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Where photonics startups are based
280 photonics startups worldwide have raised money in rounds we track, $11B between them. 225 of them are placed on the map by their city; New York leads with 6, then San Jose with 6.
Each circle is a city, sized by how many startups are based there. Countries are shaded by their count.
Leading cities
- New York6$48M
- San Jose6$848M
- San Francisco4$373M
- Glasgow4$21M
- Cambridge, United Kingdom4$87M
- Shanghai3$83M
- Goleta3$196M
- Suzhou3$74M
- Chicago3$32M
- Princeton3$24M
- Boulder3$12M
- Vilnius3$7.8M
- Singapore3$11M
- Grenoble3$72M
- Santa Clara3$359M
By country
- United States118$7.8B
- United Kingdom36$510M
- China21$402M
- Germany20$808M
- Canada13$231M
- France10$190M
- South Korea5$39M
- Switzerland5$19M
- Denmark4$47M
- Australia4$74M
- Lithuania4$7.9M
- Spain3$308M
United States
United Kingdom
China
Germany
Canada
France
South Korea
Switzerland
Denmark
Australia
Lithuania
SpainBest-funded
PsiQuantumUnited States · $2.1B
LumilensUnited States · $709M
LuminarUnited States · $485M
LightmatterUnited States · $433M
KiorUnited States · $299M
PrysmUnited States · $293M
OusterUnited States · $287M
Focused EnergyGermany · $280M
Celestial AIUnited States · $250M
Black SemiconductorGermany · $247M
LightelligenceUnited States · $220M- BBCCSpain · $170M
How this map is made. Every startup here has raised money in rounds we track. Each is placed at the city we hold for it, matched to that city's position in GeoNames (cities of 15,000 people or more; geonames.org, CC BY 4.0); startups without a city on record count in the totals but not on the map. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.
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