Israeli Holographic Startup Raises $5.4 Million

PxE Holographic Imaging, which develops holographic imaging cameras, has secured $5.4 million seed funding led by KDT – Koch Disruptive Technologies (the technology investment arm of Koch Industries) and M Ventures, the venture investment arm of the science and technology company Merck KGaA.

The latest funding round adds to the initial Pre-Seed investment by M Ventures, which together with several non-diluted grants, brings the total investment in the company to $6.5 million since its inception.

According to PxE, its holographic imaging technology makes it possible to acquire a high-resolution colour image combined with an infrared image and a pixel-level depth map in a single snapshot that has 3x the light sensitivity of a standard camera. In contrast to other 3D imaging solutions, PxE’s passive, white-light holography approach delivers accurate depth data at distances ranging from micrometres to hundreds of meters. The camera is based on a single, standard CMOS image sensor combined with a layer of holographic optics.