WaveOptics: Difference between revisions

<ref name="snap_subsid">{{cite web |url=https://waveoptics.com/about/ |title=About - WaveOptics |publisher=WaveOptics |accessdate=<!-- Current Date --> |quote=Proudly part of Snap Inc. WaveOptics is a wholly owned, independent subsidiary of Snap. We continue to support our external customers.}}</ref>

<ref name="industry1">{{cite web |url=https://waveoptics.com/about/ |title=About - WaveOptics |publisher=WaveOptics |accessdate=<!-- Current Date --> |quote=We research, design and develop optical engines for augmented reality smartglasses and headsets.}}</ref>

<ref name="industry2">{{cite web |url=https://optics.org/news/12/5/40 |title=WaveOptics snapped up in $500M deal |publisher=Optics.org |date=2021-05-25 |accessdate=<!-- Current Date --> |quote=UK-based maker of augmented reality waveguides based on diffraction gratings to become part of Snap Inc... WaveOptics... makes optical waveguides for augmented reality (AR) hardware.}}</ref>

<ref name="industry3">{{cite web |url=https://www.endole.co.uk/company/08894247/wave-optics-limited |title=Wave Optics Limited - Company Profile |publisher=Endole |accessdate=<!-- Current Date --> |quote=WaveOptics is a provider of optical engines for augmented reality (AR) eyewear, focusing on the design and manufacture of waveguides and projectors.}}</ref>

<ref name="industry4">{{cite web |url=https://waveoptics.ar/ |title=Homepage - WaveOptics |publisher=WaveOptics |accessdate=<!-- Current Date -->}} <!-- General Industry from Homepage --> </ref>

<ref name="founded_2014_1">{{cite web |url=https://waveoptics.com/about/ |title=About - WaveOptics |publisher=WaveOptics |accessdate=<!-- Current Date --> |quote=2014. Our Story: WaveOptics was Established.}}</ref>

<ref name="founded_2014_2">{{cite web |url=https://optics.org/news/12/5/40 |title=WaveOptics snapped up in $500M deal |publisher=Optics.org |date=2021-05-25 |accessdate=<!-- Current Date --> |quote=Founded by Sumanta Talukdar and David Grey in 2014...}}</ref>

<ref name="founded_2014_3">{{cite web |url=https://tracxn.com/d/companies/waveoptics/__qYCUJt3h6ZL5-eTzQNDGW-SAzjNK9xa6sx3fHG7f1nE |title=WaveOptics - 2025 Company Profile, Funding & Competitors |publisher=Tracxn |accessdate=<!-- Current Date --> |quote=Founded by Sumanta Talukdar and David Grey in the year 2014.}}</ref>

<ref name="founded_2014_4">{{cite web |url=https://www.eu-startups.com/2018/12/uk-based-waveoptics-raises-e23-million-series-c-to-expand-its-augmented-reality-tech-internationally/ |title=Augmented reality startup WaveOptics raises €23 million to expand internationally |publisher=EU-Startups |date=2018-12-11 |accessdate=<!-- Current Date --> |quote=Founded in 2014, WaveOptics...}}</ref>

<ref name="octopus_2012">{{cite web |url=https://octopusventures.com/news/how-waveoptics-was-acquired-by-a-global-tech-giant/ |title=How WaveOptics was acquired by a global tech giant |publisher=Octopus Ventures |date=2021-05-21 |accessdate=<!-- Current Date --> |quote=Meanwhile WaveOptics has been quietly developing its waveguide technology since 2012... We first met with the WaveOptics team in 2013...}}</ref>

<ref name="founders1">{{cite web |url=https://waveoptics.com/about/ |title=About - WaveOptics |publisher=WaveOptics |accessdate=<!-- Current Date --> |quote=Co-founders Salim Valera, David Grey and Sumanta Talukhdar share a vision to unlock the potential of AR wearables.}}</ref>

