage University Partners, and Spark Capital. | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200811005524/en/SiFive-Secures-61-Million-in-Series-E-Funding |
| 2020 | August | Syntiant | USA | $35 million | Series C | M12, Applied Ventures, LLC, Atlantic Bridge Capital, Alpha Edison, and Miramar Digital Ventures. | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200810005570/en/Syntiant-Completes-35M-Series-C-Raise-with-Support-of-Sunstone-Venture-Capital |
| 2020 | August | Sorex Sensors | United Kingdom | £900,000 | Further round | Cambridge Enterprise, Cambridge Angels, SyndicateRoom, Camvision | enterprise.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-spin-out-sorex-sensors-completes-900k-funding-round/ |
| 2020 | July | Transcelestial | Singapore | $9.6 million | Series A | EDBI, Wavemaker Partners, Airbus Ventures, Cap Vista, Partech, Tekton Ventures, Entrepreneur First, SEEDS Capital, Charles Songhurst. | https://www.jumpstartmag.com/transcelestial-raises-us9-6m-series-a/ |
| 2020 | July | Density | USA | $51 million | Series C | Kleiner Perkins, 01 Advisors, Upfront Ventures, Founders Fund, Ludlow Ventures, Launch, LPC Ventures. | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200728005196/en/Density-Raises-51M-from-Kleiner-Perkins-to-Reopen-Buildings-Safely |
| 2020 | July | Pudu Technology | China | $15 million | Series B | Meituan-Dianping | https://venturebeat.com/2020/07/01/pudu-technology-raises-15-million-for-contact-free-autonomous-delivery-robots/ |
| 2020 | July | Inrad | USA | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | U.S. Department of Energy | https://www.inradoptics.com/about-us/press-releases/247-inrad-optics-receives-sbir-phase-i-funding-from-the-department-of-energy-to-develop-scintinel-stilbene-arrays-for-portable-neutron-imaging |
| 2020 | July | Sea Machines Robotics | USA | $15 million | Series B | Accomplice, Toyota AI Ventures, Brunswick (through investment partner TechNexus), Geekdom Fund, NextGen Venture Partners, Eniac VC, LaunchCapital. | https://sea-machines.com/sea-machines-leading-developer-of-autonomous-ship-technology-raises-15-million |
| 2020 | July | PQShield | United Kingdom | £5.5 million | Further round | Kindred Capital, Crane Venture Partners, Oxford Sciences Innovation. | https://www.finsmes.com/2020/07/pqshield-raises-5-5m-in-seed-funding.html |
| 2020 | July | Caption Health | USA | $53 million | Series B | DCVC, Atlantic Bridge, Edwards Lifesciences, and Khosla Ventures. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/caption-health-closes-53-million-series-b-round-to-democratize-access-to-ultrasound-with-the-first-and-only-ai-guided-ultrasound-technology-301093504.html |
| 2020 | July | BrainWaveBank | United Kingdom | £1.1 million | Further round | Par Equity, Techstart Ventures, Co-Fund II managed by Clarendon Fund Managers Clarendon Fund Managers, Angel CoFund, British Business Investments. | https://www.finsmes.com/2020/07/brainwavebank-raises-1-1m-in-funding.html |
| 2020 | July | BELKIN Laser | Israel | $12.25 million | Series B | CR-CP Life Science Fund, Rimonci Capital, Santen Ventures, BioLight Life Sciences and C-Mer Eye Care Holdings. | https://www.prnewswire.com/in/news-releases/belkin-laser-finalizes-series-b-funding-totalling-12-25m-884344342.html |
| 2020 | July | Basemark | Finland | €7 million | Not disclosed | ETF Partners (Environmental Technologies Fund) | https://www.basemark.com/news/etf-leads-a-e7-million-investment-in-basemark/ |
| 2020 | July | NovaSight | Israel | $8 million | Series A | Rimonci Capital and other undisclosed investors. | https://www.prnewswire.com/il/news-releases/novasight-closes-8m-series-a-financing-in-quest-to-combat-vision-disorders-worldwide-301092222.html |
| 2020 | July | Indigo Diabetes | Belgium | €38 million | Series B | Fund+, Ackermans & van Haaren, imec.xpand, Capricorn Digital Growth Fund, QBICII, Titan Baratto and other investors. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fund-leads-eur38-million-series-b-financing-in-indigo-diabetes-nv-301099522.html |
| 2020 | July | Aryballe | France | €7 million | Not Disclosed | Samsung Ventures and Seb Alliance as well as INNOVACOM, CEMAG INVEST, Asahi Kasei, and HCVC. | https://aryballe.com/aryballe-raises-e7m-to-meet-increasing-demand-for-digital-olfaction-technology-in-consumer-applications/ |
| 2020 | June | Otto Motors | Canada | $29 million | Series C | Kensington Private Equity Fund, BMO Capital Partners, Export Development Canada (EDC), iNovia Capital, RRE Ventures. | https://ottomotors.com/company/newsroom/press-releases/series-c-funding |
| 2020 | June | SMART Photonics | Netherlands | €35 million | Series C | Dutch consortium led by Innovation Industries. | https://smartphotonics.nl/smart-photonics-secures-e35m-new-funding/ |
| 2020 | June | Nanox | Israel | $20 million | Not disclosed | SK Telecom | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200604005361/en/SK-Telecom-Invests-an-Additional-20-Million-in-Nanox |
| 2020 | June | nextnano | Germany | $1.0 million | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | https://semiengineering.com/startup-funding-june-2020/ |
| 2020 | June | Atom Power | USA | $17.75 million | Series B | Valor Equity Partners, Rockwell Automation Inc, ABB Technology Ventures, and Atreides Management. | https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/06/05/2044312/0/en/Atom-Power-Raises-17-75-Million-in-Funding-to-Scale-Digital-Power-Management-Platform.html |
| 2020 | June | Helm.ai | USA | $13 million | Not disclosed | A.Capital Ventures, Amplo, Binnacle Partners, Sound Ventures, Fontinalis Partners and SV Angel and other angel investors. | https://helm-ai.medium.com/13-million-new-reasons-to-accelerate-on-our-innovation-e0a66113d6f7 |
| 2020 | June | OneView | Israel | $3.5 million | Not disclosed | TPY Capital, RDC and MediaTek. | https://internationalfinance.com/oneview-raises-3-5-mn-seed-funding-led-tpy-capital/ |
| 2020 | June | Everbright Photonics | China | $21.2 million | Series C | Huatai Securities, SDIC Venture Capital and Nanjing Daofeng Investment. | https://www.chinamoneynetwork.com/2020/06/24/chinese-semiconductor-laser-maker-everbright-photonics-raises-21m-series-c-round |
| 2020 | June | Bitsensing | South Korea | $5.8 million | Series A | LB Investment, Mando Corporation, SB Partners, and Future Play and SJ Investment Partners. | https://www.finsmes.com/2020/06/bitsensing-raises-5-8m-in-pre-series-a-funding.html |
| 2020 | June | IonQ | USA | $84.0 million | Series B | Lockheed Martin, Robert Bosch Venture Capital, and Cambium Capital Partners. | https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/16/ionq-raises-additional-funding-for-its-quantum-computing-platform/ |
| 2020 | June | IQM | Finland | Not disclosed | Series A | EIC Accelerator program | https://www.prnewswire.com/in/news-releases/european-deep-tech-champion-iqm-receives-more-than-eur20m-of-new-funding-816985310.html |
| 2020 | June | Universal Quantum | United Kingdom | $4.5 million | Not disclosed | Hoxton Ventures, Village Global, Propagator VC, Luminous VC, and 7percent. | https://venturebeat.com/2020/06/14/universal-quantum-raises-4-5-million-to-build-a-large-scale-quantum-computer/ |
| 2020 | June | Biren Technology | China | $155.5 million | Series A | Qiming Venture Partners, IDG Capital, and Walden International and joined by CCI Holdings, CDB Equipment Manufacturing Industrial Investment Fund, Gree Venture Capital, Glory Ventures, Green Pine Capital Partners, Meridian Capital, and V Fund Management. | https://www.chinamoneynetwork.com/2020/06/16/qiming-idg-capital-co-led-155m-round-in-chinese-ai-chip-firm-biren-technology |
| 2020 | June | Ezra | USA | $18 million | Series A | FirstMark Capital, Jeff Raider and Dave Gilboa (co-founders of Harry's and Warby Parker), Vlad Tenev (co-founder of Robinhood), Fred Destin (co-founder of Stride VC), and Andrei Dunca (co-founder & CTO of LiveRail). Existing investors Accomplice, Seedcamp, Credo Ventures, Fo. | https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenbertoni/2020/06/01/cancer-tech-startup-ezra-raised-18-million-on-the-eve-of-the-pandemic-now-its-pivoting-to-covid-19-detection/?sh=690e29546f7b |
| 2020 | June | Horizon Quantum Computing | Singapore | $3.23 million | Not disclosed | Sequoia Capital, SGInnovate, Abies Ventures, DCVC, Qubit Protocol, Summer Capital and Posa CV. | https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/22/horizon-quantum-raises-3-23m-for-its-quantum/ |
| 2020 | June | Eswin Computing | China | $283 million | Series B | Legend Capital and IDG Capital and joined by Lighthouse Capital Management and River Head Capital. | https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/09/eswin-raises-283m-to-boost-chip-production-in-china/#:~:text=Beijing%20Eswin%20Computing%20Technology%2C%20a,U.S.%20and%20U.K.%20for%20chipsets. |
| 2020 | May | SOS LAB | South Korea | $8 million | Series A+ | Korea Development Bank, IPO, A ventures, Emford Equity Partners, Ulmus Investment, KDB Capital, Shinhan Capital and Shinhan Financial. | https://www.ledinside.com/news/2020/5/sos_lab_lidar |
| 2020 | May | VergeSense | USA | $9 million | Further round | Allegion Ventures, JLL Spark, Metaprop, Y Combinator, Pathbreaker Ventures and West Ventures. | https://vergesense.com/resources/vergesense-closes-9m-strategic-round-as-demand-grows |
| 2020 | May | Endofotonics | Singapore | S$12 million | Series B | Tony Tan Choon Keat (Chairman of Singapore Medical Group (SMG) and Founding Managing Director of Parkway Holdings) and Dr Beng Teck Liang (Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of SMG). | https://en.prnasia.com/releases/apac/endofotonics-raises-s-12-million-in-series-b-funding-for-the-commercialization-of-its-ai-powered-medical-device-to-support-clinicians-in-the-real-time-detection-of-early-stomach-cancer-281265.shtml |
| 2020 | May | SOS LAB | South Korea | $8 Million | Series A+ | Korea Development Bank, A ventures, Emford Equity Partners, Ulmus Investment, KDB Capital, Shinhan Capital and Shinhan Financial Group. | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200520005268/en/LiDAR-Startup-SOS-LAB-Closed-a-USD-8-Million-Series-A |
| 2020 | May | Arterys | USA | $28 million | Series C | Benslie Investment Group and Temasek Holdings, with participation by Fosun, Revelation Partners, Emergent Medical Partners, and Varian Medical Systems. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/arterys-raises-28-million-to-accelerate-the-delivery-of-medical-ai-to-practices-around-the-world-301067549.html |
| 2020 | May | Waymo | USA | $3 billion | Not disclosed | Silver Lake, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Mubadala Investment Company, Magna, AutoNation, T. Rowe Price, Perry Creek Capital, Fidelity Management and Research Company. | https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/12/21256082/waymo-external-investment-extension-3-billion-self-driving |
| 2020 | May | SOS Lab | South Korea | $14 million | Series A+ | Korea Development Bank (KDB), IPO team of Yuanta Securities, A ventures, Emford Equity Partners, Ulmus Investment, KDB Capital, Shinhan Capital and Shinhan Financial Group. | https://www.finsmes.com/2020/05/sos-lab-closes-usd8m-series-a-funding.html |
| 2020 | May | ARTMS | Canada | $19 million | Series A | Deerfield Management Company, Vancouver based seed investor GHS Fund (Quark Venture LP and GF Securities). | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/artms-closes-a-us19-million-series-a-financing-with-deerfield-and-global-health-sciences-ghs-fund-301062255.html |
| 2020 | April | Otonomo | Israel | $46 million | Series C | SK Holdings, Avis Budget Group, Alliance Ventures, Essemer Venture Partners and StageOne Ventures. | https://otonomo.io/blog/otonomo-46m-series-c-funding-scaling-to-the-next-level/ |
| 2020 | April | Poro Technologies | United Kingdom | £1.5 million | Not disclosed | Cambridge Enterprise, IQ Capital Partners, Martlet Capital and angel investors from Cambridge Angels and Cambridge Capital Group. | https://www.enterprise.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-spin-out-poro-technologies-raises-1-5m-seed-investment/ |
| 2020 | April | Peak Nanosystems | USA | $25 million | Series C | Squadron Capital | https://www.peaknano.com/peak-nanosystems-raises-25mm-series-c-round-to-fund-acquisition-and-expand-product-lines |
