Podcast

September 1, 2023

Why this VC is betting on photonic chips

On the podcast this week we chatted to Pieter Klinkert, general partner at Photon Ventures, a €100m fund that’s investing exclusively in photonics tech

Steph Bailey

3 min read

This week, Dutch VC PhotonVentures announced it’s raised €60m in the first close of a new fund to exclusively invest in startups building photonics technology — an emerging sector that some say will transform how we build computers.

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