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Femtum

Semiconductors & PhotonicsQuebec City, QC

Quebec City builder of pulsed mid-infrared fibre lasers and laser process tools for semiconductor and photonics manufacturing, including wafer-level trimming and photonic-integrated-circuit cleaning.

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About

Source: femtum.com

Femtum states that it is "a Canadian spin-off from the Center of optics, photonics and laser (COPL) in Quebec City, one of the largest optics centers in North America". Its own positioning is direct: "At Femtum we enable the making of AI semiconductor chips with the power of pulsed fiber laser technologies." The company builds pulsed mid-infrared fibre laser sources and laser-based process tools used in semiconductor and photonics fabrication, including wafer-level trimming to improve photonic integrated circuit yield and laser cleaning in silicon photonics.

  • Closed a US$16 million oversubscribed Series A in March 2026 to scale laser solutions for advanced semiconductor manufacturing, led by BDC Capital. femtum.com

  • States it is a Canadian spin-off from the Center of Optics, Photonics and Laser in Quebec City. femtum.com

  • States that it enables the making of AI semiconductor chips with the power of pulsed fiber laser technologies. femtum.com

  • Series A investors named include Fonds de solidarite FTQ, Cathay Venture, i4 Capital, Boreal Ventures, Quantacet and Hamamatsu Ventures. femtum.com

Products & Services

Company site: femtum.com

Products Femtum publishes on its own site. Each card links to the page it was taken from.

Femtum NANO 2800

Mid-IR fibre laser

A pulsed mid-infrared fibre laser in Femtum's published laser product family.

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Femtum UltraTune 3400

Tunable mid-IR laser

A tunable pulsed mid-infrared laser source in Femtum's published laser product family.

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Femtum AMP 2800

Fibre amplifier

A mid-infrared fibre amplifier in Femtum's published laser product family.

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Funding & Investors

Announced rounds only, newest first. Undisclosed amounts are shown as undisclosed.

  1. Series A

    Mar 12, 2026

    Investors: BDC Capital, Fonds de solidarite FTQ, Cathay Venture, i4 Capital, Boreal Ventures, Quantacet, Hamamatsu Ventures, Eureka

Total disclosed: US$16.0MLatest: Series A · Mar 12, 2026

Recent News

  1. Mar 12, 2026Funding

    Femtum Closes $16M Oversubscribed Series A to Scale Laser Solutions for Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing

    Femtum closed an oversubscribed US$16 million Series A led by BDC Capital, to scale its laser solutions for advanced semiconductor manufacturing.

People

Sourced from the company's own pages or announcements.

Louis-Rafael Robichaud

CEO & Co-Founder

Simon Duval

CTO & Co-Founder

Francois Courteau

CFO

Technology Focus

Company site: femtum.com

Terms the company uses about its own work.

Mid-infrared fibre lasersPulsed fibre lasersWafer-level trimmingPIC cleaningLaser microprocessing

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