CamGraPhIC, an UK startup subsidiary of Italy’s 2D Photonics that provides graphene-based optical interconnects for artificial intelligence and high-performance computing systems, received the approval of the European Commission for getting a 211 million euros financing facility from the Italian Government (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The Italian company previously received 25 million from CDP Venture Capital, NATO Innovation Fund (NIF), Sony Innovation Fund, Join Capital, Bosch Ventures, Frontier IP Group, and Indaco Venture. In 2018, Andrea Ferrari, the head of Cambridge Graphene Centre, and cso Marco Romagnoli, the director of CNIT Research Advanced Technologies for Photonic Integration, founded CamGraPhIC which precedently attracted 2.7 milion GBPs from Frontier IP Group. Ben Jensen is the ceo of 2D Photonics. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors 2D Photonics and its investors. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager
Cato AI, a provider of services for managing calls for tender that ceo Andrea Zorzetto and cto Matteo Bossolini founded in 2025, attracted pre-seed resources worth 1.6 million euros from Italian Founders Fund, Heartfelt, Vento, Alecla7, Nova, B Heroes, Moonstone Venture Capital, and other business angels (see here a previous post by BeBeez).
