{"id":95896,"date":"2026-09-22T06:13:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T10:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/09\/2026\/morphotonics-closed-more-than-e40-million-series-b-for-nanoimprint-tech.html"},"modified":"2026-09-22T06:13:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T10:13:59","slug":"morphotonics-closed-more-than-e40-million-series-b-for-nanoimprint-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/09\/2026\/morphotonics-closed-more-than-e40-million-series-b-for-nanoimprint-tech.html","title":{"rendered":"Morphotonics Closed More Than \u20ac40 Million Series B for Nanoimprint Tech:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026-09-22-morphotonics-hero.jpg\" alt=\"Morphotonics Closed More Than \u20ac40 Million Series B for Nanoimprint Tech\" \/><\/p>\n<p>HedgeCo.Net \u2014 Dutch nanoimprint lithography company Morphotonics closed more than \u20ac40 million in an extended Series B announced around September 21\u201322, 2026, according to TechCrunch and Tech.eu. Backers named in the coverage include 3M Ventures, Innovation Industries, BOM, and Invest-NL, alongside the EIC Fund, Ernij Next, and the European Investment Bank.<\/p>\n<p>Proceeds are earmarked to scale waveguide manufacturing for AI and AR glasses and to expand into co-packaged optics for data centers. Headcount is cited at roughly 60, up from about 30 in September 2024, with the next machine targeting more than 6 million waveguides per year.<\/p>\n<p>For deep-tech and AR hardware allocators, the \u20ac40 million-plus Series B, the named European and corporate venture roster, and the waveguide \/ co-packaged-optics roadmap are the hard marks. Exact pre\/post valuation and individual check sizes were not uniformly disclosed and should not be invented. Mark the manufacturing-capacity target and headcount step-up as sourced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HedgeCo.Net \u2014 Dutch nanoimprint lithography company Morphotonics closed more than \u20ac40 million in an extended Series B announced around September 21\u201322, 2026, according to TechCrunc\u2026 <a class=\"continue_reading_link btn btn-mini\" href=\"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/09\/2026\/morphotonics-closed-more-than-e40-million-series-b-for-nanoimprint-tech.html\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":95895,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16286],"tags":[19596,19597,19594,19595,19192],"class_list":["post-95896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-venture-capital","tag-ar-glasses","tag-invest-nl","tag-morphotonics","tag-nanoimprint","tag-series-b"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}