| Date | Title | Description |
| 23.01.2026 | Optalysys Secures £23M to Revolutionize Computing with Photonic Chips, Eyes U.S. Expansion | Optalysys, a UK pioneer, secured £23M in Series A extension funding. This capital fuels the commercialization of its groundbreaking photonic computing chips. The company plans aggressive expansion into the crucial U.S. market. Its technolog... |
| 23.01.2026 | Optalysys: £23 Million Series A Extension Raised To Commercialize Photonic Chips And Expand In The U.S. | Optalysys announced it has raised £23 million in a Series A extension round to accelerate the commercialization of its photonic computing technology and support a planned expansion into the United States. The round was led by Northern Grits... |
| 22.01.2026 | Optalysys Raises £23M in Series A Extension Funding | Optalysys, a Leeds, UK-based developer of photonic computing chips, raised £23m in a Series A extension funding round.
The round was led by Northern Gritstone, with participation from imec.xpand, Lingotto Horizon, and the National Security ... |
| 22.01.2026 | Optalysys raises £23M to support photonic computing development | Leeds-based photonic computing company Optalysys has raised £23 million in a Series A extension round led by Northern Gritstone, with participation from imec.xpand, Lingotto Horizon, and the UK government’s National Security Strategic Inves... |
| 22.01.2026 | Leeds-based Optalysys raises €26.4 million to accelerate always-encrypted data technology using light | Leeds-based photonic computing company Optalysys today announced that it has raised €26.4 million (£23 million) in a Series A extension round to accelerate the commercialisation of its proprietary photonic chips and support US expansion.
Th... |
| 02.11.2025 | AI's Light Speed Revolution: Q.ANT Secures $80M for Photonic Future | Q.ANT, a Stuttgart-based deep-tech leader, dramatically expanded its Series A funding to $80 million. Duquesne Family Office, Stanley F. Druckenmiller’s investment firm, joined this significant round. Q.ANT pioneers photonic processors, usi... |
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| 01.11.2025 | Q.ANT: Series A Funding Expanded To $80 Million Following Duquesne Family Office Investment | Q.ANT, a Stuttgart-based deep-tech company pioneering photonic processing for artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC), has expanded its Series A funding round to a total of $80 million following an additional inves... |
| 30.10.2025 | empact bekommt 100 Millionen – Tethys Robotics sammelt 3,5 Millionen ein – Scavenger erhält 2,5 Millionen | Im #DealMonitor für den 30. Oktober werfen wir einen Blick auf die wichtigsten, spannendsten und interessantesten Investments und Exits des Tages in der DACH-Region. Alle Deals der Vortage gibt es im großen und übersichtlichen #DealMonitor-... |
| 11.09.2025 | Mojo Vision's $75M Boost for Advanced AI Displays | Mojo Vision just secured $75 million in Series B Prime funding. This investment propels its cutting-edge micro-LED technology forward. The company aims to rapidly commercialize its advanced display platform. It will expand applications, esp... |
| 11.09.2025 | Mojo Vision: $75 Million Series B Raised To Advance AI-Based Micro-LED Technology | Mojo Vision, a company specializing in high-performance micro-LED technology, has announced the closing of a $75 million Series B Prime funding round. This investment will help the company accelerate the commercialization of its advanced mi... |
| 04.09.2025 | Mojo Vision Closes $75M Series B Prime Funding | Mojo Vision, a Cupertino, CA-based micro-LED platform company, raised $75M in Series B funding.
The round was led by Vanedge Capital, with participation from Edge Venture Capital, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Fusion Fund, Knollwood Capi... |
| 15.08.2025 | AI's Optical Leap: Celestial AI Funds Photonic Fabric Development | Celestial AI secured $255M in Series C1 funding. Total investment now reaches $520M. VentureTech Alliance and Samsung Catalyst Fund joined new investors. This capital accelerates Photonic Fabric commercial deployment. Photonic Fabric is a r... |
| 15.08.2025 | Celestial AI: Final Closing Of $255 Million Series C1 Funding | Celestial AI, a leader in optical interconnect technology addressing the scalability demands of modern AI infrastructure, announced the final close of its $255 million Series C1 funding round, which included strategic investors VentureTech ... |
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| 13.08.2025 | Celestial AI Closes $255M Series C1 | Celestial AI, a Santa Clara, CA-based optical interconnect technology company, closed its $255M Series C1 funding.
The round added VentureTech Alliance and Samsung Catalyst Fund as investors.
The company intends to use the funds to accelera... |
| 01.08.2025 | Q.ANT Raises €62M in Series A Funding | Q.ANT, a Stuttgart, Germany-based photonic processing company, raised €62m in Series A funding.
