Headquarters and production are in Hefei, while sales and marketing office is located in Hong Kong and the USA.

Founder, managing director [2] and chief developer is Dayong Li [3] who graduated in opto-electronic engineering from the Beijing Institute of Technology.

[9][10][11] In the meantime, Venus Optics have released unique lenses mainly in the fields of ultra macro and rectilinear and/or fast ultra wide angle lenses for full frame, APS-C, MFT, and Fujifilm G-Mount (see table).

There is no communication between the camera body and the lens, hence, no transfer of Exif data, no autofocus function, no lens-based image stabilization (OIS), and no automatic aperture control.

[6] Since 2017, Laowa had organised multiple international marketing campaigns bearing its slogan "New Idea, New Fun".

[29] It has gathered 10 videographers and YouTubers, including Motoaki(Aki from Japan), Jason Morris, Helena Gudkova(cameragirlhelena), Yeyoph and more.