Hèmèra

What Hèmèra does

Hèmèra Inc. is a privately-held Canadian decorative lighting manufacturer founded in 1992 and headquartered at 2461 Rue des Carrières in Montréal, Quebec. The company designs and produces made-to-order decorative LED lighting fixtures — wall sconces, suspensions and chandeliers, and ceiling fixtures/projectors — under both a catalogue of named collections (demoiselle, neptune, cassandra, stixx, pastis, monaco, mayfair, cassis, and others) and a Custom & Projects service for bespoke architectural lighting. Core technology centres on CREE Chip-on-Board LED modules with CRI 90+ across 2700K–4000K colour temperatures, housed in borosilicate glass cylinders with fire-polished ends and brass-threaded assemblies, with optional thermoformed shades using high-performance resin-encapsulated materials. Products qualify as USMCA-originating and the company markets across Canada, the United States and Mexico.

The business model is B2B project-based, selling decorative fixtures to architects, interior designers, and commercial project developers through direct enterprise field sales and specification channels. All luminaires are made to order in limited quantities with quote-based pricing that is not publicly disclosed; terms require a minimum 50% deposit (with full payment required prior to production release for new accounts or larger orders), Net 30 for approved credit, and freight-prepaid thresholds of $10,000 NET in the US/Canada and $20,000 NET in Mexico. The customer base spans commercial real estate (345 Hudson, 222 N LaSalle, Michigan Plaza, Uplands Corporate Center), healthcare (Peeples Cancer Institute at Hamilton Medical Center), education (Texas A&M University), hospitality (a New York City restaurant project), and institutional/nonprofit clients (Nuclear Energy Institute, Breakthrough T1D). Marketing relies on a bilingual (EN/FR) content website, project showcases, and email newsletter rather than paid acquisition.

Operationally, Hèmèra is a micro-manufacturer with 1–10 employees running in-house design, modification, and custom fabrication out of a single Montréal facility, with no disclosed external funding, no parent company, no acquisitions, no patents, and no partnerships in the public record. The company's stated intent since inception has been to offer a Canadian-made alternative to European decorative lighting imports, competing on craft quality, customisation capability, and USMCA-compliant North American manufacturing rather than on volume or price.

Name

Hèmèra

Legal name

HÈMÈRA Inc.

Website

https://hemeralighting.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Hèmèra Inc. is a Montréal-based, privately-held Canadian manufacturer of made-to-order decorative LED lighting fixtures — wall sconces, suspensions, chandeliers, and ceiling fixtures — plus bespoke custom projects, sold through specification channels to architects, interior designers, and commercial developers across North America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Montreal

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Decorative Lighting Products: Manufacture and sale of decorative lighting fixtures including wall sconces, suspensions, chandeliers, and ceiling fixtures. Products are made-to-order with customization capabilities. Revenue generated through direct project sales to commercial customers and through specification channels.
2. Custom Projects: Collaboration with customers to create unique lighting products and solutions for specific project requirements. Includes pure custom product design and modification of catalogue products.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Hèmèra designs, manufactures, and sells a superior line of Canadian decorative lighting fixtures — wall sconces, suspensions and chandeliers, and ceilings and projectors — built with high-quality materials such as borosilicate glass, brass components, and CREE COB LED modules. The company produces luminaires made-to-order in limited quantities and, through its Custom & Projects division, collaborates with customers to modify catalogue products or design pure custom lighting solutions for specific architectural and commercial projects.

