Aylight closes €4.5M pre-seed round

Jul 6, 2026 · Funding · Aylight · Semiconductors

Aylight closed a €4.5 million pre-seed round co-led by Elaia and Swisscom Ventures to take its coherent 3D-sensing technology to first foundry-manufactured prototypes and expand R&D.

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Evidence notes

  • The completed pre-seed round totaled €4.5 million.
  • Elaia and Swisscom Ventures co-led, with Verve Ventures and Plug and Play participating.
  • Aylight said the capital will fund first foundry-manufactured prototypes and expansion of its research and engineering team.

Company context

Aylight develops photonics and optical interconnect technology for AI datacenters. It is relevant to physical-AI infrastructure through high-speed compute connectivity rather than robot hardware.

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