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Morphotonics

Veldhoven, Netherlands

morphotonics.com

morphotonics.com.cn

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Morphotonics develops large-area nanoimprint manufacturing equipment, materials and processes for advanced optical components. Its Roll-to-Plate process presses micro- and nanoscale patterns into UV-curable resin on glass or polymer substrates using flexible stamps, then cures the replicated structures. This makes optical features such as AR waveguides, lenses and display textures suitable for production on large panels. The company sells modular Portis systems, Aurora equipment for advanced screens, and the automated Cypris X700 platform for smart-glasses waveguides, which combines nanoimprint lithography, inkjet printing and robotic multi-wafer handling. It also supplies proprietary resins, stamps, process-monitoring software and application development support through a Veldhoven cleanroom competence center. Its customers use these manufacturing tools for AI/AR glasses, glasses-free 3D displays and other photonic applications; optical interconnects and co-packaged optics are additional development opportunities described by management. Founded in 2014, the Dutch business publishes the legal identity Morphotonics B.V., Chamber of Commerce number 60781246.

Founded 2014

Team

Andy LinSales / Business Development Consultant, Taiwan (issuer-published affiliation)

Anna AdamekTeam member (published own directory; specific office undisclosed)

Anniek van GilsTeam member (published own directory; specific office undisclosed)

Ard WillemsTeam member (published own directory; specific office undisclosed)

Beste KotilogluTeam member (published own directory; specific office undisclosed)

Bodine van der LubbeTeam member (published own directory; specific office undisclosed)

Bram TitulaerCDO; Co-Founder

Bryan HuGeneral Manager, China office

Daniel Godoy LandinezTeam member (published own directory; specific office undisclosed)

Danielle van der HeijdenTeam member (published own directory; specific office undisclosed)

Erhan ErcanHead of Global Business Development

Erkin VurudzhuTeam member (published own directory; specific office undisclosed)

Frano PenavaTeam member (published own directory; specific office undisclosed)

Geert DirksTeam member (published own directory; specific office undisclosed)

Gert van WindenTeam member (published own directory; specific office undisclosed)

Grace OuyangTeam member (published own directory; specific office undisclosed)

Hans DelienTeam member (published own directory; specific office undisclosed)

Hugo da SilvaCEO

Ian JohnsonTeam member (published own directory; specific office undisclosed)

Ievgen KuryloTeam member (published own directory; specific office undisclosed)

Jan Matthijs ter MeulenCTO; Co-founder

John JacobsUS team affiliation (specific office undisclosed)

Jules KierkelsTeam member (published own directory; specific office undisclosed)

Lotje JobseTeam member (published own directory; specific office undisclosed)

Lu WangTeam member (published own directory; specific office undisclosed)

Mariana BallottinTeam member; Senior Development Engineer reported in 2024 (current office unverified)

Marsja MolegraafTeam member; self-reported Office Manager appointment (current office unverified)

Martijn LavrijsenTeam member (published own directory; specific office undisclosed)

Maurice BerdenCOO

Michiel van der PloegTeam member (published own directory; specific office undisclosed)

Mike van DongenTeam member (published own directory; specific office undisclosed)

Miloud TitouTeam member (published own directory; specific office undisclosed)

Muhammad AliTeam member (published own directory; specific office undisclosed)

Nico JansenTeam member (published own directory; specific office undisclosed)

Niels DalmijnTeam member (published own directory; specific office undisclosed)

Parivash DabbaghiTeam member (published own directory; specific office undisclosed)

Pim VeldhuizenTeam member; Head of Process Innovation reported in 2026 (current office unverified)

Rana Al-AmidiTeam member (published own directory; specific office undisclosed)

Rob NeelenTeam member (published own directory; specific office undisclosed)

Rob TimmersTeam member (published own directory; specific office undisclosed)

Wenjiang TangTeam member (published own directory; specific office undisclosed)

Wesley BrulTeam member (published own directory; specific office undisclosed)

Xiao ZhangTeam member (published own directory; specific office undisclosed)

YUANTSO LiSenior Application Engineer, Taiwan (issuer-published affiliation)

Zabreen NissarTeam member (published own directory; specific office undisclosed)

Investments

$—2026-09-22	European Investment Bank
$—2026-09-22	3M Ventures, Innovation Industries, Brabantse Ontwikkelings Maatschappij (BOM), Invest-NL, EIC Fund, Ernij Next

team@apexlogos.ai6 hours ago
Published team coverage: Includes all 42 names in the currently accessible, officially linked Chinese-site international employee portrait mosaic, the four English management cards within those 42, and three additional issuer-published Taiwan/US affiliations, for 45 unique people. Most portraits publish names only; those roles disclose that the specific office is unknown and biographies are not fabricated. Published historical office descriptions are explicitly qualified. This is completeness of these named public sources, not a claim to enumerate all payroll staff: LinkedIn’s gated employee count is higher and is not a verified named roster. Historical mirror-only Onno Lint/Irma van der Kaaij and publication collaborators are queued for identity/current-status verification rather than assigned unproved offices. No outside investor spokesperson is imported as company staff.
team@apexlogos.ai6 hours ago
EIB component and cash qualification: The lender publicly announced a signed EUR20m convertible-loan agreement on September 22, 2026 (contract signature July 31, 2026 per official EIB project 20250746) and explicitly includes it within the company’s greater-than-EUR40m Series B financing. The debt record represents that signed component agreement. Its amount and the EIB participation amount remain null because the source does not establish drawn or received cash. Do not add EUR20m to the Series B aggregate or treat EIB as an equity participant. InvestEU is a guarantee/program supporting the EIB financing, not a separately inferred shareholder. All investor tickets and 2026 lead status remain undisclosed. Legal scope: The issuer website publishes Morphotonics B.V. (KvK60781246), while the EIB project identifies MORPHOTONICS HOLDING BV as the financing promoter and describes the Morphotonics BV operating technology in its narrative. The group-brand financing is recorded on this company profile with that distinction; the operating entity is not asserted to be the contractual borrower. The project release date is August 6, 2026, earlier than the September public press announcement. The project’s proposed EUR44m total cost is not an equity fundraising corpus or cash received.
team@apexlogos.ai6 hours ago
Financing scope and chronology: The company announced a first close of a greater-than-USD10m Series B on September 11, 2024, with BOM and Innovation Industries explicitly co-leading and 3M investing. Its October 2, 2024 CEO announcement instead refers to EUR10m-plus; the original first-close currency wording is preserved as a qualified historical claim. The September 22, 2026 announcement calls the financing an expanded Series B closed at more than EUR40m, with existing investors increasing commitments. A separate 2024 round is not created because a distinct priced round versus cumulative expansion is unproved. The new aggregate record is a milestone, not proof of a new EUR40m incremental equity cheque. Exact aggregate, incremental equity cash and fund allocations remain unknown. The April 2026 announcement of plans for additional Series B financing was a forecast, not an earlier cash close.