69 Best Laser Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Laser 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 99 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $2.2b. The average funding per company in this subset is $31.8m.

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

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Luminar Technologies logo

Luminar Technologies

Luminar Technologies is an Orlando, Florida-based automotive industry company.

9

Funding Rounds

$995.5m

Money raised

Glowforge logo

Glowforge

Glowforge offers 3D laser printers based on laser cutting and engraving technology that cut, engrave, and shape designs from various materials.

8

Funding Rounds

$113.2m

Money raised

SA Photonics, Inc. logo

SA Photonics, Inc.

SA Photonics specializes in the design and development of advanced photonic systems for military and commercial customers.

10

Funding Rounds

$4.6m

Money raised

Transcelestial Technologies logo

Transcelestial Technologies

Transcelestial Technologies is a communications company that is creating a space laser network for communication purposes. It is located in Singapore and was founded in 2016.

6

Funding Rounds

$24.9m

Money raised

Formlabs logo

Formlabs

Formlabs is a 3D printing system company that provides digital fabrications for industries

8

Funding Rounds

$267.4m

Money raised

QD Laser, Inc logo

QD Laser, Inc

QD Laser, Inc. is a company that produces and distributes laser semiconductor devices.

8

Funding Rounds

$59.8m

Money raised

Photodigm logo

Photodigm

Photodigm Inc.is a company that produces laser diodes for precision applications.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.5m

Money raised

SpectraSensors logo

SpectraSensors

SpectraSensors is an Houston-based company founded in 1999.

3

Funding Rounds

$26.0m

Money raised

Oewaves Inc. logo

Oewaves Inc.

Oewaves Inc. is a company founded in 2000 by Lute Maleki.

1

Funding Rounds

$15.0m

Money raised

CAILabs logo

CAILabs

Cailabs is a developer of light shaping for manufacturing photonic products for telecommunications, free-space transmission, industrial lasers, and local area networks.

7

Funding Rounds

$25.9m

Money raised

Convergent Dental logo

Convergent Dental

Convergent Dental is a dental equipment and technology company.

6

Funding Rounds

$87.5m

Money raised

LaserMotive logo

LaserMotive

LaserMotive develops optical power beaming-based systems to to deliver power wirelessly and minimize energy loss in transfer.

5

Funding Rounds

$2.7m

Money raised

Bridger Photonics, Inc. logo

Bridger Photonics, Inc.

Bridger Photonics, Inc. is a Bozeman, Montana-based company founded in 2006.

1

Funding Rounds

M Squared Lasers logo

M Squared Lasers

M Squared Lasers explores, develops and manufactures next-generation lasers and photonic instruments that bring new capabilities, higher reliability and greater ease of use to a diverse range of industrial and scientific applications. The core team ...

4

Funding Rounds

$13.9m

Money raised

Pranalytica, Inc. logo

Pranalytica, Inc.

Pranalytica, Inc. is a company that designs and manufactures high powered midwave Infrared and longwave Infrared Quantum Cascade Lasers.

4

Funding Rounds

$3.2m

Money raised

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Oxxius SA

Oxxius develops and manufactures the DPSS (Diode Pumped Solid State Lasers) and Laser Diode Modules in the visible, ultraviolet and infrared wavelength ranges. Oxxius's products have applications in the life-sciences, analytics, research and manufacturing markets. Its products have diagnostic applications in Fluorescence imaging DNA analysis, sequencing Confocal and 3D Microscopy, STED Flow imaging cytometry, Optogenetics and Ophthalmology. The industrial applications of its products include Material curing, hardening, Laser marking, Reprographics, Food quality control, Laser display, and entertainment.

4

Funding Rounds

$14.1m

Money raised

Andritz Powerlase Ltd. logo

Andritz Powerlase Ltd.

Andritz Powerlase Ltd. is a company developing high power, high energy lasers for industrial applications primarily related to materials processing.

2

Funding Rounds

$9.9m

Money raised

Applied Spectra, Inc logo

Applied Spectra, Inc

Applied Spectra, Inc is a company founded in 2004 by Jong Hyun Yoo.

2

Funding Rounds

$1.2m

Money raised

Innolume logo

Innolume

Innolume is a technology company that develops microchips.

3

Funding Rounds

$26.7m

Money raised

Eolite Systems, SAS logo

Eolite Systems, SAS

Eolite Systems, SAS is a subsidiary of ESI which specialises in Laser manufacturing processes

1

Funding Rounds

SLD Laser logo

SLD Laser

SLD Laser is a Goleta, California-based electronics manufacturing company founded in 2013.

