Warwick spin-out company Cambridge CMOS Sensors (CCS) has raised several million pounds in a new funding round.

CCS is an industry leader in sensor technology and a leading manufacturer of sensor solutions and components for monitoring air quality, including hazardous gases and Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs). The cash injection will support global commercialisation and new generation technology developments.

The technology has a wide-range of applications in consumer, domestic, industrial, medical and automotive segments – including indoor air quality monitoring, environmental monitoring, breath analysis and gas detection.

Sensors are a fastest growing area of innovation in portable consumer electronics. In May, CCS launched a new range of sensors which are regarded as the world’s smallest and lowest power gas sensors. The launch enables the use of CCS gas sensors in application areas that have not been physically possible before now, such as smartphones, tablets and wearable devices.

CEO Nat Edington said: “This significant new funding from our existing investor base is in recognition of the rapid progress we have made in the business and the opportunities ahead of us. “This funding will allow us to further develop key functions and capabilities within the organisation, as we move into volume production later this year.”

CCS was founded in 2008 by Professor Julian Gardner from University of Warwick and Professors Florin Udrea and Bill Milne from University of Cambridge.