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Scantinel Photonics Raises $10.5M Series A: Week in Brief: 12/02/22
ULM, Germany, Dec. 2, 2022 — Scantinel Photonics, a startup developing next-generation lidar technology for mobility and industrial applications, secured a €10 million ($10.5 million) extended series A funding round. The round was backed by PhotonDelta and current investors Scania Growth Capital and ZEISS Ventures. Scantinel will use the funding to roll out its frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) lidar devices to customers.
Blickfeld Taps Fabrinet as Manufacturing Partner
MUNICH, Dec. 1, 2022 — Blickfeld, a manufacturer of lidar hardware and software solutions, has pegged Fabrinet as its production partner. As a manufacturing partner, Fabrinet will be responsible for project planning and implementing production of the Qb2 smart lidar...
SICK, MVTec Extend Partnership
MUNICH, Nov. 30, 2022 — Automation technology company SICK and machine vision company MVTec Software GmbH fortified an existing collaboration, signing an agreement that aims to increase the level of integration of MVTec software into SICK’s solutions. Martin Schenk,...
Zebra Appoints Chief Supply Chain Officer: People in the News: 11/30/22
LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill., Nov. 30, 2022 — Mobile computing and digital solutions provider Zebra Technologies appointed Tamie Froese chief supply chain officer. Froese joined Zebra in 2020 as vice president of global procurement with responsibility for all of Zebra’s direct and...
Lightwave Logic Acquires Polymer Tech, Assets from Chromosol
ENGLEWOOD, Calif., Nov. 29, 2022 — Lightwave Logic Inc., an optical communications technology company, has acquired the polymer technology and intellectual property assets of Chromosol Ltd., a spinout company from Queen Mary, University of London. The acquisition strengthens...
BluGlass, Ganvix Partner to Develop Green Gallium Nitride VCSELs
NEW SOUTH WALES, Australia, Nov. 28, 2022 — Semiconductor technology company BluGlass has signed a paid development agreement with Ganvix Inc., a developer of gallium nitride (GaN) VCSELs, to develop GaN VCSELs for green wavelengths (515 to 525 nm). Under the paid development agreement,...
Luminate and Silicon Catalyst Form Partnership
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Nov. 25, 2022 — Luminate NY, an accelerator for startups developing optics, photonics, and imaging (OPI-) enabled technologies, has formed a strategic partnership with Silicon Catalyst, an incubator focused on the advancement of semiconductor technology. Under the...
TRUMPF Manufactures Particle Accelerator Component for CERN
DITZINGEN, Germany, Nov. 25, 2022 — TRUMPF has additively manufactured a core component of future particle accelerators as part of the EU-funded I.FAST (Innovation Fostering in Accelerator Science and Technology) project coordinated by the European Organization for Nuclear Research...
Cook to Helm AIM Photonics
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Nov. 21, 2022 — William “Wade” Cook will serve as the executive director of AIM Photonics, the public-private partnership of industry and federal and state governments dedicated to advancing photonic integrated circuit manufacturing in the United...
IDEA Project Lights Way for Industrial-Scale Laser 3D Printing
AACHEN, Germany, Nov. 21, 2022 — Following completion of a multiyear project, collaborators on an initiative of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) have reported their demonstration of a production approach they believe will enable large corporations, as...
Bruker Acquires Neurescence; VIAVI Opens Arizona Facility: Week in Brief: 11/18/22
BILLERICA, Mass., Nov. 18, 2022 — Bruker signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of Neurescence, a medical imaging company. Neurescence’s ultralight fiber-bundle multiscopes allow simultaneous multiregion, optical functional neuroimaging. Its flagship...
Chroma Adds Sales Director; Spectral MD Appoints COO: People in the News: 11/16/22
LONDON, Nov. 16, 2022 — Spectral MD Holdings, a predictive analytics company with proprietary AI and optical technology for treatment decisions in wound care, appointed Niko Pagoulatos COO. Pagoulatos has held multiple executive roles in his career, including chief...
