Wave Photonics

Wave Photonics is a Cambridge-based integrated photonics company founded in May 2021 by University of Cambridge quantum photonics PhDs James Lee and Matthew Anderson along with CTO Mateusz Kubica. The company received £4.5 million ($5.8M) in seed funding in June 2024 co-led by UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund and Cambridge Enterprise Ventures, with participation from Redstone QAI Ventures’ Quantum Fund, Kyra Ventures, and Deep Tech Labs. Complemented by non-dilutive grants from Horizon Europe EIC Fund and Innovate UK, Wave Photonics’ total funding reached £5.4 million ($6.9M). The company develops on-chip photonics designs for quantum technologies, sensors, and data-center applications, building and validating computational photonics design technology to reduce photonic product development time and unlock the transformative potential of integrated photonics. Wave Photonics leads consortium projects pioneering quantum computing applications leveraging photonic integrated circuits.