Alkmaar, The Netherlands, August 19th, 2022
After a successful rebranding to PhotonFirst in 2020, the company created a solid foundation for growth and exceeded their plan in the first year. As global pioneer in chip based sensing solutions, in 2021 the company launched its Modular Photonics platform, completed its leadership, further expanded the team and attracted EUR 11M in growth funding from main shareholder Active Capital Company and PhotonDelta. As the company has now been prepared for its next stage, Daan Kersten and Ilko Bosman have decided to hand-over their responsibilities to the colleagues in the PhotonFirst Board. Leendert-Jan Nijstad, COO of PhotonFirst steps up to become co-CEO with sales director Rogier Vos who is taking on the role as CCO/CEO Nick Singh remains as CTO responsible for the complete technology and product portfolio.