BIM-Y

What BIM-Y does

BIM-Y is a Luxembourg-based private B2B technology company founded in 2016/2017 that provides AI-powered 3D scanning and digital twin services for existing (non-BIM) buildings. Its core technology combines mobile 3D scanning (capturing 8,000-12,000 m² per day and 700 photos per hour) with proprietary computer vision models that automatically recognize 20 classes of building equipment — doors, windows, radiators, lighting, fire extinguishers, furniture, pumps, and valves — and link each to technical datasheets, maintenance history, and performance metrics. The company sells two core products, Facility (comprehensive equipment inventory and preventive maintenance planning) and Re:Use (a circular economy marketplace for deconstructed building materials launched in February 2023), with dedicated solution modules for maintenance, renovation, deconstruction, automotive, food, healthcare, public institutions, and property managers.

BIM-Y's go-to-market is enterprise-led and consultant-style, with direct sales driven by the founders (Thouraya Meftah and Jean-Yves Marié) to property owners, facility managers, public institutions, and large industrial operators across Luxembourg, France, Belgium, Poland, and the Netherlands. Marquee customers include the European Investment Bank, European Parliament, SNCF, CFL, Vinci Construction, Veolia, Henkel, Siemens, Bureau Veritas, and Gdansk Port Authority. The pricing model is surface-area-based, billed monthly per square meter, with three subscription tiers (Waste Audit, Ressource Audit, Audit & Market) ranging up to €0.15/m²/month, supplemented by a marketplace transaction component in the highest tier. Disclosed funding is limited to a single ~$33K (100,000 PLN) acceleration grant from Space3ac/Poland Prize in December 2019, the company has 1-10 employees, and a stated ambition to expand into the US market where average building sizes are materially larger.

Name

BIM-Y

Legal name

BIM-Y

Website

https://bim-y.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

BIM-Y is a Luxembourg-based B2B startup that uses AI-powered 3D scanning and digital twin technology to inventory and manage building equipment for enterprise facility managers, public institutions, and industrial operators across Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Building Information Modeling and Digital Twin Software

akta.pro primary industry

Building Information Modeling (BIM) & Digital Design Services (BPAHAKAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Scan-to-CAD & Reverse Engineering Software (IMAAAHAE)

Keywords

• Building digital twin
• 3D scanning services
• Facility management software
• Equipment inventory platform
• Construction deconstruction analytics

Headquarters

HQ city

Luxembourg

HQ country

Luxembourg

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Equipment Inventory & Digital Twin SaaS: BIM-Y offers three subscription tiers (Waste Audit, Ressource Audit, Audit & Market) based on building surface area, charged monthly per square meter. The service includes 3D scanning, point cloud delivery, virtual tour access, measurement tools, and AI-powered automatic equipment recognition. Pricing is usage-based (surface-area) with tiered feature access.
2. Deconstruction & Reuse Services: The Audit & Market tier includes adding components to the Re:Use marketplace and managing sales, effectively functioning as a transaction/marketplace model for recovered building materials and equipment. This supports revenue through facilitating the resale of deconstruction assets.
3. Maintenance Planning & Predictive Analytics: The Facility product provides comprehensive equipment inventory, performance tracking, and preventive maintenance planning. Revenue is bundled within the subscription tiers. The company is developing a predictive maintenance module powered by machine learning that collects and analyzes data across buildings in their network.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

BIM-Y uses AI-powered 3D scanning and digital twin technology to automatically identify and inventory building equipment from point cloud data captured via mobile 3D scanning. The platform processes scan data with AI models that recognize 20 classes of equipment (doors, windows, radiators, lighting, fire extinguishers, furniture, pumps, valves) and links each component to technical specifications for maintenance, renovation, and deconstruction use cases. The company offers two core products: Facility (equipment inventory management) and Re:Use (a circular economy marketplace for salvaged building components).

Product overview

BIM-Y offers a unified digital twin platform for existing buildings, combining 3D scanning, AI-powered computer vision, and equipment inventory management. The portfolio consists of two core products — Facility (comprehensive equipment inventory management) and Re:Use (circular economy platform for deconstruction and material recovery) — supplemented by sector-specific solution modules for Maintenance, Renovation, Deconstruction, Automotive, Food, Public Institutions, Property Management, and Building Owner use cases. All solutions share the same underlying technology stack: 3D scanning, AI-based automatic equipment recognition (20 object classes), virtual tour capabilities, and structured data management. The Re:Use platform includes an online marketplace for buying and selling salvaged building components. Pricing is based on surface area (€/m² per month) with three tiers: Waste Audit (basic inventory and virtual tour), Ressource Audit (enhanced exports and IFC model import), and Audit & Market (full marketplace integration).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Re:Use: A tool for revitalizing building equipment, enabling detailed inventory, compliance with waste and resource diagnostic obligations, and identification of reuse and recycling opportunities.
• Facility

Products and services

• Facility Comprehensive equipment inventory management platform that enables thorough inventory of all building equipment including maintenance history, performance metrics, and usage patterns. Optimizes maintenance operations, minimizes downtime, extends equipment lifespan, and supports preventive maintenance planning for facility managers and building owners.
• Re:Use Circular economy platform for building deconstruction that combines 3D scanning, AI-powered equipment inventory, virtual tours, and a marketplace. Enables users to browse, reserve, and purchase salvaged building components, facilitating waste audits, resource audits, and material recovery for sustainability and cost savings.

