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Swedish deeptech company Solinide Photonics has raised €4 million in seed funding to commercialise its silicon
nitride photonic integrated circuit technology and prepare for scalable
manufacturing. The round was co-led by Navigare Ventures and PSV Hafnium, with
participation from Chalmers Ventures, Turbine Capital, Norrsken Evolve and Almi
Greentech Fund.
A spin-out from Chalmers University
of Technology, Solinide develops photonic chips and microcomb technology for
optical interconnects, addressing the growing amount of data that needs to move
between chips in AI data centres without a corresponding increase in power
consumption.
As AI infrastructure scales, data
centres require increasingly high-bandwidth connections between processors and
other computing hardware. Conventional optical systems typically rely on
multiple individual lasers to transmit data, adding to their power consumption,
cost and physical footprint.
Solinide’s technology replaces
multiple laser sources with a single chip capable of generating dozens of
precise wavelengths of light simultaneously. These multi-wavelength sources
allow more data to travel through each optical fibre while reducing the energy
consumption, cost and footprint of optical connections.
The company’s technology sits at
the intersection of photonics, semiconductors, AI infrastructure and energy
efficiency, with potential applications across AI data centres,
telecommunications and other markets requiring high-capacity optical
communications.
According to Solinide, its
microcomb technology has demonstrated the performance required for data centre
links and has been integrated into a rack-mounted system. The company is now
working towards commercial readiness and real-world deployment.
Solinide has demonstrated that its
microcomb technology can achieve the performance required for datacentre links
and deliver an integrated rack-mounted product. A key priority now is preparing
for commercial readiness, launch and real-world deployment with the aim of
sharing product news very shortly,
said Marcello Girardo, CEO of
Solinide Photonics.
The funding will support the
expansion of Solinide’s engineering and commercial teams, strengthen its
in-house prototyping capabilities and prepare the technology for manufacturing
in Europe. The company also plans to deepen collaboration with strategic industry
partners as it works towards market adoption.