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EFFECT Photonics

Semiconductors · Eindhoven, Netherlands · Founded 2010

EFFECT Photonics: Vertically integrated, independent photonic optical systems company meeting the demand for high-performance, affordable optic solutions

Valuation $100–500M
Headcount <100
Total funding $100–500M
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Company overview

EFFECT Photonics company information

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Status
Operational
Founded
2010
Headquarters
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Employees
75
Open positions
None listed
Dealroom signal
64.3
Investment activity
1 companies · latest Jan 2026
Capital deployed
$0
Preferred round
CORPORATE SPINOUT
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business modelManufacturingsectorChipssectorOptical TechnologysectorSpinoutsectorPhotonic Integrated CircuitssectorFuture of ComputingsectorSemiconductor Designers and ManufacturerssectorPhotonics TechsectorHorizon EuropesectorNIF defense security and resiliencesectorNIF Supply Chain ResiliencesectorDT and LSsectorscience-basedindustrySemiconductors

Valuation & funding

EFFECT Photonics funding history

Company financing events and reported valuations.

Deal typeDateAmountValuationInvestorsSource
SERIES DOther financing Jun 2025 $23M $207M Undisclosed ↗
SERIES DOther financing Mar 2024 $39M $154M Invest-NL · Innovation Industries ↗
LATE VCOther financing Mar 2023 $41M $166M Innovation Industries · Invest-NL ↗
SERIES COther financing Mar 2022 $605K $171M Invest-NL —
SERIES COther financing Apr 2021 $5.5M $171M BOM - Brabant Regional Development Agency · b2venture · PhotonDelta · Invest-NL —
SERIES COther financing Mar 2021 BOM - Brabant Regional Development Agency · Innovation Industries · PhotonDelta · b2venture —
SERIES BOther financing Aug 2020 BOM - Brabant Regional Development Agency · Innovation Industries · b2venture · PhotonDelta —
SERIES BOther financing Nov 2018 Innovation Industries —
GRANTOther financing Nov 2016 European Innovation Council —
SERIES AOther financing Jul 2016 Optiverder · BOM - Brabant Regional Development Agency · b2venture · STAK Bropelli —
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Growth signals

EFFECT Photonics website traffic

Latest recorded traffic for EFFECT Photonics is 7.3K monthly website visits, down 13.1% over the last three months. EFFECT Photonics's team declined 11.8% over the past year.

Latest monthly visits7.3K 3-month web change-13.1% 1-year team growth-11.8%
Monthly website visits141 observations · Oct 2014–Jul 2026
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Comparisons

EFFECT Photonics compared with similar companies

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CompanyHeadquartersStatusEmployeesTotal fundingValuation
Scintil PhotonicsA fabless company that develops silicon photonic integrated circuits by combining Silicon and Indium Phosphide materials through wafer-scale bonding Grenoble, France Operational 37 $79M $270M
QuiX QuantumPhotonic quantum processors for universal quantum computers. Enschede, Netherlands Operational
IpronicsDevelops the innovative concepts of general-purpose integrated programmable photonic systems Valencia, Spain Operational
Phix SystemsPhotonic integrated circuit packaging and assembly foundry. Enschede, Netherlands Operational
EphosGlass-based programmable photonic chips enabling ultra-low-loss performance for AI data centers and quantum computers. Milan, Italy Operational
Salience LabsUltra high-speed multi-chip processor combining photonics and electronics to accelerate exponential advances in AI Oxford, United Kingdom Operational
LiGenTecLight Generating Technologies using Silicon Nitride Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) Ecublens, Switzerland Operational
SMART PhotonicsThe pure-play foundry offering production services for Indium Phosphide based photonic component Eindhoven, Netherlands Operational
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Capital deployed

EFFECT Photonics investments and acquisitions

Recent portfolio relationships for companies that also act as investors or acquirers.

Arycs TechnologiesMaynard, United StatesPower-efficient coherent optical connectivity for AI infrastructure $96Mvaluation
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Talent graph

EFFECT Photonics's talent

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Team profiled 13 named & role-tagged
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Key operators 3 quality Hidden — book a demo/100
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Investors

12 investors on EFFECT Photonics's cap table

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Seed 1 investor entered at this stage
European Innovation Council
Series A 8 investors entered at this stage
b2venture
Optiverder
Optidob
BOM - Brabant Regional Development Agency
STAK Bropelli
Innovation Industries
PhotonDelta
Beek Capital
Series B+ 2 investors entered at this stage
Smile Invest
Invest-NL
Other known 1 additional known investor
Eindhoven University of Technology

Global footprint

Where EFFECT Photonics has talent and traffic

Workforce by country
6 countries with
team presence
🇳🇱 Netherlands61.3%
🇺🇸 United States21%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom11.3%
🇩🇪 Germany3.2%
🇧🇪 Belgium1.6%
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Market sentiment

What the market is saying about EFFECT Photonics

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