PhotonHub Scaling Club Selected Companies 2.0

Selected Companies

The second cohort brings together an exciting group of innovative companies operating at the forefront of photonics and deep tech. Each company is backed by a proven business model, significant early-stage traction, and breakthrough technologies with the power to reshape critical industries. Selected through a rigorous process involving expert review and investor nomination, these innovators are actively advancing from prototype to small-series production to meet real-world demands. Together, these scale-ups represent the strength and diversity of Europe’s photonics ecosystem, from quantum and AI-driven photonics to advanced materials and optical networking.

Astrape Networks is on a mission to empower network architects with innovative solutions for efficiently managing diverse data traffic simultaneously within the same network. Based in the vibrant hub of Brainport Eindhoven, at the heart of Europe rapidly growing photonics ecosystem, the company is shaping the future of networking from the High Tech Campus.

Enantios is a Swiss deep-tech company revolutionizing molecular analysis with a breakthrough ROA platform that measures chirality fast, accurately, and non-destructively. Our CE-certified Gen 1 instrument enables pharma and biotech teams to characterize complex or AI-designed molecules directly in solution—removing major bottlenecks in drug discovery and QA/QC.

FaradaIC Sensors GmbH is a Berlin-based fab-light semiconductor and chemistry company pioneering MECS-Technology® (Micro-Electro-Chemical-Systems) – the world’s first fully solid-state electrochemical gas sensors manufactured like MEMS. With this breakthrough platform,
Faradaic miniaturizes oxygen sensors onto a microchip for the first time, enabling ultra-low? Power, highly accurate, and cost-effective gas sensing at massive scale – a capability unmatched by traditional sensor technologies. The company is pioneering this technology in the food packaging and semiconductor industry helping partners monitor the exposure of their sensitive products to O2 and humidity with their sensing platform.

Their innovations have resulted in multiple patents and the creation of the world’s smallest oxygen sensor and fully digital sensing modules such as Faraday-Ox®, optimized for IoT devices across food logistics, packaging, environmental monitoring, and breath analysis.

g2-Zero is developing the first scalable Plug&Play quantum light sources based on semiconductors for applications in quantum communications, computing and sensing. Quantum light sources are at the foundation of the quantum supply chain. Our mission is to remove the supplier bottleneck by producing these devices in volume thanks to an innovative approach to industrialization.

Morphotonics is a scale-up company, with around 50 employees, selling a large-area Nanoimprint solution. Based on a roll-to-plate imprint technology we offer a scalable method (equipment, process and materials) to add nano or micro structures to substrates or products. Our technology is proven. There are commercial products in the market using our technology. And some of our customers already have our 3rd set of equipment. We have a focus on the 3D-display market, and we have launching customers in the Augmented-Reality market. Within these markets our scalable technology is the preferred route for high-volume production at the right cost-levels. As third market we focus on the advanced packaging market to make chips greener and cheaper.

Perciv AI is the first AI-powered radar perception platform that provides autonomous vehicles with precise, reliable environmental understanding in any condition, even in bad weather, low light, or dirty conditions. Its advanced radar-native AI models work with current and future radar sensors to deliver reliable, privacy-safe, and cost-effective perception data for safer autonomous mobility.

Phanofi is developing energy-efficient, high speed photonic interconnect engines (optical transceivers) designed for the demands of AI and high-performance computing. We have simplified coherent detection thereby enabling 4x data capacity with 30% power efficient links. Phanofi is a deep-tech spinoff from the Technical University of Denmark with a vision to build faster, greener and scalable datacenter infrastructure.

Photosynthetic B.V. is an Amsterdam-based deep-tech company pioneering a new category of ultra-fast microfabrication through its breakthrough Volumetric Micro-Lithography (VML) technology. Founded in 2018, the company has created the first 3D printing platform that combines true volumetric printing, sub-micron precision, and industrial-scale speed—up to 1,000× faster than Two-Photon Lithography. This unique combination enables scalable manufacturing of complex microstructures previously considered impossible to mass-produce. VML already unlocks high-value applications in microneedle array patches for drug and vaccine delivery, high-end micro-porous membranes for single-cell analysis, and advanced bio-scaffolds for tissue engineering. Beyond life sciences, VML opens new possibilities in optics and photonics, including rapid production of micro-lenses, meta-optics, diffractive optical elements, and passive alignment structures for photonic integrated circuits (PICs).

Backed by strong IP protection (three patent families), collaborations with leading universities and industry partners, and recognition from global programs such as SPIE, Formnext, Luminate and Slingshot, Photosynthetic is positioned to become the next standard for manufacturing nano- and micro-scale components across biotechnology, healthcare, and photonics markets.

Pilot Photonics is pioneering the next generation of laser and photonic integrated circuit (PIC)-based products, delivering unmatched performance and energy efficiency. Leveraging a decade of cutting-edge research from Ireland’s top institutions and a full-stack photonics approach, Pilot Photonics accelerates development from wafer design to software control, empowering Tier 1 customers across multiple industries to achieve unprecedented innovation and market leadership.

Qubitrium is a technology company that develops quantum key distribution (QKD) and photonics-based secure communication solutions. With satellite-compatible quantum modules and innovative photonic systems, it aims to strengthen secure communication infrastructures on a global scale.

Rotonium is an Italian deep-tech startup developing room-temperature photonic quantum processors for edge and data-centre applications. Our patented architecture uses flying-photon qudits (OAM/SAM structured light) to implement deterministic two-qubit gates, enabling compact, SWaP-optimised Quantum Processing Units (FPQGA chips, desktop and PCIe accelerators) that integrate seamlessly with classical hardware. Founded in 2022, with eight patent families filed and a clear roadmap to first products in 2027–2028, Rotonium targets research, aerospace & defence, robotics and AI/HPC markets, and is now preparing to scale through industrial partnerships and international investors.