CamGraPhIC, a Cambridge, UK and Pisa, Italy-based high-bandwidth optical interconnect technology company and a wholly owned subsidiary of 2D Photonics SpA, raised €25M in Series A funding.
The round was led by CDP Venture Capital, NATO Innovation Fund, Sony Innovation Fund, Join Capital, Bosch Ventures, Frontier IP Group plc, and Indaco Venture Partners.
The company intends to use the funds to enhance its research and development capabilities in Pisa, to build out the senior team and initiate the scale-up of the technology in Milan, Italy, focusing on optimizing production for large-scale manufacturing in a semiconductor foundry environment.
Founded in 2018 by Andrea Ferrari, Director of the Cambridge Graphene Centre, and Marco Romagnoli, Head of Research Sector – Advanced Technologies for Photonic Integration at the Pisa National Inter-University Consortium for Telecommunications (CNIT), with the support of Frontier IP Group, CamGraPhIC designs, develops and manufactures next-generation photonic circuits for telecoms and datacoms.
2D Photonics SpA is the group Topco formed as part of this Series A investment round. Initially targeting AI GPU to HBM interconnects, 2D Photonics with CamGraPhIC also plan to expand into avionics, automotive advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), and space applications.
FinSMEs
24/03/2025