Miru Smart Technologies Corp.
Founded 2019 · 159 employees on LinkedIn · 2 known investors
Miru develops dynamic glass technology that makes glass responsive to varying light conditions, improving image clarity in wearable devices, enabling autonomous systems and robots to operate in darkness and sunlight, and improving passenger comfort in vehicles and buildings. The company works with partners to commercialize its dynamic glass across multiple industries.
Also known as Click Materials · Miru
Investors · 2
Also in the syndicate · 1
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Miru Smart Technologies Corp. is a Vancouver, British Columbia-based advanced materials company developing dynamic (electrochromic) glass that changes its light transmission in response to changing lighting conditions. The technology is presented as a way to overcome the limitations of static glass, where glare and brightness reduce visibility and degrade optical systems that rely on clear signals. Company materials describe glass that can vary between full and zero transmission states, improving image clarity in wearable devices, allowing autonomous systems and robots to operate in both darkness and full sunlight, and improving occupant comfort and health in vehicles and buildings.
The company is described as an advanced materials university spin-off built on more than ten years of academic and industrial research on advanced thin films, and was formerly named Click Materials. Its approach includes researching materials using automation and machine learning, and it licenses window technology for transportation and architectural applications. Target application areas listed by the company span wearables and augmented reality, automotive and autonomous vehicles, robotics, defense, architectural glazing, marine and industrial environments, and healthcare.
As of a startup-profile listing, Miru described its stage as prototype ready in the clean technology sector, with a team of roughly 15 people including electrical, chemical and process engineers and chemists, plus executive leadership with prior industrial technology startup exit and large technical team experience. A patent-analytics profile attributes nine patents to the company.
Founding story
Miru is described as an advanced materials university spin-off based in Vancouver, British Columbia, whose smart window technology builds on over ten years of academic and industrial research on advanced thin films. Curtis Berlinguette is listed as a team member on the company's startup profile.
Business model
Miru develops electrochromic/dynamic glass materials and thin-film technology and brings it to market through licensing and partnerships with glass manufacturers and fabricators rather than solely as an end-product maker. Its site describes an ecosystem of partners assembled to accelerate commercialization of dynamic glass across multiple industries.
Licensing of its smart window and dynamic glass technology to manufacturers and fabricators, according to a company profile.
Traction
A startup profile lists the company at prototype-ready stage with 15 employees; a patent-analytics profile reports nine patents and cites four funding entries. In January 2026 the company reported receiving preferred-share funding from Mativ Holdings, Inc.
Latest developments
In January 2026, Miru announced it had received funding from a new investor, Mativ Holdings, Inc., a NYSE-listed specialty materials company, through the issuance of preferred shares.
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Market position
Miru is an early-stage to prototype-ready participant in the smart glass and electrochromic window market, with third-party profiles naming View, Inc., Fuyao Glass Industry Group and Gentex Corp. among its competitors and placing it in the smart glass and smart/sustainable buildings market segments.
Miru positions its glass as dynamically responsive rather than static, adapting transmission to ambient light so that dependent optical and sensing systems retain clarity; it also cites the use of automation and machine learning in materials research and more than a decade of prior thin-film research underpinning the technology.
Technology
Electrochromic/dynamic glass based on advanced thin films, capable of switching light transmission across a range described on the company's site as 100% to 0%. The company researches materials using automation and machine learning, and a patent-analytics profile credits it with nine patents in areas mapped to glass and construction markets.
Go-to-market
The company licenses its window technology to manufacturers and fabricators and has built a partner ecosystem intended to accelerate commercialization of dynamic glass across multiple industries; it invites direct contact from prospective partners and customers through its website.
Manufacturers and fabricators of glass and glazing in automotive, architectural, marine and aviation sectors, plus applications in wearables and augmented reality, autonomous vehicles, robotics, defense, industrial settings and healthcare.
Geography
Headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with customers described as manufacturers and fabricators in automotive, architectural, marine and aviation sectors across North America and Europe.
History
The company originated as a university spin-off in Vancouver, British Columbia, building on more than a decade of academic and industrial research into advanced thin films, and was formerly known as Click Materials. Founding dates given by third-party profiles vary (September 2018 in one startup-profile listing, 2012 in a patent-analytics profile). By the early 2020s it described itself as venture-backed with a prototype-ready smart window product and a team of about 15. In January 2026 it announced funding from specialty materials company Mativ Holdings, Inc. via an issuance of preferred shares.
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Key figures
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Timeline · 1
launches, deals, and filingsMiru Smart Technologies announced it had received funding from new investor Mativ Holdings, Inc. on January 14, 2026, issuing preferred shares in the transaction. An earlier notice, published January 13, 2026, stated the company expected to receive the funding.
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- Miru Smart Technologies Corp.mirucorp.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Miru Smart Technologies Corp. do?
- Vancouver-based developer of dynamic electrochromic glass for wearables, vehicles, robotics, defense and buildings.
- Who are Miru Smart Technologies Corp.'s investors?
- Miru Smart Technologies Corp.'s investors include WUTIF Capital.