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Santa Monica, CA

Commercializing facial-sensing smart glasses to enable real-time emotion and behavior tracking.

• Patented innovation: Over 35 patents focused on optical flow sensing for facial expression in wearables.
• Proven scientific validation: Backed by 36 peer-reviewed studies and partnerships with leading global universities.
• Multi-market potential: Applications span diet, mental health, consumer research, XR, and gaming.
• Strategic business model: Combines research services, direct-to-consumer products, and licensing.
• Experienced leadership: Team includes former Snap hardware execs, AI researchers, and award-winning scientists.

Emteq Labs is raising funds to accelerate development and commercialization of its patented facial-sensing technology designed for smart glasses. The company’s platform captures subtle facial muscle movements in real time, transforming smart eyewear into behavior-sensing devices. This innovation supports applications across health and wellness, mental health, diet monitoring, consumer sentiment, and immersive XR environments. The funds from this raise will help Emteq launch its first consumer product, expand clinical partnerships, and advance licensing discussions with major XR and electronics companies. The capital will also support sensor miniaturization and product rollout strategies.

Emteq’s platform represents a leap in wearable technology by enabling continuous, real-world tracking of emotions and behaviors. Its first application, a diet-focused smart glasses product, addresses global health issues with real-time feedback and automated logging. Additional roadmap milestones include launches of emotion and sentiment products over the next few years. With over 35 patents and collaborations with institutions like Stanford and Cambridge, Emteq has validated its technology through scientific research and is actively engaging commercial partners. The business model combines revenue from research, consumer products, and technology licensing, positioning the company for long-term scalability. This offering provides investors with a chance to support a high-impact platform at the intersection of AI, health tech, and next-gen wearables.

Company Info

Emteq Labs turns smart glasses into real-time emotion and behavior sensors for health, wellness, and XR.

Emteq Labs is a UK-based wearable-technology company pioneering OCOsense, a patented optical-flow sensor platform that fits inside smart glasses to capture thousands of tiny facial-muscle movements in real time. By translating micro-expressions into continuous data streams, the system reveals how users feel and act throughout the day, linking emotion and behavior to meals, tasks, and surroundings without cameras or self-reports. Early use cases span diet coaching, mental-health monitoring, consumer-sentiment analysis, and hands-free input for AR, VR, and XR devices where traditional wearables cannot track affective context.

The business operates three revenue lines: paid research services with institutions such as Stanford, Northeastern, and Cambridge; proprietary products like Sense Eyewear that log food intake and deliver gentle behavioral nudges; and licensing of a 35-patent portfolio to major XR and electronics manufacturers. Studies show 91 percent of pilot users improved eating pace, while ongoing collaborations explore mood analytics and autism support. Emteq has raised $7 million from investors, secured over $4 million in grants, and holds global distribution agreements for neuroscience applications. Its roadmap targets sensor miniaturization, expanded clinical validation, and emotion-aware consumer releases, positioning the firm to lead in the $84 billion wearables sector and the emerging multitrillion-dollar XR market.