Qualcomm’s European venture fund is investing an undisclosed amount in Anteryon, a Dutch company which among other products builds components used in mobile phone cameras. Anteryon says its technology “revolutionizes the production of micro-optics for miniature camera and laser projection modules” and it is using it to build millions of lens stacks for several top mobile phone manufacturers.
The company — which was spun off from Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG) in 2005 — is using the Qualcomm (NSDQ: QCOM) money, along with new cash from existing backers BNP Paribas Private Equity and Biggell Finance and new investor Quest For Growth, to expand a manufacturing facility in the Netherlands and build a new one in Asia.
Some more details in the release and an overview of Anteryon’s technology here.

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