What TriCAT does

TriCAT GmbH is a privately held Ulm, Germany-based software company founded in 2002 that builds extended-reality (XR) and AI-enabled virtual 3D environments for collaboration, events, training, and simulation. Its product portfolio spans the TriCAT spaces® SaaS platform for virtual meetings and large-scale congresses, i:medtasim® for immersive multi-user medical and emergency-services VR simulation, TriCAT Industry 4.0 for digital-twin-based industrial training, and the underlying TriCAT spaces® Plattform used for customized corporate metaverse deployments. The technology stack combines real-time multi-user VR/3D, digital twins, generative AI, and agentic AI avatar agents developed in-house at the company's headquarters.

The company sells through three go-to-market motions: a product-led free-to-start SaaS funnel for TriCAT spaces, an enterprise field-sales motion for customized and regulated deployments (medical, public-sector, defense), and channel/reseller partnerships — notably Reavita AG in Switzerland, SKILLQUBE, and Mefina Medical — for i:medtasim in the DACH region. Pricing mixes a freemium plus subscription model for TriCAT spaces, multi-year perpetual licensing for i:medtasim, and quote-based professional services for corporate metaverse builds, with quote-based enterprise pricing and no public list rates.

Primary customers are German-speaking medical and emergency-services institutions (university hospitals, paramedic academies, fire and police training centers), higher-education and research bodies, industrial firms operating Industry 4.0 environments, and corporate buyers using virtual events for collaboration and marketing. TriCAT operates with an international team of 11–50 employees led by co-Managing Directors Markus Herkersdorf and Oliver Schuler, sustains a research pipeline funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), and holds participating roles in industry forums such as DBRD, Forum Gesundheitsstandort Baden-Württemberg, and the Future of Work Initiative.

Name

TriCAT

Legal name

TriCAT GmbH

Website

https://tricat.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

TriCAT GmbH, based in Ulm, Germany, develops XR and AI-enabled virtual 3D platforms (TriCAT spaces, i:medtasim, TriCAT Industry 4.0) for collaboration, events, and immersive training, primarily serving medical, emergency-services, higher-education, and industrial customers in the DACH region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Virtual Reality Training and Simulation Software

NAICS

Computer Systems Design Services (541512), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Health Care and Social Assistance (62), Computer Training (611420)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare & Clinical Simulation (Surgery, Nursing, EMT, Patient Interaction) (EDAFAJAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Digital Twins & Scenario-Based Systems Training (Equipment/Process Simulators) (EDAFAJAJ), Technical & Vocational (TVET) Simulations (Welding, Electrical, HVAC, Automotive) (EDAFAJAB)

Keywords

• Virtual reality training
• Medical simulation software
• XR collaboration platform
• Corporate metaverse solutions
• Emergency response simulation

Headquarters

HQ city

Ulm

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. TriCAT spaces SaaS Subscription: Virtual spaces platform offered as Software as a Service with free-to-start registration and subscription-based access for collaboration, events, and training.
2. i:medtasim Licensing: Medical VR training software licensed to healthcare institutions, universities, and emergency services training organizations. Customized per-institution implementations.
3. Customized/Corporate Solutions: Tailored virtual environments and corporate metaverse solutions built for individual enterprise needs, including digital twin implementations and networked virtualization for companies.
4. Platform Consulting: Visionary consulting services for digital and virtual transformation, helping companies and organizations become future-ready through XR/KI-based solutions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

TriCAT develops and sells extended reality (XR) and AI-based virtual 3D environments for collaboration, events, and training. Its core products include the TriCAT spaces® SaaS platform for virtual meetings and co-creation, the specialized i:medtasim® VR medical simulation software for emergency and healthcare training, and customized corporate metaverse and digital twin implementations. Offerings target universities, hospitals, emergency services, and enterprises primarily in the DACH region and beyond.

Product overview

TriCAT offers a unified XR/AI-based virtual worlds platform with multiple product lines: the core TriCAT spaces® platform for virtual collaboration, events, and training; TriCAT spaces® Congress for large-scale conference management; i:medtasim® for specialized medical training and simulation; and TriCAT Industry 4.0 for industrial applications. The portfolio spans from SaaS-ready solutions to customized corporate metaverse implementations, integrating generative AI and agentic AI with immersive 3D environments for collaboration, learning, and simulation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TriCAT spaces®: Virtual collaboration, meeting, workshop, and event platform in 3D
• TriCAT spaces® Congress
• i:medtasim®
• TriCAT Industry 4.0
• TriCAT spaces® Plattform

