Frankfurt am Main - Nanostart AG invests in NanoOpto Corporation. The US-company – domiciled in Somerset, New Jersey – operates in the nano-optics area. NanoOpto is specialized in developing nano-optical processes and production methods.
The company that was founded some five years ago uses this technology to construct and produce optical network components that can be deployed in, among other areas, the semiconductor industry or in information transmission.
The production process of nano-optical components developed and patented by NanoOpto is based on nano-imprint lithography. The desired pattern is embossed, or "stamped", into a soft plastic foil. The structures created in this way achieve dimensions in the order of up to six nanometers. This is revolutionary: until now, producers in the traditional semiconductor industry could merely dream of dimensions of this kind. The technologies applied by companies such as AMD or Intel work with, among other things, light which because of its wavelength is unable to penetrate such small dimensions. The components produced by NanoOpto employ structures smaller than the light wavelength and up to 15 times smaller than products currently available on the market.
The new production method of this New Jersey based company is superior to traditional methods as well as those from other areas, particularly when it comes to costs. While the construction of new semiconductor factories necessitates investments to the tune of several billion euros, thanks to its nanotechnological production processes NanoOpto is able to offer far more cost-effective and efficient products and solutions. Other advantages are that far less space is required and structures can be readily integrated into the components of other makers.
NanoOpto's products can be deployed in a broad range of sectors – for example in measurement and testing technology – and are already in use today in a large number of products, such as mobile phones, displays or screens. But this is only the first step. The revolutionary new nano production method will allow products to be created with qualities impossible until now.
According to Marco Beckmann, CEO of Nanostart AG, "In NanoOpto's current financing round, consideration was given only to leading companies – in other words, the top rank of nanotech investors. We are especially pleased that Nanostart AG is among them and that we have managed to assert ourselves against a large number of other rivals". "NanoOpto fits excellently into our portfolio. We invest in companies which have the potential to radically alter an industry or production process", Beckmann continues.
The non-listed NanoOpto Corp. is one of the leading companies in its business field. At the moment three products are offered and others are waiting to be launched on the market.
About Nanostart AG:
Nanostart AG is one of the leading investors in the nanotechnology area. The company's two activity areas focus on investments in dynamically growing nanotechnology companies and advisory services to companies from the finance industry on investments in the nanotechnology sector. As nanotechnology investment company and sub-advisor for the DAC Nanotech-Fonds (ISIN LU0172295247), the company offers a unique profile in the global finance scene.
