Glitterin Tech
光引科技
Glitterin Tech (光引科技), founded in 2021 in Xuzhou, China, with its core team incubated from a Cambridge University R&D group.
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Glitterin Tech (光引科技), founded in 2021 in Xuzhou, China, with its core team incubated from a Cambridge University R&D group. The company pursues a computational spectrometer technology path: on-chip sampling units encode incident light, and algorithms reconstruct a full spectrum from a small number of measurements. Its spectral chips cover wavelengths of 600-2500 nm and are grain-of-rice in size, with projected mass-production costs under $20 USD. Products are miniaturized spectral sensor modules used in wearable health monitoring, medical-aesthetic skin analysis, and industrial and food inspection. Customers include Huawei and Xiaomi, and the company jointly developed a skin collagen detection device with L'Oréal.
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Funding history
- 2026-07-04Pre-Series A$14M
Investors · 光子强链基金, 洛阳英才, 长飞基金, CAS Star, 善达投资, 西安财金Source · SVTR Weekly #164 ↗
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