2

Funding Rounds

$4.5m

Money raised

Pantec Biosolutions AG logo

Pantec Biosolutions AG

Pantec Biosolutions AG develops drug delivery solutions for a variety of medical applications.

1

Funding Rounds

$6.9m

Money raised

Makeblock logo

Makeblock

Makeblock is a Shenzhen-based company offering a do-it-yourself robot kit for young learners founded by Jasen Wang.

3

Funding Rounds

$36.0m

Money raised

Scintil Photonics logo

Scintil Photonics

SCINTIL Photonics develops and markets Heterogenous Silicon Photonics IC for high speed data communication and 3D sensing

4

Funding Rounds

$38.1m

Money raised

Laserax Inc. logo

Laserax Inc.

Laserax Inc. develops, produces and integrates laser marking, texturing and cleaning solutions for a variety of industries.

3

Funding Rounds

$12.1m

Money raised

Hypermemo logo

Hypermemo

Hypermo developed a laser-based tool for glass processing.

6

Funding Rounds

$1.6m

Money raised

Shenzhen Raybow Optoelectronics logo

Shenzhen Raybow Optoelectronics

Shenzhen Raybow Optoelectronics is a China-based technology company that manufactures high-power semiconductor laser products.

1

Funding Rounds

$9.5m

Money raised

Ranovus logo

Ranovus

Ranovus is a company that delivers an innovative high-capacity interconnect solutions RANOVUS.

6

Funding Rounds

$70.0m

Money raised

Laser Light Engines logo

Laser Light Engines

Laser Light Engines is a New Hampshire, US-based company that focuses on the development and manufacture of laser-based light engines.

13

Funding Rounds

$39.7m

Money raised

GME Medical Engineering logo

GME Medical Engineering

German-based developers and marketers of laser and light systems used in dermatological applications

2

Funding Rounds

$2.3m

Money raised

Multiphoton Optics GmbH logo

Multiphoton Optics GmbH

Multiphoton Optics GmbH is a company founded by Markus Riester.

3

Funding Rounds

Sheaumann Laser, Inc. logo

Sheaumann Laser, Inc.

Sheaumann Laser, Inc. is a vertically integrated, US-based company that designs and manufactures semiconductor lasers.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.3m

Money raised

Alcon logo

Alcon

Manufacturer of innovative medicines and devices for comprehensive eye care.

3

Funding Rounds

$24.9m

Money raised

LASERHUB logo

LASERHUB

Industrial procurement platform for custom made metal parts

2

Funding Rounds

FYLA logo

FYLA

Laser technology company providing proprietary solutions for high-end industrial applications.

1

Funding Rounds

$85.9k

Money raised

Poietis logo

Poietis

Poietis is a biotechnology company that specializes in the design and development of regenerative medicine therapies.

2

Funding Rounds

$6.0m

Money raised

Lumics GmbH logo

Lumics GmbH

Lumics GmbH designs and produces diode lasers for the medical, scientific and industrial fields.

2

Funding Rounds

$9.9m

Money raised

Pilot Photonics logo

Pilot Photonics

Pilot Photonics is a company that provides photonic integrated circuit solutions .

2

Funding Rounds

$1.3m

Money raised

Spectronix logo

Spectronix

Spectronix is a company founded in 2004 by George Okada.

4

Funding Rounds

$16.7m

Money raised

opsydia logo

opsydia

Opsydia is set to disrupt a number of industries by its ability to create practically invisible structures inside transparent materials. Permanent and inimitable serial numbers, images or cryptographic data can be laser-written without compromising...

1

Funding Rounds

$2.6m

Money raised

Lumitron Technologies Inc. logo

Lumitron Technologies Inc.

Lumitron Technologies develops and commercializes new high­‐fidelity imaging x-ray systems.

2

Funding Rounds

$59.9m

Money raised

Teradiode, Inc. logo

Teradiode, Inc.

Teradiode, Inc. is a Wilmington, Massachusetts-based company founded in 2009 by Bien Chann.

3

Funding Rounds

$17.2m

Money raised

Tomowave Laboratories, Inc. logo

Tomowave Laboratories, Inc.

Tomowave Laboratories, Inc. is an Houston-based company founded in 2010 by Alexander Oraevsky.

2

Funding Rounds

$86.1k

Money raised

Norlase ApS logo

Norlase ApS

Laser solutions for treating retinal and glaucoma diseases.

