XPANCEO
Growth Score40DXBi Rank23Heat Score85Building the next generation of computing through smart contact lenses.
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XPANCEO x JBD custom micro-display co-development
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The Dubai startup with smart contact lenses in its sights
Overview
Total Funding
$290M
Valuation $1.4B
Growth Score
Steady
Heat Score
Trending up
Details
- Operating Status
- Active
- Company Type
- Private (Startup)
- Funding Stage
- Series A
- Headquarters
- Dubai Internet City, Emmay Tower, Dubai, UAE
- Founded
- 2021
- Company Size
- 51-200 employees
- Website
- xpanceo.com
Products & Services
XPANCEO Smart Contact Lens
Core product platform -- an AI-powered, AR-capable smart contact lens intended to consolidate multiple computing/wearable device functions into one 'invisible' form factor.
AR Vision Smart Contact Lens for Frontier Applications
Prototype lens variant delivering augmented-reality display and defense/frontier-use overlays.
Communication Module for Smart Contact Lens
Prototype wireless communication component for the lens platform.
Transparent Electronics for Smart Contact Lens
Prototype transparent circuitry/optoelectronics component enabling the lens's compute and display functions.
Smart Contact Lens for Glaucoma Management
Health-focused prototype with intraocular pressure sensing for glaucoma monitoring.
Consumer platform
Vision-native consumer application layer for social, entertainment, health and enterprise use cases (company targets 250 million daily wearers by 2033).
Fintech & Identity
Biosignal/ocular-pattern based instant identity verification and access-authentication use case.
Aerospace
Hands-free mission-data overlay and critical-alert use case for aerospace/defense applications.
Maintenance & Ops
Hands-free diagnostics, instructions and intervention-logging use case for industrial maintenance.
Sport
Real-time heart rate, hydration, fatigue and performance-tracking use case for athletics.
People
Technology
Tech stack
Financials
Series A
Funding stage
$290M
Total raised
$1.4B
Valuation
Funding rounds
Projects
XPANCEO x JBD custom micro-display co-development
XPANCEO partnered with MicroLED display specialist JBD to co-develop a custom micro-display for integration into XPANCEO's smart contact lens, engineered for hair-thin form factor, ultra-low power backplane, and direct retinal projection, as a step toward a first mass-production run.
Jul 7, 2026
XPANCEO x ITEN solid-state microbattery proof of concept
XPANCEO partnered with solid-state battery maker ITEN to create a proof-of-concept 'rice grain-sized' solid-state ceramic microbattery customized for the power requirements of XPANCEO's smart contact lens, described as a first viable energy-storage solution for the category.
Apr 1, 2026
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