Oculyze
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2016
- HeadquartersWildau, Germany
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingSoftware
Oculyze firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Oculyze
- Legal name
- Oculyze Automation GmbH
- Website
- https://oculyze.net
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2016
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Where Oculyze is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Wildau
- HQ country
- Germany
- HQ region
- Europe
Markets served
Oculyze business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Supply Chain
Oculyze product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Oculyze develops a computer vision cloud platform that combines classical pattern recognition with deep learning to deliver automated, real-time image analysis. Its commercial products are three vertical yeast cell counters (Better Brewing for beer, Fermentation Wine for wine, Bioethanol for ethanol) and a broader Image Analysis Platform (IAP) that delivers custom AI image-analysis solutions via cloud, REST API, or local edge deployment, paired with a patented USB Mobile Microscope.
Product overview
Oculyze offers a platform-plus-modules architecture centered on its hybrid deep-learning and pattern-recognition engine. Three vertical-specific yeast cell counter products — Better Brewing (BB) for beer brewers, Fermentation Wine (FW) for winemakers, and Bioethanol (EtOH) for ethanol producers — share this engine and pair with the Oculyze Mobile Microscope (or a compatible external microscope via the Microscope Camera adapter) and a free IAP Annotation Tool. On top of this foundation sits the Image Analysis Platform (IAP), which extends the same technology to a long list of custom computer-vision use cases (colony counting, mammalian cell counting through the 4BioCell CellCount Pro, insect identification, asbestos fiber detection, steel analysis, etc.) and is delivered via cloud, REST API, or local edge deployment. WebApp BB, WebApp FW, and WebApp EtOH (hosted at webapp.oculyze.net) provide browser-based access to the same analyses, while consumables (Methylene Violet stain and polymer/glass sample chambers) round out the hardware ecosystem.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Better Brewing (BB): Smart yeast analysis product line for beer brewers, including a yeast cell counter app and mobile microscope.
- Fermentation Wine (FW)
- Bioethanol (EtOH)
- Image Analysis Platform (IAP)
Products and services
- Better Brewing (BB) Automated yeast cell counter for beer brewers that analyzes yeast cell concentration, viability, and budding count in under a minute via the Oculyze Mobile Microscope paired with a smartphone or computer. Includes pitch rate calculator, fermentation tracking with curve comparison, Brettanomyces concentration analysis, and automated cloud documentation exportable as CSV or PDF.
- Fermentation Wine (FW) Automated yeast cell counter for winemakers that provides rapid analysis of yeast cell concentration and viability, plus a Fermentation Assistant that warns of insufficient yeast growth, slow sugar consumption, or rapidly declining yeast concentration across red, white, rosé, blanc de noir, and sparkling wines. Supports continuous fermentation tracking and customized documentation.
- Bioethanol (EtOH) Automated yeast cell counter for bioethanol producers that monitors yeast cell concentration, viability, and budding count while separating yeast cells from plant debris such as corn starch. Includes a pitch rate calculator and fermentation tracking with multi-batch comparison for production scheduling.
- Image Analysis Platform (IAP) Custom AI image-analysis platform combining deep learning with classical pattern recognition, available via cloud-hosted services, REST API, or local/edge deployment. Supports a wide range of use cases including colony counting, mammalian cell counting, insect identification, asbestos fiber detection in SEM images, non-metallic inclusion analysis in steel, particle counting, blood-vessel characterization, blood counts, disk diffusion test analysis, microalgae/cyanobacteria counting, plot digitization, wastewater monitoring, and uterine health monitoring.
- Oculyze Mobile Microscope Patented USB mobile microscope made in Germany offering ~400X magnification and visualization of objects smaller than 10 microns. Connects to Android devices, Amazon Fire Tablets, or computers to power BB, FW, and Bioethanol analyses.
Companies that use Oculyze
Customer profileIdeal customer profiles4 records
Oculyze technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- Yes
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration4 records
AI capability8 records
Oculyze partnerships and signals
Strategic signalRecent moves6 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Oculyze competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- Anton Paar: Dominant incumbent in brewing and wine process analysis (density, alcohol, CO₂, pH). Competes with Oculyze for the same brewery/winery QC budget but with a much broader instrumentation portfolio and established enterprise sales channels.
