Photo electron Soul was founded in 2015 as a Nagoya University spinout and is headquartered in Nagoya, Aichi. The company commercializes a semiconductor photocathode electron-beam generation technology developed over more than 30 years at Nagoya University and positions itself as the only supplier of industrial semiconductor photocathode electron-beam generation systems. Its strategy focuses on transitioning to volume production and establishing maintenance and support capabilities while expanding into inspection, metrology, and advanced patterning applications. Photo electron Soul is pursuing strategic partnerships and capital ties—most notably with 芝浦メカトロニクス—to scale manufacturing and access semiconductor clusters in Kumamoto and Taiwan. The company reports cumulative funding of about ¥4.0 billion and is using recent proceeds to accelerate product development, production scale-up, and global customer expansion.

Total raised

$11M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Mar 2026