Prophesee Valuation, Funding & Investors

Prophesee is valued at $210M as of September 2022.

Last Prophesee valuation

$210M

Series C · Sep 2022

Last Prophesee funding round

$23M

Undisclosed stage · Jun 2026

Cumulative funding Prophesee raised

$135M

across 7 funding rounds

Key investors in Prophesee

  • Bosch Ventures
  • 360 Capital
  • iBionext
  • Intel Capital
  • Supernova Invest
  • Renault

Prophesee Overview

About Prophesee

Prophesee is a Paris-based developer of neuromorphic vision sensors mimicking human eye and brain processing. Its Metavision technology captures asynchronous events at over 10,000 frames per second equivalent, with 120dB dynamic range and under 10mW power use, reducing data volume by 10 to 1000 times. Deployed in autonomous vehicles, smartphones, IoT devices, and industrial automation, Prophesee holds over 50 patents and maintains offices in Grenoble, Shanghai, Tokyo, and Silicon Valley.


Founded

2014

HQ

FranceParis

Status

Privately held

Customer focus

B2B

Revenue model

Licensing

Valuation

$210M (Sep 2022)

Prophesee Valuation

Prophesee is currently valued at $210M, based on its Series C in September 2022.

The $47M round was led by Prosperity7 Ventures, with participation from iBionext, Xiaomi, Bosch Ventures, 360 Capital, Supernova Invest and 1 other investor.

Prophesee valuation by funding round

Prophesee valuation by funding round
DateStageValuation
Sep 2022Series C$210M

Prophesee Funding History

Prophesee has raised a total of $135M across 7 funding rounds.

Prophesee's first fundraising round was a $1M angel round in January 2015. The most recent completed round was a $23M undisclosed-stage round in June 2026.