Product overview

Hèmèra is a decorative lighting manufacturer offering a comprehensive portfolio of lighting fixtures across three main product categories: Wall Sconces (including pastis, stixx macro, chloe, svelte, alto, titan, milos, solstice, neptune, sarah, cassandra, slik, charlotte, julieta, korus, savannah, cassis, vida, and focus), Suspensions & Chandeliers (including demoiselle, neptune, eos, astro, tribe, stixx, sabre, pure, cassandra, mia, meteorite, luxor, westmount, abigail, lotus, and domus), and Ceilings & Projectors (including pastis, mikko, jupiter, titan, stixx, chloe, neptune, tribe-4, monaco, cassandra, mia, mayfair, and cassis). The company also provides Custom & Projects services for bespoke lighting solutions and organizes products into themed Collections. All products feature LED options with various wattages, lumen outputs, color temperatures, and CRI ratings. Products are designed for discerning customers seeking exquisite, high quality and performance decorative lighting for commercial and residential applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Wall Sconces Wall-mounted decorative lighting fixtures including models such as pastis, stixx macro, chloe, svelte, alto, titan, milos, solstice, neptune, sarah, cassandra, slik, charlotte, julieta, korus, savannah, cassis, vida, and focus. Available with ADA compliance options, LED modules, and various finishes, designed for architects, interior designers, and commercial project developers.
• Suspensions & Chandeliers Hanging decorative light fixtures including suspensions, micro-suspensions, and chandeliers with models such as demoiselle, neptune, eos, astro, tribe, stixx (macro, micro, nano, glow), sabre, pure, cassandra, mia, meteorite, luxor, westmount, abigail, lotus, domus, vincentius, jupiter, monaco, mayfair, and cassis. Targeted at commercial and high-end residential decorative lighting projects.
• Ceilings & Projectors Ceiling-mounted decorative fixtures and projectors including pastis, mikko, jupiter, titan, stixx macro, chloe, stixx micro, neptune-5, neptune, tribe-4, monaco, cassandra, mia, mayfair, and cassis models, designed for commercial architectural applications.
• Custom & Projects Bespoke lighting design and project collaboration service in which Hèmèra works with customers to create unique lighting products and solutions. Includes modification and customization of catalogue products for special projects as well as pure custom product design, leveraging in-house manufacturing capabilities.

Quantifiable outcome

• Products qualify as USMCA originating, enabling preferential trade treatment

Named customers9 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Artemide: Established Italian architectural and decorative lighting manufacturer with strong designer presence. Comparable for premium LED decorative fixtures used in commercial, hospitality, and institutional projects globally.
• Foscarini: Italian decorative lighting brand with strong design heritage in suspensions, wall sconces, and ceiling fixtures. Comparable for the decorative LED luminaire range and designer/specifier channel.
• Flos: Iconic Italian premium decorative and architectural lighting brand that Hèmèra explicitly positions itself against. Comparable for the high-design decorative fixture category, custom manufacturing capabilities, and global specifier channel.
• Vibia: Spanish designer decorative lighting company known for high-end pendants, chandeliers, and sconces. Comparable because Hèmèra explicitly aims to rival European designer imports in this category.
• Visual Comfort & Co. Large North American decorative and architectural lighting portfolio serving specifiers and designers. Comparable because both target architects and interior designers with high-end decorative fixtures, though Visual Comfort operates at significantly greater scale and breadth.
• Louis Poulsen: Danish premium lighting manufacturer with iconic pendant and decorative fixtures. Comparable for high-end decorative luminaire manufacturing competing for the same specifier-driven commercial and residential projects.
• Lightolier (Signify): Established architectural lighting brand within Signify portfolio focused on specification-grade commercial lighting. Comparable for the decorative pendant, sconce, and ceiling fixture categories used in institutional and commercial projects.

Direct peers

• Boyd Lighting: US-based boutique decorative lighting manufacturer producing custom architectural fixtures. Highly comparable as a small-batch, made-to-order decorative lighting maker serving designers and custom commercial projects.
• Tech Lighting (Visual Comfort): Specializes in architectural decorative and accent lighting for residential and commercial spaces. Direct peer given the shared focus on specification-grade decorative fixtures, LED pendants and chandeliers, and a similar go-to-market through designers.
• Louis Semonnot (LumenArt): Boutique custom architectural decorative lighting manufacturer specializing in made-to-order fixtures. Direct competitor for the same niche of custom decorative lighting projects targeting architects and developers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hemeralighting

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Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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