# EFFECT Photonics funding: rounds and investors

> EFFECT Photonics has raised $24M across 2 rounds since 2015. Investors include B2venture, BOM and b-to-v Partners AG. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/effect-photonics (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

Netherlands · [Series D startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *EFFECT Photonics*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 8 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$24M** raised across 2 rounds since 2015, from 2 sources

- **Latest round:** Series D, $24M Jul 2025
- **Investors:** 8

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025

**?** Series A

**$24M** Series D

- **First round:** Series A
- **Biggest round:** $24M
- **Between rounds:** 10.3 years

## The rounds

- **Jul 2025** Series D **$24M** *3 new* [B2venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/b2venture) [BOM](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bom) [Innovation Industries](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovation-industries) Reported by Silicon Canals
- **Feb 2015** Series A **Amount undisclosed** *5 new* [b-to-v Partners AG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/b-to-v-partners-ag) [BOM Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bom-capital) OptiJob Optibob Optidob From a historical funding record

## Founders and team

From EFFECT Photonics's own website: 1 founder, 5 on the team.

**Tim Koene** Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder

- **Jan van Tetering** Chief Executive Officer
- **Andre van Hees** Vice President of Manufacturing Operations
- **Guido Bekkers** Vice President of Product Line Management
- **Stijn Paps** Vice President of Engineering
- **Sophie De Maesschalck** Chief Financial Officer

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Series A** 2015 **Series D** 2025 [B2venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/b2venture) [BOM](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bom) [b-to-v Partners AG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/b-to-v-partners-ag) [Innovation Industries](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovation-industries) [BOM Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bom-capital) Optibob Optidob OptiJob

## Everyone who backed them

[B2venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/b2venture) VC firm **1** round

[BOM](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bom) VC firm **1** round

[b-to-v Partners AG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/b-to-v-partners-ag) VC firm **1** round

[Innovation Industries](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovation-industries) VC firm **1** round

[BOM Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bom-capital) VC firm **1** round

Optibob no record of our own yet **1** round

Optidob no record of our own yet **1** round

OptiJob no record of our own yet **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=effect-photonics).

## Quick answers about EFFECT Photonics

### Who invested in EFFECT Photonics?

EFFECT Photonics's investors include B2venture, BOM, b-to-v Partners AG, Innovation Industries and BOM Capital, and 3 more on record.

### How much has EFFECT Photonics raised?

EFFECT Photonics has raised $24M across 2 rounds since 2015. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did EFFECT Photonics last raise?

EFFECT Photonics's most recent round was a Series D of $24M in Jul 2025.

### What was EFFECT Photonics's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $24M in Jul 2025, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed EFFECT Photonics first?

EFFECT Photonics's first round on record, in Feb 2015, was backed by b-to-v Partners AG, BOM Capital and OptiJob and 2 others.

### What stage is EFFECT Photonics at?

EFFECT Photonics's latest named round is a Series D, in Jul 2025.

### Where is EFFECT Photonics based?

EFFECT Photonics is based in the Netherlands.

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