What Elvesys does

Elvesys is a Paris-based, privately held microfluidics instrumentation company founded in 2013 that designs, manufactures, and sells precision fluid control and measurement systems under the Elveflow brand. The company serves academic researchers, pharmaceutical R&D teams, life sciences tools developers, semiconductor manufacturers, and nanotechnology groups across more than 35 countries, with named customers including Harvard, Oxford, Caltech, Max Planck Institute, Imperial College London, UC Berkeley, NASA, GSK, Novartis, Sanofi, Bayer, Illumina, Bio-rad, Fujifilm, Alphabet, Meta, Medtronic, Biomérieux, CEA, and CNRS. Its core technology is a patented piezoelectric pressure-driven flow control architecture (aeronautics-derived) embodied in the flagship OB1 multi-channel flow controller, extended by MUX rotary valves, MFS thermal time-of-flight and BFS Coriolis flow sensors, pressure sensors, bubble detectors, ESI control software with SDK, and application-specific packs for organ-on-chip, lipid nanoparticle synthesis, droplet generation, and spatial transcriptomics workflows.

The product architecture spans three tiers: (1) core research instruments and accessories sold via enterprise direct sales and global distributors; (2) advanced/OEM hardware (Advanced Control Center, Hubs, industrial Pressure Controllers, custom flow controllers, valve manifolds) embedded into third-party platforms through partnerships with TAMARA, MicroMed Solutions, and Flexpenser; and (3) turnkey microfabrication stations enabling PDMS chip and SU-8 mold fabrication without clean-room infrastructure. Revenue is generated through hardware sales of instruments and accessories, software (ESI/SDK) licensing, professional services including training and consulting, and OEM/custom fluidic system contracts; pricing is quote-based with no public tiers, reflecting a consultative enterprise sales motion complemented by self-serve e-commerce for accessories and application packs. Marketing is anchored in thought-leadership content (a microfluidics blog, open-access reviews, application notes, webinars, and the Microfluidic Report newsletter) and an active presence at industry conferences. The company operates without disclosed external funding, has 20+ dedicated engineers plus multidisciplinary PhDs, occupies a 1,200 sq meter facility described as the largest private microfluidic innovation center, and is associated with over 1,000 peer-reviewed publications using its technology.

Name

Elvesys

Legal name

Elvesys

Website

https://elvesys.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Microfluidic Instrumentation

NAICS

Fluid Power Pump and Motor Manufacturing (333996), Totalizing Fluid Meter and Counting Device Manufacturing (334514), Measuring, Dispensing, and Other Pumping Equipment Manufacturing (333914)

SIC

Pumps & Pumping Equipment (3561), Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

Hydraulic Power Units & Systems (HPUs, Manifolds, Integrated Circuits) (IMAHAGAB)

Keywords

• Microfluidic flow control
• Lab instrumentation
• Flow sensors
• Microfabrication equipment
• Microfluidic OEM solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Hardware Instruments: Sale of microfluidic instruments including flow controllers (OB1), flow sensors (MFS, BFS), pressure sensors, and microfluidic valves. Core revenue driver with complete instrument range.
2. Accessories and Consumables: Sale of supporting accessories including bubble removers, reservoirs, adapters, manifolds, pressure sources, and vacuum sources for microfluidic setups.
3. Software Licenses: Elveflow Smart Interface (ESI) software for instrument control, with SDK available for custom applications and integrations.
4. Professional Services: Training programs, consulting services, device upgrades, and rental options for microfluidic instruments. Also includes microfabrication turnkey offers.
5. OEM/Custom Solutions: Custom microfluidic solutions for industrial applications, including OEM products suitable for complex and reliable system integration. Includes advanced range and custom fluidic systems.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Elvesys, operating commercially under its Elveflow brand, designs, manufactures and sells scientific instrumentation for microfluidic research and industrial applications. Its portfolio centers on the patented piezoelectric OB1 flow controller and extends to flow/pressure sensors, microfluidic valves, accessories, ESI control software, OEM/custom fluidic systems, and turnkey soft-lithography microfabrication stations used by research labs and industrial integrators.

