Peer Stritzinger
Peer Stritzinger GmbH is the sole maintainer of the GRiSP ecosystem, combining bare-metal Erlang VM embedded boards, BEAM software stacks, and the GRiSP.io cloud-to-edge SaaS platform. It serves European manufacturers, automation firms, device makers, and EU research consortia with hardware, software, and EU Cyber Resilience Act-aligned IoT security services.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2000
- HeadquartersMaisach, Germany
- Headcount1–10
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingSoftware
What Peer Stritzinger does
Peer Stritzinger GmbH is a German deep-tech embedded systems company founded in 2000 by Dipl.-Phys. Peer Stritzinger in Bavaria and headquartered in Maisach (HRB 133238, Registergericht Munich). Operating as a fully distributed team of 1-10 employees, it is the sole developer and maintainer of the GRiSP ecosystem - a tightly integrated stack that combines bare-metal embedded hardware boards booting directly into the Erlang virtual machine, ready-to-run BEAM (Erlang/Elixir) software stacks for bare-metal and Linux, and the GRiSP.io cloud-to-edge SaaS platform. The hardware line spans the original GRiSP board, the second-generation GRiSP 2 (Pmod connectors, built-in 802.11b/g/n WLAN), and the announced GRiSP Nano built on STM32U5 Cortex M33 with a ~16 MB Erlang footprint and energy-harvester support. Adjacent proprietary components include the Braid distributed PKI for automated mTLS clustering embedded in GRiSP.io, FluxROS for ROS 2 connectivity, and integration bridges for OPC-UA, IEC 61499, and MQTT. All hardware and firmware are open source where licensing allows.
The company monetises across three streams. Direct hardware sales (GRiSP boards and accessories) flow through a Shopify storefront at grisp.myshopify.com with PayPal payments and Fulfillment by Amazon logistics, addressing an individual developer / SMB audience via product-led growth. The GRiSP.io SaaS platform, launched in 2024, monetises monitoring, OTA firmware updates, remote access, and fleet metrics through subscription, while embedding Braid for zero-touch secure connectivity. Professional services include tiered IoT Security consulting aligned with the EU Cyber Resilience Act (Essentials / Advanced / Enterprise) and custom embedded firmware and IoT system development for European manufacturers, automation companies, and research consortia. No public pricing is disclosed for SaaS or consulting; only the GRiSP 2 Kickstarter (April 2019, EUR 26,026 from 134 backers) and Rebar4 Kickstarter (September 2024) capital inflows are publicly visible.
Customers are predominantly European manufacturers, automation firms, device manufacturers, and EU research consortia. Named enterprise engagement includes Bosch across PICCOLO (GRiSP nodes for OPC-UA and zero-knowledge-enabled IEC 61499 control in a smart-factory pilot), StairwAI (digital twin with anomaly-detection planner over Bosch electric-motor conveyor line), and INDIGO-FIDAL (time-critical 5G-enabled digital twin synchronising autonomous ground vehicles with Bosch Rexroth conveyor lines). The company participates as an SME partner in at least seven Horizon Europe, CELTIC-NEXT and EIT Manufacturing projects (RESCALE, TARGET-X, EH-IoT, TeraFlow, StairwAI, PICCOLO, LightKone, INDIGO-FIDAL) with combined consortium budgets exceeding EUR 35M. The company is founder-owned, with no institutional capital, traditional venture funding, or parent entity disclosed.
Peer Stritzinger firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Peer Stritzinger
- Legal name
- Dipl.Phys. Peer Stritzinger GmbH
- Website
- https://stritzinger.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2000
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1–10 employees
- Short description
- Peer Stritzinger GmbH is the sole maintainer of the GRiSP ecosystem, combining bare-metal Erlang VM embedded boards, BEAM software stacks, and the GRiSP.io cloud-to-edge SaaS platform. It serves European manufacturers, automation firms, device makers, and EU research consortia with hardware, software, and EU Cyber Resilience Act-aligned IoT security services.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Peer Stritzinger industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Embedded Systems Platform
- NAICS
- Computer Systems Design Services (541512), Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing (33411), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)
- SIC
- Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Computer Peripheral Equipment, Nec (3577)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Embedded Software & Firmware Tools (Compilers, Debug, RTOS tooling) (HDAHAFAE)
- akta.pro secondary industry
- Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Advisory & Assessments (BPAKAHAH)
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Where Peer Stritzinger is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Maisach
- HQ country
- Germany
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices1 record
Markets served
Peer Stritzinger business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Technology or R&D, Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- GRiSP Hardware Sales: Sale of GRiSP embedded development boards and accessories through the company's Shopify storefront and grisp.org. First production boards shipped in 2017. Kickstarter campaigns fund hardware development and production.
