Pilot Photonics Ltd offers unique optical comb source subsystems that it develops as a platform technology applicable to many markets including communication, spectroscopy, sensing, and metrology. The company has deep IPR around the generation and application of optical combs which it couples with a powerful capability in photonic integration to produce the world's smallest and most versatile comb sources.
Pilot Photonics, Ltd. is headquartered at Invent, a state of the art Innovation and Enterprise Centre located on the Dublin City University campus in Dublin, Ireland. It has launched its first commercial products and raised seed capital to expand its product portfolio.
Pilot Photonics, Ltd. is headquartered at Invent, a state of the art Innovation and Enterprise Centre located on the Dublin City University campus in Dublin, Ireland. It has launched its first commercial products and raised seed capital to expand its product portfolio.
Location: Ireland, Dublin City, Dublin
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $4.8M
Founded date: 2011
Founders name: Tam N. Huynh
Founders Related Locations: Ireland; Ireland, Dublin; Ireland, Leinster, County Dublin
Funding Rounds 3
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 24.03.2022 | - | $3.19M | - |
| 08.02.2018 | - | $1.23M | - |
| 07.05.2012 | - | $391.56K | - |
Persons 1
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | |||
| - | Tam N. | Huynh | Co-Founder... | linkedin.c... | - | - |
Mentions in press and media 4
| Date | Title | Description |
| 24.03.2022 | Pilot Photonics secures €2.9m to progress comb laser technology | DCU spinout Pilot Photonics has completed a €2.9m funding round to progress its novel ‘comb laser’ technology. Pilot Photonics was established in 2011 to commercialise over ten years of research and development undertaken at DCU, Trinity Co... |
| 08.02.2018 | Pilot Photonics Raises Nearly €1M in Funding | REPRO FREE: Ger Goold, COO & Partner, Kernel Capital; Frank Smyth, CEO, Pilot Photonics; Kevin Healy, Senior Manager, Corporate Banking Ireland, Bank of Ireland. Picture Jason Clarke Photography. Pilot Photonics, a Dublin City Universit... |
| 08.02.2018 | Pilot Photonics Raises €1 Million | Kernel Capital, through the Bank of Ireland Kernel Capital Funds, has invested circa €1 million in Dublin City University spin-out Pilot Photonics, a developer of comb source laser technology. The investment is in syndication with Dublin BI... |
| 07.05.2012 | Pilot Photonics Raises €300k in Funding | Pilot Photonics Ltd., a spin-out company built on the work of research teams in Dublin City University and the Tyndall National Institute in Cork, recently raised €300k in funding. Backers included Enterprise Ireland and AIB Seed Capital Fu... |