Particle Metrix

What Particle Metrix does

Particle Metrix GmbH is a German manufacturer of nanoparticle tracking analysis (NTA) instruments, founded in 2004 and headquartered in Inning am Ammersee near Munich, with a US branch office in Holly Springs, NC. The company designs and produces the ZetaView® line of instruments — currently the ZetaView® Evolution (flagship) and the ZetaView® x30 (previous generation) — in MONO, TWIN, and QUATT laser configurations that combine single-particle size, concentration, zeta potential, multi-channel fluorescence (F-NTA), and colocalization (C-NTA) analysis. Core technology relies on laser illumination and high-resolution CMOS camera tracking of Brownian motion to derive particle size via the Stokes-Einstein equation, with proprietary Concentration Scanning Technology enabling calibration-free concentration measurement across a 220 nL chamber volume. The company is privately held under Pangea (since 2024), maintains ISO 9001:2015, CE, ASTM E2834-12, ISO 19430:2016, and ISO 13099-2:2012 conformities, and is run by an interdisciplinary team of chemists, physicists, biologists, and engineers.

The business operates a hybrid go-to-market: direct enterprise sales in Germany and the USA supported by a global distributor network, plus an e-commerce online storefront for consumables including F-NTA tetraspanin detection antibodies (CD9, CD63, CD81), tetraspanin detection kits, lyophilized exosome reference materials, and a professional sample analysis service offered through application laboratories. Revenue streams combine one-time capital instrument sales (quote-based, multi-year contracts), recurring consumables, and service income. Customers span academic and translational research institutions (extracellular vesicle and exosome research), pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies (LNP characterization and quality control for mRNA therapeutics), environmental research groups (nanoparticle pollution monitoring), industrial manufacturers (nanomaterials QC), and emerging nanobubble technology companies in water treatment and aquaculture. The company's narrow technical focus, multi-decade R&D track record, and conformance to international standards position it as a specialized mid-market supplier in a niche segment of the life sciences instrumentation market.

Name

Particle Metrix

Legal name

Particle Metrix GmbH

Website

https://particle-metrix.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Particle Metrix GmbH, founded 2004 in Germany, manufactures ZetaView® Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis instruments for size, concentration, zeta potential, fluorescence, and colocalization measurement, serving academic, pharmaceutical, and industrial researchers in extracellular vesicle, LNP, and nanoparticle analysis.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Laboratory Instrumentation — Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis

NAICS

Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (334516), Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing (334519)

SIC

Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826), Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

Microscopy, Imaging & Flow Cytometry Instruments (HLAGAIAE)

Keywords

• Nanoparticle tracking analysis
• Extracellular vesicle characterization
• Zeta potential measurement
• Lipid nanoparticle analysis
• Fluorescence particle sizing

Headquarters

HQ city

Inning Am Ammersee

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. ZetaView® NTA Instruments: Sale of Nanoparticle Tracking Analyzer instruments (ZetaView® Evolution and ZetaView® x30 series) in MONO, TWIN, and QUATT configurations. Instruments sold directly and through distributors. Multiple optional features (fluorescence, colocalization, zeta potential) serve as upsell opportunities. Revenue is primarily one-time capital expenditure with service/maintenance contracts implied.
2. Consumables: Recurring consumables including F-NTA Detection Antibodies (CD63, CD81, CD9 with various conjugations), F-NTA Tetraspanin Detection Kits, and Lyophilized Exosomes (human thrombocytes, HEK293 CD63-EGFP). Sold via online store. Antibodies priced at €249 per unit; 500 tests per kit. Recurring revenue stream from instrument customer base.
3. Professional Sample Analysis Services: Application laboratories offer professional sample analysis in customer's specific requirements and consulting services. Measurement range 0.8 nm to 300 μm. Non-binding quotes provided upon request. Adds service revenue and supports lead generation for instrument sales.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Particle Metrix manufactures Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis (NTA) instruments under the ZetaView® brand that characterize nanoparticles by size, concentration, zeta potential, and fluorescence. The current flagship is the ZetaView® Evolution, available in MONO, TWIN, and QUATT configurations differing in number of laser lines and fluorescence channels. Complementary offerings include ZetaSphere control/analysis software, fluorescence-labeled detection antibodies and kits for extracellular vesicles, lyophilized exosome reference materials, and a Sample Analysis Service for fee-based contract characterization.