The round was co-led by Cherry Ventures, UVC Partners and imec.xpand with participation from L-Bank, Verve Ventures, Grazia Equity, EXF Alpha of... |
| 24.07.2025 | Photonics Powers AI: Q.ANT Secures €62 Million To Reshape Computing's Future | Q.ANT secures €62 million for photonic processors, transforming AI and high-performance computing. These innovative, light-based chips deliver up to 50x higher performance and 30x greater energy efficiency than traditional systems. They rad... |
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| 19.07.2025 | Q.ANT: €62 Million Secured For Photonic Processing Platform | Q.ANT, a leader in photonic processing, has secured €62 million in a Series A financing round to accelerate the commercialization of its energy-efficient photonic processors for artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (H... |
| 17.07.2025 | German photonic processing scale-up Q.ANT raises €62 million in largest round for photonic computing in Europe | Stuttgart-based Q.ANT, an innovator in photonic processing, today announced a €62 million Series A financing round to accelerate the commercialisation of its energy-efficient photonic processors for AI and high-performance computing (HPC).
... |
| 17.07.2025 | Q.ANT raises €62M to transform the future of computing with photonic processing | Germany-based Q.ANT, a pioneer in photonic processing, has secured a €62 million Series A financing round to accelerate the commercialisation of its energy-efficient photonic processors for artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance ... |
| 08.05.2025 | Eyeo's €15 Million Seed Round: A New Dawn for Image Sensors | In the bustling tech landscape, innovation often feels like a race against time. The latest contender to make waves is Eyeo, a Dutch startup that has just secured €15 million in seed funding. This investment is not just a financial boost; i... |
| 07.05.2025 | Imaging startup Eyeo raises €15M to for colour-splitting sensor tech | Dutch startup Eyeo has secured €15M in an oversubscribed seed round to commercialise a new approach to image sensor design that promises to boost light sensitivity, color accuracy, and resolution.
The round was co-led by imec.xpand and Dutc... |
| 04.05.2024 | Imec.xpand: Pioneering Semiconductor and Nanotechnology Innovations | A deep dive into the groundbreaking efforts of Belgium-based imec.xpand in accelerating semiconductor and nanotechnology innovations, with a focus on transformative technologies and global disruption. |
| 02.05.2024 | Belgium-based imec.xpand announces €300M fund to accelerate semiconductor and nanotechnology innovations | Read this article in:
Leuven, Belgium-based imec.xpand, an independent global venture capital fund, on Wednesday announced the launch of a new €300M fund to accelerate the growth of transformative semiconductor and nanotechnology innovation... |
| 02.05.2024 | Imec.xpand raises $320M for fund to invest in semiconductors and nanotechnology | Discover how companies are responsibly integrating AI in production. This invite-only event in SF will explore the intersection of technology and business. Find out how you can attend here.
Imec.xpand, a chip and nanotech-focused venture ca... |
| 28.09.2023 | Nagi Bioscience raises CHF 12.4M to open new markets | |
| 17.07.2023 | Leeds-based photonic chip company Optalysys raises £21 million to unlock its Fully Homomorphic Encryption process | Photonic chip maker Optalysys has raised a £21 million Series A funding which will see it ‘advance its Enable photonic computing technology to unlock a new form of secure processing known as Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE)’.
Backing the ... |
| 22.06.2023 | Swave Photonics adds another €3 million to its Seed pot to bring the metaverse to life | Belgium-based holographic eXtended Reality (HXR) technology company Swave Photonics has announced it has secured an additional €3 million Seed extension which brings its total funds raised to €10 million.
The firm raised its €7 million Seed... |
| 05.01.2023 | Spotlight CES: Spectricity unveils first multispectral image sensor for smartphones | You wouldn't necessarily think there's many more improvements to be made on the cameras found in some of the latest smartphones.
Thanks to the likes of Google's Pixel and the evolution of Samsung's Galaxy offering, amateur smartphone snaps ... |
| 26.10.2022 | Dutch AI chip maker Axelera bags $27 million | Eindhoven-based “powerful and advanced solutions for AI at the edge” maker Axelera has raised $27 million in a Series A round. According to the company, the funds will be used to, “support Axelera AI’s launch and mass production of its firs... |
| 26.10.2022 | Dutch-based Axelera AI raises €27M for its AI acceleration platform | Eindhoven-based Axelera AI, a company that claims to be creating the next generation of AI hardware and software, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $27M (approximately €27M) in a Series A round of funding.
The round was led by Innovat... |
| 28.06.2022 | Belgian HXR platform Swave picks up €7 million to bring the metaverse to life | With the rapid emergence of the metaverse, a 3D world where participants can interact with people, objects and places and other applications from realistic 3D experiences, the demand for eXtended Reality (XR) technology that enhances or rep... |
| 16.05.2022 | Belgium’s SOLiTHOR charged with €10 million to develop solid-state lithium batteries | Belgium-based company developing solid-state battery technology, SOLiTHOR has raised €10 million in funding. The seed round was led by imec.xpand and saw the participation of LRM, Nuhma and FPIM.