Product overview

Elveflow is a world-leading microfluidic instrumentation brand under Elvesys, offering a comprehensive portfolio centered around the OB1 flow controller as the flagship product. The product architecture consists of three main pillars: (1) Core instruments including flow control systems (OB1, MUX valves), measurement sensors (MFS, BFS flow sensors, MPS/MFP pressure sensors, bubble detectors), and accessories (pressure/vacuum sources, manifolds, reservoirs); (2) Software including the ESI Elveflow Software Interface for instrument control; and (3) Advanced/OEM solutions including Control Center, Hubs, and custom industrial systems for system integration. Application-specific packs provide turnkey solutions for droplet generation, organ-on-a-chip, lipid nanoparticle synthesis, perfusion cell culture, and other specialized workflows. Microfabrication stations enable users to fabricate PDMS chips and SU-8 molds using soft lithography techniques. The company serves life sciences, biotechnology, semiconductor, and academic research sectors with over 1,000 peer-reviewed publications citing their technology.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Elveflow: Microfluidic instruments brand of Elvesys offering flow control systems, flow sensors, accessories, software, and application packs for microfluidics applications.

Products and services

• OB1 Flow Controller Multi-channel pressure and vacuum microfluidic flow controller using patented piezoelectric technology, sold to academic and industrial researchers requiring precise pressure-driven flow control at microliter-per-minute ranges.
• MUX Distribution Valve 12-port rotary bidirectional valve for automated microfluidic channel switching, used by researchers building complex flow-routing experiments.
• MUX Recirculation Valve Microfluidic valve enabling automated flow recirculation in closed-loop microfluidic setups.
• MUX Wire Valves 2-way and 3-way microfluidic valves that can be added and controlled anywhere in a microfluidic setup.
• MFS Standard Flow Sensors Flow sensors using thermal time-of-flight technology to measure flow rates in micro-size channels for researchers requiring standard precision.
• BFS Premium Flow Sensors Premium flow sensors based on the Coriolis principle, marketed as the highest-precision microfluidic flow measurement offering.
• MBD Bubble Detector Optical in-line microfluidic detector that identifies fluid interfaces and bubbles inside microchannels.
• MPS Pressure Sensors High-accuracy pressure sensors compatible with both liquid and gas microfluidic measurements.
• MFP In-line Pressure Sensors Wide-range in-line pressure sensors compatible with the Luer-lock standard for both gases and liquids.
• MSR Sensor Reader Interface hardware that acquires signals from multiple analog and digital sensors within a microfluidic setup.
• Bubble Remover In-line microfluidic bubble trap that removes bubbles from fluidic systems to maintain stable flow.
• Reservoirs and Adapters Autoclavable microfluidic adapters and reservoir caps used with reservoir tubes and pressure controllers.
• Manifold 13 Ports Multi-port (1 to 12) manifold for routing gases or liquids in microfluidic setups.
• Laboratory Pressure Source Compact laboratory pressure source that supplies microfluidic pressure regulators as an alternative to laboratory gas supply.
• Noiseless Vacuum Source Compact, low-noise vacuum generator supplying negative pressure to microfluidic regulators.
• ESI Elveflow Software Interface Smart Interface software plus SDK that allows intuitive control of Elveflow microfluidic instruments and custom integration into third-party applications.
• Advanced OEM Range (Control Center, Hubs, Pressure Controllers, RotaValves, Custom Flow Controllers, OEM Valves, Manifolds, Adapters, Assembly Kit) Industrial-grade OEM product line for system integrators, including Advanced Control Center, Advanced Hub, Advanced Pressure Controller (and Lite), Advanced RotaValve Distribution/Recirculation, Advanced Valve Hub, Advanced Sensor Hub, Advanced Flow Controller Custom, OEM Valves, OEM Valves Manifolds, OEM Adapter and Assembly Kit for complex and reliable system integration.
• Full Microfabrication Station (Soft Lithography Turnkey Offer) Turnkey soft-lithography microfabrication station bundling all equipment required to fabricate SU-8 molds and PDMS microfluidic chips without needing a clean room.
• Mold Fabrication Station Standalone station that fabricates SU-8 molds for soft lithography without requiring a clean room.
• PDMS Chip Station Standalone station that produces PDMS microfluidic chips without requiring a clean room environment.
• UV Mask Aligner UV mask aligner used in soft-lithography microfabrication to expose photoresist patterns.
• Equinox Plasma Cleaner Plasma cleaner accessory used for surface treatment during microfluidic chip fabrication.
• Flexpenser Dispensing Technology Precision dispensing technology for OEM dispensing applications, powered by Elveflow's OB1 flow controller and offered through a partner platform.
• Microfluidics Application Packs (Starter, Droplet Generation, Sequential Injection, Lipid Nanoparticle Synthesis, Alginate Beads, Perfusion, Organ-on-a-Chip, Medium Recirculation, Cell Confinement, SeqFISH/MERFISH, Liquid Handling) All-in-one bundled packs combining instruments and accessories for specific microfluidic workflows, including Starter, Droplet Generation, Sequential Injection, Lipid Nanoparticle Synthesis, Alginate Beads, Perfusion, Organ-on-a-Chip, Medium Recirculation, Cell Confinement, SeqFISH/MERFISH and Liquid Handling packs.

