What IDES does

IDES (Integrated Dynamic Electron Solutions, Inc.) is a privately-held, JEOL-owned subsidiary headquartered in Pleasanton, California, specializing in hardware and software subsystems that add time resolution to transmission electron microscopes (TEMs). The company's core technology revolves around fast electrostatic beam blanking and deflection, subframing electronics, and pulsed-laser photoexcitation systems. Its product portfolio includes the EDM Basic electrostatic dose modulator (sub-20 ns beam switching), EDM Synchrony (programmable STEM with dose painting and AI-guided modes), Relativity (electrostatic subframing enabling kHz frame rates on conventional TEM cameras), Luminary Micro (compact laser photoexcitation system for in-situ pump-probe experiments), Tempo (dose-optimized STEM for beam-sensitive specimens), EDS True Area Scan (flyback blanking for elemental mapping), and the JEM-2100 Time-Resolved TEM platform. All products are designed as accessories or modifications to JEOL electron microscopes, creating a tightly integrated product-offering relationship with its parent company.

IDES sells high-value capital equipment, software upgrades, and extended service plans under quote-based enterprise pricing, reaching customers through direct sales engagement ('Schedule a Demo') as well as through JEOL's global distribution network. Its customer base is concentrated in academic and government research institutions, including INRS, Technion, AIST, Osaka University, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, and The Rosalind Franklin Institute, with selected enterprise users such as Johnson Matthey. Marketing activity emphasizes conference participation (M&M, IFEXS, ARPA-E Energy Summit), federal research validation (DOE SBIR Success Story 2020), and peer-reviewed publications demonstrating customer breakthroughs.

The company originated from technology developed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and was acquired by JEOL Ltd., the Japanese electron microscopy manufacturer, in 2019, becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary. With 1-10 employees and no publicly disclosed revenue, IDES operates as a focused technology unit within JEOL, monetizing its niche intellectual property in dynamic and ultrafast TEM through hardware, software, and recurring service plans.

Name

IDES

Legal name

Integrated Dynamic Electron Solutions, Inc.

Website

https://ides-inc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

IDES (Integrated Dynamic Electron Solutions, Inc.), a JEOL subsidiary in Pleasanton, California, develops beam blanking, subframing, and laser photoexcitation subsystems that add time resolution to JEOL transmission electron microscopes, sold to academic, government, and industrial research institutions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Pleasanton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Hardware Sales - Electron Microscopy Products: Sale of specialized electron microscopy hardware products including EDM systems, Relativity subframing systems, Luminary Micro, Tempo, and JEM-2100 Time-resolved TEM. These are high-value capital equipment items sold to research institutions.
2. Software and Upgrade Sales: Software products and upgrades such as EDM Synchrony, which provides advanced programmable STEM capabilities. Also includes Acuity Edge analysis server for automated data processing.
3. Extended Service Plans: IDES offers extended service plans that include routine and preventive maintenance, free upgrades to minor components and software, and significant discounts on major upgrades and retrofits. Custom experimental design and software integration services are also provided.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

IDES designs, manufactures, and sells specialized time-resolved and dynamic transmission electron microscopy (TEM) hardware and software products. The portfolio includes electrostatic beam blanking systems, electrostatic subframing systems, laser photoexcitation systems, and dose-optimized STEM accessories designed to integrate with JEOL TEMs for advanced materials science research.

