Harvard’s metalens technology enters commercial development
Mass. startup Metalenz, Inc., to bring flat optics to consumer electronics and more
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An illustration of the ultra-thin planar lens. The lens consists of titanium dioxide nanofins on a glass substrate. The lens focuses an incident light to a spot smaller than the wavelength this tight focusing enables subwavelength resolution imaging. (Image courtesy of Peter Allen/Harvard SEAS)Download Image
A startup company founded by applied physicists at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) intends to transform consumer electronics by introducing a powerful technology for imaging and illumination that could replace conventional lenses with an ultrathin, flat optical microchip.
Metalenz gains $10M investment as it starts commercial development
05 Feb 2021
Harvard spinout, founded by Federico Capasso, aims to bring flat optics to consumer electronics and more.
Harvardâs Office of Technology Development, which cultivates the universityâs industrial research collaborations and oversees technology commercialization, has granted Boston-based Metalenz an exclusive, worldwide license to a portfolio of innovations in flat optics developed in the Harvard lab of Federico Capasso
$10 million investment
Metalenz made public its plans on February 4th as it announced $10 million in investment from a combination of Intel Capital, 3M Ventures, Applied Ventures, and TDK Ventures, and others. The funding and semiconductor manufacturing expertise will enable the further engineering of metalenses toward large-scale fabrication for consumer, healthcare, and automotive applications, using the established technology of semiconductor chip manufacturing
Mass. startup Metalenz, Inc., to bring flat optics to consumer electronics and more
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A startup company founded by applied physicists at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) intends to transform consumer electronics by introducing a powerful technology for imaging and illumination that could replace conventional lenses with an ultrathin, flat optical microchip.
Harvard’s Office of Technology Development (OTD), which cultivates the University’s industrial research collaborations and oversees technology commercialization, has granted Boston-based Metalenz, Inc. an exclusive, worldwide license to a portfolio of innovations in flat optics developed in the Harvard lab of Federico Capasso. Metalenz made its plans public today and announced $10 million in investment from Intel Capital, 3M Ventures, Applied Ventures, and TDK Ventures, among others. The funding and semiconductor manufacturing expertise will enab
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Mass. startup Metalenz, Inc., to bring flat optics to consumer electronics and more
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A startup company founded by applied physicists at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) intends to transform consumer electronics by introducing a powerful technology for imaging and illumination that could replace conventional lenses with an ultrathin, flat optical microchip.
Harvard’s Office of Technology Development (OTD), which cultivates the University’s industrial research collaborations and oversees technology commercialization, has granted Boston-based Metalenz, Inc. an exclusive, worldwide license to a portfolio of innovations in flat optics developed in the Harvard lab of Federico Capasso. Metalenz made its plans public today and announced $10 million in investment from Intel Capital, 3M Ventures, Applied Ventures, and TDK Ventures, among others. The funding and s
Rockley Photonics, a leading integrated silicon photonic solution provider, closes additional $65 million to accelerate growth
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Oxford, UK and Pasadena, California, 29 January 2021 – Rockley Photonics, a leading integrated optics solutions provider, today announced that it has closed an additional $65m round of growth capital from both new private funds and follow-on existing investor Morningside Ventures. To date, Rockley has raised over $290m of financing to develop its unique silicon photonics platform from recent investors such as Credit Suisse backed SIG-I Capital and Applied Ventures, LLC, the venture capital arm of Applied Materials, Inc.
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