Top Microscopes startups
There are 285 Microscopes startups which include Olympus, SigTuple, ONI, Morphle, M Squared. Out of these, 136 startups are funded, with 63 having secured Series A+ funding. United States has the most number of companies in Microscopes (90), followed by Germany
(31), and then United Kingdom (23).
Over the past 10 years, an average of 5 new companies have been launched annually. Notably, several of these startups have been founded by alumni of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University and IIT Kharagpur.
Here is the list of top Microscopes Startups
1. Olympus
Manufacturer of imaging and surgical products. The company has developed underwater cameras, lenses, camera accessories, audio products, binoculars, medical endoscopes, endotherapy devices, therapeutic energy devices, and biological microscope systems, such as laser scanning microscopes, disk confocal microscopes, virtual slide microscopes, and more.
Key facts about Olympus
- Founded Year: 1919
- Location: Tokyo (Japan)
- Stage: Public
- Investors: ValueAct Capital and Sony
- Tracxn Score: 68/100 What is this?
- Competitors Rank: 1 of 383 Competitors

2. SigTuple
Provider of AI-powered diagnostic solutions for laboratories and hospitals. It is a healthcare technology company that leverages artificial intelligence, robotics, and cloud computing to develop intelligent screening solutions for medical diagnostics. The products are designed to automate microscopy and enable AI-assisted digital analysis of visual medical data.
Key facts about SigTuple
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Bengaluru (India)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $54.7M
- Investors: Accel, Endiya Partners and 39 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Aug 05, 2024, $*****
- Tracxn Score: 67/100 What is this?
- Competitors Rank: 1 of 22 Competitors
3. ONI
Manufacturer of optical microscopy solutions for application in biological imaging. It offers a single laser, single emission channel microscope, which is a customizable optical microscope. It also offers a fully-loaded instrument with two emission channels, configured to carry out multiple experiments. It offers software for real-time rendering and quantitative single-molecule analysis. The products of the company have use cases in multiple applications, including quantitative cellular imaging, tracking single molecules and vesicles in cells, intensity measurements of protein complex assembly, single-molecule FRET, exosomes, microvesicles, epigenetic mapping, and other applications.
Key facts about ONI
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: Oxford (United Kingdom)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $113M
- Investors: Casdin Capital, Arch Venture Partners and 21 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Dec 21, 2021, $*****
- Tracxn Score: 65/100 What is this?
- Competitors Rank: 3 of 213 Competitors
4. Morphle
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Key facts about Morphle
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Bengaluru (India)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $5.15M
- Investors: Inflexor, Y Combinator and 4 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Nov 25, 2025, $*****
- Tracxn Score: 61/100 What is this?
- Competitors Rank: 1 of 20 Competitors
5. M Squared
Developer of light-sheet microscopy systems for multiple business verticals. It offers products for neuroscience, developmental biology, cancer biology, regenerative medicine, and other biosciences verticals. Its product range includes low-end IR to the high-end IR spectrum. They were awarded the IOP innovation award in 2015. Applications range from optical metrology to non-destructive testing.
Key facts about M Squared
- Founded Year: 2006
- Location: Glasgow (United Kingdom)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $30.7M
- Investors: BGF, Barclays and 9 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Nov 23, 2020, $*****
- Tracxn Score: 61/100 What is this?
- Competitors Rank: 6 of 329 Competitors