# Pixel Photonics

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/pixel-photonics

- Industry: Electronics
- Headquarters: Munster, Germany
- Website: www.pixelphotonics.com
- Total disclosed funding: $14M
- Latest round: Seed (Jan 21, 2026)
- Investors on record: 8

## About

Based in Münster, Germany, and founded in 2020 by Christoph Seidenstücker, Fabian Beutel, Nicolai Walter (CEO), Martin Wolff, and Wladick Hartmann, Pixel Photonics GmbH, aka Pixel Photonics, a spin-off from WWU Munster, is a company that provides waveguide-integrated single-photon detectors to research laboratories and businesses by merging integrated photonics with single-photon detecting technology. In January 2026, Pixel Photonics GmbH raised EUR 11 million in seed funding led by SPRIND, with participation from Futury Capital, Kensho,AQAL Capital, CRC Ventures and Ricon. The round was part of a larger EUR 13.5 million seed and grant funding. In April 2026, Pixel Photonics GmbH received EUR 2.5 million in grant funding from European Innovation Council. The company offers single-photon detectors, that are designed to detect light at the photon levels. The firm’s product aids in scaling the number of channels in quantum computing or the data rates in quantum cryptography without adding technological complexity. Pixel Photonics' technology has a wide range of applications, including optical quantum computing, QKD, microscopy, metrology, and sensing. The company's in-house fabrication infrastructure and nanofabrication facility enable it to respond to customer-specific needs as needed. The company will use the April 2026 funding to accelerate market entry and transform superconducting single-photon detection technology into robust, scalable industrial products.

## Funding rounds

- Seed, Jan 21, 2026, $13M — High-Tech Gruenderfonds, AQAL Capital, Futury Capital, CRC Ventures, Ricon, SPRIND, Kensho
- Seed, Mar 29, 2022, $1.6M — High-Tech Gruenderfonds, Quantonation

## Investors

- High-Tech Gruenderfonds (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/high-tech-gruenderfonds) — Seed
- Quantonation (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/quantonation) — Seed
- AQAL Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/aqal-capital) — Seed
- Futury Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/futury-capital) — Seed
- CRC Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/crc-ventures) — Seed
- Ricon (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/ricon) — Seed
- SPRIND — Seed
- Kensho (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/kensho) — Seed