iPRONICS Programmable Photonics is making the computational power of photonics commercially affordable.
Founded in 2019 as a spinoff of Universitat Politècnica de València, it was the result of multiple years of research. The team has pioneered the field of programmable photonics and developed the first general-purpose photonic processor capable of programming high-speed light signals on-chip with unprecedented flexibility.
iPRONICS processors share a common hardware platform that is reconfigurable by software. This cost-effective solution enables the same hardware to be applied to limitless commercial applications with a voracious appetite for computational power, including 5G communication, data centers, artificial intelligence, autonomous driving, quantum computing and IoT.
Founded in 2019 as a spinoff of Universitat Politècnica de València, it was the result of multiple years of research. The team has pioneered the field of programmable photonics and developed the first general-purpose photonic processor capable of programming high-speed light signals on-chip with unprecedented flexibility.
iPRONICS processors share a common hardware platform that is reconfigurable by software. This cost-effective solution enables the same hardware to be applied to limitless commercial applications with a voracious appetite for computational power, including 5G communication, data centers, artificial intelligence, autonomous driving, quantum computing and IoT.
Location: Spain
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $149.62M
Founded date: 2019
Investors 2
| Date | Name | Website |
| 28.05.2025 | Fine Struc... | finestruct... |
| 25.05.2022 | Caixa Capi... | caixacapit... |
Funding Rounds 3
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 03.09.2026 | Series B | $125M | European I... |
| 29.01.2025 | Series A | $20.84M | - |
| 28.07.2022 | Seed | $3.78M | Amadeus Ca... |
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