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About Swave

Swave Photonics is a fabless semiconductor company based in Leuven, Belgium and Silicon Valley, CA
Spin-out from imec in Belgium
Designs and markets Holographic eXtended Reality chips, based on proprietary diffractive photonics technology
Disrupt the visualization market with immersive, ultra-high-resolution, true holographic displays
Swave Photonics - HXR chip
Swave Photonics - HXR chip

Swave Photonics Management Team

100+ Years of Experience Bringing Semiconductor &
Imaging Products to the Market
Mike Noonen - CEO of Swave

Mike Noonen

CEO

Dmitri Choutov PhD Founder Chief Operating Officer - Swave

Dmitri Choutov PhD

Founder
Chief Operating Officer

Theo Marescaux PhD MBA Founder Chief Product Officer - Swave

Theo Marescaux PhD MBA

Founder
Chief Product Officer

Edward Buckley PhD VP AR Systems - Swave

Edward Buckley PhD

VP AR Systems

Andrew Repton VP IC Design - Swave

Andrew Repton

VP IC Design

Richard Stahl PhD VP Systems Integration - Swave

Richard Stahl PhD

VP Systems Integration

Andrzej Kaczorowski PhD Digital Holography Fellow - Swave

Andrzej Kaczorowski PhD

Digital Holography Fellow

Board and Advisors

Pieter Vorenkamp Chairman & Independent Director - Swave

Pieter Vorenkamp

Chairman & Independent Director

John LeMoncheck - Independent Director - Swave Photonics

John LeMoncheck

Independent Director

Ward Pitkin Go-to-Market Advisor - Swave

Ward Pitkin

Advisor

Gordon Wetzstein PhD Advisor - Swave

Gordon Wetzstein PhD

Advisor

World-Class team of 20 (13 PhDs) with experts in semiconductors, photonics/physics, IC design, optical systems and computer-generated holography.

Swave is Funded for Success

Seed Round

in June 2022. Second close in May 2023, $11M total
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Grant

€2.1M non-dilutive grant in 2Q23
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Award

EIC Blended Award in October 2023, €2.5M Grant + up to €15M Equity
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Starting Series A Raise Now

Targeting $30-40M Raise
EIC Matching Equity

Swave's Investors

Swave is Being Recognized as
a Holographic Leader

Swave Photonics - 1st Place SPIE Startup Challenge Photonics West February 2023
1st Place SPIE Startup Challenge

Photonics West
February 2023

Swave Photonics Finalist Luminate Investment New York March 2023
Finalist Luminate Investment

New York
March 2023

Swave Photonics - Finalist Startup to Watch California June 2023
Startup to Watch

California
June 2023

Swave Photonics - €2.5M Grant + Follow-on Equity EIC Award October 2023
€2.5M Grant + Follow-on Equity

EIC Award
October 2023