Earlens
Health Care · Hearing Care & Audiology
$208.7Mtotal raised · 9 rounds on record
$8Mlatest round · Venture round · Feb 2025 · 20 mo ago
2backers · Aisling Capital, NEA
2021founded
Overview
The best hearing requires a lens.Traditional hearing aids use a tiny speaker to amplify sound - but not Earlens®.
Funding and backers
Total raised
$208.7M
9 rounds on record
Latest round
$8M
Venture round · Feb 2025 · 20 mo ago
Backers
2
Aisling Capital, NEA
The money's age
Due for its next round
20 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
15/100
in the news
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Feb 19, 2025
Raised a round Venture round $8M · SEC Form D
Apr 8, 2024
Raised a round Venture round $18.8M · SEC Form D
Apr 8, 2022
Took on debt financing $6M · SEC Form D
Aug 20, 2021
Raised a round Venture round $21.2M · SEC Form D
2021
Founded
Dec 23, 2020
Raised a round Venture round $33.2M · SEC Form D
Mar 27, 2020
Took on debt financing $12.2M · SEC Form D
Mar 18, 2020
Recognition Earlens Wins Gold 2020 Edison Award for its Revolutionary Earlens Contact Hearing Solution · PRNewswire
Oct 16, 2018
Raised a round Venture round $55.4M · SEC Form D
May 17, 2018
Took on debt financing $9M · SEC Form D
Jun 7, 2016
Raised a round Venture round $72.1M · SEC Form D
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Feb 2025 | $8M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Apr 2024 | $18.8M | — | SEC Form D |
| Debt Financing | Apr 2022 | $6M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Aug 2021 | $21.2M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Dec 2020 | $33.2M | — | SEC Form D |
| Debt Financing | Mar 2020 | $12.2M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Oct 2018 | $55.4M | — | SEC Form D |
| Debt Financing | May 2018 | $9M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Jun 2016 | $72.1M | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | EarLens Corp | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
William FacteauExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Jeff JonesExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Brent EdwardsExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
George HarterExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Cem ShaquerExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Bernard ShayExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
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Visa sponsorship
1
H-1B filings in 12 months
1
Green card filings
$168k
Median offered salary
Who they sponsor
Software developers
1
In the register as Earlens Corporation, Menlo Park, CA (+1 more)
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US Department of Labor · latest filing Dec 3, 2025 · Visa details by country
Financials
Total raised
$235.9M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
9
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2025 | $8M | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2024 | $18.8M | Details |
| Debt Financing | 2022 | $6M | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2021 | $21.2M | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2020 | $33.2M | Details |
| Debt Financing | 2020 | $12.2M | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2018 | $55.4M | Details |
| Debt Financing | 2018 | $9M | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2016 | $72.1M | Details |
People
William Facteau
Executive Officer, Director
Jeff Jones
Executive Officer
Brent Edwards
Executive Officer
George Harter
Executive Officer
Cem Shaquer
Executive Officer
Bernard Shay
Executive Officer
Judy Brimacombe
Executive Officer
Phil Lyons
Executive Officer
Bryan Flaherty
Executive Officer
Rodney Perkins M.D.
Director
Mark Bishop
Executive Officer
Greg Koskowich
Executive Officer
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News
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EARLENS ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF ROBERT GLAZER AS STRATEGIC ADVISOR
/PRNewswire/ -- Today, EARLENS, a leader in innovative Hearing Technology and Virtual Clinical Diagnostic Delivery Platforms, proudly announces the appointment...
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Earlens Shares FDA Historical Ruling on OTC Hearing Aids
Earlens, a privately held medical technology companytransforming the way people hear with a new class of non-surgical hearing technology, suppor ...
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Earlens Wins Gold 2020 Edison Award for its Revolutionary Earlens Contact Hearing Solution
/PRNewswire/ -- Earlens Corporation, a medical technology company that has created the world
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Earlens Light-Driven Hearing Aid Receives Best New Product Award at 2018 Edison Awards
/PRNewswire/ -- Earlens Corporation, Inc., a privately held medical technology company, announced today that its Earlens Light-Driven Hearing Aid received a...
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Menlo Park
United States
HQ
Contact Us
1165 O'Brien Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025