<ref name="founders2">{{cite web |url=https://octopusventures.com/news/how-waveoptics-was-acquired-by-a-global-tech-giant/ |title=How WaveOptics was acquired by a global tech giant |publisher=Octopus Ventures |date=2021-05-21 |accessdate=<!-- Current Date --> |quote=Sumanta Talukdar and his co-founders, David Grey and Salim Valera...}}</ref>

<ref name="founders3">{{cite web |url=https://waveoptics.com/team/ |title=Team - WaveOptics |publisher=WaveOptics |accessdate=<!-- Current Date --> |quote=Founded. Co-founded by David Grey, Salim Valera and Sumanta Talukdar.}}</ref>

<ref name="hq1">{{cite web |url=https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/107080-05 |title=WaveOptics 2025 Company Profile: Valuation, Investors, Acquisition |publisher=PitchBook |accessdate=<!-- Current Date --> |quote=Corporate Office · 141 Park Drive, Milton Park · Abingdon · Oxford OX14 4SR · England, United Kingdom.}}</ref>

<ref name="hq2">{{cite web |url=https://www.wilsonsonsini.com/insights/news-releases/wilson-sonsini-advises-waveoptics-on-acquisition-by-snap |title=Wilson Sonsini Advises WaveOptics on Acquisition by Snap |publisher=Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati |date=2021-05-24 |accessdate=<!-- Current Date --> |quote=WaveOptics is headquartered in Oxford, England.}}</ref>

<ref name="ceo1">{{cite web |url=https://octopusventures.com/news/how-waveoptics-was-acquired-by-a-global-tech-giant/ |title=How WaveOptics was acquired by a global tech giant |publisher=Octopus Ventures |date=2021-05-21 |accessdate=<!-- Current Date --> |quote=WaveOptics's CEO David Hayes, who arrived in 2017...}}</ref>

<ref name="ceo2">{{cite web |url=https://tracxn.com/d/companies/waveoptics/__qYCUJt3h6ZL5-eTzQNDGW-SAzjNK9xa6sx3fHG7f1nE |title=WaveOptics - 2025 Company Profile, Funding & Competitors |publisher=Tracxn |accessdate=<!-- Current Date --> |quote=David Hayes is the CEO of WaveOptics.}}</ref>

<ref name="personnel_grey_cs">{{cite web |url=https://waveoptics.ar/ |title=Homepage - WaveOptics |publisher=WaveOptics |accessdate=<!-- Current Date --> |quote=<!-- Placeholder - Assuming current website or other source lists Grey as Chief Scientist, as mentioned in Art 4 -->}}</ref> <!-- Needs a proper source confirming current title -->

<ref name="cto_phil">{{cite web |url=https://www.xrtoday.com/ar/waveoptics-and-luxexcel-create-prescription-ar-glasses/ |title=WaveOptics and Luxexcel Create Prescription AR Glasses |publisher=XR Today |date=2021-03-11 |accessdate=<!-- Current Date --> |quote=CTO of WaveOptics, Phil Greenhalgh went on to say...}}</ref>

<ref name="products1">{{cite web |url=https://waveoptics.com/about/ |title=About - WaveOptics |publisher=WaveOptics |accessdate=<!-- Current Date --> |quote=We research, design and develop optical engines for augmented reality smartglasses and headsets... Optical engines comprise a waveguide and projector.}}</ref>

<ref name="products2">{{cite web |url=https://www.eu-startups.com/2018/12/uk-based-waveoptics-raises-e23-million-series-c-to-expand-its-augmented-reality-tech-internationally/ |title=Augmented reality startup WaveOptics raises €23 million to expand internationally |publisher=EU-Startups |date=2018-12-11 |accessdate=<!-- Current Date --> |quote=UK-based WaveOptics is a designer and manufacturer of diffractive waveguides – the key optical component in wearable AR devices, such as smart glasses.}}</ref>

<ref name="product_names">{{cite web |url=https://waveoptics.ar/waveguides/ |title=Waveguide models |publisher=WaveOptics |accessdate=<!-- Current Date -->}}</ref> <!-- Source for Katana, Vulcan, Odin names -->

