Aragon Photonics Labs

aragonphotonics.com ↗ ·Zaragoza ·Other

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Aragon Photonics Labs is a Zaragoza-based photonics company specialising in distributed fibre optic sensing (DFOS), designing and manufacturing distributed acoustic sensors (HDAS, PDAS) and Brillouin strain/temperature analysers (BLAST) for power cables, railways, pipelines, seismology and perimeter security. Founded in 2004 as a spin-off of fibre-optic firm Fibercom together with the Photonic Technologies Group (GTF) of the University of Zaragoza, it built an award-winning patent portfolio (BOSA optical spectrum analyser, SPIE Prism Award 2009) and in 2018 absorbed FOCUS SL and its chirped-pulse phase-OTDR technology from the University of Alcalá. It is a deeptech hardware SME rather than a VC-backed startup — it transferred its telecom and solar product lines to ZEPREN Solutions in 2023 and is led by CEO Francisco M. López Torres. Its founders were corporate and academic entities.

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2004

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SectorsPhotonics, Fiber Optic Sensing, Deeptech & Hardware, Industrial IoT, Infrastructure Monitoring, Energy

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Fotech Solutions

United Kingdom · www.fotech.com ↗

Designs and sells distributed acoustic sensing interrogators and analytics for pipeline, power-cable, rail and perimeter monitoring over existing fibre, like Aragon's HDAS line.

~$50MComparable

Prisma Photonics

Israel · www.prismaphotonics.com ↗

Sells fibre-optic sensing systems that turn existing fibres along power lines, pipelines and rail into distributed sensors for utilities and infrastructure owners.

~$45MComparable

Silixa

United Kingdom · silixa.com ↗

Manufactures distributed acoustic and temperature/strain fibre-optic sensing instruments for energy, subsea cables, geophysics and infrastructure, a close match to Aragon's DAS and Brillouin products.

~$40MComparable

FiberSense

Australia · www.fibersense.com ↗

Uses distributed acoustic sensing on telecom fibre to monitor cables, pipelines and urban infrastructure and sells the sensing as a service to asset owners.

~$40MComparable

Sintela

United Kingdom · www.sintela.com ↗

Builds distributed fibre-optic acoustic sensing hardware and software for power cables, pipelines, rail and security perimeters and sells it to infrastructure operators.

~$15MComparable

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Sodiar

www.sodiar.es

Public Loan 2026 · not counted Spain

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Date	Round	Amount	Lead
2026-08-14	Public Loan	€150K	Sodiar

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2026-08-06	Sodiar Provides €150,000 in Financing to Aragon Photonics to Advance European Mining Waste Monitoring Project ↗ Capital-Riesgo.es 2026-08-06
2026-07-23	Aragon Photonics Successfully Concludes Participation at Eurosatory 2026 within the Aragón Defense Hub Pavilion ↗ Aragon Photonics (press release) 2026-07-23
2026-02-06	Aragon Photonics presents its DAS Solutions in Brussels for the European Critical Seabed Infrastructure Protection Project (CSIP) ↗ Aragon Photonics (press release) 2026-02-06
2025-11-05	Aragon Photonics participates in NATO's 56th SET panel in La Spezia ↗ Aragon Photonics (press release) 2025-11-05
2025-09-25	Aragon Photonics joins the Aragón Defense Hub to boost technological innovation in the sector ↗ Aragon Photonics (press release) 2025-09-25
2025-05-12	SAES Signs agreement with Aragón Photonics for innovation in maritime detection using optical sensors ↗ SAES 2025-05-12
2024-03-05	Aragon Photonics and ZEPREN Solutions announce licensing deal ↗ ZEPREN Solutions 2024-03-05