How much did Lace raise?

Lace raised $40M at Seed, announced 23 March 2026.

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Lace raises $40M

Q: What does Lace do?

Lace operates in Robotics & Hardware and is based in Norway.

Lace announced a Seed round of $40M on 23 March 2026. The company operates in Robotics & Hardware and is based in Norway. It was founded by Bodil Holst, CEO.

Raised

$40M

Stage

Seed

Industry

Robotics & Hardware

Country

Norway

Founder

Bodil Holst

CEO, Lace

Outreach angles

-Lace raised $40 million backed by Microsoft for a helium atom beam lithography platform that CEO Bodil Holst says can create chip designs 10 times smaller than current manufacturing limits - a potentially transformative advance in semiconductor fabrication.
-The Norwegian startup's atom beam approach sidesteps the extreme ultraviolet light limitations that have constrained EUV lithography, opening a new path toward sub-angstrom chip geometries without requiring a complete fab retooling.
-Microsoft's backing signals strategic interest beyond pure financial return - chipmaking equipment that enables denser logic could directly benefit Microsoft's AI infrastructure buildout and its investments in quantum and neuromorphic computing.