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Pixel Photonics is a provider of single-photon detectors based on superconducting nanowire technology. The company designs and develops waveguide-integrated single-photon detectors that facilitate the detection of light quanta at the single-photon level. The technology caters to imaging and quantum cryptography applications, enabling high-efficiency photon detection for quantum computing, quantum communication, and…

High Tech · Quantum Computing, · Munster, Germany · EST 2020

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Pixel Photonics is a provider of single-photon detectors based on superconducting nanowire technology. The company designs and develops waveguide-integrated single-photon detectors that facilitate the detection of light quanta at the single-photon level. The technology caters to imaging and quantum cryptography applications, enabling high-efficiency photon detection for quantum computing, quantum communication, and advanced sensing systems. Pixel Photonics leverages photonic integrated circuit technology to create compact, scalable detector solutions. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Munster, Germany, Pixel Photonics has raised approximately 9 million at the Seed stage with 34 employees and investors including HTGF, Quantonation, SPRIND, Futury Capital, European Innovation Council, Kensho VC, MK Venture Capital, and AQAL Group.

Business model

Quantum Computing > Quantum Hardware > Computers > Universal Quantum > Photons,

Photonics > Quantum Optics > Quantum Computing > Qubits > Photon Detectors

Institutional investors

HTGFQuantonationSPRINDFutury CapitalEuropean Innovation CouncilKensho VCMK Venture CapitalAQAL GroupGeorg Fabian BeutelCarsten SchuckWladislaw HartmannChristoph Seidenstucker

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