SOPAT
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2012
- HeadquartersBerlin, Germany
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
SOPAT firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- SOPAT
- Legal name
- SOPAT GmbH
- Website
- http://www.sopat.de
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2012
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
SOPAT industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Industrial Process Analytical Instrumentation
- NAICS
- Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables (334513), Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (334516)
- SIC
- Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Process Analytical Instrumentation (Gas analyzers, spectroscopy, pH/ORP, conductivity) (IMAGAFAE)
- akta.pro secondary industry
- Machine Vision & Optical Sensing (Cameras, 3D vision, LiDAR, illumination) (IMAGAFAB)
Keywords
Where SOPAT is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Berlin
- HQ country
- Germany
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices1 record
Markets served
SOPAT business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Supply Chain
Revenue model
- Particle Measurement Hardware Systems: Sale of inline particle measurement probes and complete systems including hardware components. Systems sold globally with over 200 installations.
- Software and Workflow Packages: Software for image analysis with workflow creation and optimization packages. Includes Workflow Basis, Workflow Premium, and Workflow Premium XXL tiers.
- Premium Support and Maintenance: Annual support packages including error resolution, software updates, upgrades, and parameterization services.
- Professional Services: Feasibility studies, on-site demonstrations, installation, training, and customization services for process integration.
- Equipment Rental and Try-and-Buy: Rental options for extended evaluation periods and Try-and-Buy transition to purchase for customer acquisition.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Subscription | Monthly | Workflow Basis includes 3 workflow creations with 1 optimization per month |
| Subscription | Monthly | Workflow Premium includes 6 additional workflow creations with 2 optimizations per month |
| Subscription | Monthly | Workflow Premium XXL includes 13 additional workflow creations with 2 optimizations per month |
| Subscription | Annual | Premium Support includes 12-month error resolution and software updates |
Go-to-market motion3 records
Distribution channels5 records
Marketing channels5 records
SOPAT product offering
Product offeringCore offering
SOPAT designs, develops, and sells photo-optical and image-based analysis measurement technology that quantitatively characterizes particulate multiphase systems in real time. The portfolio includes inline probes (VI-Ma for 2–100 µm droplets and VI-Pa for 100–1500 µm droplets) and, since the August 2022 Parsum acquisition, the laser-based Parsum IPP-80 probe for solid-phase systems such as powders, granules, and pellets. Complete systems include hardware probes, image-analysis software, and optional workflow and support packages.
Product overview
SOPAT provides photo-optical inline particle analysis solutions for real-time process monitoring. The core SOPAT system offers image-based measurement technology for particle size and shape distribution analysis in multiphase systems. Two probe variants are offered: VI-Ma for small particles (2-100µm) and VI-Pa for larger particles (100-1500µm). Support is structured through Workflow Basis, Workflow Premium, and Workflow Premium XXL packages, plus Premium Support. Following the August 2022 acquisition of Parsum GmbH, the portfolio expanded to include Parsum's laser-based fiber-optic spatial filter technology for solid phase particle measurement, particularly the IPP-80 inline probe for powders, granules, and pellets. Together, SOPAT and Parsum cover the full spectrum of pharmaceutical and industrial particle measurement applications across liquid, liquid-liquid, and solid systems.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Parsum: Parsum GmbH - laser-based inline particle measurement technology for powder, granules, pellets, and solid phase systems using fiber-optic spatial filter technique.
Products and services
- SOPAT Photo-Optical Particle Analysis System Image-based photo-optical measurement system that delivers real-time, inline particle size and shape distribution analysis in multiphase systems without bypass, conditioning, or sampling. Designed for industrial customers (pharmaceutical, chemical, food processing, mining, aquaculture) needing continuous inline particle characterization.
- VI-Ma Probe Photo-optical inline probe for measuring particles in the 2–100 µm range, optimized for liquid-liquid dispersion applications and high-resolution detection of fine particles including droplets and emulsions.
- VI-Pa Probe Photo-optical inline probe for measuring particles in the 100–1500 µm range, suited for larger particle applications across diverse industrial process environments.
- Parsum IPP-80 Inline Probe Inline laser-based particle measurement probe for granules, pellets, powders, and dry solid systems using fiber-optic spatial filter technique capable of analyzing several thousand particles per second. ATEX-compliant for use in potentially explosive atmospheres and applicable to fluidized bed granulation, spray drying, and similar solid-phase processes.
Quantifiable outcome
- Reduced operational costs through significant increases in throughput and productivity
- +3 more outcomes
Companies that use SOPAT
Customer profileNamed customers6 records
Segments4 records
Ideal customer profiles2 records
SOPAT technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration1 record
AI capability2 records
Feature6 records
SOPAT partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Four partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and major.
- Parsum GmbHcoreSOPAT acquired 70% of Parsum shares (August 12, 2022), with investor WZ Process B.V. acquiring 30%. Parsum specializes in particle measurement technology for powder, granules, pellets and solid phase systems using fiber-optic spatial filter technique. Acquisition enables SOPAT to provide solutions for the entire spectrum of pharmaceutical applications.
- AnalitiksminorAnalitiks has been SOPAT's distribution partner for the Chilean market since 2022.
- DKSHmajorDKSH Business Unit Technology is the exclusive distributor for SOPAT products in Taiwan since October 2020. DKSH provides marketing, sales, application support, and aftersales services for SOPAT's particle measurement technology including instrument and software.