Metrology Center Adds to Growing Dutch Photonics Ecosystem
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands, Nov. 16, 2022 — The Netherlands’ Photonic Integration Technology Center (PITC) has launched a dedicated metrology program, aimed at developing design-for-test methodologies and new product characterization and test automation tools. Within the PITC, which...
Infrared Cameras Inc. Partners to Equip Drones with Imaging Tech
WALTHAM, Mass., Nov. 15, 2022 — Infrared Cameras Inc. (ICI), a developer of thermal cameras and infrared systems, formed a technology partnership with Ondas Holdings Inc., a provider of private wireless data and drone solutions through its wholly owned subsidiaries Ondas Networks...
Xanadu Secures $100M in Series C
TORONTO, Nov. 14, 2022 — Photonic quantum computer company Xanadu has raised $100 million in series C financing. The round follows the company’s series B round, which Xanadu closed for $100 million last year. Xanadu’s photonics-based approach to the development...
Bruker Acquires Inscopix; Adaptive Glasses Firm Deep Optics Secures Investment: Week in Brief: 11/11/22
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 11, 2022 — Bruker Corp. acquired Inscopix Inc., a developer of miniaturized microscopes known as miniscopes, for freely moving animal brain imaging. Since Inscopix’s founding in 2011, its flagship miniscope systems have been deployed in over 600 research...
Ayar Labs Strikes Government Contract, Eyes Growth
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 10, 2022 — Ayar Labs has been awarded a $15 million multiyear prototype Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) in support of Project KANAGAWA — the Co-Packaged Analog-Drive High-Bandwidth Optical Input/Output Project. The OTA, a nontraditional government...
Swave Photonics Names CEO; Fujifilm Bolsters Sales Operation: People in the News: 11/09/22
ST. CHARLES, Mo., Nov. 9, 2022 — Cutting Edge Optronics (CEO), a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman, appointed Scott Mize general manager. Mize previously held roles at CEO, including COO, director of engineering, and engineering programs manager. Prior to CEO, Mize worked as...
Optica Names 2023 Fellows
WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 8, 2022 — The board of directors of Optica elected 109 members from 24 countries to the society’s 2023 fellow class. Optica fellows are selected based on several factors, including outstanding contributions to business, education, research, and...
NIH Grant Supports Portable OCT Detection of Jaundice in Newborns
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 8, 2022 — A smartphone-based system that relies on OCT to detect jaundice in newborns will be put to use diagnosing very young patients in the U.S. and Nigeria, thanks to a nearly $500,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NIH awarded...
Lidar Companies Velodyne, Ouster Agree to Merge
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 7, 2022 — Digital lidar company Ouster and lidar sensors and solutions developer Velodyne Lidar have entered into a definitive agreement to merge in an all-stock transaction. The combination reportedly brings together roughly $400 million in market value....
U.S. Laboratories to Receive $1.5B from Inflation Reduction Act
WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 7, 2022 — U.S. national laboratories will see an infusion of cash from the Inflation Reduction Act, amounting to $1.5 billion to fund facility upgrades, modernized infrastructure, and deferred maintenance projects. According to U.S. Secretary of Energy...
Ambarella, elnfochips Collaborate on Edge AI Vision Services
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 4, 2022 — Edge AI semiconductor company Ambarella and digital transformation and product engineering services provider elnfochips will collaborate to expand design and development services for AI camera products based on Ambarella’s CVflow Edge AI...
New Majority Stake in CILAS; ColdQuanta Continues Growth: Week in Brief: 11/04/22
PARIS, Nov. 4, 2022 — Safran Electronics & Defense and MBDA completed the acquisition of ArianeGroup’s 63% majority stake in CILAS, a French company specializing in lasers for military applications. The acquisition was carried out through a joint company...
Luminar Hits Production, Visibility Milestones
ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 3, 2022 — Automotive lidar technology developer Luminar said that it began series production, ahead of schedule, of its Iris lidar units for an automotive client. The lidar units, the company said in revealing its financial results for the third quarter ended...

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