Quantifiable outcome

• Precise pressure and flow control and measurement for various microfluidic applications
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers23 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

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• TAMARAcoreTechnology or IntegrationTAMARA platform partnership for nanoparticle synthesis using Elveflow OEM flow control technology. TAMARA uses Elveflow instruments in their nanoparticle synthesis platform.
• MicroMed SolutionscoreTechnology or IntegrationMicroMed Solutions partnership utilizing Elveflow flow control technology for medical applications. Elveflow technology enables precise microfluidic control for MicroMed's medical solutions.
• Microfluidic FoundriesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean network of industrial microfluidics foundries providing prototyping and manufacturing capabilities for the microfluidics ecosystem. Listed as an industrial partner on the Microfluidics Research Horizon Europe page.
• FlexpensercoreTechnology or IntegrationFlexpenser technology powered by the OB1 flow controller. Partnership for dispensing applications using Elveflow's core pressure controller technology.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• IDEX Corporation: IDEX Corporation owns fluidics brands (e.g., IDEX Health & Science, CVI, Rheodyne) that manufacture pumps, valves, and fluid handling components for analytical and life-science instruments. It is a broad incumbent whose precision fluid handling products overlap with Elvesys's microfluidic control and valve offerings at the OEM level.
• Parker Hannifin: Parker Hannifin's Precision Fluidics division makes small-scale pumps, valves, and pressure controllers used in medical, analytical, and lab instrumentation. While primarily an industrial incumbent, Parker's microfluidic and OEM pump products compete for similar flow-control design wins as Elvesys's Advanced/OEM range.
• Bronkhorst: Bronkhorst manufactures thermal mass flow controllers and meters for gases and low-flow liquids in laboratory, analytical, and industrial settings. Its high-precision flow measurement products overlap with Elvesys's MFS thermal time-of-flight and BFS Coriolis flow sensors in similar low-flow measurement applications.
• Harvard Apparatus: Harvard Apparatus is a long-established broad lab-instrument supplier with a microfluidic and syringe pump product line sold to academic and pharma customers. It is a broader incumbent whose product portfolio partially overlaps with Elvesys's flow control and pressure-based systems.

Direct peers

• Syrris (Blacktrace): Syrris, also under Blacktrace, sells microfluidic reactor and flow chemistry systems (e.g., Asia, Titan) for chemistry, nanoparticle synthesis, and process development. It targets a comparable research and OEM customer base with overlapping flow control and nanoparticle synthesis applications.
• Micronit Microtechnologies: Micronit manufactures microfluidic chips, glass and silicon devices, and lab-on-chip platforms for life sciences, pharma, and industrial diagnostics. It competes with Elvesys in the same organ-on-chip and microfluidic chip space, particularly around chip fabrication and integrated fluid handling.
• Cellix: Cellix supplies microfluidic flow-control and perfusion systems targeted at cell biology, drug delivery, and thrombosis research. Its micro-pump and biochip offerings overlap directly with Elvesys's flow controllers, perfusion packs, and organ-on-chip positioning.
• Dolomite Microfluidics (Blacktrace): Dolomite Microfluidics, part of Blacktrace, designs and manufactures microfluidic chips, components, and integrated systems for life-science research and industrial applications. It is a direct peer in the same microfluidic component-and-system category Elvesys serves, with overlapping OEM and research customers.
• Fluigent: Fluigent is a France-based direct competitor that also sells pressure-driven microfluidic flow control systems (e.g., MFCS, LineUp series) to life-science and academic customers. Its product portfolio, geographic footprint, and target end-markets (organ-on-chip, droplet, cell biology) almost entirely overlap with Elvesys/Elveflow.

Emerging players

• Sphere Fluidics: Sphere Fluidics focuses on picodroplet and single-cell analysis platforms, with microfluidic flow control embedded in its core instruments. It is an emerging player whose use cases (single-cell screening, droplet microfluidics) and customer base partially overlap with Elvesys's droplet and LNP application packs.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

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