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February 15, 2023

Spacetech Archangel Lightworks raises £4m as VCs look to the stars

The money will fund a series of demonstrations for its laser technology


Archangel Lightworks

UK-based Archangel Lightworks, which is building lasers that use a technology called free space optics to transfer information to and from satellites, has raised £4m. The seed round was led by Oxford Science Enterprises, and will be used to fund a series of demonstrations to prove its hardware works.

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An image showing an example of Archangel's laser hardware
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Kai Nicol-Schwarz

Kai Nicol-Schwarz was a senior reporter at Sifted. He covered AI and UK tech.

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