Innofocus

What Innofocus does

Innofocus Photonics Technology Pty Ltd is a privately-held Australian deep-tech company founded in 2018, headquartered in Heidelberg West, Melbourne, that builds smart 3D laser nanoprinting and in-situ characterization equipment for sub-100 nm nanofabrication. Its core technology combines femtosecond laser writing with proprietary in-situ 3D refractive index imaging (HoloView 3DRI), claimed to be the world's only commercial system of its kind, operating at 10^-4 refractive index accuracy and delivering throughput described as 400x faster than conventional methods. The portfolio is split between a research-grade line (nanoLAB Series: H3D, Transbeam, AI Vision, r-FBG), an industrial-scale line (nanoFACTORY Series: i-QPC for quantum photonic chip mass production, r-FBG for continuous fiber Bragg grating manufacturing), and adjacent products including Ultrafast FBGs, a FemtoCure photoresin series, and a Self-cooling radiative cooling film. Pricing on equipment ranges from approximately $99,999 AUD to $199,998 AUD per unit, with custom configurations sold by quote.

Revenue mechanics combine one-time capital equipment sales, consumable/repeat product sales (FBGs, photoresin, cooling film), and professional services through the 1,000 sqm Nano Manufacturing Plant (NMP) in Melbourne — offering end-to-end PoC, design, simulation, prototyping, manufacturing, testing, and integration. The go-to-market is enterprise field sales targeting research institutions (RMIT, Swinburne, UCLA, Tsinghua, Chinese Academy of Sciences, KAUST, etc.), industrial manufacturers in quantum photonics, integrated photonics, optical communications, MedTech (Cochlear partnership), and adjacent verticals including food/agriculture (Costa, Driscoll's pilots via self-cooling film) and mobility (BYD discussions). Distribution is direct via website and the Customer Innovation and Practice Centre (CIPC), with a distributorship partnership channel emerging. The company has received a single disclosed non-dilutive grant of $18,882 from METS Ignited in October 2023 and no venture funding; revenue is not disclosed and headcount is reported at 1–10.

Name

Innofocus

Legal name

Innofocus Photonics Technology Pty Ltd

Website

https://innofocus.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Innofocus is an Australian deep-tech company (founded 2018) that builds femtosecond laser nanofabrication equipment and in-situ 3D refractive index characterization tools, selling capital equipment, ultrafast fiber Bragg gratings, photoresins, and self-cooling film to research institutions and industrial manufacturers in quantum photonics, MedTech, and food/agriculture.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nanofabrication Equipment

NAICS

Research and Development in Nanotechnology (541713), Resin, Synthetic Rubber, and Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and Filaments Manufacturing (3252), Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing (334510)

SIC

Special Industry Machinery, Nec (3559), Optical Instruments & Lenses (3827), Plastic Material, Synth Resin/Rubber, Cellulos (No Glass) (2820)

akta.pro primary industry

Micro/Nanoscale & Precision 3D Printers (Two-Photon, Micro-SLA) (IMAAAAAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Polymer 3D Printers (FDM/FFF, SLA/DLP/LCD, SLS, Material Jetting) (IMAAAAAA), Optics & Laser/Light Engine Components (Lenses, Galvos, Laser Modules, UV Engines) (IMAAAIAC), Polymer 3D Printing Service Bureaus (FDM/FFF, SLA/DLP, SLS/MJF) (IMAAADAA)

Keywords

• Laser nanofabrication equipment
• Photonic chip manufacturing
• Fiber Bragg gratings
• Nanostructure fabrication
• Radiative cooling film

Headquarters

HQ city

Heidelberg

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Nanofabrication Equipment Sales: Sale of precision laser nanofabrication equipment including nanoLAB series for research market and nanoFACTORY series for manufacturing equipment market. Products are high-value capital equipment with prices ranging from $99,999 to over $199,998 per unit.
2. Ultrafast FBG Products: Sale of femtosecond laser fabricated Fiber Bragg Gratings with various specifications including standard and specialized configurations. Customization available for reflectivity, bandwidth, and fiber coating types.
3. Self-cooling Film Products: Sale of radiative cooling film products for various applications including food transportation, smart greenhouses, and industrial cooling. Mass-production ready products.
4. Nano Manufacturing Services: World-first Nano Manufacturing Plant (NMP) providing services from proof-of-concept, design, simulation, prototyping, manufacturing, testing to integration for customers across industries.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Innofocus designs and manufactures smart 3D laser nanoprinting and characterization equipment based on femtosecond laser technology. Its portfolio spans the nanoLAB Series (research-market systems) and the nanoFACTORY Series (industrial-scale manufacturing equipment), along with HoloView 3DRI characterization tools, UFBG fiber Bragg gratings, Self-cooling Film, and FemtoCure photoresin. The company also operates a 1,000 sqm Nano Manufacturing Plant (NMP) and Customer Innovation and Practice Centre (CIPC) in Melbourne providing end-to-end services from proof-of-concept to mass production.