Product overview

IDES offers a portfolio of time-resolved electron microscopy products centered on adding temporal resolution to JEOL Transmission Electron Microscopes. The core product line consists of EDM Basic (fast beam blanking), EDM Synchrony (programmable dose control), Relativity (kHz-scale subframing), Luminary Micro (laser photoexcitation), Tempo (dose-optimized STEM), and the JEM-2100 Time-Resolved TEM platform. These products function as integrated add-ons and accessories for JEOL TEMs, with EDM Basic serving as the foundational beam blanking system that enables Synchrony's programmable STEM capabilities. Relativity multiplies camera frame rates while Luminary Micro enables laser-induced dynamic studies, and Tempo optimizes dose efficiency for beam-sensitive samples. The company was acquired by JEOL in 2019.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• EDM Basic Electrostatic Dose Modulator providing fast beam blanking with a pre-sample electrostatic deflector, achieving sub-20 ns switching times for dose control in TEM and STEM imaging on JEOL microscopes.
• EDS True Area Scan Optional feature for the EDM that integrates with the JEOL-EDS system to perform flyback blanking, reducing unnecessary electron radiation damage during EDS elemental mapping by removing the unused pre-scan area.
• EDM Synchrony Programmable STEM upgrade that coordinates with STEM controllers to apply dose at each pixel with arbitrary patterns, enabling targeted dose application, dose painting, and AI-guided STEM capabilities.
• Relativity Electrostatic Subframing System that multiplies camera frame rates on JEOL TEMs to achieve kHz-scale video acquisition through rapid subframe deflection, enabling time-resolved materials imaging.
• Luminary Micro Compact Specimen Photoexcitation System providing modulated laser focusing onto TEM samples for in-situ laser-induced phenomena, supporting pump-probe methods at microsecond timescales.
• Tempo Dose Optimized STEM system that improves information efficiency by turning off the electron beam after a fixed number of electrons are counted per pixel, minimizing specimen damage while maintaining equivalent contrast.
• JEM-2100 Time-Resolved TEM 200 kV Ultrafast/Dynamic TEM platform supporting ps stroboscopy, ns stroboscopy, ns single shot, and movie mode DTEM configurations with multiple laser types, based on the JEOL JEM-2100Plus microscope.

Quantifiable outcome

• Relativity achieves subframe transition times under 100 ns and sustains continuous subframe rates up to 100 kHz, enabling 10kHz frame rate video in TEM
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• JEOL Ltd.flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019JEOL acquired IDES, the leader and pioneer in the field of Ultrafast and Dynamic TEM, in 2019. IDES operates as a JEOL subsidiary. JEOL is a major Japanese electron microscope manufacturer. The acquisition enables IDES technology to be integrated into JEOL's product portfolio and distributed through JEOL's global network.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Hummingbird Scientific: Specializes in in-situ TEM holders, liquid/gas/heating stages, and MEMS-based sample manipulation. Comparable as a niche, high-value TEM accessory maker serving the same academic and government materials research customers with complementary in-situ capabilities.
• Protochips: Develops in-situ TEM systems (Fusion, Atmosphere) for heating, electrical, and liquid experiments. Comparable positioning as a specialized accessory maker enabling advanced TEM experiments for materials science and life sciences research customers.
• Gatan (AMETEK): Manufacturer of TEM cameras (OneView, K3) and imaging accessories that, like IDES, sell as add-ons integrated with major OEM TEMs. Highly comparable business model: niche, high-value accessories targeting the same materials science research customer base.
• DENSsolutions: Provider of in-situ TEM nanoreactors and heating/biasing holders. Similar niche-accessory business model targeting the same advanced materials research customer base with complementary (not competing) in-situ capabilities.

Broad incumbents

• JEOL Ltd. Japanese electron microscope manufacturer and IDES' parent company post-2019 acquisition. Builds the TEM platforms (JEM-ARM300F, JEM-2100Plus, NEOARM) on which every IDES product runs, making it both the enabling platform and the most directly comparable TEM OEM.
• Hitachi High-Tech: Japanese electron microscope manufacturer with global TEM presence. Comparable as a broad incumbent in the same OEM category as JEOL, and an additional non-addressable installed base for IDES' JEOL-only product line.
• Thermo Fisher Scientific: Largest global TEM manufacturer (formerly FEI) and a broader life sciences / analytical instruments conglomerate. Represents the largest non-JEOL installed base that IDES cannot currently serve due to its JEOL-only product design.
• Carl Zeiss Microscopy: Major electron and optical microscope manufacturer with significant global TEM share. Another large installed base that IDES does not address, and a potential competitor if Zeiss develops in-house dynamic TEM capabilities.

Emerging players

• Norcada: MEMS-fabricated TEM holders, chips, and electron microscopy components. Smaller niche player with overlapping customer base in advanced TEM research; complementary rather than directly competing product offering.

Others

• Ted Pella: Distributor and manufacturer of TEM supplies, consumables, and specimen preparation tools. Serves the same academic and industrial microscopy customers as an ecosystem supplier rather than a direct competitor to IDES' instrumentation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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