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MicroVision to Acquire Fellow Lidar Tech Firm Scantinel Photonics
REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 12, 2025 — MicroVision, Inc., a provider of advanced perception solutions in autonomy and mobility, has entered into an agreement to acquire the business and assets of Scantinel Photonics GmbH, a developer of 1550-nm frequency-modulated continuous wave (FMCW) lidar technology.
Scantinel Photonics’ core technology targets initial application in the commercial vehicle market. It was developed with financial backing and key support from Zeiss Group; Scania, a Swedish commercial trucking OEM; and PhotonVentures, the venture capital arm of PhotonDelta. Scantinel unveiled its FMCW photonic scanner-detector chip, based on standard CMOS technology, last year, saying at the time that it planned to make samples available for customers in the fourth quarter of 2024.
Scantinel filed for insolvency in August, enlisting the services of PLUTA Rechtsanwalts GmbH. The company was working to overcome liquidity problems arising from difficulties in the European automotive industry which prevented a planned series B financing round from materializing.
The company additionally was a prism award finalist in 2024, as well as in 2025, securing a win for its narrow linewidth hybrid-integrated laser this year.
Microvision, a developer and supplier of integrated lidar hardware and perception software solutions, has engineering teams based in Washington, Washington, D.C., and Hamburg, Germany. The company, which brought in $75 million in funding last October, and appointed a new CEO in September, is targeting safety and automation applications in robotics, automated warehouses, and agriculture. Its offerings include semi- and fully autonomous airborne and terrestrial sensor systems. Its solid-state lidar technologies encompass microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)-based long-range lidar and flash-based short-range lidar integrated with onboard perception software.
In connection with the acquisition, MicroVision said, it is collaborating with funding and strategic partners to accelerate productization and commercial opportunities.
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