- GRiSP.io SaaS Platform: GRiSP.io operates as a subscription SaaS platform for cloud-to-edge device management, providing monitoring, over-the-air updates, remote access and fleet metrics for connected IoT systems.
- IoT Security Consulting Services: Three-tier consulting service covering IoT security audits, hardening and EU Cyber Resilience Act compliance. Services range from basic hardware security reviews (Essentials) to full enterprise security programs with ongoing reviews and reporting.
- Custom Client Solutions and Embedded Consultancy: Embedded firmware and IoT system development services for European manufacturers, automation companies and research consortia across transport and automation sectors.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Other | Multi-year contract | Essentials Security Assessment: Hardware security review, supplier provisioning workflow recommendations, prioritised action plan |
| Other | Multi-year contract | Advanced IoT Security Audit: Full hardware, provisioning and secure boot review, mTLS/NAC communication setup, EU compliance report including Cyber Resilience Act with follow-up consultation |
| Other | Multi-year contract | Enterprise IoT Security and Compliance Program: Full hardware security implementation, tailored provisioning workflows, regular reviews, security health reports and preventive guidance over product lifecycle |
Go-to-market motion3 records
Distribution channels4 records
Marketing channels7 records
Peer Stritzinger product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Peer Stritzinger GmbH builds and sells the GRiSP ecosystem: embedded hardware boards (GRiSP, GRiSP 2, GRiSP Nano) that boot directly into the Erlang VM on bare metal, paired with ready-to-run BEAM software stacks and the GRiSP.io cloud-to-edge SaaS platform for fleet monitoring, over-the-air updates and secure device management. The company also delivers tiered IoT security consulting aligned with the EU Cyber Resilience Act and custom embedded firmware development for European manufacturers and research consortia.
Product overview
Peer Stritzinger GmbH offers the GRiSP ecosystem as a unified portfolio of modular embedded hardware boards, software runtimes, and cloud-to-edge management tools. The core product line comprises GRiSP (original), GRiSP 2 (second-generation), and GRiSP Nano (compact, upcoming) development boards that run the Erlang VM and BEAM languages natively on bare-metal hardware, with built-in wireless networking and Digilent Pmod connectors for sensor/actuator integration. GRiSP Software provides ready-to-use BEAM runtimes across bare-metal and Linux environments, while GRiSP.io is the companion cloud-to-edge SaaS platform for monitoring, updating, and orchestrating device fleets with built-in security. IoT Security Services offer tiered audits, hardening, and EU Cyber Resilience Act compliance consulting. All hardware and firmware are open source where licensing allows; GRiSP.io is the proprietary SaaS component. The company also contributes to seven EU/EIT research projects (RESCALE, INDIGO-FIDAL, TARGET-X, EH-IoT, TeraFlow, StairwAI, PICCOLO, LightKone) that extend and validate the GRiSP ecosystem in industrial settings.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- GRiSP: Open source ecosystem combining embedded hardware boards, software stacks and tools for running Erlang, Elixir and Linux based systems on real devices
- GRiSP.io
- GRiSP 2
- GRiSP Nano
- Rebar4
- IoT Security Services
- Braid
Products and services
- GRiSP Embedded hardware and software ecosystem combining boards that boot directly into an Erlang VM on bare metal with ready-to-run BEAM runtimes, built-in 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi and Digilent Pmod connectors for sensor and actuator integration. Targets Erlang and Elixir developers prototyping and shipping connected devices.
- GRiSP 2 Second-generation embedded development board combining hardware and software to help Erlang and Elixir developers prototype and ship connected devices. Supports native Erlang and Elixir with standard VM and tools, supervision and fault-tolerance patterns, hot code loading, and a layered hardware API allowing C drivers or NIFs where tight timing is required.
- GRiSP Nano Compact embedded development board built around STM32U5 Cortex M33 with ~3 MB internal SRAM and 16 MB external OctoSPI DRAM, featuring Micro SD slot, four Digilent Pmod connectors, Micro USB console, USB-C OTG, and energy harvester support. Runs the Erlang VM in a ~16 MB footprint with open-source firmware and documentation, targeting low-power IoT deployments.
- GRiSP.io Cloud-to-edge SaaS platform for monitoring, updating and orchestrating GRiSP-based device fleets. Provides a single dashboard for fleet management with secure communication, over-the-air firmware updates, remote device access and fleet metrics, built on the proprietary Braid distributed PKI for automated certificate management and fast mutual TLS clustering.
