SMART Photonics, located in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, is an independent foundry offering production services for Indium Phosphide based photonic components and photonic integrated circuits (PICs).
Location: Netherlands, North Brabant, Eindhoven
Employees: 51-200
Phone: +31 40 304 6433
Total raised: $54.71M
Founded date: 2012
Investors 3
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 08.07.2021 | - | $15.38M | - |
| 30.06.2020 | - | $39.32M | - |
Mentions in press and media 17
| Date | Title | Description |
| 16.10.2024 | The Rise of Photonics: A New Era of Innovation in the Netherlands | The Netherlands is becoming a beacon for photonics innovation. Recent investments are fueling a surge in this high-tech sector. PhotonVentures and SuperLight Photonics are at the forefront of this movement. They are not just companies; they... |
| 11.10.2024 | Breukelen-based PhotonVentures secures €5 million strengthening the Dutch photonics ecosystem | PhotonVentures, a specialised deep tech fund founded in 2023 that focuses on investing in photonics startups in the Netherlands and across Europe, has secured a €5 million investment led by Invest-NL, with contributions from a group of new ... |
| 11.04.2024 | 10 Dutch startups to watch in 2024 | In 2023, startups from the Netherlands raised around €6.1 billion over 346 deals. As stated in our Annual Report, these numbers put the Netherlands in third place among European countries by the total raised amount. Analysing the sector, he... |
| 12.07.2023 | The Netherlands’ SMART Photonics beams in €100 million | Eindhoven-based independent foundry for Indium Phosphide photonic integrated circuits, which provide small-scale integration and high performance combined with low energy consumption SMART Photonics has secured €100 million in new funds. Th... |
| 12.07.2023 | Dutch-based SMART Photonics bags €100M to bolster manufacturing and tech platforms: Know more | Read this article in: Eindhoven-based SMART Photonics, a company that focuses on a foundry for photonic integrated circuits, announced on Wednesday that it has secured an additional €100M in funding. Key strategic players from the semicondu... |
| 12.04.2023 | New Origin secures €6 million from PhotonDelta to build an independent photonic chips foundry in the Netherlands | Enschede-based New Origin, a spin out from University of Twente’s MESA+ NanoLab, has secured €6 million in funding to fuel its build of an independent photonic chips facility. The funding is part of the contribution that the Province of Ove... |
| 06.04.2023 | investors predict Europe's next unicorns at Tech Tour Growth | I recently had the pleasure of attending a Tech Tour Growth Europe event hosted by Tech Tour in Paris. These curated events allow startups and scaleups to meet key industry professionals and foster potential partnerships and funding. While ... |
| 28.12.2022 | Eindhoven-based startups that raised €1M+ in 2022 | The city of Eindhoven in the Netherlands may not instantly come to mind as a high-tech powerhouse, but it is eager to establish itself as a hub for deep tech in Europe. According to research by Dealroom.co, Eindhoven is ranked #1 among the ... |
| 17.11.2022 | 10 Dutch startups that raised big funding rounds this year and are hiring now | The Netherlands is well-known for its large and successful startups, such as Adyen, Booking.com, and TomTom. And in recent years, there has been a surge in the number of smaller Dutch startups making a name for themselves. The Netherlands h... |
| 14.11.2022 | EIC's deep tech scaling up drive has raised €527 million in the last year | The European Innovation Council revealed today that its shortlist for European deep tech scale ups, the ScalingUp TOP50, accrued €527 million in new funding over the past 12 months. It means TOP50 startups have now raised €1.8 billion to da... |
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