Scintil Photonics looks to add light to silicon
Thursday, January 30, 2020 at 8:45AM It's the second day of Christmastide and Sylvie Menezo is working: “I enjoyed the last two days and now I'm back at work.”
But then it should not be surprising given how Menezo is both the CEO and CTO of Scintil Photonics, the French start-up that secured €4.4 million in first-round funding last year.
Sylvia Menezo, Scintil Photonics
Origins
Scintil Photonics’ expertise is in the design of silicon photonics circuits and the addition of active III-V materials - for lasing, gain and modulation - to a silicon substrate.
The start-up is using its funding to move its technology from the lab to production, working with an unnamed commercial foundry. The firm is also growing its staff, from eight to a dozen by the year-end.
Menezo worked previously at CEA-Leti, a French technology research institute, where her roles included heading the silicon photonics lab and business development.
