Name

NIRLAB

Legal name

NIRLAB AG

Website

https://nirlab.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Lausanne

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Hardware Device Sales: Sale of NIRLAB NIRLIGHT handheld spectrometers and accessories (Transmission Fixture, Tablet Probe). Hardware is sold directly to law enforcement, harm reduction organizations, cannabis industry, agriculture, and recycling sectors. Pricing in CHF with advanced payment terms.
2. Software Subscriptions: Annual subscriptions for mobile/web applications, access to calibration models, and the NIRSTORE platform. Subscriptions automatically renew for the shorter of the subscription term or one year. Full refund available within 14 days of subscription start date. Multi-year subscription fees are non-refundable upon purchase.
3. Custom Chemometrics & Calibration Development: On-demand NIR analysis solutions tailored to specific industry needs, including custom calibration development for specific crops, soils, regions, and products. Also includes white-label solutions for enterprises requiring customized implementations.
4. White-Label & Licensing: NIRLAB offers white-labeling services allowing businesses to brand and market the solution as their own. Enterprises can customize the technology for their specific applications. Terms governed by separate agreements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

NIRLAB designs and sells a handheld near-infrared (NIR) spectrometer (NIRLIGHT) paired with cloud-connected mobile and web applications (NIRApp, NIRSTORE) and an advanced chemometrics suite (NIRLAB Pro). The system uses machine learning to identify and quantify over 400 substances—including narcotics, cutting agents, cannabinoids, polymers, and counterfeit medicines—in seconds, without direct contact or laboratory infrastructure.

Product overview

NIRLAB offers a unified platform architecture combining hardware and software solutions for on-site NIR spectroscopy analysis. The core product is the NIRLIGHT handheld spectrometer, paired with the FIELDLAB platform which includes chemometrics development tools. NIRLAB Pro serves as an advanced add-on module for chemometricians, while NIRApp (mobile) and NIRSTORE (web portal) provide the user interface layer for device control, data collection, and analytics. The ecosystem is completed by specialized calibration models for narcotics, cannabis, polymers, and agriculture applications, all processed through cloud-connected machine learning algorithms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• NIRLIGHT: Ultra-light, robust and wireless NIR spectrometer with IP67 rating, designed for on-site material and substance analysis in seconds.
• FIELDLAB
• NIRLAB Pro
• NIRSTORE

Products and services

• NIRLIGHT Handheld NIR Spectrometer Ultra-light, wireless, IP67-rated handheld NIR spectrometer with point-and-click operation, Bluetooth and USB connectivity, and up to 8 hours of continuous operation. Identifies over 400 substances through packaging materials within seconds. Sold to law enforcement, harm reduction organizations, cannabis operators, recyclers, pharmaceutical regulators, and agricultural users.
• FIELDLAB Platform Integrated NIR spectroscopy solution platform combining the handheld spectrometer, mobile/web applications, and chemometrics tools. Enables industry-specific deployments for agriculture, feed, food, pharmaceutical, and recycling sectors. Targeted at enterprise and government customers developing on-site analytical workflows.
• NIRSTORE Cloud Portal Web portal providing cloud-based access to NIRLAB accounts, scan data management, user and device management, analytics dashboards, and report generation. Subscription-based; pairs with NIRLIGHT hardware for fleet and enterprise deployments.
• NIRLAB Mobile App (NIRApp) Companion mobile application for iOS and Android that pairs with the NIRLIGHT spectrometer over Bluetooth, delivers analysis results within 3 seconds, and standardizes field data collection.
• NIRLAB Pro Chemometrics Suite Chemometrics software suite allowing chemometricians and organizations to develop high-quality data models for spectral data with an automated workflow from data acquisition to production. Sold to enterprises and research organizations needing custom calibration development.
• ToxiShield Detection Product Line Detection product line focused on fentanyl and drink-spiking identification, distributed in Canada by Safe Supply Streaming Co Ltd. to government and First Nations community customers.
• On-Demand Custom NIR Solutions Custom NIR analysis and calibration model development service tailored to specific industry, crop, soil, region, or product requirements. Includes white-label implementations for enterprise clients.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1 million analyses performed with NIRLAB devices prior to acquisition by 908 Devices
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core, foundational and minor.

