Lightium AG (Grant)
Funding Details
Awarder
SemiNews
Date Award
May 13, 2024
Vertical
Photonic Integrated Circuits (PIC) foundry, design, and packaging services
Funding Amount
$2,670,000
Company Info
Founders
Dr. Amir Ghadimi
Market
Telecom, Datacom, Quantum Computing, AI, and Space
Location
Zürich, Switzerland
Coinvestors
InnoSuisse
Company Description

Lightium AG is a Swiss startup offering Photonic Integrated Circuits (PIC) foundry, design, and packaging services based on its proprietary Thin-Film Lithium Niobate (TFLN) platform. Lightium’s solution addresses the complex challenges faced by photonic device manufacturers, offering them unmatched photonic performance, a simplified and cost-effective supply chain, and rapid scale-up capabilities from prototyping to large-volume manufacturing. As Europe’s first production-grade TFLN foundry, Lightium enables the next generation of photonic solutions in a wide range of industries, including Telecom, Datacom, Quantum Computing, AI, and Space.

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