Quantec Raises Funds from a Fund Managed by Venture Labo Investment
Solving Highly Difficult Challenges in Manufacturing Sites Through the Optimal Design of Laser Processes
Quantec Inc. (Headquarters: Machida City, Tokyo; Representative Director & CEO: Hideo Jotaki; hereinafter “the Company”), which analyzes laser processes from the level of physical phenomena and designs optimal processing conditions according to materials and applications, announces that it has raised funds through a third-party allotment of new shares to a fund managed by Venture Labo Investment Co., Ltd.
Through its unique approach of designing laser processing based on the “process” rather than the “equipment,” the Company has been proposing alternative solutions based on physical principles, even in fields where expensive ultrashort pulse lasers were previously considered a prerequisite. With this funding, we will advance the sophistication of our laser process technology, strengthen our customer support structure, and expand our business foundation.
About Quantec’s Technology
Designing Laser Processing from the “Process”, Not “Equipment-First” The Company adopts a process-oriented approach. Instead of the conventional idea in laser processing of “determining processing conditions based on available light sources and equipment,” we design the optimal laser parameters and systems by calculating backward from the desired processing result.
By scientifically analyzing the interaction between lasers and materials and optimizing the wavelength, pulse width, output, and irradiation conditions, we construct the optimal processing process for each material and application. Furthermore, our strength lies in our ability to provide optimal solutions—ranging from the selection of commercially available light sources to the development of custom light sources as necessary—based on a “source-agnostic” design philosophy that does not rely on specific manufacturers or light sources.
As a result, we are providing new alternatives that achieve a balance of high quality, high productivity, and low environmental impact, even in processing areas that have conventionally been prone to high costs and low productivity.
Technological and Market Initiatives
To date, the Company has tackled several highly difficult themes, such as scribing on hard-to-process materials, selective processing that removes only the resin without damaging the metal substrate, and applications for EV motor-related components. In addition, we have established a structure capable of providing end-to-end support from the R&D stage to pilot production and mass production, advancing our response to diverse processing challenges in the manufacturing industry.
We are also expanding our business by focusing on key markets with significant room for laser utilization, such as next-generation vehicles, semiconductors and electronic components, displays, new energy, and construction and infrastructure maintenance.
Business Overview
The Company operates the following businesses:
- Development and provision of laser process technology
- Contract development and demonstration support related to precision processing
- Development, manufacturing, and sales of laser processing equipment and optical units
- Provision of laser light sources, optical components, and related materials
Purpose of Funding
The funds raised this time will be primarily allocated to the following initiatives:
- Strengthening the research and development of laser process technology
- Expanding our development and demonstration system to address customer challenges
- Establishing a foundation to support equipment development and commercialization
- Accelerating implementation and mass production deployment through collaboration with partners
Future Outlook
By “redefining laser processes,” the Company aims to simultaneously achieve high-precision processing, high efficiency, and low environmental impact at manufacturing sites, thereby expanding the application areas of laser processing. Moving forward, with our knowledge of process optimization at our core, we will strengthen our equipment development capabilities, expand collaboration models, and broaden our fields of application to accelerate the social implementation of Japan-originated laser process technology.
Representative Comment
Hideo Jotaki, Representative Director and CEO “I would like to express my sincere gratitude for the support we have received. By redesigning laser processing from a process-oriented perspective rather than an equipment-oriented one, Quantec has proposed new solutions to processing challenges previously considered difficult. Taking this fundraising as an opportunity, we will further advance our technological development and strengthen our business foundation to provide implementable and valuable laser solutions to even more manufacturing sites.”
Investor Comment
Venture Labo Investment Co., Ltd. Tadayoshi Yamanaka, Representative Director “Quantec is a company with a clear uniqueness; they rethink laser processing from the process rather than the equipment and design optimal processing conditions based on physical principles. The company’s technology has the potential to offer new alternatives to highly difficult processing challenges in manufacturing sites. We look forward to their future business growth and the progress of their social implementation, and we will continue to support them, including on the business front.”