Products and services

• TriCAT spaces® Virtual collaboration platform for real-time 3D meetings, workshops, co-creation, events, and training. Provides tools and features for all collaboration methods with maximal multimedia and presence-like experience. Available as SaaS with free registration.
• TriCAT spaces® Congress Virtual event tool for large-scale congresses, conferences, workshops, barcamps, and exhibition booths within a unified virtual event world. Scalable for large attendee counts.
• i:medtasim® Specialized VR medical training and simulation software enabling risk-free emergency training with virtual patients. Features multi-user VR, team training, real-time communication, automatic evaluation, and debriefing for medical professionals, students, paramedics, and first responders.
• TriCAT spaces® Plattform Corporate Metaverse platform infrastructure enabling customized virtual environments, networked virtualization, and tailored enterprise implementations for organizations.
• TriCAT Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 solution that connects real and virtual machines, controls cyber-physical systems, and automates processes via virtual training and operation of industrial equipment using digital twins.

Quantifiable outcome

• Regular, simulation-based training significantly increases patient safety as human errors are identified early and procedures are systematically optimized (as documented in i:medtasim customer outcomes)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

31 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Reavita AG (Zürich, Switzerland)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOfficial distribution partner for i:medtasim in Switzerland. Reavita AG represents TriCAT's medical VR training product in the Swiss market since June 2023, extending geographic reach for healthcare simulation solutions.
• SKILLQUBEcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDistribution partnership in the medical sector. SKILLQUBE distributes i:medtasim as part of digital transformation solutions for qualification of first responders, nursing staff, and physicians.
• Mefina Medical GmbHcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPro-active distribution partnership for i:medtasim, combining TriCAT's VR software with Mefina Medical's sector expertise for broader market coverage.
• coma GmbH / coma AGminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partnercoma GmbH (German) / coma AG (English) — Agency for digital marketing responsible for conception, design, and development of the TriCAT website.
• Medizinische Fakultät der Universität Ulm / TTU TrainingshospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClose cooperation to develop a VR shock room — a virtual 3D copy of the real TTU training hospital shock room. Symbolically handed over on July 22, 2025. Enables holistic emergency training for medical students at Ulm University.
• Universität Tübingen / TüpasscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation since Q1 2022 to implement virtual medical case scenarios in teaching using i:medtasim. Dr. Robert Wunderlich at Uniklinik Tübingen involved.
• Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg (UKHD)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation to implement new medical cases into the i:medtasim virtual learning and training environment, expanding clinical simulation content.
• Ruhr Universität Bochum (Medizinische Fakultät, IFL)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStudents at the Institute for Research and Teaching (IFL) train individual medical patient care using i:medtasim VR software.
• Hochschule Neu-Ulm (HNU)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloped virtual Professorship Experience — an interactive 3D environment with avatars for showcasing career paths, culture, and values. Funded by BMBF FH-Personal project InnoPROF. Won Ulmer Marketing Preis 2025. Launched July 7, 2025.
• Hochschule FreseniuscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch project 'Entwicklung digitaler Lernwelten' — Virtual 3D learning and working environments developed with students. Led by Prof. Dr. Thomas Wolf. Won Lehrpreis 2023.
• Johanniter-Akademie NDS / BremencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFollowing BMBF research project ViTAWiN, Johanniter-Akademie regularly introduced i:medtasim into paramedic training curriculum.
• DRK Landesschule Baden-Württemberg (Notfallsanitäterschulen)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHigh-immersive multi-user VR training with i:medtasim at multiple paramedic schools of the DRK.
• Johanniter Unfall Hilfe e.V. (JUH) Akademie BayerncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of the first Johanniter academies nationwide to introduce i:medtasim for emergency training.
• Anästhesiologische Klinik Erlangen (UK Erlangen)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSimulation and training center uses i:medtasim for individual medical patient care training for medical students.
• Bamberger Akademien für Gesundheits- und PflegeberufecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-developed nursing VR training in virtual reality at the Skills Lab.
• Medical Retrieval Service GmbH (MRS)coreStrategic or Co-development Partneri:medtasim implemented at MRS training center in Michelbach for training first responders in VR. Handover on September 15, 2021.
• ZaNowi (Zentrum für angewandte Notfallwissenschaft)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerZaNowi put i:medtasim into operation for emergency training with team-based training capability. Kick-off in January 2023.
• Berufsfachschule der Feuerwehr HannovercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParamedic school uses i:medtasim VR software as innovation driver for emergency services training.
• Polizei Baden-Württemberg (Hochschule der Polizei)coreStrategic or Co-development Partneri:medtasim deployed at the tactical wound care department for police training of tactical medical emergency scenarios in VR.