Product overview

Innofocus is an innovator of smart 3D laser nanoprinting and characterization equipment. The company offers a multi-product portfolio organized around two main market segments: the nanoLAB Series for the research market and the nanoFACTORY Series for the manufacturing equipment market. The nanoLAB Series includes HoloView 3DRI (H3D), Transbeam (TRB), AI Vision (AIV), and Roll-to-Roll FBG Fabrication (r-FBG). The nanoFACTORY Series features i-QPC for quantum photonic chips mass production and r-FBG for continuous FBG manufacturing. Complementary product lines include the HoloView 3DRI Benchtop for characterization, UFBGs (Ultrafast Fiber Bragg Gratings) as fiber optic components, Self-cooling Film for radiative cooling applications, and FemtoCure Photoresin Series for fabrication materials. The company also operates a Nano Manufacturing Plant (NMP) and Customer Innovation and Practice Centre (CIPC) in Melbourne providing end-to-end services from PoC to integration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• nanoLAB Series: Laser nanofabrication system for research market with in-situ 3D refractive index imaging functionality.
• nanoFACTORY Series
• HoloView Series
• Ultrafast FBG Series
• Self-cooling Film Series
• FemtoCure™ Photoresin Series

Products and services

• nanoFACTORY i-QPC All-in-one manufacturing system for arbitrary 3D nanostructure design and mass production of integrated photonics chips used in optical communications, optical sensing, optical computing, and quantum technology. Targets industrial-scale nanomanufacturing production lines with high resolution, high efficiency, high accuracy, high device performance and high yield.
• nanoFACTORY r-FBG Fully-automated continuous Fiber Bragg Grating fabrication system with AI Vision-assisted fiber core recognition, built-in standard FBG parameter recipes, integrated vibration isolation, and 95% yield of high-performance FBGs across multiple fiber types and grating structures.
• HoloView 3DRI Benchtop Standalone benchtop system providing high-resolution in-situ 3D refractive index distribution characterization and imaging at 0.5 Fps for FBGs, waveguides, WDM, and FIFO components across polymers, glasses, chalcogenide glass, crystals (LiNbO3), sapphires, transparent ceramics, quartzes, and fibers.
• nanoLAB HoloView 3DRI (H3D) Intelligent laser nanofabrication system combining fabrication with in-situ 3D refractive index imaging for academic and industrial R&D. Provides automated operation, parameter guidance, scenario-oriented solution packages, SOP-based software modules, and embedded optimized fabrication algorithms for quantum photonic chip development.
• nanoLAB Transbeam (TRB) Research-market laser nanofabrication equipment from the nanoLAB Series used for academic and research applications requiring sub-100nm resolution nanofabrication.
• nanoLAB AI Vision (AIV) Research-market laser nanofabrication equipment from the nanoLAB Series with integrated AI Vision capabilities for enhanced precision and automated quality control during nanofabrication.
• nanoLAB Roll-to-Roll FBG Fabrication (r-FBG) Research-market roll-to-roll FBG fabrication system from the nanoLAB Series enabling continuous manufacturing of fiber Bragg gratings for research and prototype applications.
• UFBGs (Ultrafast FBG Series) Femtosecond-laser-fabricated Fiber Bragg Gratings with customizable reflectivity (from <0.001% up to 99.99%), high consistency within +/- 1 dB deviation, customizable central wavelength and grating length, PI coating temperature stability up to 800°C, AC coating up to 300°C, and pressure stability up to 60 MPa.
• Self-cooling Film World's best self-cooling film using unique nanostructures and radiative cooling principles to cool objects without electricity. Ultrathin, flexible, blocks UV completely, cost-effective and mass-production ready. Demonstrated 30% reduction in energy consumption and 20% reduction in water usage in smart greenhouse applications.
• FemtoCure™ Photoresin Series Trademarked photoresin product line for femtosecond laser-based nanofabrication applications, sold as enabling materials for laser nanoprocessing.
• Nano Manufacturing Plant (NMP) World-leading 1,000 sqm Nano Manufacturing Plant in Melbourne, Australia providing end-to-end services from proof-of-concept, design, simulation, prototyping, manufacturing, testing, to integration for customers across industries.
• Customer Innovation and Practice Centre (CIPC) Innovation center in Melbourne offering collaborative services that allow customers to develop, demonstrate, and test new applications and solutions using Innofocus nanomanufacturing technologies.

