Hinalea Imaging
Hinalea Imaging provides imaging solutions that reveal material and quality details invisible to standard cameras, enabling automated inspection and diagnostics. The company combines hyperspectral imaging hardware with neural-network powered analytics to detect defects, contaminants, and composition differences for use in food safety, medical diagnostics, and precision agriculture. Its product family includes a high-resolution handheld autonomous hyperspectral camera alongside software analytics for in-line inspection workflows and laboratory testing. Hinalea operates as a B2B hardware-plus-software provider serving manufacturers, labs, and agricultural customers. The company targets industrial inspection and diagnostic markets that require spectral detail and AI-driven classification to improve quality control and testing throughput.
Hinalea Imaging
Hinalea Imaging provides imaging solutions that reveal material and quality details invisible to standard cameras, enabling automated inspection and diagnostics. The company combines hyperspectral imaging hardware with neural-network powered analytics to detect defects, contaminants, and composition differences for use in food safety, medical diagnostics, and precision agriculture. Its product family includes a high-resolution handheld autonomous hyperspectral camera alongside software analytics for in-line inspection workflows and laboratory testing. Hinalea operates as a B2B hardware-plus-software provider serving manufacturers, labs, and agricultural customers. The company targets industrial inspection and diagnostic markets that require spectral detail and AI-driven classification to improve quality control and testing throughput.
TL;DR
What they do: Hardware+software hyperspectral/VSWIR imaging and AI analytics for industrial inspection and diagnostics
Headquarters: Emeryville, California, USA
Founded: 2018 (spun out from TruTag Technologies)
Employees: ~16
Recent funding: Seed round announced Apr 25, 2025
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Company Overview
Problem Domain
Industrial inspection, quality control, and diagnostic testing where spectral detail beyond standard RGB imaging is required.
Founded
2018
Industry
Data and Analytics
Tech Stack
Funding Track Record
Seed round announced Apr 25, 2025; other investors reported include New World Angels and Plug & Play Topeka. Company website does not publish the funding amount.
Investor Signal
“Pangaea Ventures; TEL Venture Capital Japan; New World Angels; Plug & Play Topeka”