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Photonics market map: Germany
18 photonics startups based in Germany that have raised money in rounds we track, placed in 3 segments by what each says it does. Together they have raised $551M; the biggest segment is lasers.
Lasers
10
Funding by segment
- Lasers$341M10
- Lidar and sensing$34M4
- Quantum photonics$177M4
Where they are based
- Germany18$551M
GermanyFounded
2 without a founding year on record.
Total raised
- Under $1M2
- $1M to $10M8
- $10M to $50M5
- $50M to $250M2
- $250M to $1B1
- $1B and over0
Each dot is a startup: the year it was founded across, the total it has raised up (each line is ten times the one below). Pick a segment to pick it out.
16 of 18 startups shown; the rest have no founding year or amount on record.
- 1 to 2
- 3 to 7
- 8 to 24
- 25 to 99
- 100 and more
- Germany18
Startups by country, 1 country in all.
Segment by segment
Lasers
10 startups · $341M raised
Focused EnergyFocused Energy is a German-American deep-tech startup founded in 2021, specializing in laser-driven inertial confinement fusion (ICF).Germany$280M
OQmentedOQmented is a German deep-tech company founded in 2018, specializing in ultra-compact, fully integrated MEMS-based laser beam scanGermany$20M
LidrotecLidrotec aim to expand the application potential of processing with ultra-short pulse lasers.Germany$14M
Ground AGround A is a German defense technology startup that develops mobile, software- and laser-based counter-drone systems.Germany$11M
LumicsLumics is specialized in manufacturing high performance semiconductor laser components and subsystems.Germany$6.6M
Refined Laser SystemsRefined Laser Systems is a dynamic biophotonics company.Germany$3.3M
Klastech Karpushko Laser TechnologyKlastech Karpushko Laser Technology engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of diode pumped solid state lasers.Germany$2.7M
GME Medical EngineeringGME German Medical Engineering develops and markets laser and light systems for dermatological applications.Germany$2.3M
Lidar and sensing
4 startups · $34M raised
BlickfeldBlickfeld is a technology company based in Munich, Germany, founded in 2017.Germany$18M
XavveoXavveo is a developer of photonic radar sensor technology that aims to transform manufacturing automation and driverless cars.Germany$8.6M
AIRMOAIRMO GmbH is a German startup founded in 2022, specializing in climate-tech and space-tech solutions.Germany$5.8M
Hybrid Lidar Systems AGHybrid Lidar Systems AG is a German deep-tech company founded in 2018 and based in Bad Salzdetfurth, Lower Saxony.Germany$972K
Quantum photonics
4 startups · $177M raised
Q.ANTQ.ANT is a German scale-up founded in 2018 and based in Stuttgart.Germany$72M
EleQtroneleQtron GmbH, founded in 2020, is a pioneering German start-up focused on developing and operating trapped-ion quantum computers.Germany$67M
planqcplanqc is a Munich-based quantum computing startup founded in 2022, emerging as the first spin-off from the Max Planck Institute oGermany$33M
Pixel PhotonicsPixel Photonics manufactures scalable single-photon detectors for applications like secure quantum communication.Germany$5.7M
How this map is made. Every startup here has raised money in rounds we track, and is based in Germany. It joins the map when its sectors, read from its rounds, or the opening of its own description say it works in photonics, and goes to the first segment whose words it carries. Each segment shows its best-funded first. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.
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