NEWS AND EVENTS
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PICadvanced: How a 15-person Portuguese startup found success with the largest US Network Operator

Three years ago, we were thrilled when Verizon Ventures led our Series A financing round. We knew that this could be the start of a truly mutually beneficial partnership that would help both our companies achieve great things. And we were right! To read the full post led by Corey Gutshall, PICadvanced board observer and strategic investor at Verizon Ventures, please visit the link below.

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PICadvanced: How a 15-person Portuguese...

Three years ago, we were thrilled when Verizon Ventures led our Series A financing round. We knew that...

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EY Entrepreneur of the Year - Innovation Award

We are absolutely delighted to announce that our esteemed CEO, Francisco Rodrigues, has been honoured...

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PIC International 23

We're excited to be at #PICInternational 23 event, where one of our experts will also be speaking...

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Meet Us at OFC 2023!

We're super excited as we're less than a month away from one of the biggest and most important...

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Happy Holidays!

PICadvanced wishes you a bright holiday season, filled with joy and happiness!

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COTEC Inovadora award

Once again PICadvanced was distinguished with the COTEC Inovadora award! We are honoured to be...

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Happy Photonics Day!

We are thrilled to celebrate the technology that lights up our days! 🥳 Happy Photonics Day...

OUR SERVICES

Featured Service that We Provide

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At PICadvanced, we have been testing photonic integrated circuits in the last 6 years and holds significant experience and facilities to perform full characterization at a component, module, and transceiver level. By having our lab equipped to provide not only the full characterization of individual components but also to enable the photonic integrated circuit in a subsystem if required. Our test and records procedure are according to the best industry practices, allowing to achieve high Technology Readiness Level.
RESEARCH

Check the Projects that We Are Envolved In

PlugPON

The plugPON project aims to design and develop pluggable optoelectronic transceivers, as well as key equipment and features for the different optical access networks for 10G and beyond different optical access networks.

PICadvanced: A Worldwide Made in Portugal Brand

This project will promote the worldwide dissemination of PICadvanced brand in new markets, boosting the products and services made in Portugal globally.

ABOUT US

We started in 2014

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Vision

Excel in the segments of telecommunications and biomedicine with product development and market placing of optoelectronic components and its instrumentation related.

Mission

PICadvanced aims, through its full stack innovation, to provide innovative solutions for the PON market starting with NG-PON2 transceivers - including innovation in the optics, electronics and in the blending of the two - while maintaining a compromise with quality, high performance and all members of PICadvanced’s ecosystem, including its employees, clients and suppliers.

Values

  • Innovation (both sustaining and disruptive)
  • Responsibility
  • Ethics
  • Quality
  • Customer Orientation
  • Respect
  • Teamwork

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Investors

Verizon Ventures
200M
HFA

Partners

Through the years we have partnered with great companies and entrepreneurs all over the world.

Câmara do Comércio
EPIC
Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institut
IT
INESCMN
Altice​
BBF
Inova Ria
Ansys
TICE.PT
FLEX-SCALE

Honorable Recognitions & Awards

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Happy Holidays!


PICadvanced wishes you a bright holiday season, filled with joy and happiness!


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PCI - Creative Science Park

Via do Conhecimento, Ed. Central

3830-352 Ílhavo, Portugal

Contacts:

Phone Number: +351 234 243 844 (Chamada para a rede fixa nacional)

Email: global@picadvanced.com

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