Who invested in SMART-Photonics

2 rounds we have observed, with the 2 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.

Manufacturing

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$74Mraised across 2 rounds since 2018, from 2 sources

$7.0MRound$67MGrant

Latest round: Grant, $67MJul 2023
Step-upi: 9.5×
Investors: 2

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The funding story

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

20192020202120222023

$7.0MRound$67MGrant

First round: Round, $7.0M
Biggest round: $67M
Between rounds: 4.8 years

The rounds

Jul 2023
Grant$67M2 new
- Rabobank
- Innovation Industries
Source recorded
Sept 2018
Round$7.0M
No investor was named in the report.
Reported by Innovationorigins

Founders and team

From SMART-Photonics's own website: 5 on the team.

Johan FeenstraCEO
Guy BacknerCOO
Luc AugustinCTO
Maarten WellensCFO
Yuval KarivVP R&D

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.

Round2018Grant2023

Rabobank

Innovation Industries

Everyone who backed them

RabobankCorporate VC1round

Innovation IndustriesVC firm1round

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Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists SMART-Photonics as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.