LightSpring develops 3D optical-interconnect manufacturing technology that precisely connects photonic chips, fibers and light sources.
OVNI Capital
ovni.capital ↗Activity from announced rounds
OVNI Capital backs European technology founders at an early stage as they build international businesses.
Investment focus
The firm describes itself as a first-check investor, leading early rounds and working across San Francisco, Berlin and Paris. Its approach combines an initial capital commitment with support for founders expanding beyond their home market.
Activity recorded by RoundOS
In RoundOS, Lightspring develops photonic interconnect manufacturing, Boxd provides persistent cloud environments for developers and coding agents, and MokN addresses credential theft. baCta’s bioproduction technology and Ground A’s defence systems broaden the recorded examples. This selection reflects financings in the database, rather than the complete OVNI portfolio.
Sources
- Rounds participated in
- 5
- Confirmed lead rounds
- 1 2 roles undisclosed
- New companies
- 5 First participation on record · 0 follow-on
- Funding in participating rounds
- $37.2M 4 disclosed · full round size, not this investor’s share
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Rounds
5 in this selectionA cloud development environment that gives each developer, coding agent, branch or pull request a persistent virtual machine to build and run software.
Ground A develops integrated counter-drone and air-defence systems for military users and operators of critical infrastructure. Its GA 1000 combines radar, sensors, computer vision, AI and a laser effector to detect, classify and track small drones, while leaving the decision to engage with a human operator.
Protects organisations from credential theft and identity-based attacks through active identity recovery technology
Develops an AI-powered bioproduction platform for industrial ingredients