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Xavveo
Xavveo's Network of Photonic Sensors enables Vehicles to drive autonomously and helps Factory Automation increase efficiency
About Xavveo
Based in Berlin, Xavveo is a deep-tech firm founded in 2024 by serial entrepreneurs Dr. Sven Otte, Dr. Stefan Meister, and Intel veteran Dr. Ulrich Keil. The founders leverage their extensive backgrounds in Silicon Photonics and autonomous systems, including their experience founding the successful firm Sicoya, to address critical safety and reliability challenges in the autonomous vehicle sector. In November 2024, the company secured approximately €8 million ($8.6M) in a seed funding round co-led by deep-tech investors Vsquared Ventures and imec.xpand. This capital is allocated to advancing product development, expanding the engineering team, and forging strategic partnerships with automotive manufacturers and technology integrators.
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Xavveo is developing a distributed photonic radar system designed to overcome the limitations of existing sensor technologies like LIDAR and vision-based systems, which often struggle in adverse weather conditions. The company's core product is a network of 4D radar sensors that utilizes Silicon Photonics to provide a complete 360-degree view around a vehicle. This system delivers high-resolution imaging with an angular resolution of less than 0.1 degrees, comparable to LIDAR, ensuring reliable obstacle detection and navigation in challenging environments such as fog and heavy rain. The business model centers on providing this hardware to key players in the automotive and technology sectors.
While the primary market is autonomous vehicles, Xavveo's technology has applications in other significant sectors, including industrial automation, healthcare, defense, and consumer electronics, representing a substantial market opportunity. In factory automation, the sensors aim to improve efficiency with precise, real-time data, and in healthcare, they can be used for continuous patient monitoring to detect health issues earlier. By creating a sensor system that functions reliably in all conditions, Xavveo aims to be a crucial partner for companies looking to enhance the safety and performance of autonomous systems.
At a glance
- Status
- Operational
- Founded
- 2024
- Headquarters
- Berlin, Germany
- Employees
- 26
- Open positions
- 3
- Dealroom signal
- 86.2/100
- Industry
- Semiconductors
- Sector
- Semiconductors, Autonomous Mobility, NIF awareness and decision making, Dual-Use Tech, Photonic Sensors, AV Radar, Tech for Hospitals and Clinics, Silicon Photonics, Sensor Tech, Industrial Technology, science-based, Industrial Robotics
- Technology
- Autonomous & Sensor Tech
- Business model
- Manufacturing
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Funding history
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| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEED✓Equity / VC | Dec 2025 | — | — | Cloudberry Ventures | — |
| SEED✓Equity / VC | Nov 2024 | $8.6M | $34M | imec.xpand · Vsquared Ventures | ↗ |
Growth signals
Latest recorded traffic for Xavveo is 480 monthly website visits, up 92% over the last three months. Xavveo's team grew 420% over the past year.
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Seed6 investors entered at this stage
PXR Legal
Liberty Strategic Capital- KUKsquare Invest UG
imec.xpand
Vsquared Ventures
Cloudberry Ventures
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