Illuminant Surgical
$8.4Mlatest round · Seed · Apr 2026 · 6 mo ago
3backers · Y Combinator, Dorm Room Fund
$2.9Mgrants · 4 grants · CORDIS
10+team · employees, estimated range
Overview
A NEW WAY OF SEEING ________. We're giving doctors x-ray vision.Illuminant Surgical's mission is to improve patient outcomes by giving doctors superpowers. We think the most powerful technology is the kind you don't have to think about using.
Key facts
These are the key facts about Illuminant Surgical on Alion as of Nov 13, 2026. Illuminant Surgical is headquartered in Los Angeles, United States. The latest round is Seed of $8.4M, announced in 2026.
- Headquarters
- Los Angeles, United StatesAlion company profile, updated Nov 13, 2026
- Employees
- 10+Alion company profile, an estimated range
- Total raised
- $8.4MSum of 1 equity round Alion knows
- Latest round
- Seed · $8.4M · Apr 30, 2026Press report · finance.yahoo.com
- Visa sponsorship, United States
- 1 · H-1B filings in 12 monthsUS Department of Labor · latest filing Mar 3, 2026
Funding and backers
Total raised
$8.4M
5 rounds on record
Latest round
$8.4M
Seed · Apr 2026 · 6 mo ago
Team
11-50
employees, estimated range
Grants
$2.9M
4 grants · CORDIS
Backers
3
Y Combinator, Dorm Room Fund
The money's age
Fresh money
6 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
20/100
fresh money
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
Apr 30
Raised a round Seed $8.4M · led by Wing Venture Capital · YahooFinance
Sep 12, 2025
Won a grant $1.1M · CORDIS
Aug 15, 2025
Won a grant $1.3M · CORDIS
Sep 15, 2024
Won a grant $295k · CORDIS
Jan 15, 2024
Won a grant $275k · CORDIS
Jun 2022
Went through Y Combinator
Dec 2021
Website went live first capture in the Wayback Machine
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
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Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | Apr 2026 | $8.4M | Wing Venture Capital lead | YahooFinance |
| Grant | Sep 2025 | $1.1M | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Aug 2025 | $1.3M | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Sep 2024 | $295k | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Jan 2024 | $275k | — | CORDIS |
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Visa sponsorship
1
H-1B filings in 12 months
$88k
Median offered salary
0
Open roles in United States
Who they sponsor
Other life, physical, and social science technicians
1
In the register as Illuminant Surgical, Inc., Palo Alto, CA
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Dorm Room FundVia a fund
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Soma CapitalVia a fund
876 portfolio companies
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6310 portfolio companies
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News
Illuminant Surgical Hosts Second Frontier Workshop at SIGGRAPH 2026
Illuminant Surgical is set to lead its second frontier workshop for SIGGRAPH 2026 in Los Angeles, California. Following the success of Illuminant Surgical's first SIGGRAPH workshop, "Graphics in Medicine: From the Dev Floor to the Operating Room 2" brings
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Illuminant Surgical Cuts Ribbon On New Nexus Headquarters
Illuminant Surgical welcomed over 130 distinguished guests for its first official launch party and ribbon cutting ceremony at the Nexus, the new company headquarters in Los Angeles. The ceremony gathered friends, family, advisors, and investors to commemo
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Announcing Illuminant's $8.4M Seed Round
Illuminant Surgical is excited to announce our $8.4M Series Seed, featured in Fortune by Allie Garfinkle. With this funding, our team has already been able to accelerate our engineering, manufacturing, and clinical efforts. We've recently opened the doors
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Giving Doctors X-Ray Vision: Illuminant Surgical Raises $8.4M to Revolutionize Image Guided Care
Illuminant Surgical, a precision access and visualization company transforming how doctors see and navigate the human body, today announced $8.4 million in seed funding to accelerate the launch of its flagship Skylight platform. The raise was led by Wing
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Dr. James Hu Presents at NVIDIA GTC 2026
Our Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Dr. James Hu, had the incredible opportunity to present our work at Illuminant Surgical on the big stage for NVIDIA GTC 2026. With over 30,000 attendees, GTC was the epicenter of showcasing how AI and compute would transform var
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LSI Alumni Innovator Spotlight: Illuminant Surgical's Eldrick Millares
Our Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Eldrick Millares, was recently featured in the Innovator Spotlight in The Lens Magazine, by LSI, highlighting the company's transformative mission to create "X-ray vision for the body".View the full Alumni Innovator Spotlight be
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The Memo: Illuminant Surgical Bringing X-Ray Vision to the Body
We are thrilled to share that our Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Eldrick Millares, was recently featured in The Memo by LSI, Life Science Intelligence's newsletter and insights series highlighting emerging medtech companies, key market trends, and industry milest
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Cofounders Honored in Forbes 30 Under 30
Congratulations to our co-founders for being featured in the Forbes 30 Under 30 in Healthcare! Read more here: https://www.forbes.com/profile/illuminant-surgical/?list=30under30-healthcare/ The post Cofounders Honored in Forbes 30 Under 30 appeared first
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Presentation at 2025 MDIC XR Summit
Illuminant Surgical will be presenting at the 2025 MDIC MedXR Summit, November 4-6 in Hyattsville, Maryland. Our poster, "Simplifying Cybersecurity for Start-Ups: A Practical Framework for eSTAR-Ready Documentation" will cover our in-house framework harmo
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Illuminant Surgical Exhibits at SIGGRAPH 2025
Illuminant Surgical is participating at the SIGGRAPH 2025 Posters Program in Vancouver, Canada. The software engineering team is showcasing their work on "Skylight: Real-Time Projection Mapping for Surgical Navigation". It introduces Skylight, a non-invas
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Los Angeles
United States
HQ
10-50 est. staff
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