NcodiN Appoints Co-Founder Fabrice Raineri as Chief Technology Officer

Pioneer of InP-on-silicon nanolaser technology steps into full-time CTO role to lead R&D execution as the company enters its next phase of growth

Palaiseau, France — May 26, 2026 — NcodiN, the deep-tech photonics company developing NConnect, the nanolaser-powered on-interposer optical interconnect platform, today announced the appointment of co-founder Fabrice Raineri as Chief Technology Officer. Fabrice transitions to this full-time role from his position as Chief Scientific Officer, which he has held since the company’s founding.

A Pioneer Behind the Technology

Fabrice Raineri is not just NcodiN’s CTO — he is the scientist who created the field the company was built on. Nearly two decades ago, at CNRS’s Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N) in Palaiseau, he initiated the foundational research program on InP-on-silicon nanolasers that would eventually define NcodiN’s core technology.
That work culminated in a landmark 2017 paper in Nature Photonics: the first demonstration of an electrically driven InP nanolaser heterogeneously integrated on a silicon photonic circuit and operating at room temperature. With a footprint below 100 µm², a current threshold under 100 µA, and a wall-plug efficiency above 10%, the result opened an entirely new design space for photonic integration — and nearly a decade later, remains a key reference point for the field.
That breakthrough is the starting block on which NcodiN has built the smallest, most efficient directly modulated nanolaser on silicon, and the technological foundation of NConnect.

Leading the Next Chapter

In his new role, Fabrice will lead and strengthen NcodiN’s R&D operations as the company executes one of the most ambitious technical roadmaps in optical I/O — from industrialization to the next generation of products its partners are already asking for.
“Fabrice’s appointment as CTO reflects the ambition to bring our nanolaser technology to the next level”, said Francesco Manegatti, CEO and co-founder of NcodiN. “He initiated this research, he has led the team through every major milestone, and he has the vision and execution track record to take us through what comes next. Fabrice was also my PhD advisor — so there is something personally meaningful about building this company together, and about seeing him step fully into this role. With Fabrice fully dedicated as CTO, we double down on what makes NcodiN nanolasers technically unique: ultra-high bandwidth density, power efficiency, and CMOS compatibility.”

About Fabrice Raineri

Fabrice Raineri is a co-founder of NcodiN and one of the world’s leading researchers in integrated nanophotonics. He has spent his career at C2N / CNRS developing III-V-on-silicon photonic devices, and his group’s work on electrically driven nanolasers integrated on silicon has shaped the trajectory of the field. He has authored numerous publications in high-impact journals, including Nature Photonics.

About NcodiN

NcodiN is a deep-tech photonics company headquartered in Palaiseau, France, developing NConnect — an on-interposer optical interconnect platform based on the world’s smallest InP-on-silicon directly modulated nanolasers. NcodiN’s technology addresses the bandwidth and power constraints of next-generation AI chip architectures, enabling optical I/O at a scale and efficiency previously unachievable. The company raised a €16M Seed round in 2025 and is backed by MIG Capital, Maverick Silicon, PhotonVentures, Verve Ventures, Elaia, Earlybird and OVNI.