SMART Photonics

DeepTech · Eindhoven, NL

Independent foundry for indium-phosphide photonic integrated circuits.

Founders

Richard Visser (Netherlands · ♂) — He founded SMART Photonics in 2012 as a TU Eindhoven spin-off and pure-play foundry to commercialize indium-phosphide photonic integrated circuits developed over two decades of research at the university.

Shares the most investors with (number = shared investors):

Date	Round	Amount
Jul 2023	Funding round Dutch photonic-chip foundry SMART Photonics raised an additional EUR100M from strategic investors ASML, NXP and VDL Groep plus ING, Invest-NL's Deep Tech Fund and others, alongside EUR60M Dutch public funding.	$108M
Jul 2021	Debt Eindhoven photonics-chip foundry SMART Photonics received a loan of up to EUR13M from Rabobank to scale production.	$13M

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