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Funder · SPIE (The International Society of Optics and Photonics), cash prizes provided by Founding Partner Jenoptik
It runs separate pre-seed and seed-stage tracks based on product-sales revenue, and finalists pitch live at Photonics West in San Francisco rather than being judged on paper alone.
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SPIE is the international society for optics and photonics, serving a global membership of more than 25,000 engineers, scientists, students and business professionals advancing light-based science and technology. SPIE says it has invested more than $26 million in the international optics community over a recent five-year period through scholarships, educational resources, travel grants, endowed gi…