| 2020 | April | Source Photonics | USA | $40 million | Not Disclosed | Not disclosed | https://www.finsmes.com/2020/04/source-photonics-closes-more-than-40m-funding-round.html |
| 2020 | April | Phantom AI | USA | $22 million | Series A | Celeres Investments and joined by Ford Motor Company and KT (Korea's largest telco). Existing investors Millennium Technology Value Partners and DSC Investment. | https://phantom.ai/assets/uploads/Phantom%20AI%20Press%20Release.pdf |
| 2020 | March | Blickfeld | Germany | $5.7 million | Series A | Wachstumsfonds Bayern, Fluxunit, High-Tech Gründerfonds, TEV (Tengelmann Ventures) and Unternehmertum Venture Capital Partners. | https://www.eenewseurope.com/news/german-solid-state-lidar-startup-raises-series-funding?fnid=126698 |
| 2020 | March | Rigetti | USA | $71 million | Series D | Bessemer Venture Partners and Morpheus Ventures. | https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/05/rigetti-computing-took-a-71-million-down-round-because-quantum-computing-is-hard/ |
| 2020 | March | Rockley Photonics | USA | Not disclosed | Series E | Ahren Innovation Capital | https://rockleyphotonics.com/ahren-innovation-capital-invests-in-rockley-photonics/ |
| 2020 | March | Quantum Machines | Israel | $17.5 million | Series A | Avigdor Willenz, Harel, TLV Partners and Battery Ventures. | https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/19/quantum-machines-raises-17-5m-for-its-quantum-orchestration-platform/ |
| 2020 | March | SiLC | USA | $12 million | Seed funding | Dell Technologies Capital, Decent Capital, ITIC Ventures, and several angel investors. | https://apnews.com/press-release/pr-prnewswire/b9b9d9bd8bd550a708ef2de83e37296f |
| 2020 | March | Bouffalo Lab | China | Not disclosed | Series B | Sequoia Capital China | https://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/china-deal-monitor-buffalo-lab-178352/ |
| 2020 | March | Hailo | Israel | $60 million | Series B | ABB Technology Ventures (ATV), NEC, Latitude Ventures, and existing investors. | https://venturebeat.com/2020/03/05/hailo-raises-60-million-to-accelerate-the-launch-of-its-ai-edge-chip/ |
| 2020 | March | Kura Technologies | USA | $2.3 million | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | https://semiengineering.com/startup-funding-march-2020/ |
| 2020 | March | BlueX Microelectronics | China | CN¥ 60 million | Series A | Northern Light Venture Capital and Vertex Ventures China. | https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/bluex-microelectronics/company_financials |
| 2020 | March | Seegrid | USA | $25 million | Not Disclosed | G2VP | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200331005044/en/Seegrid-Raises-25-Million-in-Growth-Equity |
| 2020 | March | Berxel Technology | China | $14 million | Series A+ | Vision Knight Capital and joined by Hongtai Aplus, Legend Star, and Leaguer Venture Capital. | https://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/china-deal-monitor-berxel-181065/ |
| 2020 | March | Moffett AI | USA | $10 million | Not disclosed | Keytone Ventures, Cloud Angel Fund, and Creation Venture Partners. | https://www.chinamoneynetwork.com/2020/03/06/ai-chip-startup-moffett-ai-secures-10m-in-angel-round |
| 2020 | March | Logarithm Labs | USA | $150,000 | Pre-Seed | Y Combinator | https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/logarithm-labs/company_financials |
| 2020 | March | Five | United Kingdom | $41 million | Series B | Trustbridge Partners, Direct Line Group and Sistema VC and existing investors Lakestar, Amadeus Capital Partners, Kindred Capital and Notion Capital. | https://www.uktech.news/featured/five-raises-41m-in-series-b-funding-20200304 |
| 2020 | March | VIDA Diagnostics | USA | $11 million | Series C | First Analysis Corporation, Blue Heron Capital, UnityPoint Health Ventures, Next Level Ventures, Chartline Capital Partners, Rural Vitality Fund, Rittenhouse Ventures, Iowa First Capital Fund, and The Angels' Forum. | https://www.finsmes.com/2020/03/vida-diagnostics-raises-11m-series-c-financing.html |
| 2020 | February | Graphcore | United Kingdom | $150 million | Series D | Baillie Gifford, Mayfair Equity Partners and M&G Investments, Merian Chrysalis, Ahren Innovation Capital, Amadeus Capital Partners and Sofina. | https://www.graphcore.ai/posts/graphcore-secures-additional-150-million-in-new-capital |
| 2020 | February | SambaNova | USA | $250 million | Series C | BlackRock, GV, Intel Capital, Walden International, WRVI Capital and Redline Capital. | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200225005504/en/SambaNova-Systems-Announces-250-Million-Series-C-as-It-Continues-to-Set-a-New-Course-for-the-Future-of-Enterprise-Computing |
| 2020 | February | SLD Laser | USA | $50 million | Not Disclosed | TDK Ventures | https://www.electrooptics.com/news/laser-lighting-firm-sld-laser-receives-50m-investment |
| 2020 | February | QuintessenceLabs | Australia | Not disclosed | Not Disclosed | In-Q-Tel | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200219005233/en/QuintessenceLabs-Secures-Funding-from-In-Q-Tel |
| 2020 | February | Cepton | USA | $50 million | Series C | Koito and other unmentioned existing investors. | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200205005678/en/Cepton-Expands-50-Million-Investment-Koito |
| 2020 | January | MICLEDI Microdisplays | Belgium | €4.5 million | Not disclosed | imec.xpand, PMV and FIDIMEC. | https://www.ledinside.com/news/2020/1/micledi_imec_microled_arglasses |
| 2020 | January | Hesai | China | $173 million | Series C | Robert Bosch GmBH and Lightspeed, ON Semiconductor, Qiming Venture Partners, DT Capital Partners, and Axiom Asia Private Capital. | https://www.roboticsbusinessreview.com/financial/hesai-chinese-lidar-maker-raises-173m/ |
| 2020 | January | Xanadu | Canada | $4.4 million | Not disclosed | SDTC | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/xanadu-receives-4-4m-investment-from-sdtc-to-advance-its-photonic-quantum-computing-technology-300987885.html |
| 2019 | December | Arbe | Israel | $32 million | Series B | BAIC Capital, Catalyst CEL, MissionBlue Capital and AI Alliance, Hyundai, SK Telecom and Hanwha Asset Management, Canaan Partners, iAngels, 360 Capital Partners, O.G. Tech Ventures and OurCrowd. | https://techcrunch.com/2019/12/16/arbe-raises-32-million-to-bring-its-high-resolution-radar-to-autonomous-vehicles/ |
| 2019 | December | Aeva | USA | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Porsche and VW Group. | https://techcrunch.com/2019/12/12/aeva-snags-vw-investment-with-smaller-longer-range-lidar/ |
| 2019 | November | Wayve | United Kingdom | $20 million | Series A | Palo Alto venture capital (VC) firm Eclipse Ventures, with participation from Balderton Capital, Compound Ventures, Fly Ventures, and First Minute Capital. | https://venturebeat.com/2019/11/17/wayve-raises-20-million-to-give-autonomous-cars-better-ai-brains/ |
| 2019 | November | Ghost Locomotion | USA | $63.7 million | Not disclosed | Keith Rabois at Founders Fund, Vinod Khosla at Khosla Ventures and Mike Speiser at Sutter Hill Ventures. | https://venturebeat.com/2019/11/07/ghost-emerges-from-stealth-with-a-kit-that-gives-your-car-self-driving-capabilities/ |
| 2019 | October | Tactile | Israel | $9 million | Not disclosed | Porsche, Union Tech Ventures, and previous investors. | https://venturebeat.com/2019/10/29/tactile-mobility-raises-9-million-to-derive-insights-from-vehicle-sensor-data/ |
| 2019 | October | Nu Quantum | United Kingdom | £650,000 | Pre-seed | Amadeus Capital Partners, IQ Capital, Ahren Capital, Cambridge Enterprise and Martlet Capital, the investment arm of Marshall of Cambridge Group. | https://tech.eu/brief/nu-quantum-builds-toward-cybersecurity-with-650000-pre-seed-round/ |
| 2019 | October | Waycare Technology | Israel | $7.25 million | Series A | SJF Ventures, UpWest, Next Gear Ventures, Innogy, Spider Capital, Goldbell, Zymestic Solutions, and Janom. | https://venturebeat.com/2019/10/03/waycare-raises-7-25-million-to-improve-city-traffic-using-ai-and-big-data/ |
| 2019 | October | Umbo Computer Vision | USA | $8 million | Series A | Translink Capital and Susquehanna International Group, Shin-Kong Capital and Shin-Kong Security, among other existing investors. | https://www.finsmes.com/2019/10/umbo-computer-vision-raises-8m-in-post-a-funding.html |
| 2019 | October | AI Medical Service | Japan | $42.9 million | Series B | Globis Capital Partners, World Innovation Lab (WIL), IGV’s Sony Innovation Fund, and undisclosed existing and previous investors. | https://www.finsmes.com/2019/10/ai-medical-service-raises-42-9m-in-series-b-funding.html |
| 2019 | October | SenSat | United Kingdom | $10 million | Series A | Tencent and Sistema Venture Capital. | https://www.sensat.co/post/sensat-raises-10m-as-investors-back/ |
| 2019 | September | Scintil Photonics | France | €4.4 million | Series A | Supernova Invest, Innovacom, Bpifrance joined by Credit Agricole Alpes Développement and Foreis. | https://www.scintil-photonics.com/post/scintil-photonics-raises-4m-4-4m-in-first-round-funding |
| 2019 | September | EFFECT Photonics | Netherlands | €5 million | Not disclosed | PhotonDelta | https://www.lightwaveonline.com/business/companies/article/14040428/effect-photonics-adds-5-million-via-photondelta |
| 2019 | September | Built Robotics | USA | $33 million | Series B | Next47, Siemens, T.J. Rylander, Building Ventures, Founders Fund, NEA, Lemnos and Presidio Ventures. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/built-robotics-raises-33m-to-transform-construction-equipment-into-autonomous-robots-300920849.html |
| 2019 | September | WaveOptics | United Kingdom | $39 million | Further round | Goertek, Australian superannuation fund Hostplus, Octopus Ventures, Robert Bosch Venture Capital (RBVC), Gobi Partners, and IP Group. | https://venturebeat.com/2019/09/10/waveoptics-closes-39-million-investment-to-scale-ar-display-technology/ |
| 2019 | September | Q-CTRL | Australia | $15 million | Series A | Square Peg Capital, Sierra Ventures as well as Sequoia Capital, Main Sequence Ventures and Horizons Ventures. | https://q-ctrl.com/blog/global-vc-bets-on-sydney-quantum-computing-start-up-q-ctrl-in-us15m-series-a/ |
| 2019 | September | Celera | USA | $3 million | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | https://www.finsmes.com/2019/09/celera-secures-3m-in-seed-funding.html |
| 2019 | September | DustPhotonics | Israel | $25 million | Series B | Intel Capital, WRVI Capital and Avigdor Willenz. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dustphotonics-secures-25m-in-series-b-funding-led-by-intel-capital-300922264.html |
| 2019 | August | TriEye | Israel | $2 million | Series A | Porsche | https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3768706,00.html |
| 2019 | July | Luminar | USA | $100 million | Further round | G2VP, Crescent Cove Advisors, Octave Ventures, Moore Strategic Ventures, the Westly Group, 1517 Fund, Peter Thiel’s investment group, GoPro founder Nick Woodman, and Corning Inc., Cornes, and Volvo Cars Tech. | https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/11/luminar-eyes-production-vehicles-with-100m-round-and-new-iris-lidar-platform/ |
| 2019 | July | IQM | Finland | $13 million | Not disclosed | Matadero QED, Maki.vc, MIG Fonds, OpenOcean, Tesi (Finnish Industry Investment), and Vito Ventures. | https://siliconangle.com/2019/07/09/iqm-finland-raises-13m-try-fix-quantum-computing-errors/ |
| 2019 | July | Paragraf | United Kingdom | £12.8 million | Series A | Parkwalk, IQ Capital Partners, Amadeus Capital Partners and Cambridge Enterprise, the commercialisation arm of the University of Cambridge, as well as several angel investors. | https://www.uktechnews.info/2019/07/15/paragraf-raises-12-8-million-series-a-investment-led-by-parkwalk-to-deliver-its-first-graphene-based-electronics-technologies/ |
| 2019 | July | Recogni | USA | $25 million | Series A | GreatPoint Ventures, Toyota AI Ventures, BMW i Ventures, Faurecia, Fluxunit (VC arm of lighting and photonics company OSRAM), and DNS Capital. | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190731005309/en/Recogni-Emerges-from-Stealth-Mode-with-25-Million-in-Series-A-Funding-to-Deliver-High-Performance-Low-Power-AI-Processing-for-Autonomous-Vehicles |
