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3 Latest Announced Rounds

  • $33,500,000
    Series B

    3 Investors

    Biotechnology Research
    Jan 14th, 2026
  • $1,863,303
    Pre-Seed
    Software Development
    Jan 14th, 2026
  • $5,000,000
    Seed
    Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
    Jan 14th, 2026
$2,465.16M Raised in 47 Funding Rounds in the past 7 Days - View All

Funding Round Profile

Diffraqtion

start up
United States - Boston
  • 14/01/2026
  • Pre-Seed
  • $4,200,000

We make revolutionary smart cameras that see 20x further and understand what they see 1000x faster than the best current cameras and processors.

Our technology is developed with NASA to fit into the Habitable Worlds Observatory, dedicated to find exoplanets that can support life.

We are an early stage deeptech startup with roots in MIT and University of Arizona, headquartered in Boston.


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Johannes GalatsanosCo Founder

Johannes Galatsanos United States - Boston, Massachusetts

Johannes is the co-founder & CEO of Diffraqtion, building the next generation of visual AI hardware and software to make satellites and machines see further and think faster.

He is an executive with a track record in delivering transformation in Data, AI, and Quantum Tech. He has spent about 15 years building cutting-edge innovation and teams from 0-200 in Fortune 500 R&D and Operations.

He was also a researcher at MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy and the Center of Quantum Networks focusing on Quantum Computing and Technologies. He is the author of the annual MIT Quantum Index Report and MIT papers in Quantum Algorithms.

Before that, Johannes was an Executive Director at Novartis, responsible for the biggest Data and AI Transformation in the company across Operations, Commercial, Finance, and R&D. He started his career as a consultant focusing on Data and AI at EY and Senacor. Johannes holds degrees in Computer Science and Business from MIT, Oxford, and Frankfurt.