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Eindhoven sensor startup eyeo raises EUR40 million Series A from European investors

eyeo, an imec spinout based in Eindhoven with an Antwerp design centre, raised a EUR40 million Series A led by Innovation Industries, an all European syndicate, to build a chip design team and scale its nanophotonic colour splitting image sensor.

Verified eyeo press release, 11 May 2026

What it does not test. Does not establish that eyeo has secured a manufacturing partner or reached commercial volume production of the sensor.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. All-European EUR40M round for Dutch/Belgian eyeo; ownership stays European, no fab secured yet. European Sovereignty Index

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