- Spinco Biotech Pvt. Ltd.coreSpinco Biotech is SOPAT's exclusive distributor in India since 2018, providing sales and support for pharmaceutical and biotechnology applications. The partnership has expanded to include Parsum products. Customer-centric 'customerization' approach has helped build strong market presence.
Scale indicators6 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights5 records
SOPAT competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- Anton Paar: Austrian privately held manufacturer of high-precision laboratory and process instrumentation including particle sizing (Litesizer), rheometry, and density measurement. Overlaps with SOPAT in pharma/chemical process analytical technology and competes for similar PAT budgets.
- Hach (Xylem): Specializes in water and process analytics, including particle/turbidity measurement relevant to SOPAT's aquaculture and water treatment applications. Broad incumbent with deep installed base in municipal and industrial water, overlapping with SOPAT's emerging aquaculture and biological system use cases.
- Mettler-Toledo: Global supplier of precision instruments including inline process analytics (PBA/SPR sensors) for pharmaceutical and chemical manufacturing. Competes with SOPAT in pharma PAT-driven process monitoring and offers a far broader product portfolio across weighing, pipetting, and lab analytics.
- Malvern Panalytical: Part of Spectris plc, Malvern Panalytical is the dominant player in laboratory and inline particle size, shape and zeta potential measurement. Directly competes with SOPAT/Parsum inline probes in pharma PAT, chemical, and food applications but with a much broader portfolio including chromatography, X-ray, and spectroscopy.
- Shimadzu Scientific Instruments: Japanese analytical instrument manufacturer with UV-Vis, chromatography, mass spec, and particle sizing lines. Competes indirectly with SOPAT in pharmaceutical R&D and QC labs and increasingly in inline/online PAT.
- Endress+Hauser: Swiss family-owned process instrumentation leader covering flow, level, pressure, and analytical measurement. Endress+Hauser's Memosens and Liquiline platforms address similar pharmaceutical and chemical process analytics use cases where SOPAT sells its inline particle probes.
- Yokogawa Electric: Japanese process automation major with a Process Analyzers portfolio serving pharma, chemical, and oil & gas. Overlaps with SOPAT in pharmaceutical and chemical process measurement and is a frequent competitor in large CAPEX-driven plant instrumentation projects.
Others
- Tec5USA / tec5 AG: German specialist in process spectroscopic and photometric sensor technology for pharma and chemical PAT. Adjacent to SOPAT's photo-optical particle measurement; competes for the same inline process analytical technology budget in pharma and chemical customers.
Emerging players
- JADAK (Novanta): Novanta's machine vision and optical sensing division serves medical, life sciences, and industrial OEMs with image-based inspection modules. Overlaps with SOPAT's image-based photo-optical probe approach and represents a potential technology partner or competitor as inline imaging becomes more prevalent.
- Bettersize Instruments: China-based manufacturer of laser diffraction and dynamic image analysis particle sizers (BeVision, Bettersizer). Competes head-to-head with SOPAT/Parsum in laser-based particle sizing and has been expanding internationally in pharma and battery materials, directly threatening SOPAT's mid-market accounts.
Market position
Strengths4 records
Weaknesses4 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
SOPAT social profiles
Digital presenceSOPAT compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance2 records
SOPAT financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
SOPAT leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles3 records
SOPAT subsidiaries and ownership
Company hierarchySubsidiaries1 record
SOPAT funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds1 record
Investors2 records
Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
SOPAT 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 SOPAT
What does SOPAT do?
SOPAT designs, develops, and sells photo-optical and image-based analysis measurement technology that quantitatively characterizes particulate multiphase systems in real time. The portfolio includes inline probes (VI-Ma for 2–100 µm droplets and VI-Pa for 100–1500 µm droplets) and, since the August 2022 Parsum acquisition, the laser-based Parsum IPP-80 probe for solid-phase systems such as powders, granules, and pellets. Complete systems include hardware probes, image-analysis software, and optional workflow and support packages.
Is SOPAT a public or private company?
SOPAT is a private company. It is classified as venture growth investor backed and is currently operating.
When was SOPAT founded?
SOPAT was founded in 2012. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is SOPAT based?
SOPAT is headquartered in Berlin, Germany, in the Europe region.
How does SOPAT make money?
Five revenue lines are on record. Particle Measurement Hardware Systems are the primary driver. The others are software and Workflow Packages, premium Support and Maintenance, professional Services and equipment Rental and Try-and-Buy.
Who are SOPAT's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are Anton Paar, Hach (Xylem), Mettler-Toledo, Malvern Panalytical, Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, Endress+Hauser and Yokogawa Electric. Tec5USA / tec5 AG is listed as an others. Emerging players are JADAK (Novanta) and Bettersize Instruments.
Does SOPAT have an API?
No public API is recorded for SOPAT.
What industry is SOPAT in?
SOPAT's product category is Industrial Process Analytical Instrumentation. Its primary akta.pro industry code is IMAGAFAE, Process Analytical Instrumentation (Gas analyzers, spectroscopy, pH/ORP, conductivity), with a secondary code of IMAGAFAB, Machine Vision & Optical Sensing (Cameras, 3D vision, LiDAR, illumination). Its NAICS code is 334513 and its SIC code is 3823.