<ref name="katana1">{{cite web |url=https://waveoptics.com/katana/ |title=Katana - WaveOptics |publisher=WaveOptics |accessdate=<!-- Current Date --> |quote=Katana is a one plate waveguide platform ranging between 28° – 30° field of view.}}</ref>

<ref name="katana2">{{cite web |url=https://www.photonicsonline.com/doc/waveoptics-unveils-its-katana-waveguide-design-for-augmented-reality-wearables-0001 |title=WaveOptics unveils its Katana waveguide design for Augmented Reality wearables |publisher=Photonics Online |date=2020-02-03 |accessdate=<!-- Current Date --> |quote=At 1.15 mm in thickness and weighing only 7g, Katana is the latest addition to WaveOptics' range of waveguide technology platforms...}}</ref>

<ref name="loki_projector">{{cite web |url=https://kguttag.com/2021/08/25/news-waveoptics-jade-bird-display-microled-partnership/ |title=News: WaveOptics & Jade Bird Display MicroLED Partnership |publisher=KGOnTech |date=2021-08-25 |accessdate=<!-- Current Date --> |quote=Leopard uses the Katana waveguide platform... It combines with Loki, the WaveOptics designed projector (incorporating JBD's uLED panel) weighing just 0.6 grams...}}</ref>

<ref name="parent1">{{cite web |url=https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/107080-05 |title=WaveOptics 2025 Company Profile: Valuation, Investors, Acquisition |publisher=PitchBook |accessdate=<!-- Current Date --> |quote=Who acquired WaveOptics? WaveOptics was acquired by Snap... When was WaveOptics acquired? WaveOptics was acquired on 21-May-2021.}}</ref>

<ref name="parent2">{{cite web |url=https://www.ipgroupplc.com/media/portfolio-news/2021/2021-06-10 |title=How WaveOptics became one of the biggest ever exits for a venture-backed “deeptech” start-up in Europe |publisher=IP Group plc |date=2021-06-10 |accessdate=<!-- Current Date --> |quote=The augmented reality company was sold to Snap in 2021...}}</ref>

<ref name="website_official">{{cite web |url=https://waveoptics.ar/ |title=WaveOptics |publisher=WaveOptics |accessdate=<!-- Current Date -->}}</ref>

<ref name="intro2">{{cite web |url=https://www.metoree.com/manufacturers/10317/ |title=WaveOptics - Company Profile and Products |publisher=Metoree |accessdate=<!-- Current Date --> |quote=WaveOptics was established is 2014 as a manufacturer of optical engines and is based in Oxford, UK.}}</ref>

<ref name="intro3">{{cite web |url=https://octopusventures.com/news/how-waveoptics-was-acquired-by-a-global-tech-giant/ |title=How WaveOptics was acquired by a global tech giant |publisher=Octopus Ventures |date=2021-05-21 |accessdate=<!-- Current Date --> |quote=Meanwhile WaveOptics... is now leading the race in achieving AR devices light and wearable enough to enter the mainstream.}}</ref>

<ref name="acq_value">{{cite web |url=https://optics.org/news/12/5/40 |title=WaveOptics snapped up in $500M deal |publisher=Optics.org |date=2021-05-25 |accessdate=<!-- Current Date --> |quote=Snap Inc... is to acquire UK-based WaveOptics in a deal reportedly worth more than $500 million.}}</ref>

<ref name="Verge2021">{{cite news|title=Snap is buying its AR display supplier for more than $500 million|url=https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/21/22447150/snap-waveoptics-acquisition-500m-spectacles|publisher=The Verge|date=21 May 2021|accessdate=<!-- Current Date -->}}</ref>

<ref name="Reuters2021">{{cite news|title=Snap to buy augmented reality company WaveOptics for over $500 mln|url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/snap-buy-augmented-reality-company-waveoptics-over-500-mln-2021-05-21/|publisher=Reuters|date=21 May 2021|accessdate=<!-- Current Date -->}}</ref>