| 2019 | July | Cambridge Touch Technologies Ltd | United Kingdom | $10 million | Series B | Kureha Corporation, Parkwalk, Downing Ventures, CM Ventures and Amadeus Capital Partners, Puhua Capital and Futaba Corporation. | https://www.finsmes.com/2019/07/cambridge-touch-technologies-closes-10m-series-b-funding.html |
| 2019 | July | Voyant Photonics | USA | $4.3 million | Not disclosed | Contour Venture Partners, LDV Capital and DARPA. | https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/16/voyant-photonics-raises-4-3m-to-fit-lidar-on-the-head-of-a-pin/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAFM3PP2OkzMnA9Ije2B7A__iYk2pOLA3e3wuXLEvZEz0QfZ5AyAEk08hQ_s3SDpV37bxuWRJaOhyyxgPjgDMKs15T-LsTHFLWAw45UrYXZeBBwsD4VS8BXZMtzUCmjzYooJX8HuRQ8dXApYedskSBfGrYQ4CwQu_RzKnleDWRepK |
| 2019 | July | Rockley Photonics | United Kingdom | $52 million | Series E | Morningside Technology Ventures and others. | https://rockleyphotonics.com/rockley-announces-52m-in-funding-in-series-e/ |
| 2019 | July | Tornado Spectral Systems | Canada | $10 million | Series A | BeauVest Group and Roadmap Capital. | https://tornado-spectral.com/tornado-spectral-systems-completes-10-2-million-in-series-a-financing/ |
| 2019 | June | Luminous Computing | USA | $18 million | Series A | Helios Capital | https://semiengineering.com/startup-funding-june-2020/ |
| 2019 | June | BrightWay Vission | Israel | $25 million | Series B | Koito Manufacturing and Magenta Venture Partners. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/elbit-systems-subsidiary-brightway-vision-raises-25-million-investment-300874089.html |
| 2019 | June | Xanadu | Canada | $32 million | Series A | OMERS Ventures, Georgian Partners, Radical Ventures, Real Ventures, Silicon Valley Bank and Tim Draper. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/xanadu-raises-32m-series-a-to-bring-photonic-quantum-computing-to-the-cloud-300873285.html |
| 2019 | June | Car IQ | USA | $5 million | Series A | Quest Venture Partners, Avanta Ventures, Citi Ventures, Alpana Ventures, Plug and Play, and AVG’s Spike Ventures. | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190625005392/en/Car-IQ-Secures-5-Million-in-Series-A-Funding-to-Accelerate-Growth-of-Autonomous-Payment-Gateway-for-Vehicles |
| 2019 | June | Meridian Innovation | Singapore | $6 million | Further round | Creative Technology Ltd, Excelpoint’s investment arm, PlanetSpark and SEEDS Capital. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/meridian-innovation-secures-us6-million-in-funding-300875060.html?tc=eml_cleartime |
| 2019 | June | NanoPhotonica | USA | $3.5 million | Not disclosed | Samsung Ventures, with participation from DeepWork Capital (formerly the FAN Fund). | https://nanophotonica.com/nanophotonica-announces-3-5m-investment-led-by-samsung-ventures/ |
| 2019 | June | Riverlane | United Kingdom | €3.7 million | Not disclosed | Cambridge Innovation Capital and Amadeus Capital Partners, with participation from Cambridge Enterprise. | https://www.eu-startups.com/2019/06/cambridge-based-quantum-computing-startup-riverlane-raises-e3-7-million-for-its-software-that-simulates-laboratories/ |
| 2019 | June | Sense Photonics | USA | $26 million | Series A | Acadia Woods, Congruent Ventures, Prelude Ventures, Samsung Ventures, Shell Ventures, Hemi Ventures and IPD Capital. | https://sensephotonics.com/sense-photonics-raises-26-million/ |
| 2019 | June | DTCP | Germany | $350 million | Series F | SK Telecom, ZEISS, Deutsche Telecom, HarbourVest Partners Neuberger Berman. | https://www.dtcp.capital/news/73/dtcp-closes-usd-350-million-venture-and-growth-fun/ |
| 2019 | May | Folio Photonics | USA | $8 million | Further round | Refinery Ventures, Pavey Investments and Capital One Partners. | https://foliophotonics.com/folio-release-5-21-2019.pdf |
| 2019 | May | Cynora | Germany | $25 million | Series C | SRF Partners Group (SRF); DBOLED; and SBI Cross-Border Advantage Fund; MIG Funds; and Wecken & Cie, LG Display and Samsung Venture Investment. | https://www.finsmes.com/2019/05/cynora-secures-us25m-in-first-close-of-series-c-funding.html |
| 2019 | May | Megvii | China | $750 million | Further round | Bank of China Group Investment (BOCGI), Macquarie Group and ICBC Asset Management (Global), Alibaba Group. | https://en.megvii.com/news_detail/id/54 |
| 2019 | May | DigiLens | USA | $50 million | Further round | Universal Display Corporation’s UDC Ventures, Samsung Ventures, Pokémon Go creator Niantic, Continental AG, Sony Innovation Fund, and Mitsubishi’s Diamond Edge Ventures. | https://venturebeat.com/2019/05/14/digilens-raises-50-million-to-develop-cheap-ar-display-tech/ |
| 2019 | April | Affectiva | USA | $53 million | Not disclosed | Aptiv, Trend Forward Capital, Motley Fool Ventures and CAC. | https://www.affectiva.com/news-item/affectiva-raises-26-million-to-fast-track-human-perception-ai-in-automotive-and-conversational-interfaces/ |
| 2019 | April | SpeQtral | Singapore | $1.9 million | Not disclosed | Space Capital, the venture fund of Space Angels, Shasta Ventures, Golden Gate Ventures and SGInnovate. | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190429005867/en/SpeQtral-Announces-1.9M-Seed-Funding-to-Power-the-Next-Generation-of-Secure-Communications |
| 2019 | April | Mirada Medical | United Kingdom | ₤6 million | Not disclosed | Apposite Capital, AlbionVC, and other private investors. | https://www.pharmiweb.com/press-release/2019-04-08/mirada-medical-raises-6m-to-develop-ai-based-medical-imaging-software-to-transform-cancer-treatment |
| 2019 | April | Lifetrack Medical Systems | Singapore | $5.2 million | Series A | Kickstart Ventures, UOB Venture Management and Philips. | https://www.lifetrackmed.com/en/blog/sa/lifetrack-medical-systems-secures-us5-2-million-in-series-a-funding |
| 2019 | April | Fast Radius | USA | $48 million | Not disclosed | UPS, Drive Capital, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Jump Capital and Skydeck Capital. | https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/04/02/1795451/0/en/Fast-Radius-Raises-48M-to-Expand-Platform-for-Production-Grade-Additive-Manufacturing.html |
| 2019 | April | Zapata Computing | USA | $21 million | Series A | Prelude Ventures and Comcast Ventures, Pillar VC, The Engine, BASF Venture Capital, Pitango Ventures and Robert Bosch Venture Capital. | https://www.finsmes.com/2019/04/zapata-computing-raises-21m-in-series-a-financing.html |
| 2019 | April | Aidoc | Israel | $27 million | Series B | Square Peg Capital, Israeli VC TLV Partners, Magma Ventures and Emerge. | https://www.prnewswire.com/il/news-releases/aidoc-raises-27-million-to-expand-its-life-saving-artificial-intelligence-solutions-by-700-across-medical-imaging-300833702.html |
| 2019 | April | Altizon | USA | $7 million | Series A | TVS Motor Company (Singapore) Pte. Limited, The Hive, Wipro Ventures, and Lumis Partners. | https://www.finsmes.com/2019/04/altizon-raises-7m-in-series-a-funding.html |
| 2019 | April | BrainNow | China | Not disclosed | Series A | Sangel Capital | https://www.shanghaibeat.com/201904041712/dealshot-sangel-capital-leads-series-a-round-in-chinese-medical-imaging-firm-brainnow/ |
| 2019 | April | JOLED | Japan | JPY 25.5 billion | Not disclosed | Innovation Network, Sony, and Nissha. | https://www.j-oled.com/eng/press/2019-4-8/ |
| 2019 | April | Tibit Communications | USA | $20 million | Series B | Intel Capital | https://tibitcom.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/19.04.01-Tibit-PR_Intel_Capital_Tibit_FINAL.pdf |
| 2019 | April | Aura Biosciences | USA | $40 million | Series D | Medicxi with participation from other current investors. | https://www.biospace.com/article/releases/aura-biosciences-completes-40-million-series-d-financing/ |
| 2019 | April | Lingar | USA | $330,000 | Not disclosed | Cosimo X | https://tracxn.com/d/companies/lingar.com |
| 2019 | March | Markforged | United Kingdom | $82 million | Series D | Summit Partners, Matrix Partners, Microsoft’s Venture Arm, Next47 and Porsche SE. | https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/03/20/1757622/0/en/Markforged-raises-82-million-round-led-by-Summit-Partners-to-bring-industrial-3D-printing-to-mass-production.html |
| 2019 | March | Avidbots | Canada | $23.6 million | Series B | GGV Capital, SOSV, Real Ventures, 500 Startups Canada, Next47, BDC Capital, and KCPL. | https://www.avidbots.com/avidbots-news-avidbots-raises-23-6m-in-series-b-funding/ |
| 2019 | March | Advantis Medical Imaging | Greece | $700,000 | Not disclosed | Metavallon VC and other business angels. | https://www.eu-startups.com/2019/03/greek-startup-advantis-medical-imaging-raises-e700k-for-its-tech-to-diagnose-brain-conditions/ |
| 2019 | March | VividQ | United Kingdom | £3 million | Further round | Suir Valley Ventures and Shard Capital Partners. | https://surevalleyventures.com/2019/03/08/suir-valley-ventures-investment-in-holographic-tech-start-up-vividq/ |
| 2019 | March | 3D HUBS | Netherlands | $18 million | Series C | Endeit Capital, Hearst Ventures, EQT Ventures, Balderton Capital, Arthur Kosten (founder of Booking.com) and Erik de Bruijn (founder of Ultimaker). | https://www.finsmes.com/2019/03/3d-hubs-raises-18m-in-series-c-funding.html |
| 2019 | March | OneWeb | United Kingdom | $1.25 billion | Further round | SoftBank, Qualcomm, Grupo Salinas, and the the Government of Rwanda. | https://www.prnewswire.com/in/news-releases/oneweb-secures-1-25-billion-in-new-funding-after-successful-launch-848962073.html |
| 2019 | March | JIMU | China | $15 million | Series B | Translink Capital, Hyundai Motor Company, Estar Capital, HGC, Yucheng Fund and Optics Valley Elite Fund. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/intelligent-driving-solution-provider-jimu-intelligent-completed-series-b-funding-accelerating-the-commercialization-of-level-0-level-3-intelligent-driving-300804758.html |
| 2019 | March | Cardea | USA | $7.8 million | Series A-1 | Alexandria Venture Investments, Serra Ventures, etc. | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190322005068/en/Cardea-Bio-Announces-7.8-Million-Series-A-1-Financing |
| 2019 | March | UiPath | USA | $400 million | Series D | CapitalG and Sequoia Capital, Accel, Credo Ventures and Earlybird Venture Capital, etc. | https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/21/robotics-process-automation-startup-uipath-raising-400m-at-more-than-7b-valuation/ |
| 2019 | March | Ario Technologies | USA | $1 million | Not disclosed | 757 Angels, Plug and Play Ventures and Center for Innovative Technology. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ario-technologies-inc-raises-1-million-in-seed-funding-for-augmented-reality-software-platform-300814104.html |
| 2019 | March | Brodmann17 | Israel | $11 million | Series A | OurCrowd, Maniv Mobility, AI Alliance, LLC, UL Ventures, Samsung NEXT, and Sony Innovation Fund. | https://www.prnewswire.com/il/news-releases/brodmann17-raises-11-million-to-bring-adas-and-automated-driving-to-the-mass-market-with-cutting-edge-deep-learning-technology-300807600.html |
| 2019 | March | BCN3D | Spain | $3 million | Further round | Accurafy4, JME VC and Victoria. | https://3dprinting.com/news/bcn3d-raises-3m-spins-off-parent-company/ |
| 2019 | March | Aroma Bit | Japan | ¥250 million | Series A | Sony Innovation Fund, et al. | http://aromabit.com/aroma-bit-secures-250mn-jpy-in-series-a-funding-from-sony-and-existing-shareholders/ |
| 2019 | March | Innoviz | Israel | $132 million | Series C | China Merchants Capital (SINO-BLR Industrial Investment Fund, L.P.), Shenzhen Capital Group and New Alliance Capital, Harel Insurance Investments and Financial Services and Phoenix Insurance Company. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/innoviz-technologies-raises-132m-in-series-c-funding-to-accelerate-solid-state-lidar-production-expand-team-and-further-rd-efforts-300818375.html |
| 2019 | March | Ouster | USA | $60 million | Not disclosed | Runway Growth Capital and Silicon Valley Bank, Cox Enterprises, Constellation Tech Ventures, Fontinalis Partners, Carthona and other Series A participants. | https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/25/lidar-startup-ouster-raises-60-million-in-production-run-up/ |
