Gixel (Seed)
Funding Details
Awarder
SemiNews
Date Award
July 23, 2025
Vertical
Electronics
Funding Amount
$5,000,000
Company Info
Founding Year
2019
Traction
Currently building a fully functional prototype and preparing developer kits for pilot partnerships.
Founders
Dr.-Ing. Miro Taphanel, Dr.-Ing. Ding Luo, Felix Nienstaedt
Market
AI and AR Glasses
Location
Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Coinvestors
Brendan Iribe, Ted Schilowitz, Jochen Engert, Daniel Kraus, André Schwämmlein, SPRIND, LEA Partners
Company Description

Gixel is developing breakthrough optical displays for AI and AR glasses, focusing on ultra-light, power-efficient, high-fidelity optical see-through displays that are designed for industrial-scale manufacturing and support curved lenses and variable focal planes.

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