The funding supports the development of optical networking technology designed to remove electronic switches from data centre cores.
Oriole Networks
Oriole Networks builds photonic networking technology to connect AI accelerators using light instead of electricity.
Oriole Networks is a London-based deep-tech company that has developed a photonic networking platform designed to eliminate electronic switches from data centres.
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Cash, assets and headcount from Oriole Networks's latest Companies House filing — with year-on-year movement, free with a Winfred account.
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Founders

George Zervas
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George serves as co-founder and chief executive officer at Oriole, having previously held the role of co-founder and chief technology officer at Oriole Networks. He brings academic experience as a professor at UCL.
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Alessandro Ottino
Alessandro co-founded Oriole Networks and works as a senior quantitative researcher at G-Research. He previously held research and teaching roles at Microsoft and UCL.
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Joshua Benjamin
Joshua brings research experience from UCL and engineering background from BAE Systems Digital Intelligence. He is a co-founder and network architect at Oriole Networks.
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Investors
- $35.0MPluralFollow-on
UCL Technology FundFollow-on
Clean Growth FundFollow-on
XTX VenturesFollow-on
Dorilton VenturesFollow-on
- $22.0MPluralLead
UCL Technology FundFollow-on
XTX VenturesFollow-on
Clean Growth FundFollow-on
Dorilton VenturesFollow-on
- £10.0M
Funding history
Plural led the Series A round to help the London based startup expand its team and scale its super-brain solution.
The seed round was co-led by UCL Technology Fund, Clean Growth Fund, XTX Ventures, and Dorilton