| 2019 | March | Rockley Photonics | United Kingdom | $30 million | Not disclosed | Hengtong Optic-Electric | https://rockleyphotonics.com/rockley-extends-strategic-partnership-with-hengtong-optic-electric/ |
| 2019 | March | AEPONYX | Canada | CAD $7.9 million | Series A | Pangaea Ventures, Fonds InnovExport, Ecofuel Fund, and private investors. | https://aeponyx.com/aeponyx-closes-cad-7-9-million-financing-round/ |
| 2019 | February | Sight Diagnostics | Israel | $27.8 million | Further round | Longliv Ventures, CK Hutchison Group, and existing investors OurCrowd, Go Capital, and New Alliance Capital, along with strategic investors Jack Nicklaus II, Steven Esrick, and an unnamed “major” medical equipment manufacturer. | https://venturebeat.com/2019/02/14/sight-diagnostics-raises-27-8-million-to-apply-ai-to-blood-tests/ |
| 2019 | February | Source Photonics | USA | $100 million in equity | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | https://www.sourcephotonics.com/news/source-photonics-closes-new-funding-for-next-generation-technologies/ |
| 2019 | February | Excelfore | USA | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Molex Ventures LLC and HELLA Ventures. | https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Excelfore_Receives_HELLA_Molex_Funding/a64084 |
| 2019 | February | Horizon Robotics | China | $600 million | Series B | SK China, SK Hynix, China Oceanwide Group's Oceanwide Capital, CMBC Capital, CLSA's CSOBOR Fund, and Oceanpine Capital, Morningside Venture Capital, Hillhouse Capital, V Fund Management and Linear Venture. | https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/26/horizon-robotics-raises-600m/ |
| 2019 | February | Aidence | Netherlands | €10 million | Series A | INKEF Capital, Rabo Ventures, Northzone, HenQ and Health Innovations. | https://www.aidence.com/news/aidence-raises-10m-series-a/ |
| 2019 | February | Zsquare | Israel | $10 million | Not disclosed | Chartered Group | https://www.prnewswire.com/il/news-releases/zsquare-secures-10m-for-its-groundbreaking-0-45mm-fiber-high-res-single-use-imaging-endoscope-300801215.html |
| 2019 | February | Kryon Systems | Israel | $40 million | Series C | OAK HC/FT, Aquiline Technology Growth and Vertex Ventures. | https://www.kryonsystems.com/kryon-leading-rpa-process-discovery-innovator-raises-40-million/ |
| 2019 | February | Lightmatter | USA | $33 million | Series A | Google Vetures, Spark Capital and Matrix Partners. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lightmatter-enters-next-phase-of-development-of-chips-powered-by-light-300801634.html |
| 2019 | February | Nuro | USA | $940 million | Further round | Softbank Group | https://venturebeat.com/2019/02/11/nuro-raises-940-million-for-robot-car-deliveries/ |
| 2019 | February | Vertilite | China | CN¥ 100 million | Series B | Summitview Capital, Qianhai Fund of Funds, Hua Partners, Zhuiyuan Venture Capital, Gaorong Capital and Glory Ventures. | https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/vertilite/company_financials |
| 2019 | February | HiLight Semiconductor | United Kingdom | $20 million | Series C | Shenzhen QianHai DB Investment Management Partnership, Atlantic Bridge and HiLight Executive Chairman Gary Steele. | http://hilight-semi.com/wp-content/uploads/HiLight_Press_Release_20m_funding_FINAL.pdf |
| 2019 | February | Medivis | USA | $2.3 million | Seed round | Initialized Capital | https://www.finsmes.com/2019/02/medivis-raises-2-3m-in-funding.html |
| 2019 | January | Inziv | Israel | $2.5 million | Series A | Maverick Ventures Israel | https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-israeli-equipment-inspection-co-inziv-raises-25m-1001268281 |
| 2019 | January | Fortify | USA | $2.5 millon | Further round | Neotribe Ventures, Prelude Ventures, Mainspring Capital, Ocean Azul Partners, and McCune Capital. | https://3dprint.com/233897/fortify-raises-seed-funding-and-introduces-fluxprint-technology/ |
| 2019 | January | Essentium | USA | $22.2 millon | Series A | BASF Venture Capital, Materialise, Genesis Park, and previous seed round investors. | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190124005214/en/Essentium-Closes-22.2-Million-Series-A-Funding |
| 2019 | January | ClearMotion | USA | $115 million | Series D | Franklin Templeton Investments, Microsoft, Bridgestone, Qualcomm, World Innovation Lab, NewView Capital and Eileses Capital. | https://venturebeat.com/2019/01/09/clearmotion-raises-115-million-for-digital-chassis-that-makes-car-rides-smoother/ |
| 2019 | January | Liquid Instruments | Australia | $8.16 million | Series A | Anzu Partners and ANU Connect Ventures. | https://www.liquidinstruments.com/blog/2019/01/23/liquid-instruments-raises-8-16m-in-series-a-funding-round/ |
| 2019 | January | Desktop Metal | USA | $160 million | Series E | Koch Disruptive Technologies, GV, Panasonic and Techtronic Industries. | https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/23/desktop-metal-just-raised-another-160-million/ |
| 2019 | January | Baraja | Australia | $32 million | Series A | Sequoia China, Blackbird Ventures, and Main Sequence Ventures. | https://www.baraja.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Baraja-Series-A-Press-Release_FINAL.pdf |
| 2019 | January | AnyVision | Israel | $43 million | Series A | Lightspeed Venture partners and Qualcomm Ventures. | https://www.biometricupdate.com/201901/anyvision-reveals-series-a-investment-details-and-announces-two-new-offices |
| 2019 | January | Foretellix | Israel | $14million | Series A | 83North, Jump Capital, and Nextgear Ventures. | https://techstartups.com/2019/01/16/israeli-startup-foretellix-bags-14-million-series-enable-safe-autonomous-vehicles-gigascale-intelligent-verification/ |
| 2019 | January | Celeno Communications | Israel | $10M million | Further round | Iris Capital, Cisco and Liberty Global. | https://www.csimagazine.com/csi/Celeno-bags-$10m-in-funding.php |
| 2019 | January | Niantic | USA | $245 million | Series C | IVP, aXiomatic Gaming, Battery Ventures, Causeway Media Partners, CRV, and Samsung Ventures. | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190116005204/en/Niantic-Inc.-Announces-245-Million-Series-C-Led-By-IVP-with-Strategic-Investment-From-aXiomatic-Gaming-Samsung-Ventures |
| 2019 | January | Modulated Imaging | USA | $7 million | Series B | Pangaea Ventures,Fresenius Medical Care Ventures, Grey Sky Venture Partners, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital and Fouse KK. | https://www.finsmes.com/2019/01/modulated-imaging-raises-7m-in-series-b-funding.html |
| 2019 | January | Isotropic Systems | United Kingdom | $14 million | Series A | Boeing HorizonX Ventures, WML, Space Angels and Space Capital. | https://www.isotropicsystems.com/news-3/2019/1/15/isotropic-systems-raises-14-million-in-series-a-funding-led-by-boeing-horizonx-ventures-to-advance-space-based-connectivity |
| 2018 | November | Nanusens | Spain | £941,950 | Pre-Series A | Investors from Crowdcube. | https://nanusens.com/over-one-million-euros-raised-in-innovative-pre-series-a-fund-raising-by-nanusens-on-crowdcube/ |
| 2018 | July | PHIX Photonics | Netherlands | Not disclosed | Further round | Magic Micro and Panthera International. | https://picmagazine.net/article/105266/PHIX_Photonics_Assembly_secures_next_round_of_financing_LioniX_International_obtains_a_majority_share |
| 2018 | July | ColdQuanta | USA | $6.75 million | Not disclosed | Maverick Ventures and Global Frontier Investments. | https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/25/coldquanta-raises-6-75m-to-make-it-easier-to-spin-up-a-limited-use-case-quantum-computer/ |
| 2018 | June | Hesai Photonics Technology | China | $39 million | Series B | Lightspeed and Baidu Co. | https://insights.roboglobal.com/robotics-fundings-acquisitions-and-ipos-may-2018 |
| 2018 | May | Sensor Networks | South Africa | $1.03 million | Further round | Sanari Capital, ASISA ESD Fund and 4Di Capital. | https://disrupt-africa.com/2018/05/09/sas-sensor-networks-secures-1m-funding-round/ |
| 2018 | May | Lyncean Technologies | USA | $13.75 million | Series B | EuroUS Ventures AG, Anchor Fund and Quintus Vermoegensverwaltung. | https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/lti-lti050518.php |
| 2018 | May | Xanadu | Canada | $9 million | Seed round | OMERS Ventures, Golden Ventures and Real Ventures. | https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/xanadu-raises-9m-seed-round-to-build-game-changing-photonic-quantum-computers-682050881.html |
| 2018 | May | Paragraf | United Kingdom | £2.9 million | Not disclosed | Cambridge Enterprise, Parkwalk Advisors, Amadeus Capital Partners, IQ Capital Partners and angel investors. | https://www.paragraf.com/news/paragraf-closes-2-9m-seed-round-to-drive-first-ever-large-scale-production-of-graphene-based-technologies/ |
| 2018 | May | Algolux | Canada | $10 million | Series A | General Motors Ventures, Drive Capital, Intact Ventures and Real Ventures. | https://algolux.com/news/algolux-announces-usd-10-million-series-a-1-for-robust-autonomous-vision%EF%BB%BF/ |
| 2018 | May | NeuroVision | USA | $11 million | Series C | Johnson & Johnson Innovation, Nikon-SBI Innovation, Wildcat Capital Management, Whittier Ventures and VSP Global. | https://dallasinnovates.com/follow-money-wildcat-capital-leads-11m-raise-konatel-reaches-1-3m-goal-upventur-buys-yonder/ |
| 2018 | April | novosound | United Kingdom | £1.5 million | Not disclosed | Par Equity, Kelvin Capital, Gabriel, the Scottish Investment Bank, the ` Technology Investment Syndicate and Investing Women. | https://www.uws.ac.uk/news/spinout-receives-15-million-investment/ |
| 2018 | April | Mirico | United Kingdom | £3.5 million | Not disclosed | Longwall Ventures ECF, STFC Innovation Ltd, UK Innovation, Science Seed Fund (UKi2S), Foresight Williams Technology EIS Fund. | https://mirico.co.uk/news/mirico-receives-3-5-million-backing/ |
| 2018 | April | Oxford Photovoltaics | United Kingdom | £8 million | Not disclosed | Statoil and Legal & General Capital. | https://www.oxfordpv.com/news/oxford-pv-secures-further-ps802m-funding |
| 2018 | April | GraphWear Technologies | USA | $4.2 million | Series A | Bio Innovation Capital and Mission Bay Capital. | https://technical.ly/philly/2018/04/17/graphwear-technologies-4m-series-a/ |
| 2018 | April | KMLabs | USA | $12.2 million | Further round | Intel Capital and the Colorado Impact Fund. | https://optics.org/news/9/4/29 |
| 2018 | April | BeBop Sensors | USA | $10 million | Series A | Bullpen Capital | https://bebopsensors.com/bebop-sensors-world-leader-in-smart-fabric-sensors-announces-close-of-10m-series-a-funding-led-by-bullpen-capital/ |
| 2018 | April | Pixelligent | USA | $7.6 million | Further round | The Abell Foundation, TCP Venture, Propel I, Propel II venture funds, Tokyo Ohka Kogyo and Kateeva. | https://www.pixelligent.com/press-release/pixelligent-technologies-closes-7-6m-round-including-investment-from-industry-leaders-tokyo-ohka-kogyo-co-ltd-tok-and-kateeva-inc/ |
| 2018 | March | Blackmore Sensors and Analytics | USA | $18 million | Series B | BMWi Ventures and Toyota AI Ventures. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/blackmore-sensors-and-analytics-raises-18-million-series-b-financing-round-to-scale-automotive-lidar-solution-300616225.html |
| 2018 | March | Rockley Photonics | United Kingdom | $40 million | Series D | Not disclosed | https://www.kreoscapital.com/rockley-photonics-closes-40m-series-d-bringing-total-funding-100m-last-5-years/ |
| 2018 | March | OnScale | USA | $3 million | Not disclosed | Thornton Tomasetti, Michael Lehman, and CampbellKlein. | https://www.finsmes.com/2018/03/onscale-raises-3m-in-seed-funding.html |
| 2018 | February | ID Quantique | Switzerland | $65 million | Not disclosed | SK Telecom | https://www.idquantique.com/id-quantique-sk-telecom-join-forces/ |
| 2018 | February | UniKLasers | United Kingdom | £1 million | Not disclosed | Par Equity, Scottish Investment Bank, and Lancaster Capital. | https://www.photonics.com/Articles/UniKLasers_Announces_1M_in_Funding/a62853 |
| 2018 | February | Lightelligence | USA | $10 million | Not disclosed | Baidu Venture and a consortium of U.S. semiconductor executives. | https://www.lightelligence.co/lightelligence-raises-10m-funding-accelerate-ai-workloads-light-speed.html |
