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INLEAP Photonics

Updated HQ Hanover, GermanyFounded 20231-10 employees

INLEAP Photonics develops ultra-fast, high-precision laser system technology for secure drone defence and highly efficient industrial processes.

StartupAir and missile defenseDirected energy
Website
Total raised
~$23.0M
2 rounds
Last round
~$23.0M
Seed · Sep 1, 2026
Systems
2
Capabilities
2
Mentions
1
Latest Oct 1, 2026

News1

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Funding2 rounds · ~$23.0M

Equity raised
~$23.0M
Latest
~$23.0MSeed · Sep 1, 2026

Raised counts equity rounds; debt, secondary sales and grants are totaled separately. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the announcement month's average rate. A ~ marks an estimated or converted amount.

Systems2

  • INLEAP® FASTLIGHT®A laser beam steering system without mechanically moving mirrors.
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  • INLEAP® FASTLIGHT® SHIELD®A drone-defence system based on laser beam steering.
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Newest unveiled first. Systems that belong to a government program link to the program page, where variants, costs and contracts are.

Capabilities2

  • Air and missile defense
    Developer
    classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Ultra-fast, high-precision laser systems for secure drone defence, plus industrial processing applications.
    —Reported
  • Directed energy
    Developer
    classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Ultra-fast, high-precision laser systems for secure drone defence, plus industrial processing applications.
    —Reported

Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.

People4

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Sources10

Profile3

  1. 1
    CompanyHome - INLEAP Photonics

    INLEAP Photonics · Supports Organization · description, Organization · name, Organization · website

    “INLEAP Photonics develops ultra-fast, high-precision laser system technology for secure drone defence and highly efficient industrial processes.”
  2. 2
    DatabaseINLEAP Photonics - PitchBook company profile

    PitchBook · Supports Organization · founded year, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · x url

    “founded_year: 2023”
  3. 3
    DatabaseSixth-Domain public startups directory

    Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · country, Organization · kind

    “{"country": "Germany", "hq_iso2": "DE", "id": "39a5345a-e96e-4ac3-bbc2-8ed92197d6fa"}”

Systems2

  1. 4
    CompanyDefence - INLEAP Photonics

    INLEAP Photonics · Supports System

    “INLEAP® FASTLIGHT® SHIELD® is a safe and effective drone defence system based on ultra-fast, high-precision laser beam steering technology. By placing a precisely controlled light spot at extremely high speed, critical structural components or control elements of targeted drones are intercepted within seconds”
  2. 5
    CompanyIndustry - INLEAP Photonics

    INLEAP Photonics · Supports System

    “INLEAP® FASTLIGHT® eliminates mechanical moving components like mirrors and steers the laser beam up to 2500 times faster using pixel-based, ultra-fast, high-precision laser beam steering technology”

Funding3

  1. 6
    NewsInleap Photonics Raises €20M in Seed Funding

    FinSMEs · Sep 1, 2026 · Supports Funding round · amount

    “closed an approximately €20M seed funding round. The round was led by UVC Partners”
  2. 7
    CompanyINLEAP Photonics raises €20 million to scale laser-based drone defense

    UVC Partners · Sep 1, 2026 · Supports Funding round · amount, Organization · ownership

    “has closed a seed funding round led by UVC Partners, securing approximately €20 million in total”
  3. 8
    DatabaseINLEAP Photonics GmbH company profile

    Octen Business Search · Supports Funding round, Organization · employee range

    “funding round: Pre Seed Round, 2026-02-11, lead: HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds)”

People2

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    CompanyInnovation project “Laserdome”: INLEAP Photonics and the Cyber Innovation Hub of the Bundeswehr launch joint testing of laser-based C-UAS - INLEAP Photonics

    INLEAP Photonics · Supports Role

    “Marius Lammers, Co-Founder and CEO of INLEAP Photonics.”
  2. 10
    DatabaseINLEAP Photonics - Crunchbase company profile

    Crunchbase · Supports Organization · hq city, Organization · linkedin url, Role

    “hq_city: Hanover”

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