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PixelOptics, Inc

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Currently, PixelOptics employs 54, but expects to grow to 111 employees by end of 2011
Development of dynamic amd intelligent optics for use in spectade lenses for the correction of presbyopia
emPower maker PixelOptics raises $7M (2012)
Founded 2005
Has raised $45 million in financing in a round led by Safeguard Scientifics.
Maker of emPower!, the world's first electronic focusing eyeglasse Read more: PixelOptics snags $45M investment - FierceMedicalDevices http://www.fiercemedicaldevices.com/story/pixeloptics-snags-45m-investment/2011-04-08?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal#
PixelOptics snags $45M investment (2011)
Roanoke, Virginia
The financing is comprised of $35 million equity investment and $10 million venture debt. Other participants in the round include Delphi Ventures, The Carlyle Group, Longitude Capital and Stark Investments. Horizon Technology Finance provided the venture d
The glasses allow adults with presbyopia, a form of farsightedness, to shift focus from long distance to close up merely by moving their head
The glasses have a recommended retail price of about $1,200.
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