Eyeo
Eyeo B.V. is a Dutch semiconductor startup commercializing NCOS®, a nanophotonic color-splitting image sensor technology that replaces Bayer filters on CMOS sensors to capture roughly 70% of incoming light. The pre-revenue company sells evaluation kits and targets OEMs across consumer electronics, automotive, medical, security, smart city, and industrial vision.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2024
- HeadquartersEindhoven, Netherlands
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What Eyeo does
Eyeo B.V. is a venture-backed Dutch semiconductor imaging company founded in November 2024 and headquartered at the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven, Netherlands, with an additional sensor design center opened in Antwerp, Belgium in March 2026. The company is commercializing its proprietary NCOS® (Nanophotonic Color Splitting) platform — a vertical-waveguide nanophotonic structure that splits incoming light by wavelength directly at the pixel level, replacing conventional Bayer color filter arrays on CMOS image sensors. NCOS® is backed by 26 patents originating from 7 years of R&D at imec, and is designed to be drop-in compatible with any standard CMOS image sensor manufacturing platform (including 3D-stacked CMOS). Performance claims include capturing approximately 70% of incoming light versus roughly 30% with conventional color filters (≈3x sensitivity improvement), enabling sub-0.5-micron pixel sizes beyond the resolution limits of color-filter approaches, and improving low-light color fidelity across consumer, automotive, medical, security, smart-city, and industrial machine-vision applications.
The company is pre-revenue and currently distributes NCOS® evaluation kits to prospective tier-one OEM customers for qualification and integration testing; first commercial sensor product is targeted within roughly two years of the May 2025 seed round. The go-to-market is a direct OEM/embedded motion via enterprise field sales and trade-show presence (MWC, CES, Photonics West, SEMICON), with pricing provided on a quote basis tied to volume, integration requirements, and licensing terms, and expected to settle into multi-year OEM supply agreements at commercial scale. Eyeo has raised €55M cumulatively — a €15M seed (May 2025, co-led by imec.xpand and Invest-NL with QBIC, HTGF, BOM) and a €40M Series A (May 2026, led by Innovation Industries with participation from imec.xpand, Invest-NL, QBIC, HTGF, BOM, and the EU's InvestEU Fund) — and operates with ~14 employees (up from 4 founders in November 2024). Target end-markets span consumer electronics (smartphones, wearables, AR/VR/XR), automotive (ADAS, in-cabin, autonomous vision), medical imaging (endoscopy, surgical vision), security and surveillance, smart city, and industrial machine vision, addressing an approximately $30 billion global imaging market in which roughly 10 billion image sensors are sold each year.
Eyeo firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Eyeo
- Legal name
- eyeo B.V.
- Website
- https://eyeo-imaging.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2024
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- Eyeo B.V. is a Dutch semiconductor startup commercializing NCOS®, a nanophotonic color-splitting image sensor technology that replaces Bayer filters on CMOS sensors to capture roughly 70% of incoming light. The pre-revenue company sells evaluation kits and targets OEMs across consumer electronics, automotive, medical, security, smart city, and industrial vision.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Eyeo industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Image Sensors
- SIC
- Semiconductors & Related Devices (3674), Optical Instruments & Lenses (3827)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Imaging Sensors (CMOS/CCD/ToF/Depth) (HDAHALAF)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Sensors, MEMS & Imaging ICs (HDAHAAAG), Optoelectronics & Photonics (LED/Laser/Optical ICs) (HDAHAAAH)
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Where Eyeo is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Eindhoven
- HQ country
- Netherlands
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices2 records
Markets served
Eyeo business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- Pre-commercial / evaluation kit sales: Eyeo is currently pre-revenue, distributing evaluation kits to tier-one prospective OEM customers to enable qualification and integration testing of NCOS® technology. Commercial sensor sales are planned after scale manufacturing is established.
- Future OEM sensor sales: Planned primary revenue stream: high-volume hardware sales of NCOS® image sensors to OEMs across consumer electronics, automotive, medical imaging, security/surveillance, smart city, and industrial/machine vision markets.
- Technology licensing potential: NCOS® is backed by 26 patents; the company may license its nanophotonic color-splitting IP to semiconductor foundries and sensor manufacturers as a future revenue stream alongside direct sensor sales.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Other | Multi-year contract | OEM sensor pricing — quote-based, not publicly disclosed |
| Other | Pay-as-you-go | Evaluation kits — available on request for prospective customers |
Go-to-market motion3 records
Distribution channels2 records
Marketing channels8 records
Eyeo product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Eyeo develops and commercializes NCOS® (Nanophotonic Color Splitting) image sensor technology — vertical waveguide nanostructures that replace conventional Bayer color filters on CMOS sensors, capturing roughly 70% of incoming light versus approximately 30% for Bayer filters. The company sells color-splitting image sensors (currently via evaluation kits, with commercial OEM supply planned) to smartphone, automotive, medical imaging, security, smart city, and industrial/machine vision manufacturers.
Product overview
eyeo is a single-product deep-tech hardware company commercializing one integrated offering: its proprietary NCOS® (Nanophotonic Color Splitting) technology platform, implemented as a family of color-splitting image sensors and supported by pre-production evaluation kits. The NCOS® platform is the underlying technology that the color-splitting image sensor products are built on, and the evaluation kits are the vehicle for select customers to evaluate and integrate that sensor technology into their next-generation camera systems across consumer electronics, automotive, medical imaging, security, XR, smart city, and mobile markets.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- NCOS® (Nanophotonic Color Splitting) technology platform Eyeo's proprietary nanophotonic platform that splits incoming light into component wavelengths using vertical waveguide structures and guides each photon to the appropriate sensor pixel, eliminating the ~70% light loss of conventional Bayer color filter arrays. Backed by 26 patents and compatible with any CMOS sensor platform, it enables sub-0.5-micron pixels and triples light sensitivity.
