SCINTIL Photonics

Processors, MCUs & AI Chips · Hardware
$58Mlatest round · Venture round · Sep 2025 · 14 mo ago
2backers · NGP Capital, Supernova Invest
50+team · employees, estimated range
40stories in the press

Overview

SCINTIL Photonics is a fabless company developing and commercializing silicon photonics with integrated lasers for the AI datacenters.

Key facts

These are the key facts about SCINTIL Photonics on Alion as of Nov 12, 2026. The latest round is Venture - Series Unknown of $58M, announced in 2025.

Employees
50+Alion company profile, an estimated range
Total raised
$58MSum of 1 equity round Alion knows
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown · $58M · Sep 9, 2025Press report · lightreading.com

Funding and backers

Total raised
$58M
1 round on record
Latest round
$58M
Venture round · Sep 2025 · 14 mo ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Backers
2
NGP Capital, Supernova Invest
The money's age
Due for its next round
14 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
15/100
in the news
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Sep 29 New executive Scintil Photonics Appoints Alexandru Romanescu as Vice President of Process Engineering · The Manila Times Sep 9, 2025 Raised a round Venture round $58M · SCM May 27, 2025 New executive Scintil Photonics welcomes Jim Theodoras as vice-president of product development · scintil-photonics.com Nov 19, 2024 New executive Scintil Photonics names Matt Crowley as CEO, founder Sylvie Menezo will continue heading technology developments and customer partnerships · scintil-photonics.com Aug 2018 Website went live first capture in the Wayback Machine
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Venture round Sep 2025 $58M — SCM
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Financials

Total raised
$58M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Venture - Series Unknown 2025 $58M Details

Connections

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Shared investors2
51 portfolio companies: Soitec, Mirsense, Keranova and 48 more
NGP CapitalVia a fund
62 portfolio companies: Quikr, 58.com, NTT Netmagic and 59 more

News

Blog 2 months ago
Scintil Photonics Appoints Alexandru Romanescu as Vice President of Process Engineering
Romanescu will lead process engineering, qualification, and yield across the SHIP platform's foundry network as production ramps.
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Press release The Manila Times 2 months ago
Scintil Photonics Appoints Alexandru Romanescu as Vice President of Process Engineering
Romanescu will lead process engineering, qualification, and yield across the SHIP platform
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News stateofthefuture.substack.com 4 months ago
Laser on a Chip w/ Matt Crowley @ Scintil Photonics
photonics, lasers, silicon photonics
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Blog 5 months ago
What the OCI MSA Didn't Solve for AI Scaling
Discover the first part of the Wavelength Scaling series.
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Blog 5 months ago
Why Optical Scale-Up Must Be Multiplexed
Explore the third part of the Wavelength Scaling series.
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News Challenges 5 months ago
Trophées des futures licornes: découvrez nos plus belles start-up 2026
Scintil Photonics, vainqueur du Grand Prix Challenges des jeunes pousses candidates au milliard d'euros de valorisation, illustre le nouvel élan de l'écosystème tricolore porté par la deeptech et l'IA. Une embellie prometteuse.
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Blog 5 months ago
'Optics When You Must' Arrives for Data Centers
Explore the second part of the Wavelength Scaling series.
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Blog 5 months ago
SCINTIL Photonics sacrée Future Licorne face à 1 400 entreprises
SCINTIL Photonics a reçu le Grand Prix des Trophées des Futures Licornes, face à 1 400 entreprises présélectionnées. La récompense souligne le potentiel de croissance de la startup grenobloise et sa capacité à atteindre le milliard d'euros de valorisation
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Blog 5 months ago
SCINTIL Photonics Crowned a Future Unicorn ahead of 1,400 Companies
SCINTIL Photonics was awarded the Grand Prize at the Trophées des Future Licornes, ahead of 1,400 pre-selected companies - a recognition of its strong growth potential and ability to achieve a €1-billion valuation.
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