Black Silicon Holdings (SiOnyx)
formerly SiOnyxDigital Night Vision | SIONYX
Beverly, United States · Founded 2006 · $30.4M raised
- Headquarters
- Beverly, Massachusetts
- Employees
- 51–200
- Founded
- 2006
- Business Model
- B2B
- Website
- sionyx.com
- Total Funding
- $30.4M
- Last Round
- $6.9M Series AApr 2012
- Rounds
- 3
Totals include recorded grants and other qualifying funding, not just equity. What counts toward funding.
About
SIONYX is a silicon-based photonics company that develops and manufactures proprietary ultra-low-light CMOS image sensors and high-performance night vision cameras and systems. Founded on breakthrough Black Silicon technology originally developed at Harvard University, SIONYX's XQE sensor platform delivers best-in-class near-infrared sensitivity of up to 10x compared to standard CMOS, enabling digital night vision that replaces legacy image intensifier tube systems. The company serves a broad range of markets including defense (weapon sights, targeting, UAV navigation, military surveillance), law enforcement (search and rescue, evidence gathering), marine (night navigation), industrial (machine vision, process quality control, ADAS), and scientific/medical (fluorescence imaging, guided surgery, spectroscopy). SIONYX sells consumer night vision cameras under brand lines including Opsin, Nightwave, and Aurora, and supplies OEM XQE sensor cores and camera modules to embedded vision system integrators worldwide.
Summary
Black Silicon Holdings (SiOnyx) is a Defense Tech company based in Beverly, United States, founded in 2006. It has raised $30.4M in total across 3 rounds, most recently a $6.9M Series A round in Apr 2012. Investors include Harris & Harris Group, Coherent Inc. and Polaris Partners.
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Apr 2012
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Funding: Seed through Series A. Amounts, valuations, and investors where available.
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