Innovation Industries portfolio

Innovation Industries (Venture capital) is known to hold 42 companies, 26 of them startups. 9 of them are hiring now, with 109 open roles. In the last 12 months rounds in the press named it 2 times (1 as the lead). Its companies closed 6 venture rounds in 12 months, raising $527.1M. Most of them work in Optical Communications, Health & Medical Electronics, Optics & Photonic Components.

Source: Alion Venture capital Oct 25, 2026
Investments
42
26 of them startups
Hiring now
9
109 open roles
Deals in 12 months
2
1 as the lead
Rounds in 12 months
6
$527.1M raised
Exits
4

Companies Innovation Industries has invested in

Photon Bridge Optical Communications Venture round $10.8M · this month portfolio pageSep 25
Morphotonics Optical Communications Series B $43.2M · 1 mo ago portfolio page, round in the pressSep 22
VitalFluid Crop Protection · Netherlands Venture round $18.6M · 1 mo ago portfolio pageSep 25
Nearfield Instruments Semiconductor Equipment · Netherlands Series D $380M · 4 mo ago 61 roles portfolio pageSep 25
Orbem Medical Imaging Systems · Germany Series B $59.9M · 9 mo ago 7 roles portfolio pageSep 25
Sandgrain Cloud Security Series A $14.6M · 10 mo ago lead portfolio page, round in the pressDec 9, 2025
Solynta Venture round $21.6M · 15 mo ago portfolio pageSep 25
Groove Quantum Quantum Computing Hardware Venture round $10.8M · 15 mo ago portfolio pageSep 25
Axelera AI Processors, MCUs & AI Chips · Netherlands Series B $68M · 2 yr ago 6 roles portfolio pageSep 25
MantiSpectra Optical Communications · Netherlands Venture round $4.3M · 3 yr ago portfolio pageSep 25
Fonontech Seed $2.5M · 3 yr ago portfolio pageSep 25
SMART Photonics Semiconductor Manufacturing · Netherlands Venture round $108M · 3 yr ago 7 roles portfolio pageSep 25
LionVolt Energy Storage · Netherlands Seed $4.3M · 4 yr ago lead 2 roles portfolio page, round in the pressNov 17, 2021
Hello Kaleido Health & Medical Electronics 17 roles portfolio pageSep 25
Onera Health Patient Monitoring · Netherlands 6 roles portfolio pageSep 25
EFFECT Photonics Optics & Photonic Components · Netherlands 2 roles portfolio pageSep 25
Smart Robotics Logistics & Warehouse Robotics · Netherlands 1 role portfolio pageSep 25
Alquion Hydrogen Energy portfolio pageSep 25
Aphea Seeds portfolio pageSep 25
ARION Netherlands portfolio pageSep 25
Arkitech Energy Efficiency portfolio pageSep 25
Axign Headphones & Audio portfolio pageSep 25
beeOLED Germany portfolio pageSep 25
Cassini Technologies Ophthalmology & Eye Clinics portfolio pageSep 25
eyeo imaging Optical Communications · Netherlands portfolio pageSep 25
IamFluidics Netherlands portfolio pageSep 25
Microsure Surgical Instruments & Devices · Netherlands portfolio pageSep 25
PHIX Photonics Assembly Optical Communications portfolio pageSep 25
Protealis Vegan Food portfolio pageSep 25
Salvia BioElectronics Neurology & CNS Therapeutics portfolio pageSep 25
SparkNano Solar Energy portfolio pageSep 25
Tempress Advanced Materials portfolio pageSep 25
Undagrid Logistics portfolio pageSep 25
Visionairo Computer Vision portfolio pageSep 25

Focus

Markets
Optical Communications14%
Health & Medical Electronics7%
Optics & Photonic Components5%
Venture Capital2%
Legal Services2%
Quantum Science & Computing2%
Quantum Computing Hardware2%
Medical Imaging Systems2%
Where its companies are
Netherlands31%
Germany5%
Stage of its companies
Venture, series not stated46%
Series B23%
Pre-seed & seed15%
Series A8%
Series C and later8%

Questions about Innovation Industries

How many companies has Innovation Industries invested in?

Innovation Industries is known to hold 42 companies: 26 startups, and 4 exits so far, read from its own portfolio page and the funding rounds that name it.

Is Innovation Industries investing now?

Yes: in the last 12 months 2 rounds in the press named Innovation Industries (1 as the lead), and 0 companies joined its portfolio page in 90 days.

What does Innovation Industries invest in?

The markets of the companies Innovation Industries holds: Optical Communications (14%), Health & Medical Electronics (7%), Optics & Photonic Components (5%), Venture Capital (2%), Legal Services (2%).

Which Innovation Industries portfolio companies are hiring?

9 companies Innovation Industries holds are hiring now, with 109 open roles listed on this page.

Who does Innovation Industries invest alongside?

The investors that hold the most companies together with Innovation Industries: PhotonVentures Photonics Venture Capital Fund, Inkef, High-Tech Gründerfonds, StartLife, Shift Invest.

How this page is made

A company counts as a holding when the investor’s own portfolio page links to it, a program’s catalog lists it, or a funding round in the press names the investor. The numbers are rebuilt every night; each company shows where it came from and when it was first seen.

Sources: its portfolio page, read Oct 3; 4 rounds in the press that name it

Innovation Industries portfolio: 42 known companies. Alion, Oct 25, 2026. https://alion.io/company/innovation-industries/portfolio

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