PINC Technologies, a Caltech spinout company developing advanced integrated nonlinear photonic devices and circuits, has announced the close of its Seed+ funding round, bringing total funds raised to date to $6.8 million. The funding was led by Quantonation, a venture capital fund dedicated to deep physics and quantum technologies, with participation from Wilson Hill Ventures, Freeflow Ventures, Hamamatsu Ventures, Qubits Ventures, Santec, and the Caltech Seed Fund.
The company’s platform is designed to make nonlinear photonics scalable and practical for real-world applications, including quantum information processing. Its technology, which builds on research from the Caltech Nonlinear Photonics Laboratory, addresses a core challenge in the field of photonics: the lack of scalable nonlinear solutions. The funding will be used to accelerate the commercialization of the company’s technology, scale its engineering team, and build collaborations.
The lead investment from Quantonation reinforces the company’s position as a critical enabling technology for the quantum ecosystem. Farzaneh Afshinmanesh, CEO and Co-founder of PINC Technologies, noted that the funding will allow the company to build collaborations to enable new capabilities in industrial photonics applications, quantum computing, and biomedical sensing.
Read the full announcement here.
October 2, 2025
