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Photonics startup ecosystem

We track 2 organisations in this sector across 2+ countries.

2 entries.

Iron Wolf Capital

Vilnius, Lithuania · Venture Capital

Iron Wolf Capital is Vilnius-founded deep tech and AI fund established in 2018, with additional offices in London and Tallinn. Its second fund, closed at €100 million, is the largest seed-stage deep tech fund in Baltic history, targeting 25 early-stage companies across AI, photonics, robotics, and space innovation built by Baltic founders and diaspora globally. The team combines backgrounds from Deutsche Bank, YPlan, and early Lithuanian VC history; initial tickets run €0.5–2 million and the fund typically leads or co-leads rounds. Iron Wolf has backed over 20 startups covering sectors from agritech and pharma to defence-adjacent AI.

Noctiluca

Toruń, Poland · Startup

Noctiluca was founded in 2019 in Toruń as a spin-out from Synthex Technologies to commercialise thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) emitter materials for OLED displays. The company designs and produces next-generation OLED emitters and maintains a commercial presence in Asia and the US. It raised roughly PLN 10M before its 2022 IPO on Poland's NewConnect market and graduated to the main Warsaw Stock Exchange in December 2024.