Prophesee funding rounds

Prophesee funding rounds
DateStageInvestorsRaisedValuationDeal Summary
Jun 2026Undisclosed stageCritical Path Ventures (lead)$23M-Prophesee announced a €20 million funding round in June 2026 led by Critical Path Ventures, with participation from existing shareholders. The company said the capital will support commercial scale-up of its Mantara drone detection system, development of embedded intelligence within sensors, and the launch of Hearth, its platform succeeding OpenEB and the Metavision SDK. The raise fits Prophesee’s shift toward a full-stack, dual-use civil and defense strategy under CEO Jean Ferré. The company said Mantara was field-validated in June 2026 and is described as the first fully integrated drone detection system built on event-based vision and AI. Prophesee also said it is now held by a substantial majority of French shareholders, and that the team has been reinforced with talent from major technology, consulting, defense, robotics, and quantum-technology organizations, as well as from the armed forces. Prophesee develops event-based vision technology and associated software platforms, including Hearth, which it says succeeds OpenEB and the Metavision SDK. The announcement frames the company as moving from technology platform development toward operational systems for drone detection and related embedded intelligence applications.
Sep 2022Series CProsperity7 Ventures (lead); iBionext; Xiaomi; Bosch Ventures; 360 Capital; Supernova Invest; Sinovation Ventures$47M$210MProphesee, inventor of advanced neuromorphic vision systems mimicking human eye motion detection, closed its Series C funding round on September 22, 2022, raising €50M (approximately $47.3M-$49M USD) led by Prosperity7 Ventures, with participation from Sinovation Ventures, Xiaomi, 360 Capital, Bosch Ventures (Robert Bosch Venture Capital), iBionext, Intel Capital, Supernova Invest, and the European Investment Bank. This brought total funding to €127M ($127M), positioning Prophesee as Europe's most well-funded fabless semiconductor startup since 2014. The funds aim to accelerate commercialization of AI-enabled neuromorphic vision solutions for mobile, industrial, and consumer markets. The company has established commercial partnerships with machine vision leaders like Lucid (launching Triton EVS with Prophesee's Metavision sensor), Framos, Imago, Century Arks, Datalogic, MVTec, DMP, Restar, and Xperi. Its open-source software and development tools have grown a developer community from over 5,000 in 2022 to 7,000 by year-end. Prophesee's technology enables low-power, high-dynamic-range event-based vision for applications in robotics, computer vision, sensors, and AI. Post-round, it expanded market presence in growth-stage operations. Later developments include a €15M loan in 2024 and bankruptcy/admin proceedings on October 15, 2024, after raising $128.8M total over 12 rounds.
Oct 2019Series BEuropean Investment Bank (lead); iBionext; Robolution Capital; Bosch Ventures; 360 Capital; SuperNova; Intel Capital$27M-Prophesee, a Paris-based company and inventor of advanced neuromorphic vision systems inspired by biological retinas, closed a $28 million funding round on October 28, 2019, led by the European Investment Bank with participation from existing investors including iBionext, 360 Capital Partners, Robert Bosch Venture Capital (now Bosch Ventures), and Supernova Invest, as well as other undisclosed backers. This round, also reported as €25 million in some sources, brought the company's total funding to $68 million (or €61 million). The EIB's contribution was primarily a €20 million low-interest loan under the Juncker Plan's European Growth Finance Facility to support research, development, and international commercial deployment in Europe, China, Japan, and the US. The funds were earmarked to accelerate industrialization and commercialization of Prophesee's event-based Metavision sensors, particularly the third-generation sensor ready for mass production and the upcoming fourth-generation targeting IoT and automotive markets in 2020-2021. Applications span automotive (e.g., self-driving cars), Industry 4.0 predictive maintenance, healthcare, and VR, with early successes in benchmarking and customer engagements in automotive, industrial, and IoT sectors. Prophesee had already launched its first industry-grade event-based vision system with a German partner earlier that year. CEO Luca Verre highlighted the technology's resonance with customers and the flexible capital access via the EIB agreement to drive market adoption. iBionext Chairman Bernard Gilly emphasized Prophesee's execution on disruptive machine vision innovation, positioning it for wider industrial penetration with strengthened resources.
Feb 2018Series BiBionext; Renault; Bosch Ventures; 360 Capital; Supernova Invest; Intel Capital$20M-Prophesee (formerly Chronocam), a Paris-based inventor of advanced neuromorphic vision systems, announced the initial closing of its Series B funding round on February 21, 2018, totaling $19 million. The round was led by a new strategic investor from the electronics industry and included staged investments from existing backers: 360 Capital Partners, Supernova Invest, iBionext, Intel Capital, Renault Group, and Robert Bosch Venture Capital. This brought total funding raised to $40 million in just three years, building on approximately $20 million from prior rounds. The company's breakthrough event-based vision technology mimics the human eye and brain, enabling machines to detect extremely fast events, operate in challenging lighting conditions with over 120dB dynamic range, and achieve power efficiency under 10mW. Targeted applications include autonomous vehicles, robotics, industrial automation, and IoT devices, with the funding aimed at accelerating development from prototyping to market deployment and industrialization. Prophesee's CEO Luca Verre highlighted strong customer resonance in automotive, industrial, and IoT sectors, with impressive benchmarking results.
Oct 2016Series BIntel Capital (lead); iBionext; Renault; Bosch Ventures; 360 Capital$15M-Prophesee, originally named Chronocam, develops biologically-inspired vision sensors and computer vision solutions based on neuromorphic event-driven vision technology that mimics the human eye. The company raised $15 million in a Series B financing round on October 24, 2016, led by Intel Capital, with participation from iBionext, Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH, 360 Capital, CEAi, and Renault Group. This funding supported the development and commercialization of CMOS image sensors like the CCAM 3D for 3D cameras and the CCAM(eye)oT for embeddable applications, targeting autonomous navigation and connected objects. Each pixel in Prophesee's sensors independently controls its sampling rate based on scene content, enabling high sampling for fast-moving areas and low or zero rates for static parts, unlike traditional frame-based sensors. The technology aims to provide a paradigm shift in vision sensing and processing for computer and machine vision. Following this round, Prophesee continued raising capital, reaching a total of $68 million by 2019 and €127 million by 2022 across multiple rounds.
Sep 2015SeedBosch Ventures (lead); CEA Investissement$800K--
Jan 2015Angel-$1M--

Who has invested in Prophesee?

