Lightbulb moment for ultra-thin LED venture

Dublin start-up Lightly Technology seeks €600,000

Lighting start-up raising €600,000. Pic: iStock

Mechanical engineer Matt Hanbury is raising seed funding of €600,000 to bring to market new technology for the lighting industry, having already raised €100,000 in pre-seed investment.

Hanbury established Dublin start-up Lightly Technology in January 2016 with co-founder Brian Charman. Both had worked at Philips Lighting - Charman in sales and marketing, and Hanbury in mechanical engineering.

It was following a subsequent stint working on LCD displays for the iPhone 6S that Hanbury ...