Quantifiable outcome

• 30% reduction in energy consumption and 20% reduction in water usage in smart greenhouse applications using self-cooling film
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature7 records

Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• RMIT UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic collaboration with RMIT's Centre for Atomaterials and Nanomanufacturing (CAN), including joint research on quantum photonics technology development. Professor Baohua Jia, Director of CAN, is a frequent collaborator providing in-depth analyses in quantum photonics technology.
• Swinburne University of TechnologycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner collaborating on nanomanufacturing research and technology development.
• Western Sydney UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner in nanomanufacturing research collaboration.
• UCLAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational academic collaboration with University of California, Los Angeles on nanomanufacturing technology.
• University at BuffalocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational academic partnership for research collaboration in nanomanufacturing.
• Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic collaboration with Shanghai Jiao Tong University on nanomanufacturing research.
• Peking UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership with Peking University for nanomanufacturing research collaboration.
• Chinese Academy of SciencescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic academic collaboration with China's national academy of sciences for nanomanufacturing R&D.
• Tsinghua UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership with Tsinghua University for nanomanufacturing research.
• King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational academic collaboration with KAUST on nanomanufacturing technology.
• AMTILminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Australian Manufacturing Technology Institute Limited (AMTIL) for industry collaboration and manufacturing ecosystem development.
• Engineers AustraliaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessional association partnership for engineering talent and industry standards collaboration.
• CochlearminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMedical technology company partnership for advanced photonic components in hearing devices.
• BYDminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership discussions with BYD for cooling technology applications in electric vehicles and energy solutions.
• Semiconductor Sector Service Bureau (S3B)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeep innovation collaboration on fabrication of high performance ultrafast FBG sensing devices, complex optical waveguide devices, photonics lantern devices, and 3D in-situ refractive index characterisation. S3B is the national service bureau for semiconductor industry in Australia.
• CostacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAustralia's leading grower, packer, and marketer of fresh produce working with Innofocus on food transportation and preservation solutions using self-cooling film technology.
• Driscoll'sminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal berry and specialty fruit producer collaborating on safe food transportation and preservation technologies.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Heidelberg Instruments: Established German manufacturer of direct-write lithography systems (electron beam, laser, multi-beam). Competes with Innofocus in photonic and micro/nanofabrication tooling with a much broader product portfolio and larger installed base.
• Raith: Dutch/German nanofabrication equipment leader specializing in electron-beam lithography and ion-beam technology. Adjacent incumbent competing for the same photonics and quantum-device fabrication budget pool as Innofocus, with much larger scale.
• Coherent: Global laser technology incumbent (and listed Innofocus technology partner) supplying ultrafast lasers, optics, and photonics equipment. Competes at the laser-engine layer of the stack Innofocus builds upon, with vastly greater R&D and manufacturing scale.

Direct peers

• SkyCool Systems: Australian/US radiative cooling technology company producing electricity-free cooling surfaces for buildings and refrigeration. Direct competitor to Innofocus's Self-cooling Film product targeting energy efficiency and food preservation.
• Technica Optical Components: US-based FBG and fiber optic component manufacturer serving sensing, telecom, and aerospace markets. Competes with Innofocus's Ultrafast FBG product line on customization, performance, and consistency.
• FBGS Technologies: Belgian/German specialist in Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) manufacturing for sensing applications. Direct competitor in Innofocus's UFBG and nanoFACTORY r-FBG product lines, addressing structural health monitoring and industrial sensing markets.
• Workshop of Photonics: Lithuanian femtosecond laser micromachining specialist serving photonics, medical device, and aerospace customers. Comparable to Innofocus in its use of ultrafast lasers for precision micro/nanofabrication and integration of characterization services.
• Nanoscribe: German specialist in two-photon polymerization-based 3D nano/micro-printing for photonics, microfluidics, and biomedical applications. Closest direct competitor to Innofocus's femtosecond laser nanoprinting platform, serving overlapping research and industrial photonics customers.
• UpNano: Austrian two-photon polymerization 3D printing company producing nano- and micro-scale structures. Direct competitor in the high-resolution additive manufacturing space targeting biomedical and photonics research customers.

Emerging players

• FEMTIKA: Lithuanian femtosecond laser micromachining services and equipment provider. Comparable emerging player in ultrafast laser fabrication for photonics and biomedical devices, though smaller and with a more service-oriented model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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