Porotech‘s game-changing Porous GaN platform technology enables small and efficient Red, Green, Blue MicroLED chips with a single GaN material system. Ready for mass production with no need to mix with other materials (avoiding the associated mass transfer and reliability issues), Porotech’s MicroLEDs aim to become the ultimate display technology ideally suited for the next generation of AR/MR near-eye applications, wearables and many other consumer electronics devices.
IQ Capital first invested in Porotech at Seed stage in 2019 and followed on in 2022, when Porotech raised a $45 million round.
Location: United Kingdom, England, Cambridge
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $24.15M
Founded date: 2018
Investors 6
Date | Name | Website |
- | IQ Capital... | iqcapital.... |
- | Syndicate ... | syndicater... |
- | Speedinves... | speedinves... |
- | Cambridge ... | cambridgea... |
- | Parkwalk A... | parkwalkad... |
- | Martlet | martletcap... |
Funding Rounds 2
Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
23.02.2022 | - | $19.98M | - |
24.06.2021 | - | $4.17M | - |
Mentions in press and media 13
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23.02.2022 | Cambridge-based Porotech secures €17.6M, aims to revolutioni... | Porotech, a Cambridge-based company specialising in the development of Gallium Nitride (GaN) materia... | siliconcan... |
04.02.2022 | Annual #21toWatch announces shortlist in advance of return t... | Annual #21toWatch announces shortlist in advance of return to in-person awards event 04-02-2022 Ne... | cambridgen... |
04.02.2022 | Annual #21toWatch announces shortlist in advance of return t... | Next month’s coveted #21toWatch Awards announces 2022 shortlist, featuring some of the most ground-b... | cambridgen... |
29.09.2021 | Entrepreneurial pathways to impact: spinning-out your resear... | Entrepreneurial pathways to impact: spinning-out your research Hosted by Cambridge Innovation Capit... | cic.vc/new... |
24.06.2021 | Porotech raises £3m for new generation of microdisplays | Porotech raises £3m for new generation of microdisplays 24-06-2021 University of Cambridge spin-ou... | cambridgen... |
24.06.2021 | Porotech raises £3m for new generation of microdisplays | Unique approach enables brighter, sharper, more vivid displays for smart devices | cambridgea... |
24.06.2021 | Porotech raises £3m for new generation of microdisplays | University of Cambridge spin-out Porotech has raised £3m to fund the next stage of development of it... | cambridgen... |
24.06.2021 | Micro-LED production startup Porotech creates new class of s... | Porotech, a University of Cambridge spin-out, has raised £3 million in its drive to fuel the next ge... | tech.eu/br... |
27.11.2020 | Porotech launches groundbreaking micro-LED product | Porotech launches groundbreaking micro-LED product 27-11-2020 University of Cambridge spin-out Por... | cambridgen... |
27.11.2020 | Porotech launches groundbreaking micro-LED product | University of Cambridge spin-out Porotech has announced the launch of its first product based on its... | cambridgen... |
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