About Swave
Swave Photonics is a fabless semiconductor company based in Leuven, Belgium and Silicon Valley, CA
Spin-out from imec in Belgium
Designs and markets Holographic eXtended Reality chips, based on proprietary diffractive photonics technology
Disrupt the visualization market with immersive, ultra-high-resolution, true holographic displays
- Swave Photonics is a fabless semiconductor company based in Leuven, Belgium and Silicon Valley, CA
- Spin-out from imec in Belgium
- Designs and markets Holographic eXtended Reality chips, based on proprietary diffractive photonics technology
- Disrupt the visualization market with immersive, ultra-high-resolution, true holographic displays
![Swave Photonics - HXR chip](https://swave.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/About-slide-rt-img.jpg)
![Swave Photonics - HXR chip](https://swave.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/About-slide-rt-img.jpg)
Swave Photonics Management Team
100+ Years of Experience Bringing Semiconductor & Imaging Products to the Market
Board and Advisors
World-Class team of 20 (13 PhDs) with experts in semiconductors, photonics/physics, IC design, optical systems and computer-generated holography.
Swave is Funded for Success
Swave's Investors
![imex xpand](https://swave.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/imec-xpand-1.png)
![PMV](https://swave.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/pmv-1.png)
![Acequia Capital](https://swave.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/acequia.png)
![qbic fund](https://swave.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/qbic.png)
![imec](https://swave.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/imec-1.png)
![European Innovation Council](https://swave.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/eic.png)
![nextcorps Luminate](https://swave.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/nextcorps-1.png)
![New York State](https://swave.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/nys-1.png)
Swave is Being Recognized as a Holographic Leader
![Swave Photonics - 1st Place SPIE Startup Challenge Photonics West February 2023](https://swave.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/spie.jpg)
1st Place SPIE Startup Challenge
Photonics West February 2023
![Swave Photonics Finalist Luminate Investment New York March 2023](https://swave.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/nextcorps.jpg)
Finalist Luminate Investment
New York March 2023
![Swave Photonics - Finalist Startup to Watch California June 2023](https://swave.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/awe.jpg)
Startup to Watch
California June 2023
![Swave Photonics - €2.5M Grant + Follow-on Equity EIC Award October 2023](https://swave.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/euic.jpg)
€2.5M Grant + Follow-on Equity
EIC Award October 2023
![Swave Photonics - Finalist Global Challenge Paris March 2023](https://swave.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/hello-tomorrow.jpg)
Finalist Global Challenge
Paris March 2023
![Swave Photonics - €2.1M Non-Dilutive Investment Flanders April 2023](https://swave.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/flandersinv.jpg)
€2.1M Non-Dilutive Investment
Flanders April 2023
![Swave Photonics - Silicon 100 Startup to Watch EE Times July 2023](https://swave.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/silicon100.jpg)
Silicon 100 Startup to Watch
EE Times July 2023