What we’ve achieved so far

We have already come a long way. As an academic spin-off, Pixel Photonics was founded 2020 to commercialize waveguide-integrated SNSPDs. Today we are delivering our detector systems to various customers, have been awarded with an innovation prize and will soon launch Series A funding.

 

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2020

  • Foundation as an academic spin-off from the groups of Prof. Dr. Wolfram Pernice and Prof. Dr. Carsten Schuck
  • Founded by Nicolai Walter, Wladick Hartmann, Fabian Beutel, Martin Wolff, Christoph Seidenstücker, Wolfram Pernice and Carsten Schuck
  • Part of EXIST research transfer funding

2021

  • Conversion to the German corporate form GmbH
  • Funding of 2.6 million euros from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research for a project on the use of quantum physics to improve future data security together with the Department of Physics at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster

2022

  • Delivery of the first operational detector system
  • Successful seed round with 1.45 million euros (German VC High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), the French quantum-focused VC fund Quantonation and photonics industry veteran Dr. Hendrik Sabert)
  • Recognition with the Innovation Prize of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia in the category "Young Talent“ for Co-founder and CTO Dr. Wladick Hartmann
  • Becoming sub-contractor of a 14 million euros development contract between the DLR (German Aerospace Center) and quantum computing start-up QuiX

2023

  • Presentation of Pixel Photonics at the Photonics West in San Francisco
  • Redesign and relaunch of our website
  • Continuous growth to currently 18 team members
  • Fundraising for Series A (starting soon)

Vision

We want to push the limits and see our detector systems and innovative solutions as a key component for the quantum technology around the world. With our high efficiency single photon detectors for quantum computing, quantum key distribution or imaging we will redefine single photon detection to harness the information of every single light particle.

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Get in touch.

In the second half of 2023, we will start fundraising for the Series A round to fuel our growth in the highly dynamic quantum technology market. If you are interested in being part of the second quantum revolution and like our story, send us an email and we will inform you about the next steps in the fundraising process.

investors@pixelphotonics.com