SpectraSensors Overview

  • Year Founded
  • 1999

Year Founded

  • Status
  • Acquired/​Merged

  • Employees
  • 90

Employees

  • Latest Deal Type
  • M&A

  • Investors
  • 1

SpectraSensors General Information

Description

Manufacturer of precision optical laser-based gas analyzers. The company's products include air monitoring, moisture, dew point, hydrogen sulfide, H2S, dual channel, and atmospheric and portable gas analyzers for natural gas pipelines and processors, petrochemical refineries, and chemical companies. It also provides Water Vapor Sensor System II, which is installed on various commercial aircraft slicing through skies, allowing these aircraft to continuously provide a detailed picture of atmospheric moisture.

Contact Information

Website
www.spectrasensors.com
Ownership Status
Acquired/Merged
Financing Status
Formerly VC-backed
Corporate Office
  • 4333 West Sam Houston Parkwwy North
  • Suite 100
  • Houston, TX 77043
  • United States
+1 (713)
Primary Industry
Aerospace and Defense
Other Industries
Industrial Supplies and Parts
Machinery (B2B)
Acquirer
Endress+Hauser Group Services
Vertical(s)
Manufacturing, Oil & Gas, Industrials
Corporate Office
  • 4333 West Sam Houston Parkwwy North
  • Suite 100
  • Houston, TX 77043
  • United States
+1 (713)

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SpectraSensors Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Raised to Date Post-Val Status Stage
6. Merger/Acquisition 27-Jun-2012 Completed Generating Revenue
5. Debt - General 29-Jan-2010 Completed Generating Revenue
4. Later Stage VC 25-May-2009 Completed Generating Revenue
3. Later Stage VC (Series C) 10-Jul-2007 Completed Generating Revenue
2. Later Stage VC (Series B) 01-Mar-2005 $6.54M $8.54M Completed Generating Revenue
1. Early Stage VC (Series A) 21-May-2003 $2M $2M Completed Product Development
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SpectraSensors Cap Table

Stock # of Shares
Authorized		 Par Value Dividend Rate ($) Original
Issue Price		 Liquidation Liquidation
Pref. Multiple		 Conversion Price % Owned
Series C
Series B
Series A1 2,000 $0.001000
Series A 3,939,333 $0.001000 $0.04 $0.51 $0.51 1x $0.51 9.85%
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SpectraSensors Comparisons

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Manufacturer of precision optical laser-based gas analyzers. The company's products include air monitoring, moisture, de
Aerospace and Defense
Houston, TX
90 As of 2012

Tokyo, Japan
 

Redditch, United Kingdom
 
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SpectraSensors Competitors (9)

One of SpectraSensors’s 9 competitors is Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, a Corporation company based in Tokyo, Japan.

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Corporation Tokyo, Japan
GKN Group Private Equity-Backed Redditch, United Kingdom
Parker-Hannifin Corporation Cleveland, OH
MTU Rolls Royce solution Formerly PE-Backed Friedrichshafen, Germany
Danfoss Private Debt Financed Nordborg, Denmark
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SpectraSensors Patents

  • 172

    Total Documents Applications and Grants

  • Total Patents Families

  • 80

    Granted

  • 1

    Pending

  • Expiring in next 12 mo

SpectraSensors Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
EP-3700029-B1 Light source module Active 21-Feb-2019
EP-3700029-A1 Light source module Active 21-Feb-2019
EP-3344961-A1 Spectrometer optical head assembly Inactive 01-Sep-2015
EP-3332230-B1 Reconstruction of frequency registration deviations for quantitative spectroscopy Active 03-Aug-2015
EP-3332230-A2 Reconstruction of frequency registration deviations for quantitative spectroscopy Active 03-Aug-2015 G01J3/0286
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SpectraSensors Former Investors (6)

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds
American River Ventures Venture Capital Minority
Blueprint Ventures Venture Capital Minority
Chevron Technology Ventures Corporate Venture Capital Minority
Forrest Binkley & Brown Venture Capital Minority
Nomura Private Equity Capital Investment Bank Minority
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SpectraSensors FAQs

  • When was SpectraSensors founded?

    SpectraSensors was founded in 1999.

  • Where is SpectraSensors headquartered?

    SpectraSensors is headquartered in Houston, TX.

  • What is the size of SpectraSensors?

    SpectraSensors has 90 total employees.

  • What industry is SpectraSensors in?

    SpectraSensors’s primary industry is Aerospace and Defense.

  • Is SpectraSensors a private or public company?

    SpectraSensors is a Private company.

  • What is SpectraSensors’s current revenue?

    The current revenue for SpectraSensors is .

  • How much funding has SpectraSensors raised over time?

    SpectraSensors has raised $30.1M.

  • Who are SpectraSensors’s investors?

    American River Ventures, Blueprint Ventures, Chevron Technology Ventures, Forrest Binkley & Brown, and Nomura Private Equity Capital are 5 of 6 investors who have invested in SpectraSensors.

  • Who are SpectraSensors’s competitors?

    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, GKN Group, Parker-Hannifin, MTU Rolls Royce solution, and Danfoss are some of the 9 competitors of SpectraSensors.

  • When was SpectraSensors acquired?

    SpectraSensors was acquired on 27-Jun-2012.

  • Who acquired SpectraSensors?

    SpectraSensors was acquired by Endress+Hauser Group Services.

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