Avolta is proud to announce it has acted as exclusive advisor to TiHive, one of Europe’s most promising deeptech startups in Terahertz sensing and imaging, on its €8 million fundraising round. The round was led by Karista and Wind Capital, with the European Innovation Council (EIC) joining as co-investor – a strong vote of confidence in TiHive’s breakthrough technology and global potential.

About TiHive

Based in Grenoble, a leading hub of deeptech innovation, TiHive is transforming industrial inspection with its proprietary Terahertz imaging technology. By combining advanced photonics, AI, and semiconductor engineering, the company enables manufacturers to “see the invisible” – providing real-time, non-invasive quality control that enhances efficiency, compliance, and sustainability. Already adopted in industries such as hygiene, pharma, and advanced materials, TiHive sets a new benchmark in intelligent industrial monitoring. Its mission is to make quality visible and accessible to all by helping manufacturers unlock hidden data, optimize production, meet the highest standards, and significantly reduce defects.

Transaction Rationale

This new financing round will enable TiHive to scale its production capabilities, accelerate commercial development, and pursue international expansion, while continuing to advance the frontier of high-frequency Terahertz imaging technology.

TiHive’s transaction reinforces Avolta’s position as the go-to advisory boutique in AI & Deeptech in Europe, having already advised: Deepomatic, Aisprid, Mecaware, Vulkam, Unifai, Space Cargo, and Unseenlabs.

Through proprietary algorithms and data processing, Lumi THD automates and streamlines both the design and management of fiber-optic networks. Thanks to its solution, Lumi THD’s clients can drastically increase their teams’ productivity on FTTH (Fiber To The Home) studies and ensure more reliable and robust networks on the long run. Lumi THD also carries out turnkey studies (engineering plans, preliminary design, tender design, etc.) that rely on its own technology. This transaction will enable Lumi THD to pursue its international growth and tackle FTTH operational challenges with the support of Axione.

For Axione, this strategic acquisition will allow the company to optimize its processes and design tools in order to stay at the forefront of the FTTH market. Axione’s ambition is also to leverage Lumi THD specific software expertise in order to develop new products and services to serve value to the whole fiber-optic value chain and beyond.