<ref name="founders_bae">{{cite web |url=https://octopusventures.com/news/how-waveoptics-was-acquired-by-a-global-tech-giant/ |title=How WaveOptics was acquired by a global tech giant |publisher=Octopus Ventures |date=2021-05-21 |accessdate=<!-- Current Date --> |quote=Prior to starting WaveOptics, they had been developing head-up displays (HMDs) and head-mounted displays (HUDs) in the defence industry at BAE Systems...}}</ref>

<ref name="history_patent">{{cite web |url=https://waveoptics.com/team/ |title=Team - WaveOptics |publisher=WaveOptics |accessdate=<!-- Current Date --> |quote=First WaveOptics patent application filed for “Exit pupil expanding diffractive optical waveguiding device” – key to initial funding success.}}</ref>

<ref name="Patent2019">{{cite patent|title=Exit pupil expanding diffractive optical waveguiding device|number=US10359635B2|assignee=Wave Optics Ltd.|date=23 July 2019|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US10359635B2|accessdate=<!-- Current Date -->}}</ref>

<ref name="funding_rounds">{{cite web |url=https://tracxn.com/d/companies/waveoptics/__qYCUJt3h6ZL5-eTzQNDGW-SAzjNK9xa6sx3fHG7f1nE |title=WaveOptics - 2025 Company Profile, Funding & Competitors |publisher=Tracxn |accessdate=<!-- Current Date --> |quote=WaveOptics has raised a total funding of $54.9M over 4 rounds. Its first funding round was on Dec 14, 2015.}}</ref>

<ref name="pitch_palace">{{cite web |url=https://waveoptics.com/about/ |title=About - WaveOptics |publisher=WaveOptics |accessdate=<!-- Current Date --> |quote=2016. Finalist at award attended by HM Queen Elizabeth II. In November our diffractive waveguide was recognised at the prestigious Pitch@Palace...}}</ref>

<ref name="series_b">{{cite web |url=https://waveoptics.com/about/ |title=About - WaveOptics |publisher=WaveOptics |accessdate=<!-- Current Date --> |quote=In July Series B funding of $16m was secured... Later that year David Hayes was brought in as the new CEO...}}</ref>

<ref name="funding_investors">{{cite web |url=https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/107080-05 |title=WaveOptics 2025 Company Profile: Valuation, Investors, Acquisition |publisher=PitchBook |accessdate=<!-- Current Date --> |quote=Who are WaveOptics's investors? , Blippar, Bosch Ventures, Gobi Partners, and GoerTek are 5 of 16 investors who have invested in WaveOptics.}}</ref>

<ref name="About2023">{{cite web|title=About WaveOptics|url=https://waveoptics.ar/about/|publisher=WaveOptics|access-date=<!-- Current Date -->}}</ref> <!-- Reused from Art 4 -->

<ref name="series_c_1">{{cite web |url=https://optics.org/news/10/9/18 |title=WaveOptics eyes production ramp with $13M top-up |publisher=Optics.org |date=2019-09-11 |accessdate=<!-- Current Date --> |quote=WaveOptics... says it has closed an oversubscribed series C venture round with $39 million of funding.}}</ref>

<ref name="series_c_2">{{cite web |url=https://tracxn.com/d/companies/waveoptics/__qYCUJt3h6ZL5-eTzQNDGW-SAzjNK9xa6sx3fHG7f1nE |title=WaveOptics - 2025 Company Profile, Funding & Competitors |publisher=Tracxn |accessdate=<!-- Current Date --> |quote=Its latest funding round was a Series C round on Sep 10, 2019 for $13M.}}</ref>

<ref name="Auganix2019">{{cite web|title=WaveOptics closes £30 million Series C funding|url=https://www.auganix.org/waveoptics-closes-gbp-30-million-in-series-c-funding-allowing-it-to-scale-business-operations-in-the-uk-us-and-asia/|publisher=Auganix|date=9 September 2019|accessdate=<!-- Current Date -->}}</ref>

<ref name="coo_richard">{{cite web |url=https://www.ipgroupplc.com/media/portfolio-news/2020/2020-12-02 |title=WaveOptics Appoints Richard Smith as Chief Operating Officer |publisher=IP Group plc |date=2020-12-02 |accessdate=<!-- Current Date -->}}</ref>