Egypt: InfiniLink secures $10m from MediaTek, Sukna Ventures, others
InfiniLink has raised $10 million in seed funding to accelerate the development of its optical connectivity solutions.
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Egypt-based InfiniLink, a semiconductor startup specialising in advanced optical data connectivity chips for AI-driven data centres, announced the successful close of a $10 million funding round.
The round was backed by MediaTek, a fabless semiconductor company, and Riyadh-based Sukna Ventures, with additional participation from Egyptian venture capital firm Egypt Ventures and angel investor M Empire Angels.
Since its founding in 2022, InfiniLink has developed silicon photonics-based integrated optical transceiver chiplet (iOTC) technology. The new funding will support its efforts to transform data centre connectivity by leveraging its expertise in analog mixed-signal and photonics design.
As AI workloads and data-intensive applications drive exponential growth in bandwidth demand, traditional electrical and optical interconnects are reaching their limits in terms of power efficiency and scalability. InfiniLink’s iOTC technology aims to overcome these constraints by enabling low-power pluggable transceiver modules and high-bandwidth-density co-packaged optical engines. These solutions deliver ultra-fast, energy-efficient connectivity critical to the next generation of AI-driven data centres.
"Collaborating with MediaTek will be instrumental in advancing our vision for cutting-edge optical connectivity solutions," said Ahmed Aboul-Ella, co-founder and CEO of InfiniLink. "With this strategic partnership, we look forward to accelerating the commercialisation of our innovative technologies. We believe it will make a significant impact on data center optical connectivity."
"We are thrilled to be part of InfiniLink's journey. Over the past three years, our partnership has been very successful, culminating in the establishment of MediaTek Egypt. We look forward to further scaling our collaboration in the region with this investment," said George Chien, senior general manager at MediaTek.
"At Sukna Ventures, we are proud to partner with InfiniLink. Their groundbreaking optical connectivity technology, engineered by an exceptionally skilled team, addresses AI's relentless energy demands in data centres. This innovation perfectly aligns with our mandate to empower high-potential startups from the MENA region, and we are committed to supporting their international scaling efforts," said Waleed Alballaa, general partner at Sukna Ventures.
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