Delta Dialogues - October 2023 - funding for PICs startups
This Delta Dialogues episode is about funding in the integrated photonics industry. Companies that grow fast need capital to attract human capital, acquire hardware and optimise processes. In this episode your host Jorn Smeets will talk to 4 different industry leaders on funding.
Speakers:
Laurens Weers, CFO at PhotonDelta, will tell more about the challenges the industry is facing when it comes to funding and how PhotonDelta supports.
Francesco Pessolano, CEO at Astrape Networks, is the second speaker who just closed and investment round of 1.6M. Francesco will expain why funding is critical in the risky early stages of a starting integrated photonics business.
The third speaker, Joachim de Sterke, General Partner at PhotonVentures, explains what it takes to invest in integrated photonics starts-ups and how a venture capital firm works with a mix of different investors.
The final speaker is Chiara Greganti, CEO at VetreaLab, who will talk about in what funding stage the company is in, and what they need from an investor to grow a business.