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Ger Goold of Kernel Capital with Frank Smyth of Pilot Photonics and Kevin Healy of Bank of Ireland

Company: Pilot Photonics

Done Deal:€1 million in funding

The clincher:“Three years ago, we took a strategic decision to pursue the development of a completely new technology platform centred around photonic integration” – Frank Smyth, chief executive, Pilot Photonics

Pilot Photonics, a spin-out of Dublin City University, has secured funding of close to €1 million from the Bank of Ireland Kernel Capital Funds in syndication with Dublin Business Innovation Centre (Dublin BIC).

A developer ...