
Lightium is a Swiss startup that offers production-grade photonic foundry services using its proprietary Thin-Film Lithium Niobate (TFLN) platform. Their TFLN technology enables ultra-fast, energy-efficient data transmission, addressing limitations in current semiconductor-based transceivers, particularly for AI and data center applications. Lightium's foundry operates on 200mm wafers in a high-volume environment, aiming to reduce time-to-market and industrialization risks for customers. The platform boasts high performance, including modulation speeds over 100 GHz, low-voltage operation, a wide transparency window, and significant non-linearities. The company is currently offering closed beta testing for early access.

Lightium is a Swiss startup that offers production-grade photonic foundry services using its proprietary Thin-Film Lithium Niobate (TFLN) platform. Their TFLN technology enables ultra-fast, energy-efficient data transmission, addressing limitations in current semiconductor-based transceivers, particularly for AI and data center applications. Lightium's foundry operates on 200mm wafers in a high-volume environment, aiming to reduce time-to-market and industrialization risks for customers. The platform boasts high performance, including modulation speeds over 100 GHz, low-voltage operation, a wide transparency window, and significant non-linearities. The company is currently offering closed beta testing for early access.
Business: Production-grade thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) photonic integrated circuit (PIC) foundry and design services
Manufacturing: 200 mm wafer manufacturing in a high-volume foundry environment
Founding: Founded in 2023; headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland
Funding (disclosed): USD $7M seed announced Sept 2024
Non-dilutive support: CHF 2.67M Innosuisse grant to commercialize the TFLN platform
Founders: Amir Ghadimi, Frédéric Loizeau, Dirk Englund
Scalable, high-performance photonic integrated circuits for data center, telecom/datacom, AI, quantum, and space applications.
2023
Photonics / Semiconductor Manufacturing
CHF 2.67M
Non-dilutive grant to accelerate commercialization and transfer manufacturing to a commercial CMOS fab.
USD $7M
Announced to accelerate commercialization of production-grade TFLN foundry services and expand manufacturing, design, and testing capabilities.
Crunchbase funding-round entry lists Venture Kick as lead/investor; amount obfuscated on the page.
“Investors and supporters disclosed include Vsquared Ventures, Lakestar, and Venture Kick”
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