The company will use the funds to develop th... |
| 16.05.2022 | Imec spin-off SOLiTHOR raises €10M to develop solid-state lithium battery tech | Leuven, Belgium-based SOLiTHOR, a company developing solid-state battery technology, announced on Monday that it has raised €10M in a Seed round of funding led by imec.xpand. The round is also supported by investment syndicates, including L... |
| 12.05.2022 | Belgium-based Pharrowtech raises €15M led by Dutch-based Innovation Industries | Leuven, Belgium-based Pharrowtech, a company that designs and develops millimetre wave (mmWave) hardware and software for next-generation wireless applications, announced on Thursday that it has raised €15M in its Series A round of funding.... |
| 12.05.2022 | Belgian Pharrowtech wires in €15 million to build wireless ecosystem | Belgium-based company that develops millimetre wave (mmWave) hardware and software for next-generation wireless applications, Pharrowtech has raised €15 million in a Series A funding round. The investment was led by Netherlands-based VC Inn... |
| 22.03.2022 | Belgian growth fund wraps up €150 million for ambitious deep tech startups | Leuven-based early-stage and growth fund for deep tech innovation, Imec.xpand has closed the first round of its second fund at €150 million in committed capital. The amount raised exceeds the initial target by €30 million.
Initiated by rese... |
| 03.08.2021 | Belgian hyperspectral sensing developer Spectricity raises €14 million | Belgian semiconductor company Spectricity has raised €14 million in a Series B round. The company develops spectral sensing solutions in the visible and near-infrared spectral range for mobile devices. With the funding, Spectricity is plann... |
| 29.07.2021 | Onera raises €10.5M in Series B funding | Onera raises €10.5M in Series B funding
29 Jul 2021
Onera Health, a leader in sleep diagnostic and monitoring solutions, closed €10.5M in Series B funding. The round was led by Innovation Industries in close collaboration with Invest-NL a... |
| 23.04.2019 | Onera Health Raises $9.3M to Pilot Medical Grade Sleep Diagnostics Patch | Onera Health Inc., a Palo Alto, CA-based sleep diagnostic solutions and services provider announced it raised $9.3 million in Series A funding led by Jazz Pharmaceuticals, imec.xpand, as well as other investors including imec and BOM. The d... |
| 24.09.2018 | MouSensor Closes a $3.3M Seed Round | MouSensor, Inc., a biotechnology company that develops a novel and potentially transformative platform to digitize the sense of smell, announced today that it has raised $3.3M in its seed round. The seed round was co-led by imec.xpand and A... |
| 12.09.2018 | Imec.xpand Closes €117M Early-Stage and Growth Venture Capital Fund | imec, a Leuven, Belgium-based research and innovation hub for nanoelectronics and digital technology, closed its first fund, at €117m.
Imec.xpand is an independent early-stage and growth fund which aims to turn hardware driven nanotechnolog... |
| 17.08.2017 | A wearables startup that’s made hydration a priority | Dr. Dustin Freckleton is the CEO of LVL Technologies and founded the business when it was known as BSX Athletics in 2012. He said the sensor platform is the first to measure hydration status. His motivation was for developing a hydration as... |
| - | Belgium’s SOLiTHOR charged with €10 million to develop solid-state lithium batteries | Belgium-based company developing solid-state battery technology, SOLiTHOR has raised €10 million in funding. The seed round was led by imec.xpand and saw the participation of LRM, Nuhma and FPIM.
The company will use the funds to develop th... |
| - | Belgian Pharrowtech wires in €15 million to build wireless ecosystem | Belgium-based company that develops millimetre wave (mmWave) hardware and software for next-generation wireless applications, Pharrowtech has raised €15 million in a Series A funding round. The investment was led by Netherlands-based VC Inn... |
| - | Belgian growth fund wraps up €150 million for ambitious deep tech startups | Leuven-based early-stage and growth fund for deep tech innovation, Imec.xpand has closed the first round of its second fund at €150 million in committed capital. The amount raised exceeds the initial target by €30 million.
Initiated by rese... |
| - | Belgian HXR platform Swave picks up €7 million to bring the metaverse to life | With the rapid emergence of the metaverse, a 3D world where participants can interact with people, objects and places and other applications from realistic 3D experiences, the demand for eXtended Reality (XR) technology that enhances or rep... |
| - | A wearables startup that’s made hydration a priority | Hydration tracking wearable from LVL Technologies
A consumer wearables startup in Austin has a mission: it wants to prevent dehydration not just for athletes trying to improve the effectiveness of their fitness regimen but also for people a... |
| - | Belgian hyperspectral sensing developer Spectricity raises €14 million | Belgian semiconductor company Spectricity has raised €14 million in a Series B round. The company develops spectral sensing solutions in the visible and near-infrared spectral range for mobile devices. With the funding, Spectricity is plann... |
