# Optalysys funding: rounds and investors > Optalysys has raised $69M across 5 rounds since 2022. Investors include Northern Gritstone. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/optalysys (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United Kingdom · [Series A startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Optalysys* 5 rounds we have observed, with the one investor named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it. AI Raised 5 months ago Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$69M** raised across 5 rounds since 2022, from 5 sources **$6.6M** Round **$30M** Series A **$408K** Series A **$31M** Series A **$337K** Series A - **Latest round:** Series A, $337K Jun 2026 - **Biggest round:** $31M Series A · Jan 2026 - **Investors:** 1 See who backed them ## The funding story Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total. 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 **$6.6M** Round **$30M** Series A **$408K** Series A **$31M** Series A **$337K** Series A - **First round:** Round, $6.6M - **Biggest round:** $31M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 17 months ## The rounds - **Jun 2026** Series A **$337K** No investor was named in the report. Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet - **Jan 2026** Series A **$31M** *1 new* [Northern Gritstone](https://millionrounds.com/fund/northern-gritstone) Source recorded - **Sept 2023** Series A **$408K** No investor was named in the report. Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet - **Jul 2023** Series A **$30M** No investor was named in the report. Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet - **Feb 2022** Round **$6.6M** No investor was named in the report. Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet ## Funding filed with regulators Optalysys filed 6 raises, $70M in all. Filings say how much was sold and to how many investors; they never name the investors. - Jun 2026 **$337K** UK share allotment - Mar 2026 **$1.3M** UK share allotment - Dec 2025 **$31M** UK share allotment - Sept 2023 **$408K** UK share allotment - Jul 2023 **$30M** UK share allotment - Feb 2022 **$6.6M** UK share allotment ## Founders and team From Optalysys's own website: 9 on the team. - **Chris Walker** CEO - **Robert Todd** CTO - **Stuart Mellis** CFO - **Chip Greely** VP & Head of Device Operations - **Byron Bradley** Director of Software - **Imon Kundu** Director of Photonics - **Jaganath Rajendra** Director of Analogue - **Laura Stanley** Director of Marketing - **Sonal Sidpara** Director of People Advisers *Dr. Dimitar Jetchev* *Nigel Smart* *Phil Cheetham* *Ro Cammarota* ## Everyone who backed them [Northern Gritstone](https://millionrounds.com/fund/northern-gritstone) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=optalysys). ## Also claim to have backed them These 2 firms list Optalysys as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above. [National Security Strategic Investment Fund (NSSIF)](https://millionrounds.com/fund/national-security-strategic-investment-fund-nssif) Corporate VC Per its own site [Anglia Capital Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/anglia-capital-group) Angel network Per its own site ## Quick answers about Optalysys ### Who invested in Optalysys? Optalysys's investors include Northern Gritstone. ### How much has Optalysys raised? Optalysys has raised $69M across 5 rounds since 2022. ### When did Optalysys last raise? Optalysys's most recent round was a Series A of $337K in Jun 2026. ### What was Optalysys's biggest round? Optalysys's largest round on record is $31M (Series A), in Jan 2026. ### Who backed Optalysys first? Optalysys's first round on record, in Jan 2026, was backed by Northern Gritstone. ### What stage is Optalysys at? Optalysys's latest named round is a Series A, in Jun 2026. ### Where is Optalysys based? Optalysys is based in the United Kingdom. ## Companies like Optalysys In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Marrow** $2.0M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/marrow)[**Cognitive Credit** $64M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/cognitive-credit)[**Opply** $23M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/opply)[**XRlabs** $8.4M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/xrlabs)[**Salience Labs** $169M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/salience-labs)[**Affinity Labs** $3.2M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/affinity-labs) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. Open the investor searchOr these rounds in the app