What Wikki Brasil does

Wikki Brasil Consultoria em Engenharia LTDA is a Brazilian private engineering consulting firm founded in 2012 in the UFRJ Business Incubator and currently operating from the UFRJ Technology Park in Rio de Janeiro. The firm specializes in computational simulation services built on Open Source CAE technologies — primarily OpenFOAM — covering Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Finite Element Analysis (FEA), and Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI), together with HPC infrastructure, mathematical modeling, and numerical simulation. Wikki has developed proprietary software assets including the PetroFOAM reservoir simulator (co-developed with Petrobras under an ANP PD&I agreement) and the KREL/KABS digital twins for petrophysical permeability determination, and holds one registered patent on pressure-loss calculation in well control valves.

The company's primary customer base is the Brazilian oil & gas sector, anchored by a long-running technical and training partnership with Petrobras' CENPES research center that began in 2013 and now spans cementation, artificial lift, flow assurance, and stimulation workloads. A secondary set of enterprise clients exists in energy and renewables (notably Eletrobras in wind and hydroelectric CFD) and chemical/manufacturing verticals, supplemented by academic research engagements with universities including UFPA, UFRN, and UFRJ/COPPE.

Wikki generates revenue through three primary streams: subscription-based Engineering-as-a-Service through its Nexus product (multi-year contracts with enterprise budget tiers reaching above R$1,000,000), custom Tailor-Made PD&I software development delivered as services, and project-based computational engineering consulting plus OpenCAE ecosystem implementation. Distribution is direct enterprise field sales with no resellers or marketplace channels, and the go-to-market relies on technical content marketing (blog, LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram) combined with bottom-of-funnel consultation forms.

Name

Wikki Brasil

Legal name

Wikki Brasil Consultoria em Engenharia LTDA

Website

https://wikki.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Wikki Brasil is a Rio de Janeiro-based engineering consultancy specializing in Open Source CAE computational simulation (CFD, FEA, FSI) and HPC, serving primarily Brazilian oil & gas clients including Petrobras with proprietary simulators and Engineering-as-a-Service subscription offerings.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Engineering Simulation Services

NAICS

Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial & Process Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Systems Engineering & Technical Program Management (BPAHAIAI)

Keywords

• Computational simulation services
• Engineering consulting
• CFD FEA simulation
• OpenFOAM engineering services
• Oil and gas reservoir simulation

Headquarters

HQ city

Rio De Janeiro

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Engineering as a Service (EaaS) - Nexus Subscription: Flexible subscription model providing comprehensive simulation infrastructure and engineering team integration. Includes HPC access, Open Source software ecosystem deployment, optimized processes, and ongoing technical consulting and support. Acts as an integrated engineering cell within the client's team.
2. Tailor-Made Software Solutions (PD&I): Custom computational software development delivered as a service for specific industry needs, particularly oil & gas and energy sectors. Transforms complex R&D requirements into functional and innovative tools.
3. Computational Engineering Consulting: Technical consulting contracts specializing in mathematical modeling and numerical simulation (CFD, FEA, FSI). Delivers precise diagnostics for asset optimization and risk mitigation in critical projects.
4. OpenCAE Systems Implementation: Deployment, maintenance, technical support, and training in Open Source CAE software and frameworks.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Wikki Brasil delivers computational simulation engineering services (CFD, FEA, FSI) and develops custom and proprietary scientific software for industrial clients in oil & gas, energy, and chemical processes. Core offerings include the Nexus Engineering as a Service (EaaS) subscription providing HPC infrastructure and an Open Source CAE ecosystem, Tailor-Made Software Solutions (PD&I), proprietary simulators (PetroFOAM, KREL, KABS), and OpenCAE Systems implementation and training. The firm acts as an integrated engineering cell within client teams, eliminating the need for heavy capital investment in proprietary simulation tools.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Nexus: Subscription plan providing comprehensive technical coverage through the Engineering as a Service (EaaS) model. Provides integrated engineering cell with HPC infrastructure, optimized processes, and Open Source software ecosystem.
• PetroFOAM
• KREL
• KABS

