# Photonics Market Map Germany 2026: 18 Startups in 3 Segments > 18 photonics startups in Germany, mapped in 3 segments: lasers, lidar and sensing and quantum photonics and more. $551M raised; logos, funding and rounds. Source: https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/photonics-germany-market-map (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) ## Lasers 10 - [Focused Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/focused-energy) - [OQmented](https://millionrounds.com/company/oqmented) - [Lidrotec](https://millionrounds.com/company/lidrotec) - [Ground A](https://millionrounds.com/company/ground-a) - [Lumics](https://millionrounds.com/company/lumics) - [Refined Laser Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/refined-laser-systems) - [Klastech Karpushko Laser Technology](https://millionrounds.com/company/klastech-karpushko-laser-technology) - [GME Medical Engineering](https://millionrounds.com/company/gme-medical-engineering) - [HiperScan](https://millionrounds.com/company/hiperscan) - [microphoton x](https://millionrounds.com/company/microphoton-x) ## Lidar and sensing 4 - [Blickfeld](https://millionrounds.com/company/blickfeld) - [Xavveo](https://millionrounds.com/company/xavveo) - [AIRMO](https://millionrounds.com/company/airmo) - [Hybrid Lidar Systems AG](https://millionrounds.com/company/hybrid-lidar-systems-ag) ## Quantum photonics 4 - [Q.ANT](https://millionrounds.com/company/q-ant) - [EleQtron](https://millionrounds.com/company/eleqtron) - [planqc](https://millionrounds.com/company/planqc) - [Pixel Photonics](https://millionrounds.com/company/pixel-photonics) ## Segment by segment ### Lasers 10 startups · $341M raised - [**Focused Energy**](https://millionrounds.com/company/focused-energy) Focused Energy is a German-American deep-tech startup founded in 2021, specializing in laser-driven inertial confinement fusion (ICF). Germany $280M - [**OQmented**](https://millionrounds.com/company/oqmented) OQmented is a German deep-tech company founded in 2018, specializing in ultra-compact, fully integrated MEMS-based laser beam scan Germany $20M - [**Lidrotec**](https://millionrounds.com/company/lidrotec) Lidrotec aim to expand the application potential of processing with ultra-short pulse lasers. Germany $14M - [**Ground A**](https://millionrounds.com/company/ground-a) Ground A is a German defense technology startup that develops mobile, software- and laser-based counter-drone systems. Germany $11M - [**Lumics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/lumics) Lumics is specialized in manufacturing high performance semiconductor laser components and subsystems. Germany $6.6M - [**Refined Laser Systems**](https://millionrounds.com/company/refined-laser-systems) Refined Laser Systems is a dynamic biophotonics company. Germany $3.3M - [**Klastech Karpushko Laser Technology**](https://millionrounds.com/company/klastech-karpushko-laser-technology) Klastech Karpushko Laser Technology engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of diode pumped solid state lasers. Germany $2.7M - [**GME Medical Engineering**](https://millionrounds.com/company/gme-medical-engineering) GME German Medical Engineering develops and markets laser and light systems for dermatological applications. Germany $2.3M ### Lidar and sensing 4 startups · $34M raised - [**Blickfeld**](https://millionrounds.com/company/blickfeld) Blickfeld is a technology company based in Munich, Germany, founded in 2017. Germany $18M - [**Xavveo**](https://millionrounds.com/company/xavveo) Xavveo is a developer of photonic radar sensor technology that aims to transform manufacturing automation and driverless cars. Germany $8.6M - [**AIRMO**](https://millionrounds.com/company/airmo) AIRMO GmbH is a German startup founded in 2022, specializing in climate-tech and space-tech solutions. Germany $5.8M - [**Hybrid Lidar Systems AG**](https://millionrounds.com/company/hybrid-lidar-systems-ag) Hybrid 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.ANT**](https://millionrounds.com/company/q-ant) Q.ANT is a German scale-up founded in 2018 and based in Stuttgart. Germany $72M - [**EleQtron**](https://millionrounds.com/company/eleqtron) eleQtron GmbH, founded in 2020, is a pioneering German start-up focused on developing and operating trapped-ion quantum computers. Germany $67M - [**planqc**](https://millionrounds.com/company/planqc) planqc is a Munich-based quantum computing startup founded in 2022, emerging as the first spin-off from the Max Planck Institute o Germany $33M - [**Pixel Photonics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/pixel-photonics) Pixel 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. ## More market maps [All maps](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps) [Market map **Photonics market map** 280 startups · 6 segments · $11B](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/photonics-market-map)[Market map · United States **Photonics market map: United States** 116 startups · 5 segments · $7.8B](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/photonics-united-states-market-map)[Investors map **Who invests in photonics** 107 investors · 7 segments](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/photonics-investors-map)[Market map · Europe **Photonics market map: Europe** 96 startups · 5 segments · $1.9B](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/photonics-europe-market-map)[Raised in 2026 **Photonics startups that raised in 2026** 57 startups · 5 segments · $2.7B](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/photonics-raised-2026-market-map)[New wave **New photonics startups, founded 2020 on** 48 startups · 5 segments · $2.4B](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/new-photonics-startups-market-map) ## Who backs photonics? 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