- Color-splitting image sensors CMOS-compatible image sensors built on the NCOS® platform, with next-generation products being developed in 3D-stacked CMOS technology. Deliver triple light sensitivity, native color fidelity in any lighting condition, and sub-micron pixels for ultra-compact, high-performance imaging in consumer electronics (smartphones), automotive, medical imaging, security/surveillance, XR, smart city, and mobile applications.
- Color-splitting image sensor evaluation kits Pre-production evaluation kits that enable selected OEM customers to assess and integrate eyeo's color-splitting image sensor technology into their camera designs ahead of commercial supply agreements. Available on request to prospective OEM customers via the company website.
Quantifiable outcome
- Triples light sensitivity — captures approximately 70% of incoming light versus roughly 30% with conventional Bayer color filter arrays
- +4 more outcomes
Companies that use Eyeo
Customer profileSegments6 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
Eyeo technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature5 records
Eyeo partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
One partnership is on record.
- imecflagshipimec is the strategic and technology origin of NCOS® — the technology was developed over 7 years of R&D at imec, the Belgium-based semiconductor research center. imec.xpand (imec's venture arm) is also an investor. The relationship provides deep technical expertise and continued R&D collaboration.
Scale indicators7 records
Recent moves7 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Eyeo competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- OmniVision Technologies: OmniVision is one of the world's largest CMOS image sensor suppliers, shipping into smartphones, automotive, security, and machine vision. It is the closest direct competitor to Eyeo's target product category, though it relies on conventional Bayer color filter arrays.
Broad incumbents
- Sony Semiconductor Solutions: Sony is the dominant global supplier of CMOS image sensors, with leading positions in smartphone (its IMX line), automotive, and industrial vision. It is the benchmark incumbent that any new image-sensor technology must displace.
- Samsung Semiconductor (System LSI): Samsung's System LSI division produces ISOCELL CMOS image sensors for smartphones and other applications. As a vertically integrated foundry-and-sensor player, it represents both a competitor and a potential foundry partner for Eyeo.
- onsemi: onsemi is a leading supplier of automotive and industrial image sensors, following its acquisition of Aptina Imaging. It competes with Eyeo in automotive ADAS, industrial machine vision, and security — segments central to Eyeo's go-to-market.
- STMicroelectronics: STMicroelectronics sells CMOS image sensors for automotive, industrial, and consumer applications, including global-shutter sensors used in machine vision. It is a relevant incumbent in two of Eyeo's primary target verticals.
- Canon: Canon manufactures CMOS image sensors, including emerging SPAD and event-based sensor technologies through its Canon Inc. and Canon Tokki businesses. It is a broad incumbent in image sensing with R&D resources comparable to Sony's.
- ams OSRAM: ams OSRAM develops photonic and optical sensor solutions, including spectral and image sensors for consumer, automotive, and industrial markets. Its photonics background makes it a relevant comparable in color-splitting light management.
- Teledyne FLIR: Teledyne FLIR is a leading supplier of thermal and visible-light imaging systems for industrial, defense, security, and machine vision applications. It competes with Eyeo in security/surveillance and industrial machine vision.
Emerging players
- Prophesee: Prophesee develops event-based neuromorphic vision sensors and is an emerging player in next-generation image sensor technology. Juha Alakarhu serves as a technical advisor at both Prophesee and Eyeo, making the two thematically linked.
Others
- Tower Semiconductor: Tower Semiconductor is a specialty foundry with strong CMOS image sensor process offerings used by multiple sensor designers. It is comparable to Eyeo as a foundry ecosystem participant that could support NCOS® manufacturing at scale.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat4 records
Key risks7 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
Eyeo social profiles
Digital presenceEyeo compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance1 record
Eyeo financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Eyeo leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles9 records
Eyeo funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds2 records
Investors6 records
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Eyeo M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
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Frequently asked questions about Eyeo
What does Eyeo do?
Eyeo develops and commercializes NCOS® (Nanophotonic Color Splitting) image sensor technology — vertical waveguide nanostructures that replace conventional Bayer color filters on CMOS sensors, capturing roughly 70% of incoming light versus approximately 30% for Bayer filters. The company sells color-splitting image sensors (currently via evaluation kits, with commercial OEM supply planned) to smartphone, automotive, medical imaging, security, smart city, and industrial/machine vision manufacturers.
Is Eyeo a public or private company?
Eyeo is a private company. It is classified as venture growth investor backed and is currently operating.
When was Eyeo founded?
Eyeo was founded in 2024. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is Eyeo based?
Eyeo is headquartered in Eindhoven, Netherlands, in the Europe region.
How does Eyeo make money?
Three revenue lines are on record. Pre-commercial / evaluation kit sales are the primary driver. The others are future OEM sensor sales and technology licensing potential.
Who are Eyeo's main competitors?
OmniVision Technologies is listed as a direct peer. Broad incumbents are Sony Semiconductor Solutions, Samsung Semiconductor (System LSI), onsemi, STMicroelectronics, Canon, ams OSRAM and Teledyne FLIR. Prophesee is listed as an emerging player. Tower Semiconductor is listed as an others.
Does Eyeo have an API?
No public API is recorded for Eyeo.
What industry is Eyeo in?
Eyeo's product category is Image Sensors. Its primary akta.pro industry code is HDAHALAF, Imaging Sensors (CMOS/CCD/ToF/Depth), with a secondary code of HDAHAAAG, Sensors, MEMS & Imaging ICs. Its SIC code is 3674.