• Safe Supply Streaming Co Ltd. (now Altrova Health Inc.)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 May 2026Safe Supply Streaming Co Ltd. (rebranded as Altrova Health Inc. in May 2026) holds exclusive Canadian distribution rights for NIRLAB SA's NIRLight drug analysis device and the ToxiShield fentanyl and drink-spiking detection product line. Safe Supply actively deploys NIRLAB devices in government field evaluations across multiple Canadian jurisdictions and sells to First Nations communities. The partnership represents NIRLAB's primary channel into the Canadian market.
• University of LausannefoundationalStrategic or Co-development PartnerNIRLAB was founded in 2021 as a spin-out from the University of Lausanne, leveraging research expertise in chemometrics and NIR spectroscopy developed at the university. Co-founder Prof. Pierre Esseiva leads academic collaboration. The company maintains a knowledge base of academic papers and peer-reviewed research originating from university partnerships. ISO 17025 accreditation is linked to the forensic science expertise developed through this relationship.
• Swiss Made SoftwareminorOthersNIRLAB displays the 'Swiss Made Software' logo on its website footer, indicating compliance with Swiss software manufacturing standards and quality certification.
• FIT — Fondation pour l'innovation et la technologieminorOthersNIRLAB displays the FIT (Fondation pour l'innovation et la technologie) logo on its website, indicating support or recognition from the Swiss Foundation for Innovation and Technology.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Revvity (formerly PerkinElmer): Revvity operates the analytical instruments and life sciences business formerly under PerkinElmer, providing FT-NIR and other spectroscopy products for pharma, food, and applied markets. It is a direct comparable for NIRLAB in selling NIR-based analytical instruments with software to regulated industries.
• Metrohm: Metrohm is a Swiss-headquartered manufacturer of titration, ion chromatography, and NIR spectroscopy instruments for pharma, food, and chemical analysis. Comparable to NIRLAB as a precision analytical instrument vendor with strong Swiss heritage and regulated-industry customer focus.
• Thermo Fisher Scientific: Thermo Fisher offers a comprehensive portfolio of analytical laboratory instruments (spectrometers, chromatography, mass spec) and laboratory software for pharma, food safety, environmental, and forensic testing. Its scale and breadth make it the leading incumbent peer against which smaller handheld spectroscopy vendors like NIRLAB compete for analytical testing budgets.
• 908 Devices: 908 Devices is the NASDAQ-listed acquirer of NIRLAB (May 2026) and a direct peer in handheld/portable chemical analysis for law enforcement, security, and life sciences. Both target on-site material identification, but 908 Devices anchors on mass spectrometry whereas NIRLAB anchors on NIR spectroscopy — making them complementary workflow partners as well as comparable point-of-need analytical instrument vendors.
• Rigaku: Rigaku manufactures analytical and spectroscopic instrumentation including X-ray, Raman, and FTIR products used in materials, pharma, and security screening. It is comparable to NIRLAB in providing laboratory- and field-grade material identification tools for forensic and security customers.
• Agilent Technologies: Agilent manufactures laboratory analytical instruments including FTIR and Raman spectrometers used in food, pharma, forensics, and materials testing. It is directly comparable to NIRLAB in targeting regulated lab-grade chemical analysis customers with high-precision spectroscopy solutions.
• Malvern Panalytical (Spectris): Malvern Panalytical (parent Spectris) sells NIR and FTIR analytical instruments used in pharma, food, and materials analysis, including the ASD range of field-portable spectrometers. It is a comparable peer offering both lab and field-deployable spectroscopy solutions overlapping with NIRLAB's use cases.
• Bruker Corporation: Bruker is a global leader in scientific instruments, including FT-NIR and Raman spectrometers serving pharma, food, and forensic markets. Its broad spectroscopy and analytical instrument portfolio makes it a direct comparable in hardware-and-software NIR/analytical platforms for regulated and industrial customers.

Direct peers

• Consumer Physics (SCiO): Consumer Physics manufactures SCiO, a handheld NIR molecular sensor aimed at material identification for consumer and prosumer applications. While more consumer-leaning, it overlaps with NIRLAB's handheld miniaturized NIR approach and cloud-connected spectroscopy model.
• trinamiX (BASF): trinamiX is a BASF subsidiary that has developed handheld NIR spectroscopy solutions for material identification, including plastics sorting and agriculture applications. It directly competes with NIRLAB's polymer/recycling and agriculture verticals using miniaturized NIR spectroscopy.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/nirlab

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors2 records

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M&A

Investments

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