Specto Photonics is an Italian-based deep-tech startup that manufactures and commercializes miniaturized Brillouin spectrometers. The company's technology uses light to retrieve fundamental mechanical information like stiffness and viscosity of matter, enabling clients to retrieve viscoelastic information of both organic and inorganic materials without the need for contact or label. Specto Photonics was established in 2019 and is backed by VCs LIFTT and Progress Tech Transfer.