Skip to content
High Tech Seed Founded 2020

Pixel Photonics

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…

📍 Munster, Germany · Quantum Computing,

Funding snapshot

Last roundSeed
Amount$6M
Date9 April 2026
Total raised$9M
Team size34

About

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

HTGF Quantonation SPRIND Futury Capital European Innovation Council Kensho VC MK Venture Capital AQAL Group Georg Fabian Beutel Carsten Schuck Wladislaw Hartmann Christoph Seidenstucker

Latest coverage

No articles yet.

Raising like Pixel Photonics?

Analyze your pitch deck before your next raise.

Analyze My Deck →