Wave Photonics

Wave Photonics is a deep tech company in Cambridge, United Kingdom, founded in 2021. It has raised $6.9M across 3 rounds, most recently a $5.8M Seed in June 2024.

Accelerating integrated photonics

Headquarters
Cambridge
Employees
11–50
Founded
2021
Business Model
B2B
Total Funding
$6.9M
Last Round
$5.8M SeedJun 2024
Rounds
3

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About

Wave Photonics is a Cambridge-based deep tech company taking a computational approach to photonic integrated circuit (PIC) design. The company builds platforms providing optimised designs and streamlined integration across the photonics supply chain, serving foundries, chip designers, and quantum technology applications. Its offerings include custom PDK development, PIC design services, a PDK management platform, and packaging solutions.

Summary

It lists 11–50 employees. It has raised $6.9M in total across 3 rounds, most recently a $5.8M Seed round in Jun 2024. Investors include UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund, Cambridge Enterprise and Redstone.

Tech & App Stack

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Funding History

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SeedJun 2024
$5.8M

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Funding: Pre-Seed through Grant. Amounts, valuations, and investors where available.

Investors

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