- GRiSP Software Ready-to-use BEAM runtimes (bare-metal and Linux) that run on GRiSP boards or third-party hardware, including GRiSP Alloy for NXP i.MX 8M Plus boards. Bundles Limotwyn for streaming and limiting-factor analysis, Skylark for online planning, and FluxROS for ROS 2 connectivity, packaged as edge containers running on GRiSP boards.
- IoT Security Services IoT security audits and hardening services aligned with the EU Cyber Resilience Act, covering hardware security review, secure provisioning workflows, secure boot, disk and memory encryption, mTLS communication, NAC protocols, compliance documentation and ongoing security health reports. Delivered in three tiers: Essentials Security Assessment, Advanced IoT Security Audit, and Enterprise IoT Security and Compliance Program.
Quantifiable outcome
- First production GRiSP boards shipped in 2017; GRiSP.io cloud-to-edge platform launched in 2024; multiple EU projects delivered including LightKone Reference Architecture, TeraFlowSDN open source controller at ETSI, and NoStop RFID industrial pilot adopted by four consortium partners
Companies that use Peer Stritzinger
Customer profileNamed customers4 records
Segments3 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
Peer Stritzinger technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration7 records
Feature6 records
Peer Stritzinger partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- RESCALE Consortium (Athena Research and Innovation Center)corePeer Stritzinger GmbH is a core partner in RESCALE (Horizon Europe #101120962), a EUR 5M project addressing supply chain cybersecurity. The company implements automated tools for verifying software security during development and runtime, contributing to Trusted Bill of Materials generation. Stritzinger leads WP3 and serves as use-case provider for Auto-Placement Security-Aware Data-Flow.
- FIDAL Open Call 2 (INDIGO Experiment)corePeer Stritzinger GmbH was selected as an open-call SME beneficiary in FIDAL Open Call 2, demonstrating a time-critical 5G-enabled digital twin synchronising autonomous ground vehicles with Bosch Rexroth conveyor lines. Financial support of EUR 150K under Option 1 for the experiment running 2025-2026.
- TARGET-X Consortium (Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology)coreSelected as open-call SME beneficiary in TARGET-X (Horizon Europe #101096614), running a nine-month experiment 'GRiSP.io ROS2 Topic Sniffer for Bandwidth Management in Wireless 5G and 6G Networks' at the 5G Industry Campus Europe in Aachen. Uses Braid distributed PKI for secure zero-touch connectivity with GRiSP.io.
- EH-IoT Consortium (TEGnology)coreEIT Manufacturing Activity ID 24091 (EUR 893,890 total cost) demonstrating self-powered IoT sensing using curved thermoelectric generators. Peer Stritzinger GmbH supplies GRiSP Nano reference nodes and embedded firmware for wireless communication and power-aware control. Partners: TEGnology (lead), Alfa Laval, Azitek, University of Trento, ADSR.
- TeraFlow Consortium (Telefonica Innovacion Digital)corePartner in Horizon 2020 project (EUR 5.87M, #101015857) building an open-source cloud-native SDN controller for transport networks beyond 5G. Stritzinger GmbH provides Erlang and Elixir code for distributed Traffic-Engineering PCE, implementing PCEP and Free-Range Routing integration. TeraFlowSDN released publicly on GitLab in June 2023 and continues at ETSI as an open source group.
- StairwAI Consortium (Universita di Bologna)coreHorizon 2020 Innovation Action (EUR 5.12M, #101017142) adding a service layer to Europe's AI-on-Demand platform. Peer Stritzinger GmbH led pilot STAR_2OC_6 under the second open call, deploying a digital twin alongside a Bosch electric-motor conveyor line with OPC-UA connectivity and anomaly-detection planner.
- PICCOLO Consortium (Bosch)coreCELTIC-NEXT collaborative research project (EUR 3.35M, CELTIC-2020-2-732111-PICCOLO) exploring in-network computing and serverless functions in the network fabric. Peer Stritzinger GmbH contributed GRiSP boards running adaptive IEC 61499 control logic in the Bosch smart-factory pilot and led integration of OPC-UA bridges and zero-knowledge proof mechanisms. Consortium of 9 participants including Bosch, BT, ARM, TUM.
- LightKone Consortium (Universite catholique de Louvain)coreHorizon 2020 RIA project (EUR 3.57M, #732505) creating a model for general-purpose computing on loosely coupled edge networks using CRDTs and gossip protocols. Peer Stritzinger GmbH provided GRiSP boards and led deployment of a distributed in-memory cache for the NoStop RFID industrial pilot, adopted by four consortium partners. Consortium of 12 participants.
- Fulfillment by AmazonminorAmazon's Fulfillment by Amazon service is used for order shipping and logistics of GRiSP hardware products sold through the Shopify storefront.
