Omnitron Sensors Secures $13M+ Series A Funding, Fueling Next Generation of MEMS Sensors

—- Omnitron MEMS fabrication IP advances sensors for AI data centers, LiDAR, XR devices

LOS ANGELES — January 30, 2025 — Omnitron Sensors, the pioneer in MEMS fabrication IP for a new world of sensors, has secured $13M+ in Series A funding led by Corriente Advisors, LLC, with participation from longtime investor L’ATTITUDE Ventures. The investment will fuel the expansion of Omnitron’s engineering and operations teams, accelerating the mass production of the company’s first product, a reliable, affordable microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) step-scanning mirror for multiple markets.

Streamlining the production of MEMS sensors — which have been limited by expensive, laborious manufacturing methods for decades — Omnitron’s fabrication IP is the critical enabler for optical cross-connects (OXCs) in artificial intelligence (AI) data centers, optical subsystems in long-range LiDAR for autonomous navigation, see-through displays in extended reality (XR) headsets and eyewear, and precision laser spectrometry for methane gas detection.

“Omnitron Sensors has achieved the quantum leap in MEMS fabrication technology for which the industry has been waiting,” said Mark Hart III, CEO, Corriente Advisors, LLC. “By inventing a process of fabricating mass-market MEMS sensors that are higher-performance, more affordable and more durable than existing sensors, Omnitron is uniquely able to satisfy unmet needs in long-stifled markets with enormous potential, such as optical cross-connects for AI data centers, affordable LiDAR sensors for ADAS, and other markets which have hit a wall due to the longstanding limitations in sensor technology and the inability of legacy MEMS manufacturing techniques to address those constraints.”

“As a longtime investor in Omnitron Sensors, we believe in the vision to proliferate industry-changing MEMS sensors for applications on which modern society depends,” said Sol Trujillo, co-founder and managing partner, L’ATTITUDE Ventures. “Omnitron has differentiated technology in multiple market segments, which will have a significant positive impact. Furthering our investment in this revolutionary technology has the potential to unlock new markets on a global scale.”

Meeting demand in sensor-driven markets

Omnitron is targeting major markets with its MEMS sensor technology:

  • Improving throughput and energy efficiency in AI data centers: Omnitron’s MEMS-based photonics OXC for Tensor architectures boosts transmission speed and reliability in a low-power device, enhancing AI workflow in data centers. According to New Street Research, this market will approach $30B in 2027.
  • Advancing affordability and reliability of LiDAR in autonomous vehicles: Omnitron’s MEMS step-scanning mirror targets an overall LiDAR subsystems market predicted to reach $6.3B by 2027, according to Yole Intelligence.
  • Enhancing display quality in resource-constrained XR headsets/eyewear: Omnitron’s MEMS mirror satisfies growing demand for XR optics, a market that IDTechEx expects will exceed $5B by 2034.

“MEMS sensors are the intelligent microscale devices that allow us to touch the world through silicon,” said Eric Aguilar, co-founder & CEO, Omnitron Sensors. “Yet old and inefficient manufacturing methods have prevented the kind of growth in MEMS that is typical in semiconductors. That’s about to change. Our MEMS fabrication IP offers a new paradigm for mass-producing affordable, precise sensors at scale. With major investment from Corriente Capital and with additional funding from L’ATTITUDE Ventures, our company can now deliver on the promise of our technology.”

About Omnitron Sensors

Founded in 2019 by a core group of MEMS industry innovators, Omnitron Sensors has invented new MEMS fabrication IP that improves device performance and reliability, and that streamlines assembly to produce MEMS sensors for price-sensitive, high-volume markets, such as OXCs for AI data centers, and optical subsystems for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), drones, XR headsets, toxic gas-detection systems, and other connected electronics that are integral to our daily lives. For more information, email info@omnitronsensors.com or visit https://omnitronsensors.com/contact-us/.

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What’s the Future of Automotive Sensors & Electronics?

Connect with visionary leaders who are driving new sensing technologies and applications in automotive at the 10th Automotive Sensors & Electronics Summit (February 19-20, Munich, Germany). Omnitron Sensors CEO & Co-founder Eric Aguilar will join the top technologists presenting innovations that are enhancing the success and performance of driver-assist systems and ensuring safer navigation for autonomous and self-driving cars.

