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Eyeo, a deep tech photonics venture, has secured €15 million in seed funding to commercialize its breakthrough light-splitting technology. The round was co-led by imec.xpand and Invest-NL, with participation from QBIC fund, High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), and the Brabant Development Agency (BOM).

At the core of Eyeo’s innovation is a transformative approach to image sensing. Traditional image sensors - more than 10 billion produced annually - use red, green, and blue filters that block and waste up to 70% of incoming light. Eyeo replaces these filters with transparent nanophotonic structures developed at imec, which sit atop the sensor and manipulate light like the human eye, naturally guiding photons to the appropriate pixels.

This method retains all available light and enables true-to-life color fidelity, ultra-high resolution, and enhanced image clarity through photon compression. The result is a dramatic leap in image quality, especially under low-light or complex conditions.

Eyeo’s technology has the potential to redefine performance standards in the $25 billion global image sensor market. Its applications span extended reality (XR), mobile devices, industrial imaging, and security systems - fields where image quality remains the primary purchasing driver.

With its newly raised capital, Eyeo is set to bring this nanophotonics-based imaging platform to market, promising a new era of sensor performance across industries.

Click here to learn more about Eyeo Imaging's color splitting technology.