DeepPhoton Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($300K–$2.0M Checks)
DeepPhoton Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Cambridge, MA investing in Deep Tech, Other, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $300K–$2.0M checks and has 19 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $300K–$2.0M
- Portfolio
- 19 companies on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Deep Tech, Other, AI / ML, EdTech, Developer Tools, Food / AgTech, Consumer
- HQ
- Cambridge, MA
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-06-06
Pre-Seed, Seed
$300K – $2.0M
19+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
DeepPhoton Ventures backs companies pushing the boundaries of physics with innovations in semiconductors, quantum hardware, and advanced materials for next-gen computing.
How DeepPhoton Ventures invests
DeepPhoton Ventures is a vc firm based in Cambridge, MA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Deep Tech, Other, AI / ML, EdTech, Developer Tools. It does not invest in Healthcare, Consumer Apps.
DeepPhoton Ventures typically writes checks of $300K–$2.0M per investment.
DeepPhoton Ventures has backed 19 companies in our records, including QuantumInk, PhotonWeave, Delta Life Science.
Partners & Team
Emily Han
Founding GP
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (19)
Other
QuantumInk
PhotonWeave
Delta Life Science
Develops photonic-based, fast, ultrasensitive, label-free, multiplexed biosensing for life science research.
EFFECT Photonics
Develops high-performance DWDM optical components and Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) for sustainable high-bandwidth data transceivers.
PhiX (PHIX)
Provides automated photonics assembly services for PIC-based components/modules across InP/Si/LiN/SiN platforms, from design to volume production.
SMART Photonics
Operates an independent Indium Phosphide foundry for photonic integrated circuits across data centers, sensing, medical diagnostics, and more.
Surfix
(Details limited; prior regional investment in photonics-related tech).
VVitrealab GmbH
(Photonics startup; specifics not detailed).
Ncodin (NNcodiN)
Develops optical interposer technology with the world's smallest on-silicon laser for photonic interposers.
Lumai
(Photonics company; likely AI/data related).
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Deep Tech, Other, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $300K – $2.0M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Emily Han, Founding GP.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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