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What does it take to land venture capital for photonics-driven startups?
(L-R) Entrada Ventures' Alex Fang, co-founder and managing partner; Greg Fish, operating partner; and Eric Hall, managing partner....
Dec 7, 2023
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Venture capital moves pick up in June
June was a very active month for venture capital in photonics, with deals announced across multiple markets and company stages. Photonics...
Jul 8, 2024


Optical material companies top May's VC activity
Companies using innovative thin film or surface texturing technology to tailor optical properties made VC news. Introducing the Photonics...
Jun 6, 2024


Kipu Quantum and Quantum-South Announce Strategic Partnership
Karlsruhe, Germany / Montevideo, Uruguay - June 4th 2024 Kipu Quantum GmbH, a German quantum software company focusing on developing...
Jun 3, 2024


Ultrafast laser deals among VC activity in April
April VC activity was a bit quieter, but two ultrafast laser deals stood out. Introducing the Photonics VC Update, a new monthly series...
May 2, 2024


Photonics VC Update: Optical interconnect companies lead March’s VC deals
Other funding rounds backed companies developing quantum components, LiDAR, and laser-fusion technologies. Introducing the Photonics VC...
Apr 3, 2024


Quintessent raises $11.5M in seed funding to future-proof optical connectivity
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Quintessent, a pioneer in heterogeneous silicon photonics and quantum dot laser technology, has...
Mar 14, 2024


What does it take to land venture capital for photonics-driven startups?
(L-R) Entrada Ventures' Alex Fang, co-founder and managing partner; Greg Fish, operating partner; and Eric Hall, managing partner....
Dec 7, 2023


A new phase of the AI race is coming — and chip startup d-Matrix could be the winner
With backers like Microsoft, d-Matrix is competing against Nvidia to become the next big thing in AI chips. October 24, 2023 Alexandra...
Nov 8, 2023


The 53 most promising climate tech startups of 2023, according to top VCs: Coreshell
Read the full story posted on Business Insider on October 13 ... Coreshell Technologies is helping lithium-ion batteries live longer ...
Oct 13, 2023


Founder’s Lessons: Alan Liu, Quintessent Founder/CEO
Alan shared his experiences and insights into the photonics industry and his start-up building journey. About Welcome to the 34th...
Sep 28, 2023


d-Matrix Announces $110M in Series B Funding to Make Generative AI Commercially Viable
Temasek and a global syndicate of new investors join existing investors Playground Global, M12 (Microsoft Venture Fund), Nautilus Venture...
Sep 6, 2023


Generative AI Compute Front-Runner d-Matrix Reaches New Milestone in Efficient AI Inference
Digital in-memory compute chiplet is a first-of-its-kind for the industry [August 22, San Francisco, CA]: Today, d-Matrix, the leader in...
Aug 22, 2023


Haptics Development Board is Small Enough to Fit Inside Your Lightsaber
Aimed at easing the process of developing devices that require HD haptics, Titan Haptics has unveiled a tiny board designed both for...
Aug 2, 2023


Tower Announces World’s First Heterogeneous Integration of Quantum Dot Lasers on its SiPho Platform
Integrates a GaAs QD laser on Tower’s versatile high-volume SiPho Foundry platform MIGDAL HAEMEK, Israel – March 2, 2023 – Tower...
Mar 2, 2023


A Constellation of International Investors Funds Anari AI’s AI-Powered Cloud Computing Solution
BY KOSTIANTYN TUPIKOVON JANUARY 31, 2023 Serbian provider of AI-powered cloud-based virtual chips Anari AI closed a USD 3M Seed round The...
Jan 31, 2023


d-Matrix Launches Chiplet Connectivity Platform to Address Exploding Compute Demand for GenerativeAI
New Jayhawk platform capitalizes on innovative energy efficient chiplet interconnects to improve performance and reduce data center...
Jan 24, 2023


Anari AI raised an investment to optimize domain-specific workloads in the cloud
Anari AI has raised an investment led by deep-tech fund Entrada Ventures, and joined by funds Tensor Ventures, Earlybird, Acequia...
Nov 30, 2022


New Microsoft Partnership Accelerates Generative AI Development
One of the hottest trends in artificial intelligence (AI) this year has been the emergence of popular generative AI models. With...
Nov 15, 2022


d-Matrix Unlocks New Potential with Reinforcement Learning Based Compiler for At Scale DIMC Platform
November 15, 2022 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, d-Matrix, a leader in high-efficiency...
Nov 15, 2022


d-Matrix Announces Opening of India R&D Center, Appoints Pradip Thaker, PhD Head of India Operations
Dr. Thaker will lead d-Matrix’s India operations with a focus on R&D, growth, talent acquisition, engineering, product innovation and...
Oct 11, 2022
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