Optalysys Overview

  • Year Founded
  • 2013

Year Founded

  • Status
  • Private

  • Employees
  • 49

Employees

  • Latest Deal Type
  • Series A

  • Latest Deal Amount
  • $26.9M

  • Investors
  • 11

Optalysys General Information

Description

Developer of an optical artificial intelligence systems designed to create optic processors. The company's systems boost the efficiency of existing systems and protect both the model and the data without breaching confidentiality with quantum secure encryption, and equation-solving processes from the cloud, helping firms to check for inheritable diseases without risking some of the private information imaginable.

Contact Information

Ownership Status
Privately Held (backing)
Financing Status
Venture Capital-Backed
Corporate Office
  • 12B Platform
  • New Station Street
  • Leeds LS1 4JB
  • England, United Kingdom
+44 0113
Primary Industry
Application Specific Semiconductors
Other Industries
Network Management Software
Other Hardware
Corporate Office
  • 12B Platform
  • New Station Street
  • Leeds LS1 4JB
  • England, United Kingdom
+44 0113

Optalysys Timeline

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Optalysys Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Raised to Date Post-Val Status Stage
11. Later Stage VC (Series A) 14-Aug-2023 $26.9M Completed Generating Revenue
10. Grant 01-Aug-2022 Completed Generating Revenue
9. Angel (individual) 04-Feb-2022 Completed Generating Revenue
8. Seed Round 21-Sep-2017 Completed Generating Revenue
7. Seed Round 22-Dec-2016 Completed Generating Revenue
6. Grant 29-Mar-2016 Completed Generating Revenue
5. Seed Round 01-Mar-2016 Completed Generating Revenue
4. Grant 01-Oct-2015 Completed Generating Revenue
3. Early Stage VC (Series A) 06-Feb-2015 Cancelled Generating Revenue
2. Seed Round 27-Mar-2014 $691K $691K Completed Generating Revenue
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Optalysys Cap Table

Stock # of Shares
Authorized
Par Value Dividend Rate (%) Original
Issue Price
Liquidation Liquidation
Pref. Multiple
Conversion Price % Owned
Series A
Ordinary
Ordinary
Ordinary
Ordinary 88,000 $6.56 $6.56 1x $6.56 5.35%
Ordinary 57,000 $1.13 $1.13 1x $1.13 3.47%
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Optalysys Comparisons

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Employees
Total Raised
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Last
Financing
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Developer of an optical artificial intelligence systems designed to create optic processors. The company's systems boost
Application Specific Semiconductors
Leeds, United Kingdom
49 As of 2024

San Diego, CA
 

Bristol, United Kingdom
 
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Optalysys Competitors (17)

One of Optalysys’s 17 competitors is Kneron, a Venture Capital-Backed company based in San Diego, CA.

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
Kneron Venture Capital-Backed San Diego, CA
Graphcore Formerly VC-backed Bristol, United Kingdom
Hailo Venture Capital-Backed Tel Aviv, Israel
Luminous Computing Private Equity-Backed Santa Clara, CA
Cerebras Venture Capital-Backed Sunnyvale, CA
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Optalysys Patents

Optalysys Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
GB-202401605-D0 High or extended data rate optical fourier transform method and apparatus Pending 07-Feb-2024
GB-202401607-D0 Calibration and stabilisation of photonic circuits to perform optical fourier transform Pending 07-Feb-2024
GB-202401606-D0 Dense data packing and transceiver circuit for oft using integrated photonics Pending 07-Feb-2024
GB-202303422-D0 Optical fourier transform device Pending 08-Mar-2023
GB-2627958-A Optical fourier transform device Pending 08-Mar-2023 G02B6/122
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Optalysys Investors (11)

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds
imec.xpand Venture Capital Minority
Lingotto (London) Hedge Fund Minority
Northern Gritstone Venture Capital Minority
Verve Ventures Venture Capital Minority
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Government Minority
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Optalysys FAQs

  • When was Optalysys founded?

    Optalysys was founded in 2013.

  • Where is Optalysys headquartered?

    Optalysys is headquartered in Leeds, United Kingdom.

  • What is the size of Optalysys?

    Optalysys has 49 total employees.

  • What industry is Optalysys in?

    Optalysys’s primary industry is Application Specific Semiconductors.

  • Is Optalysys a private or public company?

    Optalysys is a Private company.

  • What is the current valuation of Optalysys?

    The current valuation of Optalysys is .

  • What is Optalysys’s current revenue?

    The current revenue for Optalysys is .

  • How much funding has Optalysys raised over time?

    Optalysys has raised $41.4M.

  • Who are Optalysys’s investors?

    imec.xpand, Lingotto (London), Northern Gritstone, Verve Ventures, and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency are 5 of 11 investors who have invested in Optalysys.

  • Who are Optalysys’s competitors?

    Kneron, Graphcore, Hailo, Luminous Computing, and Cerebras are some of the 17 competitors of Optalysys.

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