14 investors have backed Prophesee across its funding rounds, including Bosch Ventures, 360 Capital, iBionext, Intel Capital, Supernova Invest and Renault.

Lead investors include Critical Path Ventures, Prosperity7 Ventures, European Investment Bank, Intel Capital and Bosch Ventures.


Prophesee Investors

Investors in Prophesee by funding rounds participated
InvestorHQRoundsRoleFirst check
Bosch VenturesGermanyGermany5LeadSep 2015
iBionextFranceParis4ParticipantOct 2016
360 CapitalFranceFrance4ParticipantOct 2016
Intel CapitalUnited StatesSanta Clara, CA3LeadOct 2016
RenaultFranceFrance2ParticipantOct 2016
Supernova InvestFranceParis2ParticipantFeb 2018
Robolution CapitalFranceParis1ParticipantOct 2019
XiaomiChinaBeijing1ParticipantSep 2022
CEA InvestissementFranceParis1ParticipantSep 2015
Prosperity7 VenturesSaudi ArabiaDammam1LeadSep 2022
Critical Path VenturesFranceParis1LeadJun 2026
Sinovation VenturesChinaBeijing1ParticipantSep 2022

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Prophesee Competitors

Prophesee competitors include listed companies like Innoviz, iMotion Automotive Tech, AEye and Aeva, and private ones like Omnitron Sensors and Uhnder.

Public and private companies comparable to Prophesee
CompanyHQStatusRevenueEBITDAValuationRevenue Multiple
Omnitron SensorsUnited StatesLos Angeles, CAPrivate--$230M-
UhnderUnited StatesAustin, TXPrivate--$350M-
InnovizGermanyGermanyPublicly listed$55M($62M)$96M1.3x
iMotion Automotive TechChinaChinaPublicly listed$149M($58M)$71M0.5x
AEyeUnited StatesUnited StatesPublicly listed$233K($36M)$56M-
AevaUnited StatesUnited StatesPublicly listed$18M($139M)$1.1B35.6x

Prophesee Public Comps

Prophesee is still privately-owned, but its public comps include Smart Eye, Merlin, Gefran, QumulusAI, Aeluma, Sensortek, Exascale Labs, Immersion, SAIMO and Hawkeye Systems.

Last FYEV/RevenueEV/EBITDA
RevenueEBITDALast FYLTM2027ELast FYLTM2027E
Smart Eye$41M$495K5.9x4.4x494.2x25.5x
Merlin$1M($52M)153.4x23.3x(3.6x)(2.6x)
Gefran$159M$25M1.1x1.1x7.0x6.7x
QumulusAI$13M$3M27.0x-122.7x-
Aeluma$4M($10M)37.8x39.6x(17.3x)(26.1x)
Sensortek$143M$12M1.2x-14.2x-
Exascale Labs$7M($8M)26.2x-(24.0x)-
Immersion$1.7B$69M0.3x0.3x8.4x-

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Common questions about Prophesee

When was Prophesee founded?Prophesee was founded in 2014.
Where is Prophesee headquartered?Prophesee is headquartered in Paris, France.
Is Prophesee publicly listed?No, Prophesee is a private, VC-backed company.
What is Prophesee's valuation?Prophesee was last valued at $210M in its Series C in September 2022.
How much funding has Prophesee raised?Prophesee has raised $135M across 7 funding rounds.
What was Prophesee's last funding round?Prophesee's last funding round was a $23M undisclosed-stage round in June 2026, led by Critical Path Ventures.
Who are Prophesee's investors?Prophesee's investors include Bosch Ventures, iBionext, 360 Capital, Intel Capital, Renault, Supernova Invest, Robolution Capital, Xiaomi, CEA Investissement, Prosperity7 Ventures and 4 others.
Which companies are comparable to Prophesee?Companies comparable to Prophesee include Omnitron Sensors, Uhnder, Innoviz, iMotion Automotive Tech, AEye and Aeva.

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