Silixa
Silixa is a UK-based provider of distributed fiber optic sensing systems (DAS, DTS, DSS) serving oil and gas, mining, carbon capture, geothermal, environmental, and defense customers. Operating as part of Luna Innovations' Luna Sensing Group, it sells enterprise interrogator hardware and monitoring services globally.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2007
- HeadquartersElstree, United Kingdom
- Headcount101–250
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What Silixa does
Silixa Ltd is a UK-headquartered (Elstree) provider of distributed fiber optic sensing (DFOS) systems and solutions, founded in 2007 and operating as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Luna Innovations within the Luna Sensing Group since its January 2024 acquisition for $38 million. The company designs and sells interrogator units and application services built on Optical Time-Domain Reflectometry, Raman, and Brillouin scattering principles, delivering continuous real-time distributed acoustic (iDAS™, iDAS-MG™), temperature (ULTIMA™ DTS, XT-DTS™, Heat Pulse System), and strain (iDSS™) measurements over multi-kilometer fiber lengths, with the Carina® Sensing System platform serving as the integrated offering for permanent reservoir monitoring, subsea 4D seismic, well integrity, and carbon storage surveillance. Specialized services such as Carina® XwellXpress, Carina® 100XLog, ArrayFrac™, Carina® CarbonSecure™, and DamPulse address hydraulic fracture monitoring, production logging, CCUS monitoring, and tailings dam safety respectively.
Silixa serves enterprise and government customers across oil and gas (upstream operators), mining (e.g., Anglo American, Mogalakwena Platinum Mine), carbon capture and storage (e.g., CO2CRC at Aquistore and Otway), geothermal energy (Brady Hot Springs), natural environments, and defense (U.S. Navy via BlueTIDE 2025, FMV via Subvision AB collaboration), with named operations in the UK, US, Saudi Arabia, Norway, Australia, Canada, and Iceland. Revenue is generated through direct enterprise sales of hardware systems, quote-based project pricing on multi-year contracts, and complementary data and edge-computing services; pricing is not publicly disclosed. The company employs 101-250 staff and is led by CEO Glynn Williams with a founder-led technical bench including CTO Tom Parker, co-founder Mahmoud Farhadiroushan, and chief scientist Sergey Shatalin.
Silixa firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Silixa
- Legal name
- Silixa Ltd
- Website
- https://silixa.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2007
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 101–250 employees
- Short description
- Silixa is a UK-based provider of distributed fiber optic sensing systems (DAS, DTS, DSS) serving oil and gas, mining, carbon capture, geothermal, environmental, and defense customers. Operating as part of Luna Innovations' Luna Sensing Group, it sells enterprise interrogator hardware and monitoring services globally.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Silixa industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Fiber Optic Sensing Systems
- NAICS
- Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals (334515)
- SIC
- Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Instruments For Meas & Testing Of Electricity & Elec Signals (3825), Measuring & Controlling Devices, Nec (3829)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Optical Transport Test, Measurement & Commissioning (OTDR/BERT) (HDAFADAJ)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Optical & Light Sensors (Photodiodes/ALS/Color/UV) (HDAHALAE), Industrial Network Management & Diagnostics (OT NMS/Topology/Monitoring) (HDAFAJAI)
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Where Silixa is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Elstree
- HQ country
- United Kingdom
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices1 record
Markets served
Silixa business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing Systems and Solutions: Sale and deployment of distributed fiber optic sensing hardware including interrogators, sensors (DTS, DAS, DSS), and associated cables. Silixa was acquired by Luna Innovations for $38 million in January 2024.
- Monitoring and Data Services: Provides comprehensive monitoring services including well integrity monitoring, production logging, fracture monitoring, seismic surveys, and infrastructure monitoring across oil and gas, mining, and environmental applications.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Other | Multi-year contract | Enterprise direct sales model - custom pricing based on project scope and requirements |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels1 record
Marketing channels5 records
Silixa product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Silixa designs, manufactures, and sells distributed fiber optic sensing (DFOS) systems based on OTDR principles that provide continuous, real-time measurements of acoustic signals (DAS), temperature (DTS), and strain (DSS) along many kilometres of optical fibre without additional transducers. The company also delivers specialized monitoring services such as hydraulic fracture diagnostics, well logging, CO2 storage surveillance, and tailings dam monitoring for the oil and gas, mining, carbon capture, energy, environmental, and defense sectors.
Product overview
Silixa is a leading independent provider of fibre optic-based distributed sensing solutions, offering a comprehensive portfolio of distributed temperature, strain, and acoustic sensing products and services. The product portfolio is built around core technology platforms: iDAS™ for distributed acoustic sensing, ULTIMA™ and XT-DTS™ for distributed temperature sensing, iDSS™ for distributed strain sensing, and the Carina® Sensing System for permanent reservoir monitoring. These hardware platforms are complemented by specialized application services including Carina® XwellXpress for hydraulic fracture monitoring, Carina® 100XLog for well logging, ArrayFrac™ for frac diagnostics, Carina® CarbonSecure™ for CCUS monitoring, and DamPulse for tailings dam monitoring. The company operates as part of the Luna Sensing Group and serves sectors including oil and gas, carbon capture and storage, mining, natural environments, energy, and defence. Digital services including edge computing and data analytics complement the hardware offerings to deliver complete monitoring solutions from strategy through execution.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- iDAS™: Intelligent Distributed Acoustic Sensor for measuring acoustic signals along fiber optic cables
- iDAS-MG™
- Carina® Sensing System
- iDSS™
- ULTIMA™ DTS
- XT-DTS™
- Heat Pulse System
- Carina® CarbonSecure™
- ArrayFrac™
- Carina® XwellXpress
Products and services
- iDAS (intelligent Distributed Acoustic Sensor) Intelligent distributed acoustic sensor that measures acoustic signals at all points along optical fibre over many kilometres, reproducing sound faithfully in phase, frequency and amplitude with frequency range from milli-hertz to over 100kHz and dynamic range of over 120dB. Works on both single-mode and multi-mode fibre.