Named customers19 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability7 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• List (Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology)coreTechnology or Integration · 1 February 2023List (Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology) partnered with BIM-Y to launch the Re:Use tool in February 2023, along with engineering firm Schroeder & Associés and the Fonds de Compensation. List provided research and technology expertise to support the circular economy platform.
• Schroeder & AssociéscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2023Engineering firm Schroeder & Associés partnered with BIM-Y on the Re:Use platform launch, contributing to the digital deconstruction and material reuse initiative alongside List and the Fonds de Compensation.
• Fonds de Compensation (Luxembourg)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2023The Luxembourg Fonds de Compensation partnered with BIM-Y on the Re:Use platform launch, supporting the circular economy initiative for building deconstruction and material reuse.
• Green Transformable Building Lab / LIST / Schroeder & Associés (Coriovallum Project)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2021BIM-Y partnered with the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Schroeder & Associés architects, and 11 other partners on the Coriovallum project — creating a 3D digital twin of the oldest building in the Netherlands (Roman baths in Heerlen) to extract recyclable materials before demolition. BIM-Y contributed 3D scanning expertise as part of the Green Transformable Building Lab-led initiative.
• INTERREG Project (Digital Deconstruction)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2021BIM-Y participated in an INTERREG project alongside LIST and Schroeder & Associés to develop an innovative digital decision-support system integrating 3D scanning, BIM, digital material databases, and blockchain technology to define the most sustainable and economical deconstruction and reuse strategy for buildings.
• Poland Prize / Space3accoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2019BIM-Y was accepted into the Poland Prize acceleration program powered by Space3ac in December 2019, receiving 100,000 PLN in cash and 50,000 PLN in accelerator services. The program provided immediate access to the Gdansk Port as a first client and a major Polish real estate developer as a second client.
• Luxembourg-City Incubator (LCI)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2018BIM-Y was selected to join the Luxembourg-City Incubator (LCI) in July 2018, hosted within the House of Startups at 9 rue du Laboratoire. The incubator focused on startups in urban technologies, environment, trade, construction, tourism, and logistics. BIM-Y was incubated there before moving to The Office and later to Le Village by CA.
• Le Village by CA (Credit Agricole)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBIM-Y's headquarters are co-located at Le Village by CA in Luxembourg, a fintech/innovation campus that provides networking, mentorship, and startup support ecosystem.
• Saint-GobainminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSaint-Gobain is listed as a partner on BIM-Y's website, suggesting a commercial or co-marketing partnership in the construction and building materials sector.
• LuxinnovationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLuxinnovation, Luxembourg's national innovation agency, has supported BIM-Y through participation in international trade delegations (VivaTech, CES), the Fit4Start program, and market intelligence studies. Luxinnovation's Market Intelligence department conducted a metaverse ecosystem mapping study that included BIM-Y as a digital twin provider.
• gener8torminorStrategic or Co-development Partnergener8tor is listed as a partner on BIM-Y's website, indicating a startup acceleration or ecosystem partnership.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• NavVis: NavVis offers mobile 3D scanning and digital twin software for indoor building environments, with a comparable product-market fit in facility management, renovation, and as-built documentation — the same buyer use cases as BIM-Y.
• Matterport: Matterport provides 3D capture and digital twin technology for buildings, directly competing with BIM-Y in creating as-built digital twins of real estate using mobile scanning.
• Cupix: Cupix provides a 3D digital twin platform for the built environment, with comparable positioning around facility management, renovation, and as-built documentation for existing buildings.
• HoloBuilder (FARO): HoloBuilder, now part of FARO, offers 360° reality capture and progress documentation for construction projects, directly comparable to BIM-Y's 3D-scan-based building documentation.
• OpenSpace: OpenSpace uses 360° capture and AI to document construction and building projects, overlapping with BIM-Y's 3D-scan-and-AI workflow for built environment inventory and progress tracking.

Emerging players

• PlanRadar: PlanRadar is a SaaS for defect, task, and documentation management in construction and real estate, addressing a closely related facility-management and renovation buyer as BIM-Y.
• Buildots: Buildots uses AI on 360° site captures to track construction progress, sharing BIM-Y's underlying computer-vision-on-3D-scans approach, though focused on construction monitoring rather than as-built inventory.
• Dalux: Dalux offers BIM-based facility management and construction collaboration software with mobile point cloud and 3D viewing tools, addressing the same renovation and as-built documentation buyer as BIM-Y.
• Veesus: Veesus provides point cloud and mesh software for working with 3D scan data in BIM and CAD workflows, addressing the same scan-to-BIM/cad use cases as BIM-Y's scan processing pipeline.

Broad incumbents

• Autodesk Tandem / BIM 360: Autodesk's BIM 360 and Tandem digital twin products serve the same building owner and facility manager customers as BIM-Y, with broader portfolios and stronger distribution in the AEC software market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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