Product overview

Particle Metrix offers a unified Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis (NTA) product portfolio anchored by two instrument generations: the ZetaView® Evolution (current flagship) and ZetaView® x30 (established previous generation). Both are configurable in MONO, TWIN, and QUATT variants based on laser count and fluorescence channel requirements. The portfolio includes ZetaSphere software for instrument control and data analysis, specialized F-NTA consumables (antibodies for CD9/CD63/CD81 tetraspanin detection, tetraspanin detection kits), lyophilized exosome reference materials, and professional sample analysis laboratory services. The Evolution platform represents the latest technology with Concentration Scanning Technology, while the x30 provides proven reliability for budget-conscious laboratories.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ZetaView® Evolution

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 2,000 particles analyzed in as little as 60 seconds
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Kran NanobubbleminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 March 2026Collaboration on nanobubble characterization. ZetaView® characterizes nanobubbles under different conditions, providing reproducible concentration data and zeta potential insights for water treatment, aquaculture, and agriculture applications.
• Steinbeis-Innovationszentrum Zellkulturtechnik (SIZ)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 February 2026Collaboration on lipid nanoparticle analysis for mRNA delivery. ZetaView® provides precise size and concentration analysis for characterization and quality control of optimized LNPs. CEO Manfred Frey's testimonial endorses ZetaView® technology for LNP formulation work.
• University of TartucoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDepartment of Pathophysiology & Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine collaborate with Particle Metrix on extracellular vesicle research using ZetaView® technology. Partnership enhances ZetaView® technology validation in biomedical and translational medicine applications.
• Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Traumatology (LBI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMultiple research groups at LBI Trauma work with ZetaView® NTA on projects dealing with EVs in senescence and ageing, vascular biology, and tissue regeneration. Partnership includes co-authored publications and case studies on the website.
• Albert-Ludwigs-Universität FreiburgcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFaculty of Medicine, specializing in Environmental Medicine, Exosome, and Tumor Biology, collaborates with Particle Metrix. Partnership supports EV and exosome research applications.
• Medical University of InnsbruckcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDepartment of Cardiac Surgery uses ZetaView® technology for EV research. Partnership contributes to cardiovascular EV research applications.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• NanoFCM: NanoFCM builds flow cytometry-based instruments (NanoFCM Flow NanoAnalyzer) for single-particle nanoparticle analysis, including EVs, viruses, and LNPs. It competes with the ZetaView® in the biopharma and academic EV-phenotyping market where fluorescence and single-particle resolution are required.
• Brookhaven Instruments: Brookhaven offers particle sizing and zeta potential instruments (e.g., ZetaPlus/BI-ZEL) used in colloidal, nanoparticle, and EV research. It is a direct alternative to ZetaView® for customers who need dynamic light scattering and electrophoretic light scattering rather than NTA, often evaluating alongside ZetaView.
• Izon Science: Izon Science sells the qNano / Exoid tunable resistive pulse sensing (TRPS) platform for single-particle nanoparticle and extracellular vesicle characterization. It overlaps with ZetaView® in EV sizing/concentration, and competes for the same core facility and translational EV-research budgets.
• Malvern Panalytical (NanoSight): Malvern Panalytical, part of Spectris, sells the NanoSight line of NTA instruments — the original and most widely deployed commercial NTA platform. It is Particle Metrix's head-to-head competitor for EV, exosome, LNP, and virus characterization sales to pharma and academic core facilities globally.

Broad incumbents

• Beckman Coulter Life Sciences: Beckman Coulter (part of Danaher) provides the DelsaMax and complementary flow cytometry / analytical ultracentrifugation tools for particle and EV analysis. It is a broad incumbent in life-science research instrumentation, often present in customer capital equipment planning against the ZetaView®.
• Spectris (parent of Malvern Panalytical): Spectris is the parent group for Malvern Panalytical (NanoSight) and other precision instrumentation brands. As Particle Metrix's largest competitor's parent, Spectris contextualizes the broader specialty instrument market and is the most likely strategic acquirer if Pangea pursues an exit in this category.
• Anton Paar: Anton Paar sells the Litesizer and PSA series for particle sizing, zeta potential, and stability analysis. With a large installed base in pharma QC and academia, it competes with Particle Metrix for budget allocation on routine DLS-based measurements and is a credible incumbent alternative to NTA.
• Wyatt Technology: Wyatt Technology specializes in multi-angle light scattering (MALS), field-flow fractionation (FFF), and dynamic light scattering for macromolecular and nanoparticle characterization. It serves overlapping biopharma customers with complementary analytical workflows, especially for LNP and gene-therapy QC.
• Horiba Scientific: Horiba Scientific provides a broad portfolio of particle characterization instruments (Zetasizer, Partica, ImageXpert) for colloid, nanoparticle, and EV analysis. It competes with ZetaView® as an incumbent alternative for routine sizing and zeta potential in industrial and academic labs.

Emerging players

• NanoView Biosciences (now part of Unchained Labs): NanoView Biosciences' ExoView platform uses single-particle interferometric imaging for EV phenotyping and sizing. It is an emerging single-particle alternative to NTA for EV biomarker analysis, targeting similar translational and biopharma research customers as Particle Metrix.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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