Lumotive is a venture-backed company based in Seattle, WA that is bringing to market high-performance solid-state lidar based on metamaterials technology.
Location: United States, Washington, Bellevue
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $13M
Founded date: 2017
Investors 2
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Quan Funds | quanfunds.... |
| - | MetaVC Par... | metaventur... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 04.01.2023 | - | $13M | - |
Mentions in press and media 10
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| 27.06.2024 | Quest for microscopy advances aims to boost high-tech capabilities | One method for seeing beyond the capabilities of the human eye is polarimetric imaging. However, the standard design of polarimetric microscopes is bulky, large and hard to use outside of a laboratory setting. Yu Yao, an associate professor... |
| 01.02.2023 | Lumotive and Gpixel Demonstrate Innovative Lidar Reference Design to Enable Faster Adoption of Next-Generation 3D Sensors | Lumotive’s LCM Beam Steering Chip Seamlessly Integrates with Gpixel’s Time-of-Flight Sensor for High-Volume Mobility and Industrial 3D Sensing Applications Lumotive, the developer of Light Control Metasurface (LCM) beam steering chips enabl... |
| 05.01.2023 | Samsung’s VC arm backs startup selling chips for 3D sensors in self-driving cars and robots | Lumotive’s Light Control Metasurface (LCM™) beam steering chips. (Lumotive Photo) Seattle-area startup Lumotive landed $13 million to boost production of its semiconductor chips tailored for 3D sensors used in delivery drones, self-driving ... |
| 04.01.2023 | Lumotive Raises $13M in Funding | Lumotive’s Light Control Metasurface (LCM™) beam steering chips — enabling the next generation of 3D sensors. Photo: Lumotive Lumotive, a Seattle, WA-based developer of Light Control Metasurface (LCM™) beam steering chips enabling the next ... |
| 03.01.2023 | Lumotive Announces $13M Strategic Financing | SEATTLE, WA, Lumotive today announced that it has secured additional funding from new investors USAA and Uniquest in a $13 million round of strategic funding led by Samsung Ventures. >> Click here for more funding data on Lumotive ... |
| 03.01.2023 | Lumotive raises $13 million | Lumotive, Lumotive Founded: 2018 Headquarters: Bellevue, Washington, United States Total Funding: $13M See full company profile "> the maker of Light Control Metasurface beam steering chips “enabling the next generation of 3D sensor... |
| 25.08.2022 | Lumotive Closes Funding Round Led by Samsung Ventures | Lumotive, a Redmond, WA-based developer of Light Control Metasurface (LCM™) beam steering chips enabling the next generation of lidar, raised an undisclosed amount of funding. The round was led by Samsung Ventures with participation from Hi... |
| 07.06.2021 | Bill Gates and Nathan Myhrvold invest in new fund to back metamaterials tech startups | A military-style Polaris RZR off-road vehicle plows through desert dunes with a Kymeta satellite antenna installed on top. Kymeta is one of the metamaterials companies that spun out of Intellectual Ventures, which has connections to a new v... |
| 22.03.2019 | Gates-backed Lumotive upends lidar conventions using metamaterials | Pretty much every self-driving car on the road, not to mention many a robot and drone, uses lidar to sense its surroundings. But useful as lidar is, it also involves physical compromises that limit its capabilities. Lumotive is a new compan... |
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