Egypt Ventures has announced a successful exit from InfiniLink, a Cairo-based deep-tech semiconductor startup, following its acquisition by U.S. chip manufacturer GlobalFoundries. The transaction delivers a reported 400 percent return on Egypt Ventures’ original investment. It also signals growing global interest in Egypt’s emerging deep-tech and semiconductor ecosystem.
Strategic Exit to GlobalFoundries
The acquisition forms part of GlobalFoundries’ strategy to strengthen its capabilities in high-speed data center connectivity and silicon photonics. By integrating InfiniLink’s technology and engineering team, GlobalFoundries aims to enhance its offering for AI-driven and cloud-scale infrastructure. The deal places an Egyptian-founded company inside one of the world’s major semiconductor players, underlining the global competitiveness of local talent.
InfiniLink’s Silicon Photonics Technology
InfiniLink develops silicon-based photonic chips that transmit data using light rather than electrical signals. This approach delivers faster speeds, lower energy consumption, and higher bandwidth, which are critical for modern data centers and AI workloads. The company’s solutions address the rising performance demands of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other data-intensive applications deployed at hyperscale.
Growing Investor Confidence in Egyptian Deep Tech
InfiniLink attracted backing from a mix of local, international, and strategic investors at an early stage, reflecting confidence in its technical capabilities and global relevance. Egypt Ventures describes its investment as a conviction bet on an exceptional engineering team building core infrastructure for the next wave of AI. The exit, yielding one of the firm’s strongest returns to date, is expected to encourage more capital into Egypt’s deep-tech segment.
Strengthening Egypt’s Semiconductor and Innovation Ecosystem
Egypt Ventures’ leadership views the transaction as a key milestone for the national innovation landscape. CEO Abdelrahman Mansour has emphasized that Egypt hosts world-class semiconductor engineers but remains relatively undercapitalized, and that this outcome can help bridge that gap by validating local potential. InfiniLink’s trajectory from R&D-focused startup to part of a global semiconductor leader demonstrates that Egyptian founders can compete on highly specialized, frontier technologies.
The InfiniLink exit highlights how targeted early-stage capital, combined with strong technical talent, can create globally relevant outcomes from emerging markets. It also reflects the impact of coordinated public backing, with Egypt Ventures’ shareholders, including the Ministry of International Cooperation, the Ministry of Investment, the General Authority for Investment, and NI Capital, supporting the firm’s mandate to advance cutting-edge startups. As GlobalFoundries integrates InfiniLink, the deal is expected to catalyze further deep-tech investment in Egypt and reinforce the country’s role in shaping the future of semiconductor and AI infrastructure.