What InoVine does

InoVine, razvoj in trženje, d.o.o. (operating as InoVine) is a Slovenia-based engineering and consulting firm founded in 2015 as a spin-off of the Jožef Stefan Institute (Inštitut Jožef Stefan), the country's leading research institution. The company operates as a Center for Innovation and is organized around four core service lines: Research and Development (product engineering for industrial and research partners), Process Engineering (industrial process planning, automation, and Industry 4.0 digitalization), Innovation Financing (assistance securing seed/venture capital and EU non-reimbursable funds), and Market Entry Services (market research, brand establishment, partner network building). It serves clients across seven horizontal verticals — circular economy, smart cities, factories of the future, agriculture, food industry, new materials, and health & medicine — with a particular focus on wine and beverage processing technologies as suggested by its name.

The company's underlying technical assets include two documented R&D project products: AgriProtect, an intelligent decision-support system for vineyard spraying measures built with 3 TAV d.o.o. (project value €500,000, November 2023 start), and MagSpark, an automated magnetic cleaning system for sparkling wines developed with Šraml d.o.o. (project value €625,706.25, December 2018 start). Its technical depth is sourced from its Jožef Stefan Institute heritage, with staff mandates at Master's (Level 7) qualification across economics, technological sciences, energy, and biotechnology. InoVine reports a 90.7% success rate on project applications and claims to have secured approximately €10 million in non-repayable EU funds for client development projects in 2022, with a disclosed portfolio including EIC Accelerator (€1.9M), smart buildings (€1.8M), and circular economy (€7.6M) awards.

The business model is professional services on a project basis, with no public pricing or subscription structure disclosed. Go-to-market is primarily sales-led and partner-driven — leveraging the Jožef Stefan Institute brand, cross-industry partner network (biotechnology, IT, pharmacy, robotics, medicine, energy), and EU grant programs as credibility and lead-generation assets. Distribution is direct client engagement at regional (Slovenia) and select international levels. Headcount is reported at 1-10 employees, with active hiring as of 2023. The company has no app product, public listing, parent company, or disclosed institutional investors, and is privately funded primarily through EU/public grant co-financing rather than venture or private equity capital.

Name

InoVine

Legal name

InoVine, razvoj in trženje, d.o.o.

Website

https://ino-vine.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

InoVine is a Slovenian engineering consulting firm and Jožef Stefan Institute spin-off that provides R&D, process engineering, innovation financing, and market entry services to industrial and research partners across wine/beverage, agriculture, circular economy, and adjacent verticals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Engineering Consulting Services

NAICS

Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169), Environmental Consulting Services (54162)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial & Process Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Instrumentation, Controls & Automation Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAM)

Keywords

• Engineering consulting services
• Innovation financing
• Process engineering
• Research and development
• Market entry services

Headquarters

HQ city

Maribor

HQ country

Slovenia

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Engineering Consulting Services: InoVine generates revenue through engineering consulting services for development and investment projects. Services include research and development support, process engineering, innovation financing, and market entry services.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

InoVine is an engineering consulting firm that supports domestic and foreign organizations in executing development and investment projects and bringing technologically groundbreaking products and services to market. Its core offerings span four service pillars: Research and Development (product engineering), Process Engineering (industrial process planning and Industry 4.0 digitalization/automation), Innovation Financing (assistance in securing seed capital, venture capital, and EU non-reimbursable funds), and Market Entry Services (market research, brand establishment, and business partner connections). The company also delivers two named technology products — AgriProtect (an intelligent vineyard spraying decision support system) and MagSpark (an automated magnetic cleaning system for sparkling wines).

Product overview

InoVine is an engineering consulting company organized as a Center for Innovation that provides a portfolio of consulting services rather than a single unified software product. Its core services include Research and Development (product engineering), Process Engineering (industrial process planning and Industry 4.0 digitalization), Innovation Financing (EU funding assistance), and Market Entry Services. The company also develops specific technology products such as AgriProtect (intelligent spraying decision support system) and MagSpark (automated magnetic cleaning system for sparkling wines). These products and services are offered across industry verticals including circular economy, smart cities, future factories, agriculture, food industry, new materials, and health/medicine.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Research and Development (Raziskave in razvoj)

Quantifiable outcome

• Secured approximately 10 million EUR in non-repayable EU funds for client projects in 2022
• +1 more outcomes

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• 3 TAV d.o.o.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2023Project partner in the AgriProtect intelligent system for monitoring spraying measures in vineyards. Total project value 500,000 EUR with 300,000 EUR EU co-financing. Project duration November 2023 to November 2025.
• Šraml d.o.o.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2018Project partner in the MagSpark automated system for magnetic cleaning of sparkling wines. Total project value 625,706.25 EUR with 281,567.80 EUR EU co-financing. Project duration December 2018 to December 2020.
• Jožef Stefan InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInoVine operates as a spin-off company of the Jožef Stefan Institute, leveraging this academic connection for technological expertise and credibility.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat3 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/inovine-d-o-o

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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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