Company Dispatches Portable Microscopes

14th July 2016 marked a momentous day for ioLight, as the culmination of three years of product development and manufacturing planning saw the first batch of its portable microscopes sent for delivery. The pocket microscope is said to be able to achieve 1 micron resolution (one thousandth of a millimetre).

The ioLight Microscope App displays high resolution images on an iPad and saves images and videos onto the camera roll for sharing and pasting into documents. The first batch of ioLight microscopes has been sold to a wide range of users including teachers; universities; electronics companies; bio-engineering experts and vets. More are being built at the company’s manufacturing facilities in Hampshire UK.

Founder Andrew Monk said “Richard and I are delighted to see microscopes coming off the production line into packing boxes at last. The trial units have performed well with customers for 6 months and we are looking forward to seeing their images and videos from the production units.”

UK Business Angels Association announced on July 4^th that ioLight was selected as an Award Finalist for its prestigious “Best Equity Crowdfunded & Angel Investment Award” which was sponsored by the Isle of man Government.

The UKBAA awards celebrate the achievement and impact of the UK Angel investment communities and their role in backing the UK’s most exciting high growth businesses. Now in their 11th year, the annual UK Angel Investment Awards recognise the high growth and success of the UK’s fastest growing brands, acknowledging the angels, crowd fund and early stage venture capital investors supporting them from start-up to scale-up.

The competition highlights the role played by the investors, the growth potential of ioLight as well as the impact the funding has had on the company in terms of supporting its plans to achieve high growth going forward.