Products and services

• Nexus (Engineering as a Service / EaaS) Flexible EaaS subscription under which Wikki acts as an integrated engineering cell within the client's team. Provides HPC infrastructure, optimized Open Source CAE software ecosystem (OpenFOAM-based), validated technical workflows, and ongoing specialized engineering support for oil & gas and energy clients needing continuous simulation capabilities without heavy capital investment.
• Tailor-Made Software Solutions (PD&I) Custom computational software development delivered as a service for specific industry needs, particularly in oil & gas and energy. Transforms R&D requirements into functional, innovative tools, including deployment, maintenance, specialist consulting, and active support to integrate the technology into client workflows.
• PetroFOAM Proprietary monophasic and biphasic numerical simulator co-developed with Petrobras that couples well flow with porous media flow for oil reservoir productivity assessment. Targets upstream oil & gas operators and R&D teams.
• KREL Proprietary biphasic digital-twin simulator for relative permeability determination at plug scale; part of the Virtual Laboratory / KREL+KABS offering used for petrophysical characterization.
• KABS Proprietary monophasic digital-twin simulator for absolute permeability determination at plug scale; complements KREL in the Virtual Laboratory petrophysics offering.
• Computational Engineering Technical Consulting Technical consulting contracts specializing in mathematical modeling and numerical simulation (CFD, FEA, FSI). Delivers precise diagnostics for asset optimization and risk mitigation in critical oil & gas, energy, chemical, and manufacturing projects.
• OpenCAE Systems Implementation, Training & Support Deployment, maintenance, technical support, and training services for Open Source CAE software and frameworks (including OpenFOAM). Delivered to enterprise and academic clients to enable sovereignty over simulation tooling.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 13 years of accumulated experience in CFD and computational simulation
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ANP (Agência Nacional do Petróleo, Gás Natural e Biocombustíveis)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018PD&I cooperation agreement signed under ANP's PD&I clause, marking the start of PetroFOAM development — a numerical simulator for oil reservoir productivity with well-reservoir coupling.
• Petrobras (CENPES)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013Strategic partnership with Petrobras beginning in 2013. Wikki was responsible for the implementation, certification, and technical training at CENPES for the use of OpenFOAM — today the world's main open-source CFD software. The partnership expanded in 2015 to areas such as reservoirs and well productivity, and further to cementation, artificial lift, flow assurance, and stimulation by 2018. Joint development of PetroFOAM simulator under ANP PD&I cooperation agreement.
• UFRJ (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro) / COPPEcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWikki Brasil was born from the UFRJ Business Incubator, uniting market professionals with COPPE researchers. Today integrated into the UFRJ Technology Park. Ongoing collaboration with universities in Brazil and internationally through a network of strategic partners.
• UFPA (Universidade Federal do Pará)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership with UFPA's LCPETRO research group for computational simulation projects. Wikki accelerates research knowledge by assisting in key stages of projects, enabling ambitious results and deadline compliance.
• UFRN (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership with UFRN for applied R&D projects in the oil and gas sector. Wikki assists in constructing mathematical models for master's and doctoral research with extensive computational simulation experience.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• ESI Group: Industrial simulation software and services company focused on virtual prototyping for manufacturing, aerospace, and energy. Overlaps with Wikki on multiphysics and FEA simulation services for industrial engineering.
• Wood Group: Global engineering and consultancy for energy and built environment, including process simulation and consulting for upstream, refining, and renewables. Broad incumbent with overlapping CFD/process modeling capabilities.
• TechnipFMC: Integrated engineering, technologies, and services provider for the O&G industry, with significant offshore/subsea and process simulation capabilities. Operates a comparable Brazil footprint serving Petrobras directly.
• Halliburton (Landmark): Major O&G services company with Landmark E&P software (DecisionSpace, Nexus) for reservoir, drilling, and production simulation, plus consulting services. Competes for the same upstream simulation budgets as Wikki.
• Worley: Global engineering and project services firm focused on energy, chemicals, and resources. Provides engineering consulting, simulation, and PD&I services across O&G and energy verticals, competing for similar enterprise consulting engagements.
• Schlumberger (SLB): Global oilfield services and digital/E&P software company with reservoir simulation (INTERSECT, Petrel) and engineering consulting. Overlaps with Wikki's reservoir and well productivity simulation work for O&G operators.

Direct peers

• ANSYS: World-leading commercial CAE/CFD vendor (Fluent, Mechanical) serving the same oil & gas, energy, and industrial simulation customers. Wikki competes against ANSYS's licensed software model with an OpenFOAM-based, open-source alternative plus services.
• Siemens Digital Industries Software: Vendor of Star-CCM+ CFD and other CAE solutions across industrial/process and energy applications, including oil & gas. Provides proprietary simulation software plus professional services, directly overlapping with Wikki's CFD/FSI offering.
• Dassault Systèmes (SIMULIA): Provider of Abaqus FEA and SIMULIA multiphysics simulation, widely used in oil & gas, aerospace, and industrial engineering. Competes with Wikki on CFD/FEA offerings and serves large industrial clients including energy majors.

Regional players

• Promon Engenharia: Brazilian engineering consultancy providing engineering, project management, and technical services for O&G, energy, mining, and infrastructure. Operates in the same Brazilian regional market with overlapping enterprise engineering consulting offerings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/WikkiBrasil
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/wikki-brasil
• Instagraminstagram.com/wikkibrasil
• Xx.com/wikkibr

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Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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