Eric will present Build a Better LiDAR for ADAS and Autonomous Navigation on Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 5:30pm. Register by November 30, 2024 for the early bird discount. Request the conference brochure: https://www.vonlanthenevents.com/en/10th-automotive-sensors-electronics-summit

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Meet with Omnitron Sensors at MEMS & Imaging Sensors Summit 2024

How are MEMS and imaging technologies creating a more connected and intelligent world? Exchange ideas and information with some of the leading minds in sensor technology at MEMS & Imaging Sensors Summit, which is hosted by SEMI Europe and MEMS & Sensors Industry Group and which takes place November 14 at the International Conference Center Munich (ICM), Germany.

Join Omnitron Sensors CEO & Co-founder Eric Aguilar at the conference, where he’ll present, New Topology for MEMS Advances Performance and Speeds Manufacturing (5:25 pm November 14, 2024).

Eric will explain how Omnitron’s new topology for MEMS — process IP that rearranges existing modules to streamline the assembly process and improve capacitance per unit area —increases device performance and accelerates the production of MEMS devices for price-sensitive, high-volume markets.

Learn more about Eric’s presentation: https://www.semi.org/eu/about/mems-imaging-sensors-summit/abstracts-and-biographies#Aguilar

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L’ATTITUDE Spotlights Omnitron Sensors as a Top-Performing Portfolio Company

L’ATTITUDE Ventures showcased Omnitron Sensors as one its most promising portfolio companies at the L’ATTITUDE 2024 event. Founded in 2018 by international business executive Sol Trujillo and NAHREP Co-Founder & CEO Gary Acosta, L’ATTITUDE celebrates the remarkable Latinx cohort who are forging the future as part of The New Mainstream Economy.

Omnitron Sensors CEO and Co-founder Eric Aguilar took the mainstage during the panel, The Road to Unicorn Status: A L’ATTITUDE Ventures Spotlight, where he joined two other successful Latinx entrepreneurs, Sandra Lilia Velasquez, CEO & founder of Nopalera, and Alejo Vélez Ramírez, co-founder & co-CEO of Back to the Roots, as well as moderator Sol Trujillo, co-founder of L’ATTITUDE Ventures.

As part of the Spotlight, Eric shared insights into what makes a top-performing portfolio company. In Omnitron’s case, it’s creating a transformative approach to developing and manufacturing MEMS sensors, an advancement that will accelerate the mass production of new smart micro-scale chips that are integral to billions of products.

Humans and MEMS sensors have a lot in common. As humans, we rely on a multitude of biological senses to understand the world. We have eyes to see, ears to hear, and skin to experience touch. In the same way, robots need a multitude of MEMS sensors to navigate their environment effectively. Just as we use our eyes and hands to delicately handle a flower without crushing it, robots need multimode sensing for precise operation. The quality of the sensors themselves is part of the equation; the AI that integrates with the sensors is equally vital.

This brings us to the importance of data. Large volumes of high-quality data allow AI to make accurate predictions and function reliably. Yet this massive influx of data can create serious performance problems (resulting from latency issues) — while simultaneously consuming vast amounts of processing power.

Here’s where Omnitron comes in. Its sensing technology addresses latency and enables real-time AI efficiently and effectively. And soon, Omnitron’s customers will be able to use its first product, the most powerful MEMS mirror on the market, to address the processing-power bottleneck in AI systems. This makes Omnitron’s MEMS mirror the key enabler in allowing AI systems to build more efficient neural networks.

With its prototype MEMS mirror, Omnitron Sensors has already secured interest from major manufacturers and systems integrators in the autonomous vehicles and energy markets, proving the demand for this technology. Omnitron’s mirror also opens new doors to tackling AI challenges, expanding its market potential to the optical cross-connects used to accelerate AI workflow in data centers.

The steadfast support of L’ATTITUDE Ventures has been integral to Omnitron’s growth “Our relationship with L’ATTITUDE Ventures has opened doors to which we wouldn’t have had access otherwise,” said Eric Aguilar. “They recognized Omnitron Sensors as Latino Startup of the Year in 2021, awarding us a $1.6M bridge seed-round investment, and they’ve continued to invest in our business on a variety of levels. We look forward to a future of collaboration.”

About L’ATTITUDE 2024

L’ATTITUDE 2024 is the largest business event in the country focused on The New Mainstream Economy, helping forward-thinking executives and business leaders to understand the US Latino cohort that is driving its growth. Stats from last year’s event showed that the US Latinx cohort is generating $3.2 trillion in GDP, is growing its economic output at a pace that makes it the third fastest-growing economy in the world, and accounts for nearly one-quarter of the United States’ entire GDP growth. Omnitron Sensors is excited to be part of this event, and values L’ATTITUDE’s support and commitment to the company’s vision.