The illumination revolution

Light is what powers the world and makes our cities live. Light is identified as civilization’s first marker of development. In our lives, light is everywhere, produced by the Sun or artificially created by human ingenuity. However today’s lighting technology is contributing to global warming, therefore threatening both our planet and its inhabitants, contributing to the depletion of natural resources and the loss of biodiversity. Ironically Nature has done 3.8 billion years of research and development through evolution to find the most efficient solution in terms of lighting: bioluminescence. Fireflies, glow-worms, and more than 80% of marine organisms (jellyfish, plankton, fish, squids, sharks, krill) produce this biological light without needing the Sun. Glowee has decided to imitate what Nature does best and use these super-powers to develop biological lighting. For 5 years, Glowee’s multidisciplinary team (biologist, designer, business, finance) have been working to create the bedrock of Pipelight_2, a living system producing continuous bioluminescence in order to replace urban artificial lighting, reduce environmental impact, improve well-being and offer new creative possibilities. Glowee has acquired unparalleled, world-leading expertise in the field of bioluminescence, recognized globally by more than 20 innovation awards and 3 patents filed. Global smart lighting market fitting with Glowee’s technology is huge (> 1b€) and our business plan reach 28 M€ of revenue in 2028. TRL6 has been reached, the market validated through over 50 stakeholder interviews. The proposed project aims to increase the product performances to be ready for most challenging and impactful outdoor use (intensity, temperature resilience, cost-efficiency) and run a first pilot market demonstration (grant request). With the equity request, Glowee is willing to partner with a patient investor supporting its unique technology and its ambition to lead the light industry revolution.