News: Optoelectronics
23 January 2026
NUBURU secures control of Orbit’s SaaS operational resilience platform
NUBURU Inc of Centennial, CO, USA — which was founded in 2015 and developed and previously manufactured high-power industrial blue lasers — has secured operating control of Italy-based Orbit S.r.l., a revenue-generating Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company focused on digitalizing operational resilience, risk intelligence, and mission-critical decision support via its Orbit Open Platform. NUBURU says that the transaction strengthens its security offering capabilities and advances its multi-vertical growth strategy through the addition of a scalable, software-driven operating business.
The control position was achieved through the closing of a previously announced $2m capital increase in Orbit, subscribed by NUBURU’s subsidiary Nuburu Defense LLC, pursuant to the Sale, Purchase and Investment Agreement previously announced on 7 October. As a result of the completion of both the first and second tranches of the investment, NUBURU now holds about 22% of Orbit’s issued and outstanding equity, together with enhanced governance and reserved-matter rights that confer control. Following the closing, Orbit is fully consolidated within NUBURU’s financial statements under US GAAP, formally adding a recurring-revenue SaaS platform to the company’s operating structure.
As previously disclosed, NUBURU intends to acquire the remaining equity interests of Orbit, subject to the receipt of NUBURU stockholder approval, in accordance with the framework described in the company’s current report on Form 8-K filed on 7 October.
Orbit governance update
Pursuant to the governance rights effective upon closing, the Orbit’s board of directors has been reconstituted and is now composed of:
- Alessandro Zamboni, chairman & executive director;
- Dario Barisoni, director;
- Anthony D. Sinnott, director.
This governance structure reflects NUBURU’s control position and ensures strategic and operational alignment between Orbit and the broader NUBURU group.
Orbit: operating SaaS business with recurring revenue profile
Orbit operates a SaaS platform focused on operational resilience, risk intelligence, and mission-critical decision support. The business is characterized by recurring, subscription-based revenues, typically structured under multi-annual contracts and supported by professional services ancillary to the core platform.
Management views Orbit as a scalable, capital-light SaaS business that enhances revenue visibility and complements NUBURU’s broader technology portfolio with a software-driven operating model.
Strategic and financial impact
With the closing of this capital increase, NUBURU has formally added a revenue-generating SaaS operating company to its group, expanding its footprint beyond hardware-centric technologies.
Orbit’s platform strengthens NUBURU’s positioning in operational resilience and security-driven software, addressing growing needs across civilian critical infrastructure, regulated enterprise environments, and defense-adjacent applications. The firm believes that Orbit’s analytics-driven capabilities are highly synergistic with NUBURU’s dual-use mission, enabling integrated solutions that combine software intelligence with advanced defense technologies.
Integration within NUBURU’s defense & dual-use strategy
The consolidation of Orbit reinforces NUBURU’s evolving Defense & Security Hub, complementing the firm’s initiatives in photonics, laser-based technologies, special vehicles, electronic warfare systems, and drone technology platforms. Orbit’s software layer is expected to support tighter integration between physical defense assets and digital operational intelligence, enhancing situational awareness, operational continuity, and mission readiness for institutional and allied customers.
This milestone builds on the strategic progress outlined in NUBURU’s recent year-end update and follows the its previously announced strategy to expand into mission-critical, defense-adjacent software platforms.
“With the closing of this capital increase, NUBURU has now taken control of Orbit and brought a recurring-revenue SaaS business into the group,” says NUBURU’s executive chairman & co-CEO Alessandro Zamboni. “Orbit adds a software layer that is highly complementary to our defense and dual-use technologies, strengthening our ability to deliver integrated, mission-critical solutions while enhancing the quality and visibility of our revenue base,” he adds.
“Orbit’s integration represents a concrete operational milestone for NUBURU’s defense strategy,” says Dario Barisoni, co-CEO of NUBURU and CEO of Nuburu Defense. “The combination of software-based operational resilience with our targeted defense-focused technologies, including laser systems, drones, special vehicles, and advanced electronic warfare platforms, enhances our capability to support governmental, institutional, and allied customers with data-driven, end-to-end solutions.”
As a subsidiary of NUBURU Inc, Nuburu Defense LLC delivers advanced solutions for defense, security and critical-infrastructure applications, supporting NUBURU’s Defense & Security Hub strategy.
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