Eyeo has announced a $40 million Series A funding round, bringing the Eindhoven, Netherlands-based company’s total funding to $55 million. The round is led by Innovation Industries, with participation from existing investors imec.xpand, Invest-NL Deep Tech Fund, QBIC fund, High-Tech Gründerfonds, and Brabant Development Agency. The capital will fund eyeo’s drive to bring seven years of proven nanophotonic science to market as production-ready color-splitting sensors.
The company’s technology addresses a fundamental flaw in conventional image sensors that has persisted for decades. Traditional color filter arrays — the dominant technology in cameras today — block and discard approximately 70% of incoming light, limiting image quality particularly in low-light conditions. Eyeo’s nanophotonic approach eliminates filtering altogether, instead guiding photons directly to individual pixels to unlock full light sensitivity and native color fidelity. The result is a sensor that captures three times more light than conventional alternatives while enabling sub-0.5-micron pixels for ultra-compact, high-performance imaging applications.
The technology is compatible with any CMOS sensor platform, positioning eyeo to serve a broad range of end markets across a $30 billion global imaging market. Target applications include smartphones, extended reality devices, smart city infrastructure, and other imaging systems where performance in challenging lighting conditions is critical. Eyeo operates its headquarters at High Tech Campus Eindhoven and maintains a sensor design center in Antwerp, Belgium.
The Series A follows seven years of foundational nanophotonic research and signals a transition from scientific development to commercial-scale production and market deployment.
