StirLight develops StirSense, a proprietary real-time process-monitoring and quality-assurance platform for friction stir welding, and also offers consulting and contract manufacturing services. The platform captures and analyses process-specific data to detect in-process anomalies and produce traceable quality records for each joint. The company serves R&D engineers and production teams in nuclear, aerospace, defence, automotive and energy sectors. StirLight has been trading since March 2024 and is already generating revenue from FSW services and contract manufacturing. Following the recent funding, the company plans pilot deployments with industrial partners, to hire engineering and data science talent, and to continue development of its core technology. The leadership team comprises co-founders Toby Savage-Yu (CEO), Dr Jeroen De Backer (CTO) and Dan Lord CEng (COO).

Total raised

$2M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Grant

Latest activity

Apr 2026