OptoSense

What OptoSense does

OptoSense is a privately-held Norwegian company founded in 1998 and headquartered in Oslo. Per the firmographics data, it develops and sells micro-optical sensors targeted at demanding gas detection and measurement applications, a niche specialty within industrial and environmental sensing. The technical premise centers on optical spectroscopy or photometric detection at a miniaturized scale, intended for applications where conventional gas sensors face accuracy, selectivity, or durability constraints.

The company is small, with 1-10 employees on its roster, and operates as a for-profit private entity. The only documented capital event is a 2007 funding round led by ProVenture. As of the available data, the optosense.com domain is parked with no active website content, the company maintains no documented product catalog, customer logos, partnerships, pricing, or management team information, and its operating status cannot be confirmed. The available evidence suggests a niche B2B industrial sensor business that may be operating in a low- or no-public-presence mode, but the underlying revenue, customer base, and current activity level are not verifiable from the inputs supplied.

Name

OptoSense

Website

https://optosense.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

OptoSense is a privately-held Norwegian company founded in 1998 that develops micro-optical sensors for gas detection and measurement in demanding industrial applications. It operates with 1-10 employees from Oslo, Norway.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Optical Gas Sensors

NAICS

Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing (334519), Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (334516), Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (3345)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826), Optical Instruments & Lenses (3827)

akta.pro primary industry

Process Analytical Instrumentation (Gas analyzers, spectroscopy, pH/ORP, conductivity) (IMAGAFAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Optoelectronic Components (LEDs, photodiodes, optocouplers, optical sensors) (IMAGAJAF), Fixed Gas Detection & Continuous Monitoring (Sensors/IoT/Telemetry) (EUAJADAB)

Keywords

• Gas detection sensors
• Optical measurement devices
• Infrared gas sensors
• Spectroscopic sensors
• Gas analysis instruments

Headquarters

HQ city

Oslo

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Core offering

OptoSense develops and sells micro-optical sensors for demanding gas detection and measurement applications. The sensors are designed for use in industrial, environmental, or process-control contexts where reliable gas analysis is required.

Product overview

The optosense.com domain is currently parked and inactive. The domain is registered but the owner does not have an active website. No product or service information is available from the source data.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Micro-optical gas sensors Micro-optical sensors designed for demanding gas detection and measurement applications, sold to industrial, environmental, and process-control customers that require reliable optical-based gas analysis.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights1 record

Broad incumbents

• Honeywell Analytics: Large industrial safety incumbent offering fixed and portable gas detection solutions including optical/IR sensors. Overlaps with OptoSense in fixed gas detection and process analytical instrumentation but serves the market as part of a much broader portfolio.
• MSA Safety: Global safety equipment vendor with a strong fixed and portable gas detection product line including IR/optical sensors. Comparable end-customers (industrial safety, oil & gas, utilities) and overlapping sensor technology.
• Vaisala: Finnish global leader in environmental and industrial measurement including optical gas detection, dewpoint, and process instruments. Comparable in product category (optical gas/environmental sensors) but operates as a broad incumbent with vastly greater scale.
• Dräger: German safety and medical technology company with a substantial fixed and portable gas detection business using optical and electrochemical sensors. Directly competes for industrial and utility gas-detection accounts.

Direct peers

• Sensirion: Swiss manufacturer of sensors including gas and flow sensors based on micro-optical and MEMS principles. Comparable in technology category and end-market overlap (industrial, environmental, medical) with OptoSense's micro-optical gas detection offering.
• Amphenol SGX Sensortech: Designs and manufactures catalytic, electrochemical, pellistor, and infrared optical gas sensors for fixed and portable detection. Directly comparable to OptoSense as a micro-optical gas sensor specialist serving industrial safety and process markets.
• Aeroqual: New Zealand-based developer of optical gas and particle sensors for environmental and indoor air quality monitoring. Closely comparable technology (optical/photoacoustic gas detection) and target use cases to OptoSense.

Emerging players

• Alphasense: UK-based gas sensor specialist serving industrial safety, emissions monitoring, and air quality markets. Comparable focus on gas detection sensors for similar regulated end-use customers as OptoSense.
• Membrapor: Swiss specialist manufacturer of gas sensors including electrochemical and emerging optical sensor products for industrial and environmental monitoring. Comparable niche scale and product overlap to OptoSense.

Regional players

• Opgal: Israeli manufacturer of optical gas imaging (OGI) cameras and thermal imaging for gas leak detection. Comparable optical gas detection focus but primarily serves a different geographic and product form-factor market than OptoSense.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/optosense

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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