# WaveOptics funding: rounds and investors > WaveOptics has raised $150M across 5 rounds since 2017. Investors include Octopus Ventures, Robert Bosch Venture Capital and Goertek. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/waveoptics (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United Kingdom · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *WaveOptics* 5 rounds we have observed, with the 11 investors 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. VR & AR Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$150M** raised across 5 rounds since 2017, from 5 sources **$16M** Series B **$26M** Round **$13M** Series C **$95M** Round - **Latest round:** Venture Jan 2022 - **Biggest round:** $95M Round · May 2021 - **Investors:** 11 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. 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 **$16M** Series B **$26M** Round **$13M** Series C **$95M** Round **?** Venture - **First round:** Series B, $16M - **Biggest round:** $95M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 17 months ## The rounds - **Jan 2022** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *3 new* *1 returning* [Octopus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/octopus-ventures) [Gobi Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gobi-partners) [IP Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ip-group) [Bosch Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bosch-ventures) Source recorded - **May 2021** Round **$95M** No investor was named in the report. Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet - **Sept 2019** Series C **$13M** *1 new* *1 returning* [Hostplus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hostplus) [Goertek](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goertek) Reported by FinSMEs - **Dec 2018** Round **$26M** *3 new* *2 returning* [Robert Bosch Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/robert-bosch-venture-capital) [Goertek](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goertek) Gobi Octopus Ventures/ IP Group Optimas Reported by FinSMEs - **Jul 2017** Series B **$16M** *4 new* [Octopus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/octopus-ventures) [Robert Bosch Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/robert-bosch-venture-capital) [Touchstone Innovations](https://millionrounds.com/fund/touchstone-innovations) Gobi Reported by FinSMEs ## Who was in which round The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led. **Series B** 2017 **Round** 2018 **Series C** 2019 **Round** 2021 **Venture** 2022 [Octopus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/octopus-ventures) [Robert Bosch Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/robert-bosch-venture-capital) [Goertek](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goertek) Gobi [Gobi Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gobi-partners) [IP Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ip-group) [Bosch Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bosch-ventures) [Hostplus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hostplus) [Touchstone Innovations](https://millionrounds.com/fund/touchstone-innovations) Octopus Ventures/ IP Group ## Everyone who backed them [Octopus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/octopus-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [Robert Bosch Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/robert-bosch-venture-capital) VC firm **2** rounds [Goertek](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goertek) Growth equity **2** rounds Gobi no record of our own yet **2** rounds [Gobi Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gobi-partners) VC firm **1** round [IP Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ip-group) VC firm **1** round [Bosch Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bosch-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round [Hostplus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hostplus) Private equity **1** round [Touchstone Innovations](https://millionrounds.com/fund/touchstone-innovations) VC firm **1** round Octopus Ventures/ IP Group no record of our own yet **1** round Optimas no record of our own yet **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=waveoptics). ## Quick answers about WaveOptics ### Who invested in WaveOptics? WaveOptics's investors include Octopus Ventures, Robert Bosch Venture Capital, Goertek, Gobi and Gobi Partners, and 6 more on record. ### How much has WaveOptics raised? WaveOptics has raised $150M across 5 rounds since 2017. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did WaveOptics last raise? WaveOptics's most recent round was a Venture in Jan 2022. ### What was WaveOptics's biggest round? WaveOptics's largest round on record is $95M, in May 2021. ### Who backed WaveOptics first? WaveOptics's first round on record, in Jul 2017, was backed by Octopus Ventures, Robert Bosch Venture Capital and Touchstone Innovations and 1 others. ### What stage is WaveOptics at? WaveOptics's latest named round is a Venture, in Jan 2022. ### Where is WaveOptics based? 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