Best Display Technology Companies in United Kingdom
The 59 best Display Technology companies in United Kingdom in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: SmartKem.
Ranking the best Display Technology companies in the United Kingdom by disclosed equity funding, this directory tracks 59 ventures that have collectively pulled in $306M. SmartKem leads at $55M raised, with VividQ at $30M and Touchnetix at $24M not far behind. Those three alone account for roughly a third of the total pool. So what's driving capital into a sector with no unicorns yet? Partly it's the underlying tech cycle, partly it's backers like Amadeus Capital and EIC Fund placing patient bets on deep-hardware plays that take time to monetise.
The momentum signal I find worth watching: app-side technology categories are clocking median install growth of around +15% YoY across nearly 2,800 tracked apps, which tells you end-user demand for display-driven experiences isn't softening. Broader sector coverage is also rising, with next-generation EV platforms and EV powertrain advancements pulling display integration into new form factors, a trend OLED's green credentials and OLED's push toward mainstream adoption both reflect. For you, the practical read is simple: the UK's display cohort is pre-unicorn but not pre-revenue, and the funding spread suggests multiple credible bets still on the table.
Ranked: Best Display Technology companies in United Kingdom
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Stage | Web popularity | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SmartKem Developer of application-specific organic materials for organic thin-film transistors | $55M | 18 mo ago | 52 | Ian Jenks Chairman and CEO | Public | Top 10M | 113 patents Patents concentrated in chemistry & materials | — |
| 2 | WaveOptics Developer of waveguides for AR-based smart glasses | $55M | 82 mo ago | 132 | Sumanta Talukdar Co-Founder | Acquired | Top 10M | — | — |
| 3 | VividQ Developer of computer-generated holography for augmented and virtual reality displays | $30M | 22 mo ago | 9 | Darran Milne Ceo & Co-Founder | Series A | Top 10M | 81 patents Holographic and waveguide-based AR display optics, including head‑up and head‑mounted systems | 1 award |
| 4 | Touchnetix Developer of advanced touch and force sensing solutions | $24M | 43 mo ago | 32 32 → 52 (+62%) · sector median -6% | Vegard Wollan CEO | Series A | — | 166 patents Capacitive touch sensor hardware and user input interface technologies | 1 launch |
| 5 | MicroEmissive Displays Group Polymer organic light emitting diode technology provider | $23M | 225 mo ago | 38 | Bill Campbell ex-CEO | Deadpooled | — | 34 patents Pixel driving circuits and manufacturing processes for micro‑emissive OLED displays. | — |
| 6 | Pelikon Flexible liquid crystal (LC) layer based display solutions | $23M | 228 mo ago | 11 | Chris Barnardo Founder | Acqui-Hired | — | 100 patents Electroluminescent display panels and driver circuits for capacitive touch human‑interface devices | — |
| 7 | Forth Dimension Displays Developers of microdisplays & spatial light modulators | $19M | 261 mo ago | 16 | — | Acquired | — | 18 patents MicroLED backplane architecture for high-resolution, high-brightness display panels | — |
| 8 | MasterImage Provides 3D Technology to cinemas and mobile devices | $15M | 183 mo ago | 4 | — | Acqui-Hired | — | — | — |
| 9 | FlexEnable Manufacturer of flexible displays | $11M | 52 mo ago | 58 58 → 45 (-22%) · sector median -6% | Chuck Milligan CEO | Series B | Top 10M | 503 patents Flexible polymer-based liquid crystal display and optical cell technologies for bendable electronics | 1 launch |
| 10 | WaveTouch Provider of optical touchscreen technology enabling advanced touch and force detection | $11M | 61 mo ago | 6 | Jorgen Jensen Founder & CEO | Series A | — | — | — |
| 11 | Bodle Technologies Provider of smart material manufacturing technology for smart display applications | $11M | 66 mo ago | 11 | — | Series A | — | — | — |
| 12 | Allfocal Optics Developer of nanophotonic technology for displays offering enhanced visual experiences | $9M | 20 mo ago | — | Daping Chu Co-Founder & CSO | Series A | — | 10 patents Optical projection and steerable eye‑box technologies for HUD and near‑eye AR/VR displays | 2 job openings |