| 2018 | February | Prophesee | France | $19 million | Series B | 360 Capital Partners, Supernova Invest, iBionext, Intel Capital, Renault Group, and Robert Bosch Venture Capital. | https://www.prophesee.ai/2018/02/21/prophesee-19-million-funding-round/ |
| 2018 | February | Peak Nano Optics | USA | Not disclosed | Series B | L3 Technologies | https://www.peaknano.com/peak-nano-series-b-l3-technologies |
| 2018 | February | SiOptica | Germany | €4 million | Not disclosed | bm|t and Capital-E II Arkiv. | https://www.electrooptics.com/news/sioptica-raises-4m-privacy-filters |
| 2018 | February | Pilot Photonics | Ireland | €1 million | Not disclosed | Bank of Ireland Kernel Capital Funds and Dublin Business Innovation Centre (DBIC). | https://www.fibre-systems.com/news/pilot-photonics-raises-almost-%E2%82%AC1m-optical-comb-source |
| 2018 | February | Aledia | France | €30 million | Series C | Intel Capital, Braemar Energy Ventures, Demeter, the Ecotechnologies Fund of Bpifrance (the French national industrial bank), IKEA Group, Sofinnova Partners and Supernova Invest. | https://www.gophotonics.com/news/details/913-nanowire-led-innovator-aledia-bags-%E2%82%AC30-million-in-funding |
| 2018 | February | Lightmatter | USA | $11 million | Series A | Matrix Partners and Spark Capital. | https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/02/05/1333152/0/en/Lightmatter-to-Accelerate-AI-Development-with-First-of-its-Kind-Chip-Powered-by-Light.html |
| 2018 | January | Pyreos | United Kingdom | £1.7 million | Not disclosed | Perscitus Advisers, Seraphim Capital, London Business Angels, Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH, the Scottish Investment Bank and Siemens Technology Accelerator. | https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Pyreos_Secures_17M_in_Funding/a63027 |
| 2018 | January | AC Photonics | USA | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | CenterGate Capital | https://www.finsmes.com/2018/01/ac-photonics-raises-undisclosed-investment-from-centergate-capital.html |
| 2018 | January | Zecotek Photonics | Canada | $5 million | Not disclosed | Undisclosed industrial business group based in China. | https://www.canadianinsider.com/zecotek-announces-divisional-equity-financing-of-5-000-000-based-on-75-million-valuation |
| 2017 | December | Finisar | USA | $390 million | Not disclosed | Apple Inc. | https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2017/12/apple-awards-finisar-390-million-from-its-advanced-manufacturing-fund/ |
| 2017 | December | Blue Frog Robotics | France | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Fenox Venture Capital | https://www.finsmes.com/2017/12/blue-frog-robotics-raises-new-round-of-financing.html |
| 2017 | December | Guardian Optical Technologies | Israel | $5.1 million | Series A | Mirai Creation Fund, SPARX Group and Maniv Mobility. | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20171204005593/en/Guardian-Optical-Technologies-Raises-5.1-M-to-Accelerate-Development-of-Breakthrough-Sensor-Technology-for-%E2%80%9CPassenger-Aware%E2%80%9D-Cars |
| 2017 | December | UniKLasers | Scotland | £1 million | Further round | Par Equity, Scottish Investment Bank, and Lancaster Capital. | https://www.photonics.com/Articles/UniKLasers_Announces_1M_in_Funding/p6/vo146/i994/a62853 |
| 2017 | December | AEPONYX | Canada | CAD $4.3 million | Further round | Fonds InnovExport and Ecofuel Fund, in collaboration with private investors. | https://aeponyx.com/aeponyx-closes-cad-4-3-million-financing-round/ |
| 2017 | December | Rockley Photonics | United Kingdom | £4.8 million | Not disclosed | Engineering and Physical Research Council (EPSRC). | https://rockleyphotonics.com/innovation-funding/ |
| 2017 | October | Horizon Robotics | USA | $100 million | Series A plus | Intel Capital, Morningside Venture Capital, Hillhouse Capital, Wu Capital and Linear Ventures. | https://www.finsmes.com/2017/10/horizon-robotics-raises-funding-from-intel-capital.html |
| 2017 | September | Spark Lasers | France | €1 million | Series A | Starquest and Gravitation. | https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/spark-lasers/company_financials |
| 2017 | September | Augmedics | Israel | $8.3 million | Series A | AO Invest, Israeli Innovation Authority, Terra Venture Partners and others. | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170919005648/en/Augmedics-Secures-8.3-Million-in-Series-A-Funding-for-Augmented-Reality-Surgical-Visualization-System |
| 2017 | September | Tonbo Imaging | India | $17 million | Series B | WRV Capital, Qualcomm Ventures and Edelweiss Private Equity. | https://www.vccircle.com/defence-startup-tonbo-imaging-gets-17-mn-from-wrv-capital-others/ |
| 2017 | September | Cambridge Medical Robotics | United Kingdom | $26 million | Series A | Cambridge Innovation Capital, LGT Global Invest, Escala Capital, ABB Technology Ventures, and Watrium. | https://www.massdevice.com/cambridge-medical-robotics-raises-26m-versius-robot-assisted-surgery-device/ |
| 2017 | September | LeddarTech | Canada | $101 million | Series C | Osram, Delphi, Magneti Marelli, Integrated Device Technology and Fonds de solidarité FTQ. | https://leddartech.com/leddartech-announces-usd-101-million-series-c-financing/ |
| 2017 | September | Innoviz | Israel | $65 million | Series B | Delphi Automotive PLC, Magna International, 360 Capital Partners, Glory Ventures, Naver and others. | https://venturebeat.com/2017/09/07/innoviz-technologies-raises-65-million-to-accelerate-its-lidar-tech-for-autonomous-cars/ |
| 2017 | August | Oryx | Israel | $50 million | Series B | Union Tech Ventures, Third Point Ventures, WRV, Bessemer Venture Partners, Maniv Mobility and Trucks VC. | https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/08/oryx-vision-raises-50m-to-build-better-lidar-for-self-driving-vehicles/ |
| 2017 | August | Specim | Finland | €3.5 million | Not disclosed | Bocap SME Achievers Fund II Ky. | https://www.fmindustry.com/en/2017/news/2744/%E2%82%AC35-Million-of-Growth-Funding-for-SPECIM-SPECIM-Spectral-Imaging-investment-funding-Bocap-SME-AAchievers-Fund-II-Ky-hyperspectral-imaging-institutional-investors-Company-News.htm |
| 2017 | July | WaveOptics | United Kingdom | $15.5 million | Series B | Touchstone Innovations, Octopus Ventures, and Robert Bosch Venture Capital, and Gobi Ventures. | https://siliconangle.com/2017/07/17/waveoptics-raises-15-5m-build-smaller-cheaper-optics-augmented-reality/ |
| 2017 | July | Inpria | USA | $23.5 million | Series B | Intel Capital, Samsung Ventures and Applied Ventures, JSR Corporation, and ALIAD. | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170710005397/en/EUV-Photoresist-Pioneer-Inpria-Raises-23.5-Million-in-Series-B-Funding-Led-by-Samsung-Ventures |
| 2017 | July | Cailabs | France | €5 million | Not disclosed | Safran Corporate Ventures, Innovacom and Starquest Capital. | https://www.laserfocusworld.com/fiber-optics/article/16569633/startup-cailabs-raises-additional-5-million-for-its-optical-beam-shaping-products |
| 2017 | July | QuintessenceLabs | Australia | $3.26 million | Not disclosed | Australian Department of Defence. | https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2017/07/17/1061033/0/en/QuintessenceLabs-3-26-Million-Investment-from-Australian-Department-of-Defence-for-Quantum-Key-Distribution-Research.html |
| 2017 | July | Eight19 | United Kingdom | £1.3 million | Further round | Lucros Investment, IP Group PLC, Clarium Capital Management LLC and Providence. | https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Eight19_Secures_15M_in_Funding_Round/p6/vo146/i966/a62296 |
| 2017 | July | Optoscribe | United Kingdom | £1.8 million | Series B | Archangels, Par Equity, Scottish Investment Bank and the Optoscribe management team. | https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Optoscribe_Completes_Investment_Round/a62209 |
| 2017 | June | Vector | USA | $21 million | Series A | Sequoia Capital, Shasta Ventures and Lightspeed. | https://spacenews.com/vector-raises-21-million-for-small-launch-vehicle-development/ |
| 2017 | June | Belkin Laser | Israel | $2.5 million | Further round | Zicom Holdings, Rimonci Capital, and other undisclosed investors. | https://optics.org/news/8/6/2 |
| 2017 | June | AEye | USA | $16 million | Series A | Airbus Ventures, Intel Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Tyche Partners and other investors. | https://www.aeye.ai/press/funding-announcement/ |
| 2017 | June | Monteris | USA | $26.6 million | Series C | Versant Ventures, SightLine Partners, Birchview Capital and BDC Capital’s Healthcare Venture Fund. | https://www.monteris.com/press-releases/monteris-medical-raises-26-6-million-in-series-c-financing-to-further-the-growth-of-the-neuroblate-system/ |
| 2017 | June | Kalray | USA | $26 million | Further round | Safran Corporate Ventures, CEA Investissement and ACE Management, Pengpai investment fund. | https://www.kalrayinc.com/kalray-raises-26-million/ |
| 2017 | June | Coriant | Germany | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Oaktree Capital Management and Marlin Equity Partners. | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170615005331/en/Coriant-Announces-Strategic-Investment-by-Oaktree |
| 2017 | May | Hesai Photonics | China | $16 million | Series A | Pagoda Investment, Grains Valley Venture Capital, Jiangmen Venture Capital and LightHouse Capital Management. | https://www.therobotreport.com/may-2017-fundings-acquisitions-ipos-and-failures/ |
| 2017 | May | Vivacity Labs | United Kingdom | $2 million | Not disclosed | Tracsis, Downing Ventures and the London Co-Investment Fund. | https://www.therobotreport.com/may-2017-fundings-acquisitions-ipos-and-failures/ |
| 2017 | May | Kubo | Denmark | $1 million | Not disclosed | Danish Growth Fund | https://www.therobotreport.com/may-2017-fundings-acquisitions-ipos-and-failures/ |
| 2017 | May | Echodyne | USA | $29 million | Series B | New Enterprise Associates, Bill Gates, Madrona Venture Group, and other investors. | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170522005356/en/Echodyne-Raises-29-Million-Series-B-to-Bring-%E2%80%9CRadar-Vision%E2%80%9D-to-Autonomous-Vehicles-Drones-and-Machines |
| 2017 | May | Luxexcel | Belgium | $10 million | Further round | KLA-Tencor, SET Ventures, Munich Venture Partners, and PMV. | https://3dprint.com/173477/luxexcel-10-million-investment/ |
| 2017 | May | Adext | Mexico | $3 million | Further round | US and Mexican investors and led by Angel Romanos, founder and CEO of Credito Real. $3 million is at a $20 million valuation. | https://www.finsmes.com/2017/05/adext-raises-3m-in-funding.html |
| 2017 | May | Corning | USA | $200 million | Not disclosed | Apple Inc. | https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/12/gorilla-glass-maker-corning-gets-200-million-from-apples-us-manufacturing-investment-fund/ |
| 2017 | May | TriLumina | USA | $9 million | Further round | Kickstart Seed Fund, Stage 1 Ventures, Cottonwood Technology Fund, DENSO Ventures and Sun Mountain Capital. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/trilumina-closes-additional-round-of-funding-300458971.html |
| 2017 | May | nLight | Canada | $35 million | Further round | 21 investors took part in the fundraise. | https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2017/05/10/with-an-eye-toward-an-ipo-a-bustlingvancouver.html |
| 2017 | May | ITOS | Germany | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Edmund Optics made an equity investment; ITOS will now operate as a subsidiary of Edmund Optics. Further details of the agreement remain confidential. | https://www.laserfocusworld.com/optics/article/16569774/edmund-expands-german-presence-itos-to-operate-as-eo-subsidiary |
| 2017 | April | LaserMotive | USA | $1.5 million | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | https://www.geekwire.com/2017/lasermotive-1-5-million-laser-power/ |
| 2017 | April | vHive | Israel | $2 million | Not disclosed | StageOne VC and several additional private investors. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/vhive-raises-2m-to-enable-businesses-to-fly-drone-fleets-300444166.html |
| 2017 | April | Luminar | USA | $36 million | Not disclosed | Canvas Ventures, GVA Capital, and 1517 Fund, and other undisclosed investors. | https://optics.org/news/8/4/24 |
