Edinburgh's Singular Photonics Raises €1.85M to Scale SPAD Image Sensors
The University of Edinburgh spin-out closed an oversubscribed round led by ACF Investors and added former Arm CTO Dipesh Patel to its board.
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Singular Photonics, an Edinburgh-based fabless semiconductor company, has closed an oversubscribed funding round of €1.85 million ($2.15 million) to advance its next generation of image sensors.
The round was led by ACF Investors, with participation from Wren Capital, Cambridge Angels, Scottish Enterprise, Quantum Exponential and Old College Capital. The company also said Dipesh Patel, the former chief technology officer of Arm, has joined its board of directors.
The firm develops image sensors based on single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) technology combined with on-chip computation. According to Tech.eu, SPAD sensors can detect and precisely time individual photons, unlike conventional sensors that mainly measure light intensity, allowing imaging systems to capture data that standard cameras may not reach. Processing data directly where light is detected lets systems analyse information in real time while cutting the volume of data sent for external processing.
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