Overview
Note: German company (Cologne), not Belgian.
Spun out of imec, Eyeo applies photonics research to the design of imaging sensors that achieve high color accuracy and resolution in a dramatically smaller form factor. The color-splitting approach replaces traditional color filter arrays with optical structures that separate wavelengths more efficiently, improving both sensor performance and energy consumption.
The EUR 15M funding round closed in May 2025. Target markets include medical imaging, industrial inspection, and compact consumer devices where sensor size is a binding constraint.
Eyeo is part of the Leuven photonics cluster alongside Swave Photonics and benefits from the deep photonics expertise concentrated at imec.
Funding history
- Round: EUR 15M (May 2025)
Key people
In the news
- Speak at the Ad Blocker Developer Summit, Copenhagen, November 3–4 Once a year, the people dedicated to making the web cleaner and more private gather in one room for two days. This year that room is in Copenhagen, and there's still space for you on stage! 1. The people: Devs from the likes of AdGuard, Brave, eyeo, Ghostery, Google, Malwarebytes, Mozilla and Opera, plus filter maintainers and privacy researchers 2. The topics: AI and LLMs in ad blocking, emerging platforms like chatbots, AR/VR and smart homes, the cookieless
- A small group of people quietly decide how billions of us experience the web: the engineers behind the ad blockers, the filter list maintainers, the browser privacy teams. Once a year they're all in one room. This year it's Copenhagen, 3–4 November — the Ad Blocker Developer Summit. Co-written by eyeo & AdGuard. Full story and how to get involved 👇 Link: https://lnkd.in/ehuwJ3N7 #AdBlocking #Privacy #WebDevelopment #ManifestV3 #ABDS2026
- The Ad Blocker Dev Summit is back — Copenhagen, November 3–4, 2026. ABDS brings together the people making the web more private and less intrusive: developers, filter list maintainers, browser engineers, researchers, advocates. This year AdGuard and eyeo are co-hosting it in Copenhagen — two days of talks, conversations, and the hallway chats you can't get over video. The call for speakers is open, attending is free, and new voices are exactly what we're looking for. 🎤 Speak or attend — https://lnkd.in/d9k_NwE
Backers
imec.xpand
Independent deep-tech VC linked to imec, focused on semiconductors and nanotechnology with EUR 300M under management.
QBIC
Belgian inter-university deep-tech fund backed by UGent, VUB, UAntwerp, UHasselt, ULiege, VITO, imec, and partner hospitals.
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