Loading organizations...

Prophesee is a technology company.
Prophesee develops advanced neuromorphic vision systems, employing a patented sensor design and AI algorithms that emulate human sight. Their core offering, Metavision technology, utilizes an Event-Based Vision approach, enabling machines to perceive dynamic environments by detecting changes in a scene rather than capturing full frames. This innovative method provides efficient machine vision capabilities, producing specialized event cameras, evaluation kits, and Metavision software.
The company was founded in 2014 as Chronocam by Luca Verre, Daniel Matolin, and Christoph Posch. Luca Verre serves as CEO, and Christoph Posch is the CTO. The founding insight stemmed from the desire to leverage event-based image sensors that mimic the biological eye, focusing on movement and relevant information with high speed and low power consumption, thereby revealing what was previously invisible to traditional machine vision.
Prophesee’s Metavision solutions are applied across diverse sectors, including industrial automation, smart city infrastructure, and mobile applications like AR/VR and smart eyewear. The company’s vision is to pioneer the machine vision industry by delivering highly efficient sensing capabilities that allow machines to interpret the world with human-like perception, empowering new levels of intelligent automation and interaction in dynamic settings.
Prophesee has raised $110.0M across 4 funding rounds.
Prophesee has raised $110.0M in total across 4 funding rounds.
Prophesee has raised $110.0M in total across 4 funding rounds.
Prophesee's investors include Prosperity7 Ventures, 360 Capital Partners, European Investment Bank, iBionext, Intel Capital, Robert Bosch Venture Capital, Sinovation Ventures, Xiaomi, Bernard Gilly, Supernova Invest, Renault Group, Wendell Brooks.
Prophesee is a technology company that develops the world’s most advanced neuromorphic vision systems based on a breakthrough Event-Based Vision approach. Their patented Metavision® sensors and AI algorithms mimic the human eye and brain to drastically reduce power consumption, latency, and data processing compared to traditional frame-based sensors. Prophesee serves industries such as autonomous vehicles, industrial automation, IoT, mobile devices, and AR/VR, enabling machines to perceive motion and changes in the environment with unprecedented efficiency and speed. The company has demonstrated strong growth momentum, expanding its ecosystem to over 15,000 partners and developers globally and launching cutting-edge products like the GenX320 sensor platform and AMD Kria Vision AI Starter Kits[1][2][3][4].
Founded in 2014 in Paris by a team of visionary engineers and researchers, Prophesee emerged from decades of neuromorphic engineering and computer vision research. The founders aimed to create a new category of computer vision that captures only relevant changes in a scene, inspired by biological vision systems. Early traction included applications in medical devices restoring vision to the blind and partnerships with major corporations such as Qualcomm to integrate their sensors into next-generation smartphones. The company now employs over 130 people worldwide with offices in Grenoble, Shanghai, Tokyo, and Silicon Valley, and holds more than 95 patents[2][5].
Prophesee rides the wave of increasing demand for efficient, intelligent machine vision systems critical to the future of autonomous systems, smart devices, and edge AI. The timing is crucial as industries seek to overcome the limitations of traditional frame-based sensors, which are power-hungry and generate excessive data. Prophesee’s event-based vision aligns with trends toward low-power, high-speed sensing and AI integration at the edge, enabling new capabilities in autonomous vehicles, robotics, and wearable tech. Their technology influences the broader ecosystem by setting new standards for vision efficiency and enabling innovations in XR wearables, smart cameras, and mobile imaging[1][4].
Prophesee is positioned to continue leading the evolution of neuromorphic vision technology, expanding adoption across multiple high-growth sectors. Future trends shaping their journey include the rise of autonomous systems, edge AI, and immersive AR/VR experiences, all demanding faster, more efficient sensing. The company’s ongoing product innovation, expanding ecosystem, and strategic partnerships with industry leaders like Qualcomm and AMD suggest strong growth potential. As the market increasingly values power-efficient, intelligent vision systems, Prophesee’s influence is likely to deepen, potentially becoming a foundational technology for next-generation machine perception[1][3][4][5].
Prophesee has raised $110.0M across 4 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $48.0M Series C in September 2022.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2022 | $48.0M Series C | Prosperity7 Ventures, 360 Capital Partners, European Investment Bank, iBionext, Intel Capital, Robert Bosch Venture Capital, Sinovation Ventures, Xiaomi | |
| Oct 29, 2019 | $28.0M Series C | European Investment Bank | 360 Capital Partners, Bernard Gilly, Robert Bosch Venture Capital, Supernova Invest |
| Feb 21, 2018 | $19.0M Series B | 360 Capital Partners, Bernard Gilly, Intel Capital, Renault Group, Robert Bosch Venture Capital, Supernova Invest | |
| Oct 24, 2016 | $15.0M Series B | Wendell Brooks | 360 Capital Partners, CEA, GmbH, Alexia Perouse, Renault Group, Robert Bosch Venture Capital |