Scale indicators5 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Peer Stritzinger competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Arduino: Arduino offers open-source microcontroller hardware boards alongside the Arduino Cloud for remote device management, OTA updates, and dashboards—directly comparable to GRiSP's hardware-plus-cloud positioning for prototyping through production IoT.
- Memfault: Memfault delivers an IoT device observability and OTA-update SaaS platform targeting embedded fleets, addressing many of the same fleet-management and remote-update pain points that GRiSP.io positions to solve.
- Lobaro: Lobaro is a German IoT solutions provider building custom embedded firmware, wireless sensor systems, and IoT platform software for industrial and research clients—closely comparable as a small, Germany-based, deep-tech embedded/IoT engineering firm serving industrial customers.
- Balena: Balena provides a cloud-to-edge platform (balenaCloud) and OS images for managing fleets of Linux-based IoT devices, with OTA updates and secure connectivity—the same cloud-to-edge SaaS plus embedded software stack GRiSP.io targets, including Braid PKI-style zero-touch provisioning.
- Foundries.io: Foundries.io offers a Linux-based IoT platform combining embedded OS images, secure firmware updates, and fleet management—directly analogous to GRiSP.io's cloud-to-edge orchestration for connected device manufacturers.
- Particle: Particle sells IoT hardware modules (Photon, Argon, Boron) paired with a cloud device-management platform for OTA updates, fleet monitoring, and secure connectivity—a hardware-plus-SaaS model closely mirroring GRiSP + GRiSP.io for connected device fleets.
- Espressif Systems: Espressif manufactures ESP32/ESP8266 Wi-Fi/BT SoCs widely used for IoT prototyping and connected products, competing head-to-head with GRiSP boards in the embedded Wi-Fi + sensor/actuator development board category.
Broad incumbents
- Bosch IoT (Bosch Connected Industry): Bosch's industrial IoT business offers broad connected-manufacturing and edge-cloud platforms, overlapping with GRiSP.io and the industrial pilots Bosch already runs with Stritzinger, but at vastly larger scale and as part of a broader portfolio.
- Siemens Industrial Edge / MindSphere: Siemens Industrial Edge and MindSphere provide cloud-to-edge device management, secure connectivity, and industrial automation software—targeting the same manufacturers and use cases as GRiSP.io but from a much larger incumbent automation vendor.
Emerging players
- Zephyr Project: Zephyr is an open-source RTOS for resource-constrained embedded devices backed by the Linux Foundation; it competes with GRiSP's bare-metal BEAM runtime for the same industrial/IoT low-footprint edge use cases but via a far larger mainstream ecosystem.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
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Trust signalCompliance3 records
Peer Stritzinger financial estimates
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Peer Stritzinger leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles1 record
Peer Stritzinger funding detail
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Funding rounds
Investors
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Peer Stritzinger M&A and investment
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Frequently asked questions about Peer Stritzinger
What does Peer Stritzinger do?
Peer Stritzinger GmbH builds and sells the GRiSP ecosystem: embedded hardware boards (GRiSP, GRiSP 2, GRiSP Nano) that boot directly into the Erlang VM on bare metal, paired with ready-to-run BEAM software stacks and the GRiSP.io cloud-to-edge SaaS platform for fleet monitoring, over-the-air updates and secure device management. The company also delivers tiered IoT security consulting aligned with the EU Cyber Resilience Act and custom embedded firmware development for European manufacturers and research consortia.
Is Peer Stritzinger a public or private company?
Peer Stritzinger is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was Peer Stritzinger founded?
Peer Stritzinger was founded in 2000. It employs 1 to 10 people.
Where is Peer Stritzinger based?
Peer Stritzinger is headquartered in Maisach, Germany, in the Europe region.
How does Peer Stritzinger make money?
Four revenue lines are on record. GRiSP Hardware Sales are the primary driver. The others are GRiSP.io SaaS Platform, ioT Security Consulting Services and custom Client Solutions and Embedded Consultancy.
Who are Peer Stritzinger's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Arduino, Memfault, Lobaro, Balena, Foundries.io, Particle and Espressif Systems. Broad incumbents are Bosch IoT (Bosch Connected Industry) and Siemens Industrial Edge / MindSphere. Zephyr Project is listed as an emerging player.
Does Peer Stritzinger have an API?
No public API is recorded for Peer Stritzinger.
What industry is Peer Stritzinger in?
Peer Stritzinger's product category is Embedded Systems Platform. Its primary akta.pro industry code is HDAHAFAE, Embedded Software & Firmware Tools (Compilers, Debug, RTOS tooling), with a secondary code of BPAKAHAH, Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Advisory & Assessments. Its NAICS code is 541512 and its SIC code is 7373.