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LinkedIn Apr 1, 2025

VanaM Inc. Is a Luminate Accelerator Portfolio Company

🚀 VanaM Inc. 반암(주) is a Luminate Accelerator Portfolio Company!

Luminate is the leading accelerator for startups in optics, photonics, and imaging (OPI), backed by New York State and NextCorps. Out of nearly 200 applications from 38 countries, only 10 companies made the cut—and VanaM Inc. 반암(주) is honored to be among them!💫

🎉 Congratulation to amPICQ Inc., IRIDESENSE, LirOptic, Metahelios ltd, Oblate Optics, Pensievision, Pixel Photonics, @SNOchip, and Wyse Light. Our team at VanaM is excited to connect with the successful participants from Cohort 8!

🔭 Why this matters for us: As we gear up to expand into the U.S., joining Luminate Accelerator comes at the perfect time. This program will give us access to industry experts, investors, and an incredible deep-tech community to help bring our technology to market.

✨ What’s next? Our big focus for 2025 is advancing quantum photonics—specifically, superconducting materials for next-generation photonic chips. We’re eager to collaborate, learn, and grow alongside the amazing companies in this year’s cohort.

💬 If you’re in Rochester or the wider photonics industry, let’s connect! We’d love to meet investors, partners, and researchers passionate about the future of quantum technology.

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