| 2017 | April | Metamaterial Technologies | Canada | $8.3 million | Series A | Radar Capital, Innovacorp, and other unspecified investors. | https://metamaterial.com/radar-capital-leads-series-a-round-for-metamaterial-technologies-inc/ |
| 2017 | April | Reflex Photonics | Canada | $500,000 | Not disclosed | Canadian government. | https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Reflex_Receives_500K_in_Financing_from_Canada/a61882 |
| 2017 | April | Avegant | USA | $13.7 million | Further round | Hangzhou Lian Luo, Intel, and Applied Materials. | https://haptic.al/mixed-reality-company-avegant-closes-13-7-million-investment-a28a48d7b96b |
| 2017 | April | ColorChip | Israel | $17 million | Further round | CIRTech and Scale-Up fund. | https://www.color-chip.com/news/colorchip-raises-extra-17m-boosting-latest-financing-round-37m/ |
| 2017 | April | Luxendo | Germany | $8.56 million | Series A | EMBL and Life Science Partners. | https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Luxendo_Raises_8M_in_Series_A_Funding/a61595 |
| 2017 | March | Boom Supersonic | USA | $33 million | Series A | 8VC, Caffeinated Capital, Palm Drive Ventures, RRE Ventures and YC’s Continuity Fund. | https://boomsupersonic.com/news/post/untitled-2 |
| 2017 | March | Wayray | Switzerland | $18 million | Series B | Alibaba | https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/15/alibaba-wayray/ |
| 2017 | March | CardioFocus | USA | $20 million | Not disclosed | Raised existing but undisclosed investors. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cardiofocus-completes-20-million-equity-financing-300431058.html?tc=eml_cleartime |
| 2017 | March | SMART-Photonics | Netherlands | $7 million | Series B | Not disclosed | https://innovationorigins.com/en/smart-photonics-raises-e-7-million-from-new-investment-round/ |
| 2017 | March | HiLight Semiconductor | United Kingdom | $6.1 million | Series B | Atlantic Bridge, Oyster Capital and Gary Steele, Executive Chairman. | https://opticalconnectionsnews.com/2017/03/hilight-semiconductor-completes-6m-b-series-venture-capital-round/ |
| 2017 | March | MedLumics | Spain | $37 million | Series B | Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners, Seroba Life Sciences, Innogest Capita, Ysios Capital Partners and Caixa Capital Risc. | https://www.fiercebiotech.com/medical-devices/medlumics-raises-37m-for-trials-atrial-fibrillation-device |
| 2017 | February | Ceres Nanosciences | USA | $3 million | Series A | GreyBird Ventures | https://f1dcaaa6-ae11-4fe9-9f94-e8797af93d5b.filesusr.com/ugd/f7710c_f1e65c73f04647c19a6d50b05f0e0ade.pdf |
| 2017 | February | Synapticon | Germany | $9 million | Further round | 7 Industries Holdings (NL), HTGF High-Tech and MBG. | https://www.therobotreport.com/february-2017-fundings-acquisitions-and-ipos/ |
| 2017 | February | Dedrone | Germany | $15 million | Series B | John Chambers, Executive Chairman of Cisco and Felicis Ventures. | https://dronelife.com/2017/02/13/counterdrone-firm-dedrone-secures-15-million-series-b-financing/ |
| 2017 | February | Stanley Robotics | France | $4 million | Not disclosed | Elaia Partners, Idinvest Partners and Ville de Demain. | https://www.jonesday.com/en/practices/experience/2017/02/elaia-partners-bpifrance-and-idinvest-partners-invest-in-stanley-robotics |
| 2017 | February | Bluewrist | Canada | $2 million | Not disclosed | Istuary Toronto Capital | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170215005278/en/Istuary-Innovation-Group-and-Bluewrist-Partner-to-Bring-Robotics-and-Automation-into-China%E2%80%99s-Manufacturing-Sector |
| 2017 | February | ClearMotion | USA | $100 million | Series C | JP Morgan clients, NEA, Qualcomm Ventures and other investors. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/clearmotion-secures-100-million-investment-led-by-jp-morgan-asset-management-to-commercialize-worlds-first-digital-chassis-300400204.html |
| 2017 | February | GluSense | Israel | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | JDRF T1D Fund | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/glusense-receives-investment-from-jdrf-t1d-fund-613937973.html |
| 2017 | February | QD Solar | Canada | C$2.5 million | Series A | DSM Venturing, MaRS Innovation, and the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. | https://optics.org/news/8/2/13 |
| 2017 | February | Micro-LAM | USA | $1.75 million | Series A | Grand Angels | https://mibiz.com/item/24523-micro-lam-pursues-growth-with-$1-75-million-capital-raise |
| 2017 | February | TetraVue | USA | $10 million | Series A | Robert Bosch Venture Capital, Nautilus Venture Partners, Samsung Catalyst Fund and Foxconn. | https://www.finsmes.com/2017/02/tetravue-closes-10m-series-a-funding.html |
| 2017 | January | EasyMile | France | $15 million | Not disclosed | Alstom | https://www.greencarcongress.com/2017/01/20170124-alstom.html |
| 2017 | January | DigiLens | USA | $22 million | Series B | Sony, Foxconn, Continental, Panasonic, Alsop Louie Partners, Bold Capital, Nautilus Venture Partners, Dolby Family Ventures, and other undisclosed investors. | https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/01/19/1217232/0/en/DigiLens-Raises-22-Million-to-Accelerate-Delivery-of-Multiple-Augmented-and-Virtual-Reality-Products.html |
| 2017 | January | Laser Quantum | United Kingdom | £25.5 million | Not disclosed | Novanta. The total amount of investment represents increased in its equity stake in Laser Quantum. | https://optics.org/news/8/1/17 |
| 2017 | January | Indigo Diabetes | Belgium | €7 million | Series A | Thuja Capital | https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Indigo_Diabetes_Raises_7M_in_Investment/p6/vo146/i931/a61553 |
| 2017 | January | Corephotonics | Israel | $15 million | Not disclosed | Samsung Ventures, iPhone producer Foxconn, semiconductor chip maker MediaTek and an unspecified but “top-tier” smart phone OEM. | https://corephotonics.com/press-releases/israels-corephotonics-raises-15-million-investors-include-samsung-ventures-foxconn-mediatek-tier-1-smartphone-oem/ |
| 2016 | December | Blackmore Sensors and Analytics | USA | $3.5 million | Series A | Next Frontier Capital and Millennium Technology Value Partners. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/blackmore-sensors-and-analytics-raises-series-a-financing-round-300376352.html |
| 2016 | December | Xarion Laser Acoustics | Austria | Not disclosed | Series A | Trumpf Venture | https://www.trumpf.com/en_INT/press/global-press-releases/press-release-detail-page/Press/trumpf-venture-invests-in-sensor-technology-startup-xarion-laser-acoustics/ |
| 2016 | December | Lumus | Israel | $45 million | Not disclosed | Quanta Computer and HTC. | https://lumusvision.com/news/lumus-raises-30m-lead-loremipsum-ventures-sequia/ |
| 2016 | November | Gooch & Housego | United Kingdom | Not disclosed | NA | Innovate UK and the UK National Quantum Technologies Program. | https://gandh.com/gooch-housego-announces-quantum-technology-funding-award/ |
| 2016 | November | Carl Zeiss | Germany | $1.1 billion | NA | ASML. The investment allowed ASML to take a 24.9% stake. | https://uk.advfn.com/stock-market/NASDAQ/ASML/share-news/ASML-to-Buy-24-9-Stake-in-Carl-Zeiss-SMT-for-EUR1/72820010?nomobile |
| 2016 | October | Ostendo | USA | $41.8 million | Further round | Not disclosed | https://www.sdbj.com/news/2016/oct/24/ostendo-technologies-raises-418-million/ |
| 2016 | October | Oryx Vision | Israel | $17 million | Series A | Bessemer Venture Partners, Maniv Mobility and Trucks VC. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/oryx-vision-raises-17-million-to-create-the-ultimate-depth-sensing-solution-for-autonomous-vehicles-300347338.html |
| 2016 | September | Photonic Capital | USA | $100 million | Not disclosed | Bright Light Capital I | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/photonic-capital-secures-100-million-dollar-credit-facility-to-support-the-expansion-of-its-led-lighting-shared-savings-finance-program-300324144.html |
| 2016 | September | LightPath | USA | $200, 000 | Not disclosed | National Science Foundation (NSF) | https://www.photonics.com/Articles/LightPath_Wins_200K_SBIR_Award_for_Graphene/a60864 |
| 2016 | September | Rochester Precision Optics | USA | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) | https://www.prweb.com/releases/rposttrgrant/2016/prweb13671245.htm |
| 2016 | September | Pyreos | United Kingdom | £1.8 million | Further rounds | London Business Angels, Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH, the Scottish Investment Bank, Seraphim Capital and Siemens Technology Accelerator. | https://optics.org/news/7/9/20 |
| 2016 | September | Heliatek | Germany | €80 million | Series D | innogy SE, ENGIE, BNP Paribas, CEE Group, AQTON, BASF, eCAPITAL, High-Tech Gründerfonds, Innogy Venture Capital, TUDAG and Wellington Partners. | https://www.prnewswire.com/in/news-releases/heliatek-raises-80-million-594247021.html |
| 2016 | August | ReVision Optics | USA | $10 million | Not disclosed | Square 1 Bank | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160818005318/en/ReVision-Optics-Secures-10-Million-Credit-Facility-from-Square-1-Bank |
| 2016 | August | ColorChip | USA | $20 million | Further round | Gemini Israel Funds, BRM Group, IGP, Vintage, HGL Capital, and Viola Credit. | http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2016/aug/colorchip_170816.shtml |
| 2016 | August | Quanergy | USA | $90 million | Series B | Sensata Technologies, Delphi Automotive, Samsung Ventures, Motus Ventures and GP Capital. | https://www.finsmes.com/2016/08/quanergy-systems-raises-90m-in-series-b-funding.html |
| 2016 | August | Innoviz | Israel | $9 million | Series A | Zohar Zisapel, Vertex Venture Capital, Magma Venture Partners, Amiti Ventures and Delek Motors. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/innoviz-technologies-secures-9m-in-series-a-funding-300310297.html |
| 2016 | August | Glowforge | USA | $22 million | Series B | Foundry Group and True Venture. | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160801006270/en/Glowforge-Announces-22-Million-Series-B-Investment-from-Foundry-Group-and-True-Ventures-to-Bring-3D-Laser-Printers-to-Mass-Production |
| 2016 | July | Spectral Engines | Finland | €1.6 million | NA | Inventure, Finnvera, VTT Ventures, Timo Syrjälä. | https://www.spectralengines.com/news/spectral-engines-closes-1-6-me-funding-from-investors |
| 2016 | July | pureLiFi | United Kingdom | Not disclosed | Series B | Temase, existing investors. | https://www.finsmes.com/2016/07/lifi-technology-developer-purelifi-completes-series-b-financing.html |
| 2016 | July | CAILabs | France | €1 million | Series A | Starquest Capital | https://www.cailabs.com/en/about-us/investors/ |
| 2016 | June | Neurovision | USA | $5 million | Series B | Wildcat Capital Management | https://neurovision.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/NeuroVision-Bonderman-Wildcat-NR-05-31-16.pdf |
| 2016 | June | Versalume | USA | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Corning | https://www.corning.com/asean/en/about-us/news-events/news-releases/2016/06/corning-announces-investment-in-versalume-llc.html |
| 2016 | June | University of Central Florida | USA | $1.3 million | Grant | DARPA | https://www.ucf.edu/news/72706-2/ |
| 2016 | May | Sol Voltaics | Sweden | $17 million | Series C | Riyadh Valley, Umoe, FAM, Industrifonden, and Nano Future Invest; Swedish Energy Agency and the European Union's Horizon 2020. | https://www.finsmes.com/2016/05/sol-voltaics-raises-17m-in-series-c-and-grant-funding.html |
| 2016 | May | Planetary Resources | USA | $21.1 million | Series A | Bryan Johnson, OS Fund, Idea Bulb Ventures, Tencant, Vast Ventures, Grishin Robotics, Conversion Capital, The Seraph Group, Space Angels Network and Larry Page. | http://spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=48750 |
| 2016 | May | Gamaya | Switzerland | $3.2 million | Series A | Sandoz Family Foundation, VI Partners, Seed4Equity and Peter Brabeck-Letmathe. | https://agfundernews.com/gamaya-raises-3-2m-for-hyperspectral-drone-imagery-analysis-for-agriculture5886.html |
