What Codemart does

Codemart is a privately held software development company founded in 2004 and headquartered in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, with a 30+ developer team operating across two floors in Cluj and via remote work. The company holds ISO 9001 certification and follows an internal Agile framework called "Codemart Way." Its business is structured around three pillars: (1) custom B2B software development for international clients in eCommerce and public transport management; (2) long-term leadership of The Virtual Brain (TVB), a world-leading open-source whole-brain simulator developed for over 12 years and integrated into the European EBRAINS research infrastructure since 2018; and (3) task-leader software and infrastructure responsibilities on two flagship EU-funded Horizon Health Europe projects — Virtual Brain Twin (18 European partners) and EBRAINS 2.0 (58 European partners) — both launched in January 2024 and targeting personalized treatment of psychiatric disorders through patient-specific digital brain twins.

The core technology stack centers on TVB, the tvb-ext-xircuits JupyterLab extension (a fork of XpressAI's Xircuits customized for HPC simulation within EBRAINS), and the proprietary Zwei content management framework co-developed with Stuttgart-based design partner two tribes. Codemart deploys its software on GDPR-compliant HPC infrastructure including the Jülich Supercomputing Centre and the EBRAINS platform, and contributes to open-source neuroscience tooling via Google Summer of Code mentorship through INCF. Its revenue mix combines EU research project funding (government grants, multi-year horizons), B2B professional services for enterprise clients in eCommerce and public transport, and community-led open-source contribution that doubles as a talent pipeline. No pricing is publicly disclosed; the go-to-market motion is direct enterprise engagement for projects and grant-based leadership for research infrastructure.

Name

Codemart

Legal name

Codemart

Website

https://codemart.ro

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Codemart is a Romania-based software development firm founded in 2004 that builds custom B2B systems and leads The Virtual Brain neuroscience simulator, serving as task leader for EU-funded projects Virtual Brain Twin and EBRAINS 2.0.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Cluj-Napoca

HQ country

Romania

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. EU Research Project Funding: Leadership roles in multi-year EU-funded neuroscience projects (Virtual Brain Twin, EBRAINS 2.0) funded by Horizon Health Europe initiative. Codemart serves as software and infrastructure development task leader.
2. B2B Software Development Services: Custom software development for global B2B clients including eCommerce systems, public transport management systems, and neuroscience applications.
3. Open Source Contribution/Mentorship: Participation in Google Summer of Code as mentor organization, contributing to open source neuroscience tools while building talent pipeline.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Codemart is a custom software development company that builds and maintains The Virtual Brain (TVB), an open-source large-scale brain simulator, along with the Virtual Brain Twin platform for personalized psychiatric treatment. Beyond neuroscience, the company delivers custom B2B software such as global eCommerce platforms and public transport management systems, using Agile methodology and ISO 9001-certified processes. Its work spans EU-funded research projects (Virtual Brain Twin, EBRAINS 2.0) where Codemart serves as software and infrastructure task leader.

Product overview

Codemart is a software development company established in 2004 with 30+ developers, offering a portfolio of products and services across neuroscience, eCommerce, and public transport sectors. The core product is The Virtual Brain (TVB), a world-leading open-source brain simulation platform that has been developed for over 12 years and is integrated into the EBRAINS research infrastructure. Codemart builds upon TVB with tvb-ext-xircuits, a JupyterLab extension enabling visual programming workflows for brain simulations. The company also develops custom software solutions including global B2B eCommerce systems and public transport management platforms, all built using their proprietary Zwei content management framework co-developed with design partners.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Serving 165 million EU citizens affected by mental disorders through Virtual Brain Twin project
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability7 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered minor, strategic and core.

• AccelNetminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Partnership for AccelNet Summer School on Human Data Management and Modelling/AI at University of Florence, June 15-28, 2026.
• Forschungszentrum JülichstrategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2025Collaboration partner in Virtual Brain Twin hackathon for schizophrenia clinical trial preparation. Jülich Supercomputing Centre hosts TVB-Xircuits deployment.
• ASTROTECH NetworkminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2024Speaker at Basque ASTROTECH Computational Neuroscience Meeting June 4-6, 2024 in Bilbao, introducing TVB and EBRAINS 2.0 to students.
• EBRAINScoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Long-term partnership with European neuroscience initiative EBRAINS. Codemart serves as software task leader for EBRAINS 2.0 project (58 partners) focused on modelling and simulation for digital twins. Also key partner in Virtual Brain Twin project.
• XpressAIcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2022Collaboration on Xircuits integration with The Virtual Brain. Codemart created tvb-ext-xircuits fork with custom features for EBRAINS environments. Active PR contributions to official Xircuits repo.
• two tribesstrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesign partner based in Stuttgart, Germany. Co-developed Zwei content management framework with Codemart. Worked on Charité Brain Simulation Section website and Codemart's own website.
• Charité University Medicine BerlinstrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerWebsite development project for Brain Simulation Section using Zwei framework, led by two tribes design partner.
• Human Brain ProjectcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTVB officially joined EU's Human Brain Project in April 2018, providing access to wider neuroscience community. Codemart has collaborated with Human Brain Project for over 10 years.
• INCF (International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCodemart participates in Google Summer of Code as mentors through INCF organization, mentoring students for The Virtual Brain projects.
• Institut de Neurosciences des Systèmes (INS), Aix-Marseille UniversitéstrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerProject lead for Virtual Brain Twin at INS Marseille. 2 hospitals in Marseille involved in clinical trial. Viktor Jirsa serves as project lead.
• Universidad Rey Juan CarlosminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerParticipant in Virtual Brain Twin hackathon for schizophrenia clinical trial preparation.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Simula Research Laboratory: Norwegian non-profit research lab producing scientific software (e.g., in scientific computing and neuroscience-adjacent domains). Closely comparable as a small, mission-driven European research-software organization competing for similar EU grants and talent.
• INS Aix-Marseille Université: Lead clinical partner on Virtual Brain Twin, coordinating Marseille hospitals in the schizophrenia trial. Comparable as a neuroscience digital-twin research consortium member and clinical-trial stakeholder.
• Forschungszentrum Jülich (JSC): German research center hosting Jülich Supercomputing Centre, where TVB-Xircuits is being deployed for HPC workflows and where Codemart co-organizes Virtual Brain Twin hackathons. Directly comparable as a neuroscience HPC + digital-twin collaborator.
• EBRAINS (Human Brain Project): European neuroscience research infrastructure consortium that Codemart builds software directly into. Codemart is software task leader for EBRAINS 2.0 (58 partners) — same ecosystem, overlapping stakeholder base, and competing/granting relationships.
• Charité Brain Simulation Section: Berlin-based academic brain-simulation group that is both a Codemart customer (Zwei-built website) and a co-user of TVB/EBRAINS. Operates in the same digital-twin-for-psychiatry space and shares the same funding and clinical-trial pathways.
• Blue Brain Project (EPFL): EPFL-led project building large-scale digital reconstructions of the mouse brain — the most direct global competitor to The Virtual Brain in whole-brain simulation. Targets the same neuroscience community and competes for the same EU and academic mindshare.

Broad incumbents

• Allen Institute for Brain Science: US-based neuroscience research institute producing large-scale brain atlases, datasets, and open-source tools (including brain simulation work). Comparable as a public-good neuroscience platform with adjacent open-source software offerings, though broader in scope than Codemart.
• Dassault Systèmes 3DEXPERIENCE: Global industrial digital-twin platform with life-sciences extensions (e.g., Living Heart). Comparable as a commercial digital-twin platform targeting regulated industries, representing the kind of scaled incumbent Codemart's digital-brain-twin offering would compete against if commercialized.
• Thoughtworks: Global custom software development firm with deep enterprise and public-sector delivery experience, Agile methodology, and ISO-aligned quality systems. Comparable as a scaled, ISO-certified custom-software services peer serving complex enterprise and research clients.

Emerging players

• XpressAI: Developer of the Xircuits visual programming environment that Codemart forked into tvb-ext-xircuits. A technology-integration partner with overlapping neuroscience-AI tooling ambitions and similar emerging-company profile.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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