German deeptechcompany INLEAP Photonics has raised approximately €20 million in seed fundingto scale its laser-based counter-drone technology for defence and criticalinfrastructure applications. The r…
Finnishquantum technology startup S-Transistors has raised €2.6 million in pre-seedfunding to develop integrated circuits based on superconducting transistors,initially targeting the control and signa…
Swedish deeptech company Solinide Photonics has raised €4 million in seed funding to commercialise its siliconnitride photonic integrated circuit technology and prepare for scalablemanufacturing. The …
Edinburgh-basedsemiconductor company Singular Photonics has raised $2.15 million in anoversubscribed funding round to accelerate the development of its nextgeneration of SPAD-based image sensors. The …
At the tail end of London’s Bakerloo tube line, heading towards a north-west London suburb called Harlesden, the whirring sound of manufacturing, from rotating electronic motors to cooling fans, can b…

From faster internet and more secure satellite communications to next-generation semiconductors, quantum technologies and energy-generating greenhouses, photonics is becoming one of Europe’s most stra…

Alessandro Cillario and Stefano Onofri, co-founders and co-CEOs of Italian startup Cubbit, could easily spend all their time scaling internationally. Instead, alongside building one of Europe’s leadin…
The European Innovation Council (EIC) and the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) have announced the winners of this year’s European Prize for Women Innovators, recognising female en…
ORiS, a Turin-based deeptech startupdeveloping laser-based wireless power transmission (WPT) systems for space anddual-use applications, has secured €5 million in funding to accelerate thedevelopment …
Pixel-Flo, a University of Sheffield spin-out developingmanufacturing technology for MicroLED displays, has raised £5.25 million inseed funding. The round was led by Northern Gritstone, with participa…