What IOVI does

IOVI, legally registered as INES OPTICS SL and headquartered in Gelves (Seville), Spain, is an industrial computer vision company that builds artificial vision systems for the agrifood, logistics, industrial manufacturing, and people-safety sectors. Its technology combines visible-spectrum, multi-spectral, hyper-spectral, and 3D vision to detect defects, contaminants, and process anomalies that are invisible to the human eye, with applications including inline quality control of fruit and processed food, non-destructive detection of pathogens such as salmonella and listeria, pallet and package volume measurement with automatic label reading, surface defect inspection for steel, wood, paper, and stone, and CCTV-integrated anomaly detection for falls, restricted-zone breaches, and PPE compliance. The product portfolio is organized into seven named solutions — Protect Line, Protect Lab, Inesarc, Inescubiq, Inescubiq Lite, Inescube Surface (Steel/Wood/Paper/Stone), and Alert — that integrate directly with customer management systems, scales, and existing CCTV infrastructure to deliver real-time, traceable data capture.

The company operates as a privately held Spanish startup (Sociedad Limitada) with an 11-50 employee team whose founders claim more than 20 years of experience in artificial vision. Its go-to-market is enterprise field sales supported by direct expert consultation, with marketing concentrated in content (corporate website, blog), industry events (South Summit, MWC Barcelona, Advanced Factories, Logistics & Automation Madrid, GeneraSur, Pitchfest), and ecosystem partnerships (Wayra, Secpho, Universidad de Cordoba). Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is quote-based, consistent with project-based hardware-plus-software deployments rather than standardized SaaS. Capital structure is founder-owned with no disclosed venture or private equity backing; funding to date has been non-dilutive, including a CDTI NEOTEC grant in 2020 and ENISA emerging-company certification in 2024, alongside participation in the ICEX Next internationalization program. Reference customers include Telefonica, Tetra Pak, DB Schenker, Saint Gobain, B. Braun, Nutreco, Padesa, Garnica, Balfego, Florette, Ybarra, Agrobet, and the Spanish Army.

Name

IOVI

Legal name

INES OPTICS SL

Website

https://inesoptics.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

IOVI is a Spanish industrial computer vision startup that builds multi-spectral, hyper-spectral, and 3D vision systems for automated quality control, pathogen detection, logistics measurement, surface inspection, and CCTV-integrated safety monitoring across the agrifood, logistics, industrial, and people-safety sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Computer Vision / Automated Quality Inspection Software

NAICS

Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (33451), Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing (334519), Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (334516)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Optical Instruments & Lenses (3827), Measuring & Controlling Devices, Nec (3829), Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial Vision & Quality Inspection (HDAAAEAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Industrial Quality Inspection & Metrology (Machine Vision) (IMAIAMAF), AI/Analytics Video Surveillance (Detection, LPR, People Counting) (HSAHACAF), Asset Tracking, RTLS & Industrial Visibility (IMAIAMAE)

Keywords

• Computer vision systems
• Industrial quality inspection
• Food safety technology
• Logistics volume measurement
• Surface defect detection

Headquarters

HQ city

Mairena Del Aljarafe

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Computer Vision Solutions and Systems: IOVI generates revenue through the sale of artificial vision systems and software solutions for quality control, traceability, and inspection in logistics, agrifood, and industrial sectors. The company provides integrated solutions that combine hardware and software components for automated inspection and measurement.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

IOVI develops and sells AI-based artificial vision systems and software for industrial, agrifood, logistics and people-management applications. Its solutions combine proprietary multi-spectral, hyper-spectral and 3D vision hardware with software that performs 100% inline quality control, defect detection, volume/label measurement and real-time anomaly detection. The company markets named products including Protect Line, Protect Lab, Inesarc, Inescubiq, Inescubiq Lite, Inescube Surface variants (Steel, Wood, Paper, Stone) and Alert to enterprise customers.

