1994
Photonic Crystal research program starts at the University of Southampton, resulting in major developments and inventions in the field.


1997
BTG Plc commit to funding base patents.


2001
BTG Plc provide £2.8m initial funding and Mesophotonics Ltd is born with staff comprising its seven founders from the University of Southampton.


2003
Quester leads 2nd round financing of  £5.5 million ($10 million), joined by Auriga, NIF and BTG Plc.


2005
Mesophotonics launches Klarite product range of nanostructured reproducible SERS surfaces


2006
Mesophotonics launches the SE1000 – the world's first analytical SERS toolkit