| 2016 | May | Kateeva | USA | $88 million | Series E | BOE, Cybernaut Venture, GP Capital Shanghai, Redview Capital, and TCL Capital; SVIC, Sigma Partners, Spark Capital, Madrone Capital Partners, DBL Partners, New Science Ventures, and VEECO Instruments. | https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2016/05/19/990432/0/en/88-Million-in-Series-E-Financing-for-OLED-Production-Equipment-Leader-Kateeva.html |
| 2016 | April | TriLumina | USA | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | DENSO International America | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/denso-invests-in-semiconductor-laser-technology-startup-trilumina-300247871.html |
| 2016 | April | Optoscribe | United Kingdom | £1.2 million | Not disclosed | Archangels, Par Equity, Edinburgh venture capital fund and Scottish Investment Bank. | https://www.novuslight.com/optoscribe-announces-1-2m-1-4m-investment_N5561.html |
| 2016 | April | Vizzario | USA | $2 million | Not disclosed | VSP Global | https://www.vizzario.com/press/invision-vsp-global-invests-2-million-in-eyecare-tech-startup-vizzario |
| 2016 | April | Spectrum | Canada | $49,725 | NA | NRC-IRAP | https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Canadian_Government_Funds_Optics_Development_by/a60586 |
| 2016 | April | UTA | USA | $1.5 million | Grant | U.S. Army Research Office | https://www.photonics.com/Articles/UTA_Receives_15M_in_Grants_to_Advance/a58295 |
| 2016 | April | Optoscribe | Scotland | £1.2 million | Not disclosed | Archangels, Par Equity and Scottish Investment Bank. | https://sprengthomson.com/scottish-technology-company-optoscribe-receives-1-2m-investment/ |
| 2016 | March | PhosphorTech | USA | $1 million | Not disclosed | U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science and Basic Energy Sciences. | https://www.laserfocusworld.com/lasers-sources/article/16558660/two-photonics-companies-get-sbir-phase-ii-grants-for-solidstatelighting-technology |
| 2016 | March | Lumisyn | USA | $1 million | Not disclosed | U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science and Basic Energy Sciences. | https://www.laserfocusworld.com/lasers-sources/article/16558660/two-photonics-companies-get-sbir-phase-ii-grants-for-solidstatelighting-technology |
| 2016 | March | Pulsar Photonics | Germany | Not disclosed | Series A | High-Tech Gründerfonds Management | https://www.finsmes.com/2016/03/pulsar-photonics-completes-seed-funding-round.html |
| 2016 | March | Deep Optics | Israel | $4 million | Series A | Essilor International, Atomics 14 Ventures and private investors. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/deep-optics-raises-us4-million-in-funding-to-revolutionize-the-multifocal-glasses-market-300227900.html |
| 2016 | January | MultiPhy | Israel | $17 million | Series A | Semtech and venture capitalists. | http://www.gazettabyte.com/home/2016/1/13/multiphy-raises-17m-to-develop-100g-serial-interfaces.html |
| 2016 | January | Diagnostic Photonics | USA | $3 million | Series A | not disclosed | https://medcitynews.com/2016/01/diagnostic-photonics-brings-in-3m-for-imaging-technology/ |
| 2016 | January | WaveOptics | United Kingdom | multi-million pound | Not disclosed | Imperial Innovations Group, Robert Bosch Venture Capital, Octopus Ventures, angel investors and Blippar. | https://www.finsmes.com/2016/01/waveoptics-raises-multi-million-pound-funding.html |
| 2015 | December | Pyreos | Scotland | $3.85 million | Series A | Not disclosed | https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Pyreos_Secures_pound25M_in_Funding_Names/a57857 |
| 2015 | December | Spectral Imaging | Finland | $5.9 million | Series A | Tekes, the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation, with R&D financing provided by Teknoventure Management. | https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Specim_Nets_euro53M_for_Hyperspectral_Imaging/a57715 |
| 2015 | December | Amplitude Laser | France | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Samsung Venture Investment Corp. | https://optics.org/news/6/11/45 |
| 2015 | December | Manta Instruments | USA | Not disclosed | Series A | Joint Polish Investment Fund and Triton Technology Fund. | https://www.finsmes.com/2015/12/manta-instruments-holds-first-close-of-series-a-financing.html |
| 2015 | December | Multiphoton Optics | Germany | Not disclosed | Series A | Backers included Sack & Kiesselbach, High-Tech Gründerfonds, Bayern Kapital, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft and a consortium of business angels with Dr. Ruth Houbertz, Dr. Moritz Esslinger, and Dr. Boris Neubert. | https://www.finsmes.com/2015/12/multiphoton-optics-raises-series-a-funding-round.html |
| 2015 | November | Kapteyn-Murnane Laboratories | USA | $5.5 million | Grant | Intel Capital, Colorado Impact Fund and management. | https://www.i-micronews.com/kmlabs-secures-5-5m-investment-from-intel-equity-fund/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kmlabs-secures-5-5m-investment-from-intel-equity-fund |
| 2015 | November | Sckipio | Israel | Not disclosed | Further rounds ($27 million from past rounds) | Intel Capital | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20151103005595/en/Sckipio-Receives-Investment-from-Intel-Capital |
| 2015 | October | Avegant | USA | $24 million | Series A | Hangzhou Liaison Interactive Information Technology Co. Ltd., Intel Capital, NHN Investment Co. Ltd. and the Bunting Family Fund. | https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Avegant_Lands_24M_for_Wearable_Display/a57664 |
| 2015 | October | TeraView | United Kingdom | $10 million | Further rounds | Samsung Venture Investment, Nordson Dage, Q Street Capital and Low Carbon Innovation Fund. | https://optics.org/news/6/10/22 |
| 2015 | September | VORAGO Technologies | USA | $10 million | Not disclosed | New Science Ventures | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150901006144/en/VORAGO-Technologies-Raises-10-Million-to-Fuel-Growth-and-Innovation |
| 2015 | September | Optimal+ | United Kingdom and Israel | $42 million | Not disclosed | KKR, Carmel Ventures and Pitango. | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150910005753/en/Optimal-Raises-42-Million-Growth-Round-Led-By-KKR |
| 2015 | August | Credo | USA | $8 million | Series A | Walden International | https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2015/08/31/1215845/0/en/Credo-Raises-8-Million-in-Series-A-Funding.html |
| 2015 | August | FlexEnable | United Kingdom | $15-$20 million | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | https://www.businessweekly.co.uk/news/hi-tech/flexenable-raising-20m-new-board-beds |
| 2015 | June | VI Systems | Germany | €2 million | Grant | European Commission's Horizon 2020 | https://www.photonics.com/Articles/VI_Systems_Receives_euro2M_for_Optical/a57486 |
| 2015 | June | Transphorm | USA | $70 million | Not disclosed | KKR, Kleiner Perkins Caufield, Byers, Foundation Capital, Google Ventures, Soros Quantum Strategic Partners, INCJ and Fujitsu. | https://www.transphormusa.com/en/news/transphorm-announces-new-70-million-investment-led-kkr/ |
| 2015 | June | Nantero | USA | $31.5 million | Not disclosed | not disclosed | https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/finance/nantero-raises-31-5-million-2015-06/ |
| 2015 | May | Glowforge | USA | $9 million | Series A | Foundry Group , True Ventures, Bre Pettis, Jenny Lawton | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150520005310/en/Glowforge-Raises-9-Million-Series-A-to-Bring-3D-Laser-Printer-to-Consumers |
| 2015 | May | GaN Systems | Canada | $20 million | Series C | Cycle Capital Management, BDC Capital, Tsing Capital, Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital and RockPort Capital. | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150507005393/en/GaN-Systems-raises-USD20-Million-in-Series-C-Financing |
| 2015 | April | Solantro Semiconductor | Canada | $11 million | Series B | Inerjys Ventures, Black Coral Capital, BDC, Presidio Ventures, Clean Energy Venture Group and EDC | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/solantro-semiconductor-raises-11-million-to-accelerate-volume-manufacturing-517480341.html |
| 2015 | February | Michelson Diagnostics | United Kingdom | £2.5 million | Series B | Smith & Nephew, Kent County Council, other investors | https://optics.org/news/6/2/31 |
| 2015 | February | Corephotonics | Israel | $17.8 million | Series B | Amiti Ventures, Magma Ventures, Horizon Ventures, BetaAngels Partners, Sandisk | https://index.co/company/Corephotonics |
| 2015 | January | IOPtima | USA | $7.2 million | Series A | BioLight Life Sciences Investments Ltd. and two Asia-based venture capital firms | https://www.photonics.com/Articles/BioLight_2_Asian_Firms_Invest_72M_in_Glaucoma/a58011 |
| 2015 | January | PureLiFi | Scotland | £1.5 million | Series A (brings total to £14 million) | London & Scottish Investment Partners, Old College Capital, Scottish Investment Bank | https://techcrunch.com/2015/01/19/purelifi/ |
| 2015 | January | 3Scan | USA | $6.7 million | Series A | Lux Capital | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150127005249/en/3Scan-Raises-6.67-Million-from-Lux-Capital-Dolby-Ventures-for-New-Technologies-to-Transform-Pathology |
| 2014 | November | Pilegrowth Tech | Italy | € 500,000 | Series A | Quadrivio Capital SGR, TTVenture, Como Venture and LPE spa. | https://www.finsmes.com/2014/11/pilegrowth-tech-raises-over-e500k-in-second-funding.html |
| 2014 | October | RANOVUS | USA, Canada, Germany | $24 million | Series B | Not disclosed | https://www.lightwaveonline.com/business/companies/article/16664399/ranovus-adds-24-million-series-b-financing-readies-product-deliveries |
| 2014 | October | Pluriomics | Belgium, Netherlands | €4 million | Series A | Vesalius Biocapital, InnovationQuarter, Société régionale d’Investissement de Wallonie (SRIW). | https://www.vesaliusbiocapital.com/node/155 |
| 2014 | September | Immunophotonics | USA | $1.8 million | Series A | St. Louis Arch Angles, Billiken Angels, individual investors, and the Missouri Technology Corporation. | https://techli.com/immunophotonics-raises-1-8m-biogenerator-cultivation-capital-lead/50041/ |
| 2014 | September | InnoLight | USA | $38 million | Series C | Google Capital and Lightspeed China Partners. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/innolight-technology-corporation-announced-series-c-funding-of-usd-38-million-277439891.html |
| 2014 | September | Avogy | USA | $40 million | Series B | Intel Capital and KHOSLA VENTURES. | https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2014/09/09/1187401/0/en/Avogy-Inc-Raises-40-Million-Series-B-Round-Led-by-Intel-Capital.html |
| 2014 | July | Lightwave Logic | USA | $3 million | Not disclosed | Sale of common stocks and warrants. | https://optics.org/news/5/7/33 |
| 2014 | July | LatticePower | China | $80 million | Series A | Asia Pacific Resources Development Investment, GSR Ventures, Mayfield Fund, and Crescent HydePark. | https://www.ledsmagazine.com/manufacturing-services-testing/substrates-wafers/article/16698267/lattice-power-gets-cash-infusion-to-support-ganonsi-led-development |
| 2014 | May | Seren Photonics | Wales | £1.9 million | Series A | FusionIP plc, IP Group plc and Finance Wales Ltd. | https://optics.org/news/5/5/58 |
| 2014 | March | Aquantia | USA | $16 million | Series G | Xilinx, New Enterprise Associates, Greylock Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Pinnacle Ventures and Rusnano. | https://pitchbook.com/newsletter/aquantia-seals-16m-series-g |
| 2014 | January | Luxexcel | Netherlands | $5 million | Not disclosed | Munich Venture Partners, Chrysalix SET and Filsa Capital. | http://www.3ders.org/articles/20140114-luxexcel-raises-5-million-from-investors.html |
| 2014 | January | Rebellion Photonics | USA | $10.4 million | Series A | Tinicum | https://www.finsmes.com/2014/01/rebellion-photonics-closes-10-4m-series-financing.html |
| 2013 | November | Pyreos | Scotland | $4 million | Series A | Robert Bosch Venture Capital, Seraphim Capital, Siemens Technology Accelerator, the Scottish Investment Bank and the investment arm of Scottish Enterprise. | https://www.finsmes.com/2013/11/pyreos-raises-4m-funding.html |
| 2013 | November | Phi Optics | USA | $250,000 | Seed funding | Serra Ventures, Newport Holdings LP, Ventures LLC. | https://www.novuslight.com/phi-optics-receives-250-000-funding-for-optical-microscopes_N1848.html |
