â¬26M round to expand diffractive optics production at NIL Technology 25 Feb 2021 New European Innovation Council Fund takes part in series B effort by Danish maker of optical components. NIL Technology (NILT), the Copenhagen-based provider of specialist optical components including metalenses, has raised â¬26 million in a new round of venture funding. The fundraising effort, which including a significant contribution from the new European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund, is set to extend the firmâs mass production capability - alongside efforts to advance new metalens technology and reduce component size and complexity. NILT, which also offers nanoimprint lithography services, says it has already made inroads into the fast-growing area of 3D sensing inside smart phones. It is now expecting to see that technology proliferate into other applications, including autonomous vehicles.