What BIOS does

BIOS (Biological Innovation and Optimization Systems, LLC) is a privately held Delaware LLC founded in 2014 and headquartered at 2355 Camino Vida Roble, Carlsbad, California. The company develops LED-based lighting solutions across two end markets: human circadian health in commercial built environments and high-performance horticultural lighting. Its product portfolio comprises four families — SkyView™ circadian luminaires, SkyBlue™ spectrally optimized white light for integration into partner fixtures, ICARUS horticulture LED systems (marketed as BIOS Grow Lights), and Bio-Dimming proprietary dimming technology — all backed by a 5-year warranty and supported by a granted patent and registered trademark portfolio across each line.

Underlying the products is spectral optimization engineering that combines specific blue-sky-mimicking wavelengths for human circadian benefit with tailored spectra for plant photosynthesis, paired with a proprietary dimming control layer. The company serves architects, building specifiers, and commercial building owners for human-centric lighting, and commercial greenhouse and indoor growers for the horticulture line. A smaller, third engagement is clinical-trial support services, exemplified by a contract supporting the LUKE Arm neuroprosthesis clinical trial with DEKA and the University of Utah, which advanced into day-to-day usability testing in January 2025.

BIOS operates a channel-led go-to-market. Products are sold quote-based (no public list pricing) with Net 30 terms, through manufacturer representative agencies organized by U.S. territory and supplemented by direct enterprise sales, joint agency sales calls, and partner enablement via the SkyView Agency Portal and the SkyBlue Alliance Program. Revenue streams are predominantly hardware sales (LED luminaires), with a secondary professional services stream tied to medical-device clinical trial support. The firm has 11–50 employees, is operationally active, and received a $1,000,000 U.S. Department of Energy grant in September 2024; no institutional venture funding or revenue figures are disclosed in the available source material.

Name

BIOS

Legal name

Biological Innovation and Optimization Systems, LLC

Website

https://bioslighting.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

BIOS (Biological Innovation and Optimization Systems, LLC) develops LED-based circadian lighting for commercial buildings and high-performance grow lights for horticulture. The company sells SkyView™, SkyBlue™, ICARUS, and Bio-Dimming products through manufacturer representative agencies across U.S. territories.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

LED Lighting Solutions

NAICS

Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Electric Lighting Fixture Manufacturing (335132), Electric Lamp Bulb and Other Lighting Equipment Manufacturing (335139), Electric Lighting Equipment Manufacturing (3351)

SIC

Electric Lighting & Wiring Equipment (3640), Auto Controls For Regulating Residential & Comml Environments (3822)

akta.pro primary industry

Lighting Controls & Building Integration (Drivers, sensors, dimming, lighting control panels, networked lighting) (IMAGAIAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Controlled Environment Lighting (LED Grow Lights, Controls) (AFAAAHAC), Lighting Controls & Smart Lighting Systems (BPABAGAC)

Keywords

• Circadian LED lighting
• Horticulture grow lights
• Spectral optimized lighting
• Human-centric lighting
• Commercial LED luminaires

Headquarters

HQ city

Melbourne

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. LED Luminaire Sales: Sale of proprietary LED luminaires including SkyView, SkyBlue, and ICARUS horticulture lighting products. Products sold directly or through authorized representatives with 5-year warranty coverage.
2. Clinical Trial Support Services: Contract-based support for clinical trials involving neuroprosthesis technology, including the LUKE Arm project with DEKA and University of Utah

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

BIOS designs, manufactures, and sells proprietary LED lighting solutions engineered for biological optimization. The portfolio includes SkyView™ circadian luminaires that simulate natural blue sky daylight indoors for human health, SkyBlue™ spectrally optimized white light modules that integrate into partner luminaires, and ICARUS high-performance LED grow lights for commercial horticulture operations. All products are backed by Bio-Dimming proprietary dimming technology and a 5-year warranty.

Product overview

BIOS (Biological Innovation and Optimization Systems, LLC) offers a suite of circadian lighting solutions for both humans and plants. The product portfolio consists of three main offerings: SkyView™ (circadian lighting that simulates blue sky indoors for human health), SkyBlue™ (spectrally optimized white light for integration into partner luminaires), and Horticulture/ICARUS (high-performance LED grow lights for commercial growers). All products are backed by a 5-year warranty and leverage BIOS's patented Bio-Dimming technology.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SkyView™: Luminaires that bring the magic of a blue sky day indoors.
• SkyBlue™
• ICARUS
• Bio-Dimming

Products and services

• SkyView™ Circadian Luminaires LED luminaires designed for commercial buildings, architects, specifiers, and building owners to bring natural blue sky daylight simulation indoors for circadian rhythm support and human health.
• SkyBlue™ Spectral Optimization Spectrally optimized white light technology that integrates into partner OEM luminaires to provide biologically optimized lighting for human-centric applications.
• ICARUS Horticulture LED Grow Lights High-performance LED grow lights for commercial growers, greenhouses, and indoor farming operations to optimize plant yield and energy efficiency across growth stages.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature4 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Signify (Philips Lighting): Signify is the world's largest lighting company and offers tunable-white and circadian-oriented products (e.g., NatureConnect, Interact) that overlap with BIOS's SkyView/SkyBlue lines, competing on distribution scale rather than specialization.
• Hubbell Lighting: Hubbell Lighting is a broad-line U.S. commercial lighting manufacturer with specification-grade fixtures and controls that compete with BIOS's SkyView line for the same architect and electrical-contractor channels.
• ams OSRAM: ams OSRAM is a broad lighting and sensor incumbent that owns Fluence (horticulture) and sells tunable-spectrum LED components used in circadian luminaires, directly overlapping BIOS's spectral-optimization value proposition at much larger scale.
• Acuity Brands: Acuity Brands is a major U.S. commercial lighting fixture manufacturer whose tunable-white and architectural product lines compete with BIOS's SkyView luminaires for the same architect and specifier channel.
• Current Lighting Solutions: Current (formerly GE Current) is a large commercial and industrial LED lighting and controls provider whose Arize horticulture line competes with ICARUS and whose architectural smart-building fixtures overlap with SkyView.

Emerging players

• Sollum Technologies: Sollum Technologies is a Canadian emerging player in dynamic LED horticulture lighting whose spectrum-tunable fixtures partially overlap with BIOS ICARUS, targeting the same CEA and greenhouse growers with a software-driven approach.

Direct peers

• Fluence Bioengineering: Fluence, an OSRAM-owned horticulture LED specialist, directly competes with BIOS's ICARUS grow-light line by offering spectrum-optimized LED fixtures for commercial cannabis and food-crop cultivators with overlapping customer segments.
• Gavita International: Gavita is a long-established horticulture lighting specialist (now under Hawthorne Gardening/Scotts Miracle-Gro) competing directly with BIOS ICARUS in commercial cannabis and greenhouse supplemental lighting.
• Heliospectra: Heliospectra is a Swedish horticulture LED specialist selling spectrum-tunable grow lights to commercial greenhouses, directly competing with BIOS ICARUS on the same controlled-environment-agriculture buyer profile.
• Lighting Science Group: Lighting Science Group is a direct competitor to BIOS in circadian and human-centric LED lighting, with overlapping product positioning around biological health benefits of light and a similar specification-grade distribution model targeting commercial buildings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bioslighting
• Instagraminstagram.com/bioshuman

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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