29 Best Eyewear Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Eyewear Startups

We track 71,000+ companies and rank them dynamically using our Seedtable Score – a score that uses quantitative and qualitative data points to signal the momentum behind a company. We then monitor the list manually leveraging our expertise as founders and investors.

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

Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.

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Hawkers (company) logo

Hawkers (company)

Hawkers is an Elche, Spain-based sunglass brand.

2

Funding Rounds

$80.9m

Money raised

Magic Leap logo

Magic Leap

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

8

Funding Rounds

$3.4b

Money raised

Mira Labs logo

Mira Labs

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.

2

Funding Rounds

$6.0m

Money raised

LAFORGE Optical logo

LAFORGE Optical

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

3

Funding Rounds

$2.3m

Money raised

Dispelix logo

Dispelix

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

6

Funding Rounds

$105.7m

Money raised

Mister Spex logo

Mister Spex

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

2

Funding Rounds

$29.7m

Money raised

Ditto logo

Ditto

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

4

Funding Rounds

$15.6m

Money raised

Lenskart logo

Lenskart

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

2

Funding Rounds

$314.6m

Money raised

Cosmo Connected logo

Cosmo Connected

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.

1

Funding Rounds

$6.3m

Money raised

Nreal logo

Nreal

Nreal is a company founded in 2017.

2

Funding Rounds

$55.0m

Money raised

Pair Eyewear logo

Pair Eyewear

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

3

Funding Rounds

$73.0m

Money raised

Luxexcel Group B.V. logo

Luxexcel Group B.V.

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

1

Funding Rounds

$10.0m

Money raised

XYZ Reality Limited logo

XYZ Reality Limited

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

4

Funding Rounds

$69.0m

Money raised

Ace & Tate logo

Ace & Tate

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

1

Funding Rounds

$16.1m

Money raised

LECO logo

LECO

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

1

Funding Rounds

Hue.Ai logo

Hue.Ai

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

1

Funding Rounds

$1.2m

Money raised

Lensabl logo

Lensabl

Lensabl is a company founded in 2015.

1

Funding Rounds

$3.7m

Money raised

YOU MAWO logo

YOU MAWO

YOU MAWO is a company in Germany.

1

Funding Rounds

$90.5k

Money raised

eyewa logo

eyewa

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

2

Funding Rounds

$10.0m

Money raised

King Children logo

King Children

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

1

Funding Rounds

$2.0m

Money raised

Tilt Five logo

Tilt Five

Tilt Five is a company founded in 2017.

1

Funding Rounds

$7.5m

Money raised

Hubble Contacts logo

Hubble Contacts

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

3

Funding Rounds

$33.7m

Money raised

GlassesUSA logo

GlassesUSA

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

1

Funding Rounds

$45.0m

Money raised

Shadow Creator logo

Shadow Creator

Shadow Creator is a Shanghai-based company.

1

Funding Rounds

$14.0m

Money raised

CrowdOptic logo

CrowdOptic

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

3

Funding Rounds

$1.5m

Money raised

Glasses Direct logo

Glasses Direct

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

1

Funding Rounds

$14.6m

Money raised

Sensee logo

Sensee

Sensee is an eyewear company founded in 2015.

1

Funding Rounds

$21.9m

Money raised

1

Funding Rounds

Heywear Inc. logo

Heywear Inc.

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

1

Funding Rounds

$500.0k

Money raised