6

Funding Rounds

$14.6m

Money raised

eagleyard Photonics GmbH logo

eagleyard Photonics GmbH

eagleyard Photonics GmbH is a photonics company that manufactures and sells laser diodes.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.7m

Money raised

Formalloy logo

Formalloy

3D Metal Printing, part repair and laser cladding via Laser Metal Deposition

1

Funding Rounds

$2.0m

Money raised

Amplitude Technologies logo

Amplitude Technologies

Amplitude Technologies is a company that designs and manufactures femtosecond lasers for scientific, medical, and industrial applications.

1

Funding Rounds

$36.1m

Money raised

CryLaS Crystal Laser Systems GmbH logo

CryLaS Crystal Laser Systems GmbH

CryLaS Crystal Laser Systems GmbH is a company that manufactures and sells pulsed and cw diode-pumped solid-state lasers

1

Funding Rounds

On Demand Therapeutics logo

On Demand Therapeutics

A company developing controllable and insertable drug delivery devices for retinal diseases

5

Funding Rounds

$9.8m

Money raised

AZUR LIGHT SYSTEMS logo

AZUR LIGHT SYSTEMS

Azur light Systems is a company that develops, designs, produces, and commercializes innovative fiber laser technologies.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.0m

Money raised

Brighterwave Inc. logo

Brighterwave Inc.

Brighterwave Inc. is a Finland-based company that provides laser and projection solutions for virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), mixed reality, biomedical, and automotive imaging applications.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.7m

Money raised

Maxion Technologies, Inc. logo

Maxion Technologies, Inc.

Maxion Technologies, Inc. is a Jessup, Maryland-based company founded by John D. Bruno.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.5m

Money raised

Uniklasers Ltd. logo

Uniklasers Ltd.

Uniklasers Ltd. is a tech firm specializing in creating high-precision lasers founded by Fedor Karpushko.

8

Funding Rounds

$5.7m

Money raised

GLOphotonics SAS logo

GLOphotonics SAS

GLOphotonics SAS develops photonics technology.

1

Funding Rounds

Is-Instruments Limited logo

Is-Instruments Limited

Is-Instruments Limited designs and develops remote sensing instrumentation.

1

Funding Rounds

$59.9k

Money raised

Bandwidth10, Inc. logo

Bandwidth10, Inc.

Bandwidth10, Inc. is a company that brings revolutionary wavelength tunable Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser technology to the market

1

Funding Rounds

$275.0k

Money raised

SurClean, Inc. logo

SurClean, Inc.

SurClean, Inc. is a company in Michigan.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.0m

Money raised

Redfern Integrated Optics Inc. logo

Redfern Integrated Optics Inc.

Redfern Integrated Optics Inc. is a company that manufactures optical transmitters and subsystems.

5

Funding Rounds

$30.1m

Money raised

3

Funding Rounds

$15.4m

Money raised

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mirSense SA

Building on 15 years of R&D in III-V Lab, a common laboratory between Alcatel, Thales, and CEA-Leti, mirSense develops and produces quantum cascade laser (QCL) diodes and advanced photonic devices.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.4m

Money raised

3D-SensIR logo

3D-SensIR

3D-SensIR is a company founded in 2016 by Rengarajan Sudharsanan.

1

Funding Rounds

$75.0k

Money raised

Inprentus logo

Inprentus

Inprentus has developed a new method for manufacturing mechanically ruled blazed diffraction gratings for synchrotron, FEL and laser applications, offering high resolving power with blaze angles lower than 1 degree.

6

Funding Rounds

$8.0m

Money raised

Spark Lasers SAS logo

Spark Lasers SAS

Spark Lasers SAS is an ultrafast fiber laser manufacturer.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.2m

Money raised

Optotune AG logo

Optotune AG

Optotune AG is a company founded in 2008 by Manuel Aschwanden, Mark Ventura and David Niederer.

3

Funding Rounds

$142.2k

Money raised

Xarion Laser Acoustics Gmbh logo

Xarion Laser Acoustics Gmbh

Xarion Laser Acoustics Gmbh is a company in Vienna, Austria.

1

Funding Rounds

Pulsar Photonics GmbH logo

Pulsar Photonics GmbH

Pulsar Photonics GmbH is an innovative high-tech company that operates in the field of laser technology.

1

Funding Rounds

Civan Advanced Technologies logo

Civan Advanced Technologies

Civan Advanced Technologies ltd. is a Jerusalem based technology company that specializes in the field of Fiber lasers, High-Brightness, High-Power Diode and and Optical Amplifiers.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.4m

Money raised

Stratium Limited logo

Stratium Limited

Stratium Limited is a manufacturer of quantum cascade lasers (QCLs).

1

Funding Rounds

$420.0k

Money raised

Sydor Technologies logo

Sydor Technologies

Sydor Technologies is a company founded in 2004.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.2m

Money raised