2 years ago
Optalysys Raises £21M to Accelerate Secure Data Processing with Photonic Technology
Optalysys, a Leeds, UK-based developer of photonic processing technology, has raised £21 million in Series A funding
The round was led by Lingotto, imec.xpand, and Northern Gritstone
The company plans to use the funds to launch its technology on a cloud-based service model, expand its team, and accelerate the development of its FHE technology, which allows encrypted data to be processed at similar speeds to its unencrypted form.
ProblemTechnology
"making encrypted data processing as fast as unencrypted data processing"
Solution
"developing photonic semiconductor technology to accelerate Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) processing"