Optical Connectivity Startup InfiniLink Raises $10M in Funding

InfiniLink, a Cairo-based semiconductor startup specializing in advanced optical data connectivity chips for AI-driven datacenters, has closed a $10 million funding round. Founded in 2022, InfiniLink develops silicon photonics integrated optical transceiver chiplets (iOTC) technology.

The funds will be used to accelerate the development of optical connectivity solutions, leveraging expertise in analog mixed-signal and photonics to address growing bandwidth and energy efficiency demands of AI-driven data centers. The company's technology aims to enable low-power pluggable transceiver modules and high-bandwidth-density co-packaged optical engines (CPO).

InfiniLink’s iOTC technology features in the company's iOTC-G1 product, an optical transceiver engine optimized for low power ethernet and PCIe linear pluggable optical modules. The company has additionally developed patent pending photonics modulator architectures and integrated wavelength division multiplexers and demultiplexers. The technology uses high density fiber interfaces that are designed to be compatible with both external laser sources using hybrid integration design for manufacturing methodology for a streamlined supply chain..

The seed round was joined by MediaTek, a fabless semiconductor company, and Sukna Ventures, with participation from Egypt Ventures and angel investor M Empire Angels.

In addition to photonics, InfiniLink also offers capabilities in high-speed serial/deserializer (serdes) and analog transceivers.