What Infolytics does

Infolytics AG is a Cologne, Germany-based software house founded in 1997, specializing in custom software development with a focus on data management, enterprise search, and IoT data platforms. The company operates with a flat hierarchy and reports 24 or more software developers on staff with no dedicated sales or marketing function, relying instead on long-standing client relationships and domain reputation. Its technical remit spans mainframe-era database technologies through modern XML and IoT data formats, with proprietary products including the Infolytics Key-Value Store, the Signal Data Platform (SDP) for IoT data, and CopyStar for archival data migration.

The company generates revenue through project-based custom software development, licensing of its proprietary products, and a sole worldwide reseller arrangement for SAP MaxDB outside the SAP ecosystem held for the last five years. Infolytics serves enterprise clients and public-sector institutions, with named reference customers including the German Aerospace Center (DLR), where the SDP was piloted in the DFWind project. The company has also maintained a 15-year technology partnership with SAP AG centered on SAP MaxDB. Additional work targets archival and library digitization, where Infolytics applies its data modeling expertise to migrate and manage long-term preservation data. The company is structured as an Aktiengesellschaft (AG) under owner-management, with Gerhard Brunnbauer serving as CEO/Vorstand.

Name

Infolytics

Legal name

Infolytics AG

Website

https://infolytics.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Infolytics AG is a Cologne-based software house founded in 1997 that develops custom data management, enterprise search, and IoT platforms for enterprise and public-sector clients, including the German Aerospace Center and archival institutions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Custom Software Development Services

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Software Publishers (5132), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (51821)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Database/Application Data Layer Modernization (DB migration, ORM, caching) (BPAEAFAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Data Observability & Warehouse Monitoring (HDAEABAK)

Keywords

• Custom software development
• IoT data management
• Database technologies
• Enterprise search
• Key-value store

Headquarters

HQ city

Köln

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Custom Software Development Services: Development of customer-specific software solutions for clients of different company sizes from diverse industries and the public sector. Projects include complex software systems with backend focus, IoT data management platforms, enterprise search solutions, and database management systems.
2. Software Products and Platforms: Sale and licensing of proprietary products including the Infolytics Key-Value Store and Signal Data Platform, along with related support and integration services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Infolytics AG is a mid-sized German software house that develops custom software solutions on open-source technologies with a backend focus in Java, C++, and Python. The company delivers IoT data management for petabyte-scale sensor data, enterprise search based on Apache Solr/Elasticsearch, and database technologies across RDBMS, NoSQL, and key-value stores, complemented by two proprietary products: the Infolytics Key-Value Store and the Signal Data Platform (SDP).

Product overview

Infolytics is a mid-sized software house offering a portfolio of proprietary platforms and professional services. The core products are the Infolytics Key-Value Store (high-performance NoSQL data management) and the Signal Data Platform (IoT/sensor data management in the petabyte range), which work together—the Key-Value Store serves as the underlying persistence layer for the Signal Data Platform. Supporting services include custom software development with expertise in Java, C++, Python, and JavaScript frameworks; database technology consulting covering SQL and NoSQL systems; and archive/library application development using domain standards. The company positions itself as a full-stack development team with emphasis on backend systems, operating without sales or marketing departments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Infolytics Signal Data Platform (SDP): IoT platform for managing high-volume sensor-generated signal data, storing measurement data and timestamps in the Infolytics Key-Value Store.
• Infolytics Key-Value Store
• CopyStar

Products and services

• Infolytics Key-Value Store Proprietary high-performance key-value store optimized for maximum read and write speeds, designed for enterprise use with multi-tenant support, cloud capability, MPP architecture for near-infinite scalability, 4 GB entry sizes, data partitioning across nodes, optimistic locking, role-based read/write privileges, tenant-based data isolation, time-limited entries (AutoDelete), and high availability through replica nodes.
• Signal Data Platform (SDP) IoT platform for managing high-volume sensor-generated signal data in the petabyte range. Stores measurement data and timestamps permanently in the Infolytics Key-Value Store and computes per-signal minute-based aggregations in a SQL database. Supports navigation in raw data via time series with aggregations, export to multiple file formats for analytical evaluations, and direct API access to real-time signal data for event-based alerting. Deployed as a pilot by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in the DFWind research project.
• Custom Software Development Customer-specific software development services built on open-source technologies, specializing in backend systems using Java, C++, and Python, with full-stack capabilities including web frontends (React, Angular, Vue.js, Bootstrap), database integration, and search technologies. Delivered to enterprise clients and public sector organizations across diverse industries.
• Archive and Library Applications Custom software solutions for archives and libraries using standards including EAD, EAC, MAB2, LIDO, METS, and MODS, with expertise in full-text search engines, faceted navigation, and intelligent search capabilities. Backed by 12+ years of project experience and a 'Center of Expertise' designation in the archive domain.

Quantifiable outcome

• Petabyte-scale IoT data management capability
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Deutsche Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDLR serves as a pilot user of Infolytics Signal Data Platform (SDP) in the research project 'DFWind' of the BMWK. The platform is used to archive measurement data from the 'Forschungspark Windenergie Krummendeich WiValdi' research wind farm and provides data to the research consortium ('ForWind') for long-term analysis.
• SAP AGcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInfolytics worked for 15 years on SAP MaxDB (formerly ADABAS D) developing extensions and providing Last-Level-Development-Support. For the last 5 years, Infolytics was the only worldwide reseller for SAP MaxDB product line for use outside the SAP world.

Scale indicators3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Redis: Provider of Redis, the dominant in-memory and persistent key-value store — directly comparable to Infolytics' proprietary Key-Value Store on multi-tenant, high-throughput, enterprise data access.
• Aerospike: High-performance real-time NoSQL key-value store focused on speed and scale for enterprise workloads — a directly comparable specialty vendor to Infolytics' Key-Value Store on performance positioning.
• InfluxData: Creator of InfluxDB, a leading time-series database purpose-built for high-volume sensor and IoT data — the closest direct functional analogue to Infolytics' Signal Data Platform in petabyte-scale IoT signal management.

Broad incumbents

• Elastic NV: Commercial sponsor of Elasticsearch, built on Apache Lucene — same underlying open-source foundation Infolytics uses for enterprise search, but a much larger incumbent with full go-to-market scale.
• MongoDB: Provider of the leading document/NoSQL operational database — competes with Infolytics' Key-Value Store and broader NoSQL/data layer services at enterprise scale with vastly larger R&D and sales investment.
• OpenText: Large enterprise content/archive management vendor — broad incumbent covering the same archive and library digital-preservation space where Infolytics holds a DACH Center-of-Expertise designation.

Emerging players

• ScyllaDB: Open-source-compatible, low-latency distributed NoSQL/Cassandra-compatible database — an emerging peer targeting high-throughput operational and IoT use cases that overlap with Infolytics' platform focus.
• Timescale: PostgreSQL-based time-series database targeting IoT and sensor analytics — an emerging niche peer to Infolytics' Signal Data Platform for high-volume time-series workloads.

Regional players

• msg systems: Large German-based IT consultancy and software house serving DACH enterprises and public sector — comparable regional software-services peer to Infolytics at much larger scale.

Others

• Ex Libris: Library and archival software vendor (part of Clarivate) specializing in digital preservation and discovery — adjacent peer covering the same archive/library software standards domain as Infolytics' practice.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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