About
VLC Photonics is a Spanish photonic integrated circuit (PIC) design and test house founded in 2011 as a spin-off of the Polytechnic University of Valencia. It was acquired in 2020 by the Hitachi High-Tech Group. The company provides turn-key engineering services for PIC development, from concept and design through tape-out, manufacture, characterisation, and packaging, and works with more than 20 foundries worldwide across silicon, silicon-nitride, indium-phosphide, and PLC platforms. Quantum, LIDAR, biosensing, telecom, and datacom are its core application markets. In June 2025, VLC Photonics secured a €5.4M Spanish-government grant to scale its testing and design capabilities.
Quantum Specifications
| Quantum Focus | hardware |
Backed By
Lakestar
Lightspeed Venture Partners
Quantum Coast Capital
Type One Ventures
Trumpf Venture
Gic Government Of Singapore Investment Corporation
Hercules Capital
Inven Capital
Application Areas
photonic quantum computingLIDARbiosensing
Frequently Asked Questions
VLC Photonics is a Spanish photonic integrated circuit (PIC) design and test house founded in 2011 as a spin-off of the Polytechnic University of Valencia. It was acquired in 2020 by the Hitachi High-Tech Group. The company provides turn-key engineering services for PIC development, from concept and design through tape-out, manufacture, characterisation, and packaging, and works with more than 20 foundries worldwide across silicon, silicon-nitride, indium-phosphide, and PLC platforms.
Quantu...
VLC Photonics is headquartered in Valencia, Spain.
VLC Photonics was founded in 2011.
VLC Photonics operates in the following sectors: quantum components, photonic quantum computing, quantum services.