Olympus

About

Olympus is passionate about developing customer-driven solutions for the medical, life sciences, and industrial equipment industries.

Tokyo,Tokyo,Japan
1001 - 5000
https://www.olympus.co.uk

Highlights

Details

Last Funding Type: Post-IPO Equity
Last Funding Money Raised: $600M
Industries: Consumer Electronics,Hardware,Industrial Manufacturing,Manufacturing,Medical Device,Plastics and Rubber Manufacturing
Founded date: Jan 1, 1919
Number Of Employee: 1001 - 5000
Operating Status: Active
Stock Symbol: tyo:7733
Legal Name: Olympus Corporation
Also Known As: オリンパス

Olympus is passionate about developing customer-driven solutions for the medical, life sciences, and industrial equipment industries. Olympus believe that everyone should have the opportunity to live a fulfilling life. Olympus and its subsidiaries include sales and manufacturing business centres, as well as service and repair facilities.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds

Total Funding Amount

2

$600M

Olympus has raised a total of $600M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on May 31, 2018 from a Post-IPO Equity round.

Announced Date	Round	Money Raised	Number of Investors	Lead Investors	Post Valuation
May 31, 2018	Post-IPO Equity	$600M	1	ValueAct Capital	—	Detail
Jan 7, 2000	IPO	—	—	—	—	Detail

Investments

Number of Investments

Number of Lead Investments

3

2

Olympus has made 3 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jan 5, 2022, when Virgo Surgical Video Solutions raised $8M.

Date Company Name	Round	Money Raised	Industry	Lead Investor
Jan 5, 2022 Virgo Surgical Video Solutions	Series A	$8M	Artificial Intelligence	—
Oct 28, 2018 LPIXEL	Series A	¥3B	Biotechnology	Yes
Jul 5, 2006 AJI	Corporate Round	¥15M	Business Development	Yes

Investors

Number of Lead Investors

Number of Investors

1

Olympus is funded by 1 investors. ValueAct Capital are the most recent investors.

Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round
ValueAct Capital	Yes	Post-IPO Equity

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles

11

Olympus has 11 current employee profiles, including Executive Yasuo Takeuchi

Executive

Executive

Executive

Employee

Employee

Acquisition

Olympus has acquired 11 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was Advalytix AG on Jul 26, 2005. They acquired Advalytix AG for 0.

Date Company Name	Industry	Acquisition Type	Price
Jul 26, 2005 Advalytix AG	Biotechnology	acquisition	—	Detail
Jun 1, 2010 Spiration	Health Care	acquisition	—	Detail
Jul 2, 2010 Innov-X Systems	Analytics	acquisition	—	Detail
Jul 5, 2011 Spirus Medical	Health Care	acquisition	—	Detail
Apr 27, 2017 Image Stream Medical	Health Care	acquisition	—	Detail