Luna Innovations Overview
- Year Founded
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1990
- Status
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Private
- Employees
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344
- Latest Deal Type
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Buyout/LBO
- Financing Rounds
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12
- Investments
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8
Luna Innovations General Information
Description
Luna Innovations Inc is engaged in optical technology, providing high-performance fiber optic test, measurement, and control products for the telecommunications, and photonics industries, and distributed fiber optic sensing solutions that measure and monitor materials and structures for applications in aerospace, automotive, oil, and gas, security, and infrastructure. Its Lightwave segment develops, manufactures, and markets optical measurements technologies like Sensing including short, medium, and long-range distributed fiber optic sensing solutions and Terahertz measurement products, and Communications test and photonic control including test equipment for communications devices and networks and specialty laser and photonic components. It derives a majority of its revenue from the U.S.
Contact Information
Website
www.lunainc.comCorporate Office
- 2270 Kraft Drive
- Suite 1700
- Blacksburg, VA 24060
- United States
Corporate Office
- 2270 Kraft Drive
- Suite 1700
- Blacksburg, VA 24060
- United States
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Luna Innovations Valuation & Funding
| Deal Type | Date | Amount | Valuation/ EBITDA |
Post-Val | Status | Debt |
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Luna Innovations Competitors (15)
One of Luna Innovations’s 15 competitors is Optical Cable, a Corporation company based in Roanoke, VA.
| Company Name | Financing Status | Location | Employees | Total Raised | Last Financing Date/Type | Last Financing Amount |
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| Optical Cable | Corporation | Roanoke, VA | ||||
| Amphenol CIT | Corporate Backed or Acquired | Saint Augustine, FL | ||||
| Smart Fibres | Formerly Angel backed | Bracknell, United Kingdom | ||||
| Bandweaver Technologies | Formerly PE-Backed | Guildford, United Kingdom | ||||
| Molex (Connectivity Products) | Corporate Backed or Acquired | Lisle, IL |
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Luna Innovations Recent Patent Activity
| Publication ID | Patent Title | Status | First Filing Date | Technology (CPC) | Citations |
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| WO-2026106656-A1 | Method and apparatus for high definition-distributed acoustic sensing (hd-das) | Pending | 12-Nov-2024 | ||
| JP-2026008564-A | Method and apparatus for performing fast laser spectrum testing of manufactured lasers | Pending | 04-Jul-2024 | ||
| EP-4675869-A1 | Method and apparatus for performing laser spectrum testing of fabricated lasers at high speed | Pending | 04-Jul-2024 | ||
| AU-2024418326-A1 | Miniature broadband partially coupled directional optical coupler for optical frequency domain reflectometry systems | Pending | 09-Jan-2024 | ||
| WO-2025151134-A1 | Miniature broadband partially coupled directional optical coupler for optical frequency domain reflectometry systems | Inactive | 09-Jan-2024 | G02B27/14 |
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Luna Innovations Investors
| Investor Name | Investor Type | Holding | Investor Since | Participating Rounds | Contact Info |
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Luna Innovations Acquisitions (8)
Luna Innovations’s most recent deal was a Merger/Acquisition with Silixa for . The deal was made on 21-Dec-2023.
| Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Lead Partner |
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| Silixa | 21-Dec-2023 | Merger/Acquisition | Other Communications and Networking | ||
| NKT Photonics (LIOS Sensing Business) | 10-Mar-2022 | Merger/Acquisition | Electronic Equipment and Instruments | ||
| Optasense | 03-Dec-2020 | Merger/Acquisition | Electronic Equipment and Instruments | ||
| New Ridge Technologies | 29-Oct-2020 | Merger/Acquisition | Fiberoptic Equipment | ||
| General Photonics | 01-Mar-2019 | Merger/Acquisition | Fiberoptic Equipment |
Luna Innovations Exits (1)
Luna Innovations’s most recent exit was on 08-May-2015 from Advanced Photonix. The exit was categorized as .
| Company Name | Exit Date | Exit Type | Exit Size | Status | Buyers |
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| Advanced Photonix | 08-May-2015 | Completed |
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Luna Innovations Affiliates
Subsidiaries (4)
| Name | Industry | Location | Year Founded |
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| Silixa | Elstree, United Kingdom | 2007 | |
| Optasense | Roanoke, VA | 2007 | |
| New Ridge Technologies | Owings Mills, MD | 2003 | |
| Micron Optics | Atlanta, GA | 1990 |
Luna Innovations FAQs
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When was Luna Innovations founded?
Luna Innovations was founded in 1990.
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Where is Luna Innovations headquartered?
Luna Innovations is headquartered in Blacksburg, VA.
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What is the size of Luna Innovations?
Luna Innovations has 344 total employees.
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What industry is Luna Innovations in?
Luna Innovations’s primary industry is Fiberoptic Equipment.
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Is Luna Innovations a private or public company?
Luna Innovations is a Private company.
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What is the current valuation of Luna Innovations?
The current valuation of Luna Innovations is .
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What is Luna Innovations’s current revenue?
The current revenue for Luna Innovations is .
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How much funding has Luna Innovations raised over time?
Luna Innovations has raised $178M.
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Who are Luna Innovations’s investors?
TJC (New York) has invested in Luna Innovations.
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Who are Luna Innovations’s competitors?
Optical Cable, Amphenol CIT, Smart Fibres, Bandweaver Technologies, and Molex (Connectivity Products) are some of the 15 competitors of Luna Innovations.
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