Amsterdam-based Optics11, a fiber optics startup, has raised €17m to help protect Europe’s energy grid and subsea cables.
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Exclusive: Optics11 raises €17m to protect underwater cables from Russian state ‘hooliganism’
Following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, there has been growing concern around the potential sabotage of undersea cables
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