- iDAS-MG Marine-grade variant of iDAS optimized for subsea and offshore distributed acoustic sensing in underwater environments.
Quantifiable outcome
- Subsurface data accuracy improved by up to 40% in environmental and mining projects since 2020
- +1 more outcomes
Companies that use Silixa
Customer profileNamed customers5 records
Segments6 records
Ideal customer profiles5 records
Silixa technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
AI capability6 records
Feature11 records
Silixa partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- Baker HughescoreSilixa participates in Baker Hughes' Intervention Day event in Stavanger, Norway, presenting on well integrity campaigns using DAS and DTS fiber optic sensing for tubing-to-annulus communication diagnostics in offshore wells.
- Subvision AB / Reach SubseacoreCollaboration on BlueTIDE Prize Challenge integrating Silixa's Carina® Sensing System with Subvision AB's advanced fiber array for maritime defense applications. Subvision AB led array manufacturing.
- FMV (Swedish Defence Matériel Administration)coreFMV funded the development of the advanced fiber array used in the BlueTIDE project for wide-area acoustic surveillance systems.
- Akitemos SolutionsminorCoordinated partnerships among FMV, Subvision, and Silixa for the BlueTIDE maritime defense initiative.
Scale indicators2 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Silixa competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- OptaSense: Direct DFOS competitor specializing in distributed acoustic sensing for oil & gas, pipeline security, and perimeter monitoring. Now a sibling under Luna Sensing Group after Luna's acquisition of Silixa, intensifying internal overlap while confirming Silixa's competitive set.
- LIOS Technology: DFOS specialist focused on temperature and acoustic sensing for tunnels, infrastructure, and industrial fire detection. Also now a sibling under Luna Sensing Group, sharing the same go-to-market motion as Silixa.
- AP Sensing: Independent distributed fiber optic sensing company providing DTS, DAS, and DSS solutions for power, oil & gas, and infrastructure monitoring. Closest independent comparable to Silixa with overlapping product portfolio and customer verticals.
- Bandweaver Technologies: DFOS specialist with strong focus on distributed temperature sensing for fire detection, power cable monitoring, and tunnel/road infrastructure — competing with Silixa in infrastructure and energy monitoring applications.
- Fotech Solutions: Distributed acoustic sensing provider acquired by bp, focused on oil & gas pipeline monitoring, perimeter security, and transportation. Direct overlap with Silixa's DAS pipeline security and O&G use cases.
Broad incumbents
- Schlumberger (SLB): Largest oilfield services company with fiber optic sensing embedded in its well services portfolio. Competes with Silixa across upstream monitoring while bringing far larger scale and bundled offerings.
- Halliburton: Global oilfield services major with extensive fiber optic sensing partnerships (historically OptaSense) and downhole monitoring offerings. Competes with Silixa in well-integrity and frac-monitoring workflows.
- Baker Hughes: Oilfield services and industrial energy technology major with fiber optic sensing capabilities and Intervention Day events where Silixa presents. Competes in well-integrity and reservoir monitoring applications.
- Yokogawa Electric: Industrial automation incumbent with established DTS product line serving oil & gas, power, and process industries. Competes with Silixa's ULTIMA DTS and XT-DTS in temperature monitoring applications.
- Luna Innovations: Parent company of Silixa and broader Luna Sensing Group, also a manufacturer of fiber optic sensing and test & measurement instruments. Relevant as the strategic acquirer shaping Silixa's product roadmap and market access.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
Silixa social profiles
Digital presenceSilixa compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance1 record
Silixa financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Silixa leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles10 records
Silixa funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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Silixa M&A and investment
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Investments
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Frequently asked questions about Silixa
What does Silixa do?
Silixa designs, manufactures, and sells distributed fiber optic sensing (DFOS) systems based on OTDR principles that provide continuous, real-time measurements of acoustic signals (DAS), temperature (DTS), and strain (DSS) along many kilometres of optical fibre without additional transducers. The company also delivers specialized monitoring services such as hydraulic fracture diagnostics, well logging, CO2 storage surveillance, and tailings dam monitoring for the oil and gas, mining, carbon capture, energy, environmental, and defense sectors.
Is Silixa a public or private company?
Silixa is a private company. It is classified as corporate owned and is currently operating.
When was Silixa founded?
Silixa was founded in 2007. It employs 101 to 250 people.
Where is Silixa based?
Silixa is headquartered in Elstree, United Kingdom, in the Europe region.
How does Silixa make money?
Two revenue lines are on record. Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing Systems and Solutions are the primary driver. The others are monitoring and Data Services.
Who are Silixa's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are OptaSense, LIOS Technology, AP Sensing, Bandweaver Technologies and Fotech Solutions. Broad incumbents are Schlumberger (SLB), Halliburton, Baker Hughes, Yokogawa Electric and Luna Innovations.
Does Silixa have an API?
No public API is recorded for Silixa.
What industry is Silixa in?
Silixa's product category is Fiber Optic Sensing Systems. Its primary akta.pro industry code is HDAFADAJ, Optical Transport Test, Measurement & Commissioning (OTDR/BERT), with a secondary code of HDAHALAE, Optical & Light Sensors (Photodiodes/ALS/Color/UV). Its NAICS code is 334515 and its SIC code is 3823.