BOULDER NONLINEAR SYSTEMS, INC.
AcquiredBOULDER NONLINEAR SYSTEMS, INC. is a defense tech company in Lafayette, United States, founded in 2015. It has raised $8.8M across 11 rounds, most recently a $260K Grant in September 2022.
Custom light control solutions through liquid crystal technology
- Headquarters
- Lafayette, Colorado
- Employees
- 11–50
- Founded
- 2015
- Business Model
- B2B
- Website
- bnonlinear.com
- Total Funding
- $8.8M
- Last Round
- $260K GrantSep 2022
- Rounds
- 11
- Acquired by
- MEADOWLARK OPTICS, INC.
Totals include recorded grants and other qualifying funding, not just equity. What counts toward funding.
Indexed holds 11 funding rounds for this company. The full record is or through the API.
About
Boulder Nonlinear Systems (BNS) is a research and development company based in Lafayette, Colorado, recognized as a leader in custom light control solutions. The company specializes in non-mechanical beam steering and modulation devices based on next-generation liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) spatial light modulators and liquid crystal polarization gratings. BNS leverages deep expertise in liquid crystal technologies to tackle challenging optics problems across research and industrial applications, including defense, scientific instrumentation, and photonics. The company has received more than 33 SBIR/STTR awards from agencies including the Department of Energy, Department of Defense, NASA, and Department of Health and Human Services. In 2014, Meadowlark Optics acquired BNS's commercial products group; the remaining R&D entity continued operating independently until Meadowlark acquired the full company in 2023.
Summary
It lists 11–50 employees. It has raised $8.8M in total across 11 rounds, most recently a $260K Grant round in Sep 2022.
Funding & Exit History
Sep 2022
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Funding: Series A through Grant. Amounts, valuations, and investors where available.
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