- Hamilton Company: Laboratory automation and process analytics vendor with cell counting and bioprocess monitoring products. Comparable to Oculyze on bioprocess/fermentation analytics and on industrial integration pathways (Modbus/OPC-style process control).
- Bio-Rad Laboratories: Life-sciences major with TC20 and other automated cell counters plus a wide imaging portfolio. Competes indirectly across Oculyze's BB/FW/Bioethanol and several IAP applications (colony counting, blood counts).
- Corning Life Sciences: Major life-sciences supplier with automated cell counting (Corning Cell Counter) plus consumables. Competes in Oculyze's pharma/cell-counting orbit with a much larger installed base and channel, and could plausibly bundle a competitor product similar to 4BioCell.
- Tecan: Lab-automation leader with cell counting and imaging modules integrated into larger workflow platforms. Overlaps with Oculyze in pharma/biotech cell analysis and represents the type of scaled automation player Oculyze could be acquired by or compete against in IAP.
- Beckman Coulter Life Sciences: Major life-sciences instrument maker with Vi-Cell and other automated cell counters. A broad incumbent that overlaps with Oculyze's IAP mammalian cell counting use case (4BioCell) at much larger scale and brand recognition.
Emerging players
- Landing AI: Industrial AI vision platform (founded by Andrew Ng) targeting manufacturing quality and process control. Comparable to Oculyze's edge/local-deployment CV strategy and Industry 4.0 positioning, especially for inline monitoring use cases.
- Clarifai: AI image-recognition platform offering customizable computer-vision models via cloud and edge. Conceptually comparable to Oculyze's Image Analysis Platform as a horizontal, developer-facing CV platform, though focused on general imagery rather than microscopy.
Direct peers
- Chemometec: Manufacturers of the NucleoCounter line of automated cell counters using image-based analysis. Closely comparable to Oculyze on technology (image-based cell counting), customer profile (bioprocess and brewery QC), and product economics (capital equipment + consumables).
- Logos Biosystems: Sells automated cell counters (LUNA family) for yeast, mammalian, and other cells — directly competing with Oculyze BB/FW/Bioethanol on automated, image-based yeast viability and concentration analysis in brewery and biotech labs.
Market position
Strengths4 records
Weaknesses4 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
Oculyze social profiles
Digital presenceOculyze compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance3 records
Oculyze financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Oculyze leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles4 records
Oculyze funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds8 records
Investors5 records
Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Oculyze M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Frequently asked questions about Oculyze
What does Oculyze do?
Oculyze develops a computer vision cloud platform that combines classical pattern recognition with deep learning to deliver automated, real-time image analysis. Its commercial products are three vertical yeast cell counters (Better Brewing for beer, Fermentation Wine for wine, Bioethanol for ethanol) and a broader Image Analysis Platform (IAP) that delivers custom AI image-analysis solutions via cloud, REST API, or local edge deployment, paired with a patented USB Mobile Microscope.
Is Oculyze a public or private company?
Oculyze is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was Oculyze founded?
Oculyze was founded in 2016. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is Oculyze based?
Oculyze is headquartered in Wildau, Germany, in the Europe region.
Who are Oculyze's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are Anton Paar, Hamilton Company, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Corning Life Sciences, Tecan and Beckman Coulter Life Sciences. Emerging players are Landing AI and Clarifai. Direct peers are Chemometec and Logos Biosystems.
Does Oculyze have an API?
Yes. Oculyze provides a RESTful API for cloud deployments, with a similar API available on the customer's intranet for local deployments. The technology can also interface with industrial standards like Modbus or OPC for on-premises integration, and has been successfully embedded in bench-top and standalone devices. API access is bundled with the Enterprise subscription tier for Better Brewing (BB) and is included in the 300+ analysis tiers for the Bioethanol product. It is also available to partners integrating the Image Analysis Platform (IAP) into their own products and production pipelines. No public documentation URL or SDK is referenced.