Insider Brief
- PINC Technologies, a Caltech spinout developing scalable nonlinear photonic devices, closed its Seed+ round, bringing total funding to $6.8 million to accelerate commercialization.
- The round was led by Quantonation with participation from Wilson Hill Ventures, Freeflow Ventures, Hamamatsu Ventures, Qubits Ventures, Santec, and the Caltech Seed Fund.
- PINC’s platform aims to make nonlinear photonics practical for applications in quantum information processing, advanced communications, biomedical sensing, and industrial photonics systems.
PRESS RELEASE — PINC Technologies, a Caltech spinout company developing advanced integrated nonlinear photonic devices and circuits, today announced the close of its Seed+ round, bringing total funds raised to date to $6.8M. The funding will accelerate commercialization of the company’s technology, which builds on groundbreaking research from the Caltech Nonlinear Photonics Laboratory. The latest round was led by Quantonation, and the company has raised funding from a strong syndicate of investors, including Wilson Hill Ventures, Freeflow Ventures, Hamamatsu Ventures, Qubits Ventures, Santec, and the Caltech Seed Fund.
Photonics has long been recognized as a critical enabler of faster, more efficient computing and communications. Yet its potential has been limited by the lack of scalable nonlinear solutions. With demand surging across medical diagnostics, quantum technologies, and next-generation data networks, the need for breakthroughs to unlock the full power of light-based systems has never been greater. PINC Technologies is pioneering a platform that makes nonlinear photonics scalable and practical for real-world applications, including quantum information processing, advanced communications, and industrial photonics systems.
“Our vision at PINC is to bring nonlinear photonics out of the lab and into industry,” said Farzaneh Afshinmanesh, CEO and Co-founder of PINC Technologies. “This funding allows us to scale our engineering team, accelerate product development, and build collaborations to enable new capabilities in industrial photonics applications, quantum computing, biomedical sensing, and beyond.”
“Quantonation is excited to lead this round for PINC Technologies,” said Christophe Jurczack, Managing Partner at Quantonation. “The company’s integrated nonlinear photonic platform represents a critical enabling technology for the quantum era. We believe PINC has the potential to become a cornerstone in the photonics and quantum ecosystem.”