| 2013 | November | Direct Photonics | Germany | €3.3 million | Series B | Deutsche Effecten und Wechsel Beteiligungsgesellschaft, Falk Strascheg Holding (Extorel), VC Fonds Technologie Berlin. | https://optics.org/news/4/11/21 |
| 2013 | November | Solicore | USA | $4 million | Series A1 | New Science Ventures | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20131118005182/en/New-Science-Ventures-Provides-4.0-Million-Equity-Investment-to-Solicore |
| 2013 | November | Compass-EOS | USA | $42 million | Further rounds | Comcast Ventures, Cisco, Pitango Venture Capital, Benchmark Capital, Northbridge Venture Partners, Marker LLC and RUSNANO. | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20131118005893/en/Compass-EOS-Closes-42-Million-Funding |
| 2013 | October | Biophotonic Solutions Inc. | USA | $1 million | Series A | Michigan Angel Fund | https://www.laserfocusworld.com/biooptics/bioimaging/microscopy/article/14192060/biophotonic-solutions-closes-1m-funding-round |
| 2013 | October | SBA Materials | USA | Not disclosed | Series B | Intel Capital | https://www.crunchbase.com/funding_round/sba-materials-series-b--647d299d |
| 2013 | September | RANOVUS | Canada, USA | $11 million | Further round | Azure Capital Partners, T-Venture, BDC Venture Capital, OMERS Ventures and MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund. | https://vcnewsdaily.com/ranovus/venture-capital-funding/rnjlktsdzl |
| 2013 | August | Photronics Inc | USA | Not disclosed | Series A | Silicon Values BG Partners | https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Photronics_Gets_Venture_Capital_Backing/a54689 |
| 2013 | July | CALIENT | USA | $27 million | Further rounds | Not disclosed | https://www.calient.net/2013/07/calient-technologies-raises-27-million-in-latest-funding-round-names-jag-setlur-as-cfo/ |
| 2013 | July | ReVision Optics | USA | $55 million | Series A | Canaan Partners, ProQuest Investments, InterWest Partners and Domain Associates, Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation (JJDC) and RusnanoMedInvest (RMI). | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130729005168/en/ReVision-Optics-Closes-55-Million-Financing |
| 2013 | March | Halation Photonics | China | Not disclosed | Series B | Northern Light Venture Capital Early Stage Investment Enterprise, Mitsui & Co. Global Investment, Softbank China Venture Capital, China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park Ventures Co. Ltd. and Applied Ventures. | https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Halation_Photonics_completes_funding_round/a53231 |
| 2013 | February | Raydiance | USA | $6 million | Venture loan | Horizon Technology Finance Corp. | https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Raydiance_Receives_6M_in_Financing/a53033 |
| 2013 | February | Acal Energy | United Kingdom | $23 million | Not disclosed | Sumitomo | https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-02-20/sumitomo-backed-acal-raises-funds-to-expand-fuel-cell-technology |
| 2013 | January | LED Engin | USA | $12 million | Series E | CEC Capital Management and GVT. | http://www.ledengin.com/files/pressrelease/20130110.pdf |
| 2012 | December | Halation Photonics | China | Not disclosed | Series B | Northern Light Venture Capital Early Stage Investment Enterprise, Mitsui & Co. Global Investment, Softbank China Venture Capital, China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park Ventures Co. Ltd. and Applied Ventures. | https://www.novuslight.com/halation-photonics-receives-second-round-of-funding_N616.html |
| 2012 | November | Nanobiotix | France | $18 million | Not disclosed | IPO funding | https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Nanophotonics_Firm_Raises_18M_in_IPO/a52342 |
| 2012 | September | CrossFiber | USA | $13.4 million | Series D | Southern Cross Venture Partners, New Venture Partners, Arsenal Venture Partners and existing investors including Back Bay Management and PacifiCap. | https://www.laserfocusworld.com/home/article/16565211/crossfiber-wraps-134m-series-d-financing |
| 2012 | August | AOptix | USA | $42 million | Series E (brings total funding to $123 million) | Clearstone Venture Partners, DAG Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Northgate Capital, W Capital Partners and True Ventures. | https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2012/08/23/aoptix-raises-42-million.html |
| 2012 | June | Invuity | USA | $25 million | Series D | Valence Advantage Life Sciences Fund II, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and InterWest Partners and Wexford Capital. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/invuity-raises-25-million-in-series-d-funding-159022215.html |
| 2012 | April | Vixar | USA | $2.5 million | Series B | Phoenix Venture Partners | http://vixarinc.com/news-events/vixar-raises-2-5m-in-series-b-funding-from-phoenix-venture-partners |
| 2012 | April | Illumitex | USA | $9.3 million | Not Series A (Further round) | NEA, Morgan Creek Capital, Mousse Partners, Apex Venture Partners, DFJ Mercury and Syngenta Ventures. | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120410006155/en/Illumitex-Accelerates-Entry-into-Lighting-Fixture-Markets-with-Funding-Round-and-New-CEO |
| 2012 | March | AQT Solar | USA | $18.7 million | Series B (brings total to $40 million) | Not disclosed | https://www.photonics.com/Articles/AQT_Solar_Secures_Funding_AQT/p5/vo100/i601/a50295 |
| 2012 | February | Luxtera | USA | $21.7 million | Series C | NEA, August Capital, Sevin Rosen, Funds and Lux Capital, Tokyo Electron and personal investment from an industry titan. | https://www.lightwaveonline.com/business/companies/article/16665673/luxtera-adds-217-million-in-series-c-new-board-member |
| 2011 | December | BinOptics | USA | $13.3 million | Not Series A (further round) | Advantage Capital Partners, Enhanced Capital Partners, Gefinor Ventures, Onondaga Venture Capital Fund and Rand Capital; ArrowPath Venture Partners, Cayuga Venture Fund, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and FA Technology Ventures. | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20111215006322/en/BinOptics-Attracts-13.3-Million-in-Funding |
| 2011 | December | Prism Solar | USA | $4.4 million | Not discosed | I2BF Venture Capital | https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Prism_Solar_Completes_4M_Funding_Round_/a49290 |
| 2011 | September | Skorpios Technologies | USA | $19 million | Series B | Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks, Cottonwood Technology Fund and Sun Mountain Capital. | https://www.skorpiosinc.com/skorpios-technologies-inc-announces-the-close-of-a-19-million-series-b-financing-round/ |
| 2011 | August | NLight Photonics | Canada | $17.5 million | Series E | Mohr Davidow Ventures, Oak Investment Partners and Menlo Ventures. | http://www.nlight.net/news/releases/105~nLIGHT-Raises-175-Million-Investment-to-Accelerate-Growth |
| 2011 | July | Nuventix | USA | $10 million | Not discosed | GE Energy Financial Services, Bergquist Co., Braemar Energy Ventures, CenterPoint Ventures, InterWest Partners and Rho Ventures. | https://www.finsmes.com/2011/07/nuventix-receives-10m-financing.html |
| 2010 | October | SiOnyx | USA | $12.5 million | Series B | Coherent, Crosslink Capital, Vulcan Capital, Polaris Venture Partners and Harris & Harris. | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sionyx-raises-125-million-in-series-b-financing-105336733.html |
| 2010 | October | GLO AB | USA, Sweden | $25 million | Series A | Wellington Partners, VantagePoint Venture Partners, Hafslund Venture, Agder Energi Venture, Provider Venture Partners and Teknoinvest. | https://www.laserfocusworld.com/lasers-sources/article/16568196/swedish-nanowire-led-company-glo-ab-closes-25m-round-opens-california-engineering-center |
| 2010 | October | Light Blue Optics (LBO) | United Kingdom | $13 million | Series B (follows Series ‘A’ extension of $15 million in July 2009) | DFJ Esprit, Robert Bosch Venture Capital, Earlybird Venture Capital, Capital-E, NESTA, Christie Digital Systems Canada and WhiteGold Fund Management. | https://www.laserfocusworld.com/home/article/16568201/picoprojectors-lbo-raises-13m-to-promote-touchenabled-holographic-laser-projection-technology |
| 2010 | July | CALIENT | USA | $10 million | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=uYMolrbiTkIC&pg=PA6&lpg=PA6&dq=Calient+Technologies+Raises+$10+Million&source=bl&ots=xeDlQH9L1M&sig=ACfU3U3PKdDmH_sZUGTb5RMb1HV72h--6g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiEqNnU4q_xAhXHyIsBHVTlAPUQ6AEwBHoECAsQAw#v=onepage&q=Calient%20Technologies%20Raises%20%2410%20Million&f=false |
| 2010 | June | VIA Optronics | Germany | €4.4 million | Not disclosed | WHEB Ventures | https://www.growthbusiness.co.uk/wheb-invests-in-via-optronics-1263173/ |
| 2010 | January | QD Vision | USA | $10 million | Series A | North Bridge Venture Partners, Highland Capital Partners and In-Q-Tel. | https://www.laserfocusworld.com/home/article/16567666/qd-vision-raises-10-million-for-quantumdotbased-led-lighting-and-displays |
| 2009 | September | Applied Optoelectronics | USA | $19.5 million | Series F | Not discosed | https://ao-inc.com/news-events/aoi-raises-195-million-in-f-round-funding |
| 2009 | July | Heptagon | Finland | $22 million | Further round | GGV Capital, Innovations Kapital, Innovacom and Nokia Growth Partners. | https://www.ledsmagazine.com/home/article/16698920/heptagon-raises-over-22m-in-new-equity-financing |
| 2009 | May | R2 Semiconductor | USA | $11 million | Series A | Sigma Partners, Morganthaler Ventures and Sequoia Capital. | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-semiconductor-early-stage-idUSTRE54Q2ZX20090527 |
| 2009 | April | Powerlase | United Kingdom | Not disclosed | Not discosed | MTI Partners, Deutsche Venture Capital, DJF Esprit LLP, Alice Ventures and FNI Venture Capital. | https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Powerlase_Secures_Funding/a36922 |
| 2009 | March | OneChip Photonics | Canada | $19.5 million | Series A | BDC Venture Capital and GrowthWorks Canadian Fund, DCM and Morgenthaler Ventures. | https://www.photonics.com/Articles/OneChip_Photonics_Nets_19M/a36778 |
| 2008 | November | Raydiance | USA | $20 million | Series D | Greenstreet Partners and Draper Fisher Jurvetson. | https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Raydiance_Round_Raises_20M/a35713 |
| 2008 | October | Soliant Energy | USA | $2.5 million | Series A | GE Energy Financial Services | https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/soliant-lands-21m-5002 |
| 2008 | August | Innolume | Germany/USA | $13.3 million | Series C | S-Group Capital Management, Applied Ventures LLC, NRW Bank, Peppermint Financial Partners, S-VentureCapital Dortmund, Robert Young, and Kurb. | https://www.photonics.com/Articles/QD_Laser_Maker_Secures_13M/a34854 |
| 2008 | May | OmniGuide | USA | $25 million | Series E | Psilos Group, Omniguide investors: Ray Stata, Stata Venture Partners, 3i, Argonaut Ventures, ESI, Gainesborough Investments, Jeff Swartz and Westbury Partners. | https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2008-05-15/omniguide-r-secures-25-million-in-funding-to-support |
| 2008 | April | Redfern Integrated Optics Inc | USA | $7.5 million | Series A | Southern Cross Venture Partners, Tallwood Venture Capital and Jolimont Capital. | https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2008/04/14/376201/5379/en/Redfern-Integrated-Optics-Inc-Secures-7-5M-in-Additional-Funding.html |
| 2007 | December | Holochip | USA | $2.7 million | Series A | ITU Ventures | https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Holochip_Backers_Invest_27M/a31827 |
| 2007 | November | Michelson Diagnostics | UK | £600,000 | Series A | London Seed Capital, London Business Angels and Catapult Venture Managers. | https://healthcare-in-europe.com/en/news/successful-oct-imaging-during-cancer-surgery.html |
| 2007 | November | Arbor Photonics | USA | $85,000 | Not disclosed | University of Michigan's Ross School of Business. | https://www.photonics.com/Articles/U-M_Invests_in_Arbor_Photonics/a31568 |
| 2007 | October | Light Blue Optics | United Kingdom | $26 million | Series A | Earlybird Venture Capital of Germany, Capital-E, 3i plc and NESTA. | https://www.growthbusiness.co.uk/light-blue-optics-raises-and3626-million-260600/ |
