Startup · United Kingdom
Living Optics
HQ Abingdon, United Kingdom11-50 employees
The next-generation hyperspectral imaging camera to overcome various challenges and get HSI into industries where it can make a difference.
Funding4 rounds · ~$23.4M + £23.3M
- Equity raised
- ~$23.4M + £23.3M
- Latest
- $20.0MSeries A · Oct 5, 2026
| Announced | Stage | Amount | Valuation | Lead investors | Other investors | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 2026 | Series A | $20.0M | — | BRV Capital Management | Applied Ventures, British Business Bank, Foresight Group, Lam Capital, Lockheed Martin Ventures | Reported |
| Dec 4, 2020 | Seed | ~$3.4M | — | Outsized Ventures | — | Reported |
| 2020 | Seed | £3.3M | — | — | — | Speculative |
| 2022 | Series A | £20.0M | — | — | — | Reported |
- Series ALed by BRV Capital Management$20.0MOct 5, 2026
- SeedLed by Outsized Ventures~$3.4MDec 4, 2020
- SeedSpeculative£3.3M2020
- Series A£20.0M2022
Raised counts equity rounds; debt, secondary sales and grants are totaled separately. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the announcement month's average rate. A ~ marks an estimated or converted amount.
Systems4
Camera Tool
Graphical software for controlling Living Optics cameras and capturing data.
Living Optics Camera
Visible and near-infrared hyperspectral camera family with RGB imaging and SerDes or USB-C connectivity.
Software Development Kit
Python development kit for controlling Living Optics cameras and processing hyperspectral data.
Newest unveiled first. Open a system for its milestone timeline, components and sources.
People4
- Muhammad Firmansyah · LinkedIn ↗
Co-Founder
- Robin Wang · LinkedIn ↗
Co-Founder
- Steve Chappell · LinkedIn ↗
CTO, Managing Director and Co-founder
- Zachary Yerushalmi · LinkedIn ↗
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Sources12
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Profile4
- 1
Living Optics · Supports Organization · description, Organization · name, Organization · website
“The next-generation hyperspectral imaging camera to overcome various challenges and get HSI into industries where it can make a difference.”
- 2
PitchBook · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · x url
“employee_range: 11-50 (profile: 38)”
- 3
Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · country, Organization · kind
“{"country": "UK", "hq_iso2": "GB", "id": "8db42805-12e6-43dd-a45a-02c725e47048"}”
- 4
LinkedIn · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · linkedin url
“employee_range: 11-50 (profile: 11-50 employees)”
Systems2
- 5
Living Optics · Supports System
“The Living Optics software development kit provides a Python Application Programmers Interface (API) to bootstrap your hyperspectral development workflow.”
- 6
Living Optics · Supports System
“We have also placed the QT developer tools into legacy mode with all focus going towards the Camera Tool for data capture and camera control in a GUI. Users can still use the Python SDK for for data capture and camera control in their own custom applications.”
Funding5
- 7
Ventureburn · Oct 5, 2026 · Supports Funding round · amount
“Living Optics raises $20 million in an oversubscribed financing round”
- 8
FinSMEs · Oct 5, 2026 · Supports Funding round, Organization · ownership
“The round was led by BRV Capital Management, with participation from Lockheed Martin Ventures, Applied Ventures, Lam Capital, GK Goh, British Business Bank, Octopus Ventures, Foresight Group, and OTIF Ventures.”
- 9
Tracxn · Oct 7, 2022 · Supports Funding round
“Series A round of $22.5M from Investors like Octopus Ventures and Andre Crawford Brunt”
- 10
Bounce Watch · Sep 1, 2022 · Supports Funding round
“Seed £3.30M”
- 11
Nordic9 · Dec 4, 2020 · Supports Funding round · amount
“Living Optics with an additional £2.5M round led by Outsized Ventures”
People1
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Crunchbase · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · hq city, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · x url, Role
“employee_range: 11-50 (profile: 11-50)”
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