29 Best Eyewear Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Eyewear Startups

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There are 29 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $4.3b. The average funding per company in this subset is $148.1m.

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$80.9m

Money raised

Hawkers is an Elche, Spain-based sunglass brand.

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$3.4b

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Magic Leap is an augmented reality company developing hardware and software for enhanced AR experience.

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$6.0m

Money raised

Mira Labs is a Los Angeles-based augmented reality company offering hardware and software solutions to help increase the productivity and safety of distributed workforces.

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$2.3m

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LAFORGE Optical is a Los Angeles-based company that creates prescription augmented reality eyewear that works with a smart device.

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$105.7m

Money raised

Dispelix is a company that designs and manufactures diffractive waveguide displays for augmented reality (AR) purposes.

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$29.7m

Money raised

Mister Spex is an online store that sells various brands of glasses and contact lenses.

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Funding Rounds

$15.6m

Money raised

Ditto is a San Mateo, California-based company founded in 2011 by Sergey Surkov, Dmitry Kornilov and Kate Doerksen.

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Funding Rounds

$314.6m

Money raised

An online marketplace for eyewear. Lenskart is an India-based online shopping portal for eyewear.

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$6.3m

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Developer of a smart helmet designed to improve the physical safety of riders. The company's smart helmet combines a rear light that provides visibility in all weather conditions and a curated mobile application that utilizes GPS to alert and provide medical information and coordinates to the nearest rescue team in the event of an accident, enabling riders to be safer on the road.

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$55.0m

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Nreal is a company founded in 2017.

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$73.0m

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Pair Eyewear is a customizable glasses and sunglasses for kids founded in 2017 by Sophia Edelstein.

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Funding Rounds

$10.0m

Money raised

Luxexcel Group B.V. is a company utilizing patented 3D printing processes in the manufacture of prescription lenses.

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$69.0m

Money raised

Platform offering augmented reality solutions to significantly reduce construction project costs.

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$16.1m

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Ace & Tate is an Amsterdam-based company founded in 2013 by Mark de Lange.

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A company offering an on-demand platform for visual health services.

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$1.2m

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Hue.Ai is a technology company focused in vision products.

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$3.7m

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Lensabl is a company founded in 2015.

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$90.5k

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YOU MAWO is a company in Germany.

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$10.0m

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eyewa is an eyewear retail company based in the Middle East.

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$2.0m

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King Children is a United States-based company founded by David Lee.

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$7.5m

Money raised

Tilt Five is a company founded in 2017.

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$33.7m

Money raised

Hubble Contacts is a company founded in 2016 by Jesse Horwitz.

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1

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$45.0m

Money raised

GlassesUSA is a Tel Aviv-based company founded in 2008 by Daniel Rothman.

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$14.0m

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Shadow Creator is a Shanghai-based company.

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$1.5m

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CrowdOptic is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2010.

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$14.6m

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Glasses Direct is a London-based company founded in 2004.

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$21.9m

Money raised

Sensee is an eyewear company founded in 2015.

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$500.0k

Money raised

Heywear Inc. is a New York-based eyewear company founded in 2019.

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