# AGATE Sensors: Semiconductors, Esbo, Finland

> AGATE Sensors: AGATE Sensors is a Finnish deep-tech startup founded in 2024, specializing in hyperspectral sensing technology. Based in Esbo, Finland.

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# AGATE Sensors

AGATE Sensors is a Finnish deep-tech startup founded in 2024, specializing in hyperspectral sensing technology.

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Funding reported Last round: Seed

Semiconductors Esbo, Finland

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Company summary

- **Founded:** 2024 2 years old
- **Team:** 24 11 to 50 people
- **Funding reported:** 4.7M as listed, currency not stated
- **Last round:** Seed Sept 2025

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- 3 **Observed** A filing or a dated announcement confirms a round

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## About AGATE Sensors

AGATE Sensors is a Finnish deep-tech startup founded in 2024, specializing in hyperspectral sensing technology.

The company has developed the world’s first software-defined, chip-scale hyperspectral sensing platform, featuring an ultra-miniaturized sensor that captures hundreds of light wavelengths with nanometre precision. This innovative sensor is smaller than a camera pixel and enables real-time material and chemical analysis without the need for bulky optical filters. Originating from extensive research at Aalto University, AGATE Sensors combines a diverse team of physicists, engineers, and commercialization experts. Their flagship product is a broadband light sensor that can adapt its functions through software, making it suitable for various applications, including health diagnostics and object detection. The company targets multiple sectors, including defense, healthcare, consumer electronics, and industrial applications, and is actively collaborating with device manufacturers to integrate their technology into future products. AGATE Sensors has secured significant funding to support its growth and innovation in the hyperspectral sensing market.

## What company datasets say AGATE Sensors raised

Funding, as reported

Reported in all **4.7M** in the source's currency

Last round **Seed**

Last round size **4.4M**

Last round date **Sept 2025**

Investors listed **3**

## Founders and team

From AGATE Sensors's own website: 4 on the team.

- **Tommi Leino** Chief Executive Officer
- **Dr. Andreas Liapis** Chief Technology Officer
- **Dr. Faisal Ahmed** Chief Scientist
- **Mikael Westerlund** Chief Business Officer

## The company, in detail

What they build

Known for

hospital & health care research hardware industrial automation health care miniaturized spectrometer sustainability spectral response tuning solid-state sensor development spectral sensor power efficiency semiconductor manufacturing spectral data consumers spectral imaging agriculture medical diagnostics

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- **Sector:** Semiconductors
- **Industry code:** NAICS 334413, 334111, SIC 3571, 3674
- **Full record:** [Every detail in the company directory](https://millionrounds.com/directory/agate-sensors)

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