• BWI GmbH / BundeswehrcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInnovation department innoX of BWI GmbH and TriCAT experimentally tested virtual 3D training with the 'Betriebsstoff-Container' (fuel container) for Bundeswehr. Project is being continued.
• BMBF (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung) — Research ProjectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMultiple BMBF-funded research projects including: VITAWiN (VR/AR vocational education), EPICSAVE (paramedic training), AVILAB2 (immersive learning platform), VASE (digital services in mechanical engineering), XR-PART (participation spaces), MITHOS (mixed reality in schools), ToHyVe (hybrid events), EMPAT (AI job application coaches), INNOSüd (innovation ecosystem).
• Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-SiegcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in ViTAWiN research project (Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jonas Schild) for VR/AR-enhanced training in interprofessional emergency care.
• Universität Tübingen / Knowledge Media Research Center (KMRC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerField study on influence of virtual training worlds on knowledge transfer (ViPOL project) by Prof. Dr. Johannes Moskaliuk, Prof. Dr. Ulrike Cress, and Johanna Bertram.
• Universität StuttgartcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStudied TriCAT spaces in an academic study published in Journal of Technical Education (JOTED), finding high utility and ideal integration into work activities.
• SzenARcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInnovation project for VR-supported language-sensitive learning in nursing education, opening new dimensions of language development.
• HIMA GroupminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHosted 'HIMA FUN SAFE 2025' international 3D conference using TriCAT spaces Congress on November 12-13, 2025.
• IFBB ThinkTank Betriebliche BildungminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEO Markus Herkersdorf authored action recommendation on XR introduction in corporate training for the IFBB ThinkTank 'Betriebliche Bildung'.
• Future of Work InitiativeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMarkus Herkersdorf (CEO TriCAT) is founding member of the Future of Work Initiative, which develops practical guidelines for the future of work.
• DBRD e.V. (Deutscher Berufsverband Rettungsdienst)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMarkus Neuberger (TriCAT Business Unit Medical/Healthcare) is founding member of the 'Simulation & Teamtraining' section of DBRD.
• Forum Gesundheitsstandort Baden-WürttembergminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTriCAT Medical/Healthcare business unit is a participating actor in the forum aimed at strategic development of Baden-Württemberg as a healthcare location.
• InPASS (Institut für Patientensicherheit und Teamtraining)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organized InSIM — Interdisciplinary Symposium on Simulation in Medicine (September 25-27, 2025) as exhibitor with i:medtasim. Industry exhibition partner.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• FundamentalVR: FundamentalVR provides VR-based surgical and medical training simulations with haptic feedback, directly comparable to TriCAT's i:medtasim for clinical and emergency-medicine training. Both sell immersive simulation to hospitals, universities, and medical schools globally.
• Surgical Science: Surgical Science is a leading provider of virtual reality training simulators for medical and emergency professionals, including endoscopy, laparoscopy, and team training. It competes head-to-head with i:medtasim in clinical simulation, particularly in European academic medical centers.
• VirtaMed: VirtaMed develops realistic virtual reality medical training simulators for surgery, interventional procedures, and obstetrics. Like TriCAT, it sells to teaching hospitals and medical universities and focuses on risk-free, repeatable clinical training.
• SIMX (Virtual Education Systems): SIMX builds virtual reality medical simulation software (MIST VR, SIMXperience) used in nursing, EMS, and medical school education. It is comparable to i:medtasim in its focus on multi-user, scenario-based emergency and clinical VR training.
• Spatial: Spatial is a 3D virtual collaboration and meeting platform for enterprise teams, directly comparable to TriCAT spaces for cross-organization collaboration, events, and workshops in 3D. Both target enterprise L&D and corporate metaverse use cases.
• Arthur: Arthur is a VR collaboration platform for enterprise meetings, training, and events, headquartered in New York. It overlaps with TriCAT spaces' enterprise collaboration, virtual classroom, and event offerings.
• Strivr: Strivr provides VR-based immersive training for enterprise soft-skills, retail, and operational scenarios. It is comparable to TriCAT's enterprise training and Industry 4.0 use cases, although with less focus on medical/clinical simulation.

Broad incumbents

• CAE Healthcare: CAE Healthcare is a large incumbent in medical simulation, offering manikin-based and VR training solutions for nursing, emergency medicine, and surgery. It is a broader player than TriCAT but overlaps in VR-based clinical and emergency-services training.

Emerging players

• meetyoo / MeetinVR: MeetinVR is a VR meeting and collaboration platform competing with TriCAT spaces in the European market. It targets enterprise teams for collaboration, training, and workshops in virtual 3D environments, with overlap in event and training scenarios.
• Glue Collaboration: Glue is a Nordic VR collaboration platform for distributed teams, events, and training, comparable to TriCAT spaces for cross-organization virtual meetings and workshops. It focuses on real-time multi-user 3D environments.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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