Metalenz, founded in 2016 is the first company to commercialize meta-optics. The company is backed by leading investors including 3M, Applied Ventures LLC, Intel Capital, M Ventures and TDK Ventures. The company has the exclusive worldwide license to the portfolio of foundational intellectual property relating to metasurfaces developed in the Capasso Lab at Harvard University and has more than 20 patents on innovations that simplify and improve optical devices across multiple markets
Location: United States, Massachusetts, Cambridge
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $40M
Founded date: 2016
Investors 6
| Date | Name | Website |
| 08.11.2022 | M Ventures | m-ventures... |
| - | Bantam Gro... | bantamgrou... |
| - | Tsingyuan ... | tsingyuan.... |
| 27.05.2021 | Intel Capi... | intel.com |
| - | Foothill V... | foothill.v... |
| 09.03.2023 | Neotribe V... | neotribe.v... |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 15.10.2022 | Series B | $30M | - |
| 07.02.2021 | Series A | $10M | - |
Mentions in press and media 17
| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 05.07.2023 | Metalenz Pioneers High Volume Semiconductor Foundry-Based Le... | Illustration Showing a Comparison Between Conventional Multi-Surface and Metalenz Flat LensMetalenz ... | forbes.com... |
| 13.10.2022 | Metalenz Raises $30M in Series B Funding | A 12-inch wafer made using standard semiconductor processes contains thousands of metasurface optics... | finsmes.co... |
| 12.10.2022 | Metalenz ships millions of its tiny cameras and powers up wi... | The cameras in our phones, laptops and, increasingly, home robots and the like are about as small as... | techcrunch... |
| 20.01.2022 | Metalenz unveils PolarEyes sensors that are 1,000 times smal... | Join gaming leaders, alongside GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming, for their 2nd Annual GamesBeat & F... | venturebea... |
| 20.01.2022 | Metalenz PolarEyes upgrades digital sensing with polarized l... | Tech sees differently, and can fuse multiple types of data we can’t even perceive: lidar, IR, ultras... | techcrunch... |
| 20.01.2022 | Metalenz unveils PolarEyes sensors that are 1,000 times smal... | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn m... | venturebea... |
| 27.05.2021 | Metalenz Launches Orion™, the World's Simplest, Most Compact... | Metalenz Inc., the pioneer in metasurface design and commercialization, today unveiled the Orion™ pr... | marketscre... |
| 16.04.2021 | Bright Future for Phone Photography: More Compact, Better Sm... | Gabbie Natividad, Tech Times 16 April 2021, 03:04 pm (Photo : Getty Images (John Moore)) Smartphone... | techtimes.... |
| 07.02.2021 | Metalenz Snares $10M in Series A | BOSTON, MA, Metalenz has raised $10M in Series A funding. >> Click here for more funding da... | vcnewsdail... |
| 06.02.2021 | A new lens technology is primed to jumpstart phone cameras | Enlarge Olly Curtis | Getty Images reader comments 226 with 121 posters participating Share this s... | arstechnic... |
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