| 13 | Ceres Holographics Provider of a digital holographic mastering and replication solution | $7M | 41 mo ago | 18 18 → 20 (+11%) · sector median -6% | Ian Redmond Co-Founder & CTO | Early Stage | — | 3 patents Manufacturing and display of reflection holograms for optical imaging applications. | — |
| 14 | Holoxica Provides holographic display and video technology solutions | $4M | 94 mo ago | 3 | — | Funding Raised | Top 50M | 3 patents Holographic light‑field projection array displays for 3D visualisation | — |
| 15 | Polar OLED Provider of liquid crystal-based polymer materials | $3M | 124 mo ago | 2 | Steve Kelly Co-Founder | Series A | — | 4 patents OLED substrate materials and manufacturing processes for OLED devices | — |
| 16 | QD Light Production of colloidal quantum dots | $2M | 193 mo ago | — | — | Deadpooled | — | 22 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | — |
| 17 | PeroLED Manufacturer of light-emitting materials for display applications | $1M | 30 mo ago | 1 | Donal Bradley Co-Founder | Seed | — | 20 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | — |
| 18 | HYPERVSN Developer of holographic display technology and related software and hardware | $1M | 120 mo ago | 119 | Ala Dziamidava Co-Founder & COO | Seed | Top 5M | — | 2 launchs · 1 partnership |
| 19 | mLED-Ltd LED systems manufacturers Introducing a breakthrough micro-display technology for Near-To-Eye (NTE)… | $818K | 168 mo ago | 16 | Jim Bonar Founder & CTO | Deadpooled | — | 11 patents Advanced LED microdisplay and photonic components for medical imaging and diagnostics | — |
| 20 | LOMOX OLED displays and lighting technology developer | $720K | 198 mo ago | 4 | — | Funding Raised | — | 123 patents Organic LED emissive and charge‑transport materials, especially silole organometallic complexes. | — |
| 21 | NeuDrive Developer of organic thin film transistor technology (OTFT) technology | $545K | 75 mo ago | 4 | Christine Fisher Founder | Deadpooled | — | 22 patents Organic semiconductor sensors and polymer-based electronic devices for flexible electronics | — |
| 22 | Cambridge Display Technology Polymer organic light emitting diodes (P-OLED) | $517K | 138 mo ago | 57 | Richard Friend Co-Founder | Acquired | Top 50M | 2,436 patents Thermal management polymers, single-ion conductors, and fullerene-based organic electronic materials | — |
| 23 | Power OLEDs Provider OLED products for energy management systems | $376K | 100 mo ago | — | Tim Dempsey Founder & Director | Deadpooled | — | 21 patents Organic heterocyclic emitters for OLEDs, organic photovoltaics, and thin‑film transistors | — |
| 24 | SolOLED Provider of emitter materials for solution-processed OLED products | $246K | 50 mo ago | 7 | Eli Colman Co-Founder & CEO | Funding Raised | — | — | — |
Top 12 Display Technology companies in United Kingdom
#1
Public · Manchester, England · founded 2009 · 52 employees$55Mraised▾
Developer of application-specific organic materials for organic thin-film transistors. It develops organic semiconductor materials for the manufacture of flexible displays and electronics. It has applications in smartwatch displays and transistor backplanes. It also provides links and coatings for use in electronic devices.
- Dec 2024Post IPO$7.6M
- Dec 2024Grant (prize money)$1.1M
- Sep 2024Post IPO$152.4K
- Mar 2024Post IPO$347.5K
#2
Series A · Cambridge, England · founded 2017 · 9 employees$30Mraised▾
Developer of computer-generated holography for augmented and virtual reality displays. The technology enables images to be displayed at various focal distances. Digital items can be world-locked, allowing them to be in focus alongside real objects. The technology facilitates hand and gesture interactions without controllers or peripherals.
- Aug 2024Series A$7.5M
- Jul 2021Seed$15.2M
- Jul 2020Grant (prize money)$430.8K
- Dec 2019Seed$3.1M
#3
Series A · Cambridge, England · founded 2022$8.8Mraised▾
Developer of nanophotonic technology for displays offering enhanced visual experiences. The company’s technology aims to provide natural visual clarity and comfort. It focuses on compatibility and scalability in its display solutions. The technology is designed to make digital images more accessible.