Product overview

IOVI offers a comprehensive portfolio of artificial vision solutions organized into four main sectors: Agrifood (Protect Line for inline quality control and Protect Lab for pathogen detection), Logistics (Inesarc, Inescubiq, and Inescubiq Lite for volume measurement and label reading), Industrial Surface Inspection (Inescube Surface with Steel, Wood, Paper, and Stone variants for defect detection), and Personnel Management (Alert for anomaly detection). The technology spans visible spectrum, multispectral, hyperspectral, and 3D vision capabilities to automate quality controls, enhance food safety, reduce process costs, and detect defects invisible to the human eye in real-time.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Protect Line: Agrifood sector product for quality control, detecting foreign bodies, internal bruises in fruits, maturity levels, and invisible parameters like pH, fat, and moisture using non-destructive methods.
• Protect Lab
• Inesarc
• Inescubiq
• Inescubiq Lite
• Inescube Surface
• Alert

Products and services

• Protect Line Agrifood quality control system that performs 100% inline inspection on production lines using non-destructive hyper-spectral methods. Detects foreign bodies, internal bruising in fruits, maturity levels, and quantifies invisible parameters such as pH, fat and moisture.
• Protect Lab Early-detection system for foodborne pathogens that detects and discriminates salmonella and listeria in real time, differentiating between bacterial types and pathogen families to deliver precise food safety results faster than traditional laboratory methods.
• Inesarc Logistics vision system that measures pallet volume and reads labels automatically on pallets in motion. Integrates with static and dynamic scales and transmits centralized data in real time to the customer's management system to maintain traceability and discrepancy control.
• Inescubiq Logistics vision system for palletized volume measurement with integrated weight and label reading on any face. Provides centralized real-time data capture, full pallet traceability and discrepancy control for accurate re-billing.
• Inescubiq Lite Logistics vision system that automatically measures volume, weight and labels for each individual package to provide individual traceability and discrepancy control for accurate re-billing.
• Inescube Surface Industrial surface inspection line with Steel, Wood, Paper and Stone variants that performs automated defect detection, dimensional control and geometric analysis at real-time production speeds on metal profiles, wood planks, packaging/labeling and stone surfaces.
• Alert Intelligent safety and people-management software integrable with existing CCTV camera systems or any optical hardware. Detects anomalous situations in real time such as falls, presence in restricted zones, smoking or missing PPE without requiring body sensors or intrusive devices.

Quantifiable outcome

• 11 days ROI (Return on Investment)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers26 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ICEX (Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2021INES OPTICS SL (IOVI) participates in the ICEX Next program with EU FEDER co-financing to drive internationalization of the company.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Basler AG: German industrial camera and computer vision component supplier that powers many machine vision systems. Comparable to IOVI on the imaging hardware and software side of industrial QA.
• TOMRA: Norwegian leader in sensor-based sorting and grading, particularly for food (produce, seafood, nuts). Most directly comparable peer to IOVI's Protect Line agrifood quality control offering.
• Key Technology (Duravant): Food processing digital sortation, conveying and inspection systems used in produce, nuts and proteins. Direct competitive overlap with IOVI Protect Line agrifood vision.
• Cognex Corporation: Global leader in industrial machine vision and barcode reading. Direct competitor to IOVI across industrial quality inspection and logistics dimensioning use cases.
• SICK AG: German industrial sensor and machine vision manufacturer with strong logistics and factory-quality inspection offerings. Direct competitor to IOVI's industrial and logistics solutions.
• CubiScan: Specialized dimensioning, weighing and scanning systems for logistics and warehousing. The most direct competitor to IOVI's Inesarc and Inescubiq logistics volume-measurement products.
• ISRA VISION (Atlas Copco): Industrial machine vision (now part of Atlas Copco) for surface inspection and quality control across metals, paper, and other materials. Closely comparable to IOVI's Surface product family.
• MVTec Software: Provider of HALCON and MERLIC machine vision software used widely in industrial inspection. Competes with the software layer of IOVI's offerings.

Emerging players

• Verkada: Cloud-based AI video surveillance and analytics platform. Comparable to IOVI's Alert CCTV-integrated people-safety offering, with stronger software/cloud distribution model.

Broad incumbents

• Keyence Corporation: Broad-line industrial sensor and vision systems provider with very large installed bases in factory automation. Overlaps with IOVI across industrial quality inspection and surface defect detection.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCMw9W0ik2zza-r8dj8rxhmA
• LinkedInes.linkedin.com/company/inesoptics
• Xx.com/inesoptics
• Facebookfacebook.com/IOVI-Intelligent-Vision-102000957955423

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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