Light Trace secures Innovate UK’s Fast Start: Innovation Grant

Light Trace Photonics is delighted to announce that it has secured an Innovate UK Fast Start: Innovation grant.

November 2022, Bristol UK. The grant, which supports early-stage startups developing technologies towards net-zero, will allow Light Trace Photonics to develop a revolutionary photonics prototyping suite designed to help companies perform more sustainable photonics R&D by increasing productivity and reducing lab waste.

Dr. Dominic Sulway, Light Trace’s Chief Technical Officer, explains:

“The current approach to prototyping in photonics R&D is limited by sub-optimal components which are seldom tailored to the innovation at hand, and which often require many hours of difficult calibration and bulk alignment. These issues result in inefficient and costly R&D which ultimately limits impact.”

Light Trace’s prototyping suite uses cutting-edge technology to provide researchers with a one-stop-shop, plug-and-play solution to their component needs, saving both time and money.

Our Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Jake Biele, says:

“Thanks to the support of Innovate UK, I have been able to join Light Trace as its first full-time employee. This exciting step will allow me to focus all my time and energy on Light Trace’s core mission of unlocking the full potential of photonics with new and innovative products that ease photonics R&D.”

If you are interested in finding out more about what we do at Light Trace Photonics, and how we are working to bolster photonics innovation, please reach out to us at contact@ltphotonics.co.uk.