- Nov 2024Grant (prize money)$1.9M
- Sep 2024Series A$3.6M
- Jun 2023Series A$3.1M
- Mar 2023Seed$259.1K
#4
Series A · Fareham, England · founded 2010 · 32 employees$23.5Mraised▾
Developer of advanced touch and force sensing solutions. These solutions utilize proprietary aXiom user interface chips and sensors, providing high-performance touch capabilities for various applications. The technology offers features such as high signal-to-noise ratio, water rejection, and force sensing. Products include touchpads, displays, and button solutions suitable for automotive, industrial, medical, and consumer electronics sectors. The company provides evaluation kits and technical support to facilitate product integration.
- Nov 2022Series A$12M
- Jun 2021Series A$11.5M
- Jan 2015Grant (prize money)$357.6K
#5
Early Stage · St Andrews, Scotland · founded 2007 · 18 employees$6.8Mraised▾
Ceres Holographics provides a digital holographic mastering and replication solution. Offers holograms and HOE masters for laser-enabled HUDs, AR displays and light-guiding applications. Caters to automotive and other sectors.
- Jan 2023Grant (prize money)—
- Dec 2021Grant (prize money)$56.6K
- Dec 2019Grant (prize money)$1.6M
- Jul 2019Grant (prize money)$1.7M
#6
Series B · Cambridge, England · founded 2015 · 58 employees$11Mraised▾
Manufacturer of flexible displays. It uses an organic thin-film transistor (OTFT) technology with passive elements to develop flexible displays. This enables the volume production of thin and lightweight backplanes for flexible displays and sensors. The flexible backplane has versatile applications for a variety of front planes including OLCD and OLED displays, X-ray image sensors, fingerprint sensors, pressure sensors, and smart systems.
- Feb 2022Series B$11M
- Oct 2020Grant (prize money)—
- May 2020Grant (prize money)$447.7K
- Apr 2020Grant (prize money)$355.3K
#7
Seed · Sedgefield, England · founded 2019 · 1 employees$1.2Mraised▾
Manufacturer of light-emitting materials for display applications. It develops light-emitting materials with strong electroluminescent properties and high colour purity that can be tuned across the visible spectrum. It has applications in manufacturing organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs), quantum dot light-emitting devices (QLEDs), and hybrid light-emitting devices.
- Dec 2023Seed$342.8K
- Mar 2022Seed$870.7K
#8
Acquired · Abingdon, Oxfordshire · founded 2014 · 132 employees$54.9Mraised▾
Developer of waveguides for AR-based smart glasses
- Sep 2019Series C$13M
- Dec 2018Series C$26.2M
- Jul 2017Series B$15.7M
- Dec 2015Series A—
#9
Series A · London, England · founded 2013 · 6 employees$10.9Mraised▾
Provider of optical touchscreen technology enabling advanced touch and force detection. This technology offers high accuracy and durability with multi-touch capability. It works with various input types including fingers, gloves, and styluses, enhancing user interaction across diverse applications.
- May 2021Series A$4.5M
- May 2017Series A$6.4M
#10
Series A · Oxford, England · founded 2015 · 11 employees$10.5Mraised▾
Bodle Technologies is a provider of smart material manufacturing technology for smart display applications. The company has developed an ultra-thin film that can control color and light with minimal power consumption. The technology works by generating color using an optical nanocavity, which is controlled by optically modulating the refractive index of the active layer (a phase change alloy). It also provides proprietary software to design the multilayer stacks of materials that produce the optical effect required. Finds applications in a range of areas including displays, smart glazing, security markings, ‘smart’ contact lenses, and artificial retina devices.
- Dec 2020Series A—
- Dec 2017Series A$8.5M
- Feb 2017Series A$2.1M
- Nov 2015Seed—
#11
Deadpooled · Edinburgh, Scotland · founded 1999 · 38 employees$23.3Mraised▾
MicroEmissive Displays Group manufacture and sells Polymer Organic Light Emitting Diode (P-OLED) microdisplays. The company’s eyescreen products combine color moving video images with ultra-low power consumption, making them suitable for portable head mounted displays and electronic viewfinders. In October 2009 the company was deadpooled.
- Sep 2007Series D$15.8M
- Jul 2003Series A$7.5M
#12
Acqui-Hired · Bar Hill, England · founded 2000 · 11 employees$22.8Mraised▾
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