Invisix banked €20M in Seed funding led by Transition Ventures. The round saw participation from Hitachi Ventures, Imec.xpand, and Intel Capital. The financing will support the company as it commercialises its quality control technology for advanced semiconductor manufacturing.
As a spinout from the Dutch lithography giant ASML, Invisix specialises in "metrology"—the precise measurement of chip features during production. Current inspection methods often struggle to detect defects at the sub-nanometre scale. Invisix uses a unique electron-beam technology to identify manufacturing errors in real-time, helping to boost yields for high-performance processors used in AI and data centres.
The Eindhoven-based startup was founded by former ASML engineers Vassilios Evykos and Caspar van der Veen. Unlike traditional optical inspection tools, the company’s hardware can "see" through multiple layers of a silicon wafer, identifying misalignments that would otherwise remain hidden until the final testing phase.
The investment reflects a growing European appetite for hardware-heavy deeptech that secures the continent's position in the global semiconductor supply chain. By spinning out specific IP from established industry leaders, European founders are increasingly bridging the gap between academic research and commercial industrial applications.
Originally reported by Sifted.