Lightium has been selected for the final stage of Venture Kick, securing CHF 150,000 in funding! This investment fuels our mission to enable ultra-high-speed communications with our Thin-Film Lithium Niobate (TFLN) photonic integrated circuits (PICs).

Breaking the Bottleneck in AI and Data Centers
The demand for AI-driven tools and high-performance computing pushes data centers to their limits. Today’s semiconductor-based transceivers simply can’t keep up—they’re maxing out on speed and power efficiency. This is where Lightium steps in.
Unlike traditional semiconductor-based photonics, TFLN enables ultra-fast, energy-efficient data transmission, dramatically reducing power consumption. Our industrial-scale manufacturing makes it easier, faster, and more cost-effective for companies to integrate next-gen photonic devices.
“Venture Kick is More Than Just Funding”
“Beyond the funding, the real value lies in the visibility and credibility it brings,” said Frédéric Loizeau, our CRO. “Being part of Venture Kick amplifies our presence in the Swiss ecosystem, making us more attractive to top talent, partners, and future opportunities.”
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About Lightium
Lightium AG is a pioneering Swiss startup offering Photonic Integrated Circuits (PIC) foundry and design services based on its proprietary Thin-Film Lithium Niobate (TFLN) platform. Lightium’s solution addresses the complex challenges faced by photonic device manufacturers, offering them unmatched photonic performance, a simplified and cost-effective supply chain, and rapid scale-up capabilities from prototyping to large-volume manufacturing. As Europe’s first production-grade TFLN foundry, Lightium enables the next generation of photonic solutions in a wide range of industries, including Telecom, Datacom, Quantum Computing, AI, and Space.
About Venture Kick
Venture Kick kicks spin-off projects out of Swiss university labs by providing up to CHF 150,000 in seed-money, a global network to investors and hands-on coaching. Venture Kick is organized as a fully private and philanthropic foundation with the goal of fostering job creation, and social and economic prosperity in Switzerland. Since 2007, Venture Kick has invested CHF 34.25 million in 755 projects, which today represent 592 companies and more than 8,100 jobs. Startups supported by Venture Kick have raised more than CHF 4.2 billion in investments to date.
In 2021, Venture Kick will pay out CHF 5.5 million to idea-stage startup projects to bring Swiss science to global markets.
www.venturekick.ch/portfolio