CLUSTERMARKET LTD

What CLUSTERMARKET LTD does

Calira, operated by CLUSTERMARKET LTD and registered in England and Wales (No. 09485659) with offices in London, is a cloud-based SaaS platform for R&D LabOps teams that unifies lab equipment booking, equipment directory management, maintenance scheduling, user management with training-linked access control, and utilization analytics. The architecture is browser- and mobile-accessible SaaS supplemented by LabTrack™, a PC-based agent installed on equipment-connected computers that enforces bookings and measures actual usage versus reserved time, and by AI-driven features including a natural-language AI Lab Data Assistant and AI-enabled multi-instrument workflow booking.

The platform serves 1,800+ labs across 53 countries with 82,000 users, 68,000 managed instruments, and 12M+ bookings recorded to date. Customer base spans major pharmaceutical and biotech firms (Takeda, Bayer, Eli Lilly, Moderna, Lonza, Novo Nordisk, Cytiva, Novonesis, Freenome, AviadoBio, Moa Technology, Nykode Therapeutics, Century Therapeutics, Lesaffre) and leading academic and research institutions (Stanford, MIT, Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge, UCL, King's College London, Yale, Max Planck, Kyoto, Universität Basel, University of Iceland Science Park/Vísindagarðar). Iceland has designated Calira as the national booking system for publicly funded research equipment via the Vegvísir roadmap initiative.

Calira operates a three-tier subscription model: a Core flat annual fee for academic institutions covering unlimited users and equipment; a Premium per-seat annual plan with a 10-seat minimum adding reporting, maintenance tracking, API access, and IoT asset monitoring integrations; and an Enterprise per-seat plan adding SAML SSO, native ELN integrations with Benchling, RSpace, and eLabNext, multi-lab hierarchies, cross-organization utilization reporting, dedicated onboarding, and live chat support. Go-to-market combines demo-led direct sales for enterprise accounts with self-serve free-trial registration for SMBs and academic departments, supported by content marketing, webinars, case studies, and an active LinkedIn and YouTube presence. The company is GDPR compliant, registered as a private limited company with no parent entity, and discloses no funding rounds, management team details, or revenue figures in the available source materials.

Name

CLUSTERMARKET LTD

Legal name

Clustermarket Ltd

Website

https://clustermarket.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Calira, operated by CLUSTERMARKET LTD, is a cloud-based SaaS platform that enables R&D labs to book equipment, track utilization, schedule maintenance, and integrate with electronic lab notebooks. It serves 1,800+ labs across 53 countries, including major pharma/biotech firms and leading universities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Lab Management Software

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Scientific Data Management & Data Platforms (SDMS/Data Lakehouse for R&D) (HLAGAJAC)

Keywords

• Lab equipment booking
• Lab management software
• Lab operations platform
• Equipment scheduling software
• R&D lab software

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription (Premium/Enterprise): Annual per-seat pricing for Premium and Enterprise tiers with minimum 10 seats. Seats are reusable and interchangeable. Additional seats added mid-term are charged pro rata.
2. Academic Flat Fee (Core): Flat annual fee covering unlimited users, equipment, and bookings for academic institutions. Provides accessible entry point for university departments and core facilities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Calira (trading name of CLUSTERMARKET LTD) is a cloud-based SaaS LabOps platform that enables research laboratories to schedule equipment, manage equipment directories, track maintenance, control user access, and analyze equipment usage data. The platform includes the LabTrack™ sub-product for measuring real-time equipment utilization, an AI-powered Lab Data Assistant for natural language queries on lab data, and native integrations with electronic lab notebooks (Benchling, RSpace, eLabNext) and calendar systems. It is sold via three subscription tiers (Core academic, Premium, Enterprise) to academic institutions, pharmaceutical companies, and biotechnology firms globally.

Product overview

Calira is a unified LabOps platform (trading as CLUSTERMARKET LTD) that combines equipment booking, management, maintenance tracking, user management, and data analytics into a single system. The core Calira platform serves as the central hub, with LabTrack™ as a complementary PC-based usage analytics sub-product that measures actual equipment utilization. The platform includes integrated modules for Equipment Management, Equipment Booking, Data & Analytics (with AI Lab Data Assistant), Maintenance Tracking, User Management, and Notifications. Additional features include Custom Forms for attaching structured data to bookings, QR Code Stickers for mobile booking, and AI workflow bookings for automating multi-instrument reservations. The system supports three subscription tiers: Core (academic), Premium, and Enterprise.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• LabTrack™: A PC-based software that installs on equipment-connected PCs, measuring real-time usage and limiting access unless users have bookings and correct access rights.

Products and services

• Calira Smart equipment booking software for R&D LabOps professionals. Unified platform combining equipment directory management, booking calendars, maintenance tracking, user management, and data analytics. Helps labs stop booking conflicts, track equipment utilization, prevent downtime, and plan CapEx.
• LabTrack™ PC-based usage analytics software that installs onto equipment-connected PCs. Measures real-time equipment usage and can limit access entirely unless users have valid bookings and correct access rights, providing granular actual usage data versus booked time for individual pieces of equipment.

Quantifiable outcome

• 12M+ lab equipment bookings facilitated on the platform
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers27 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration13 records

AI capability4 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• BenchlingcoreTechnology or IntegrationNative ELN integration with Benchling allowing data synchronization between Calira and Benchling electronic lab notebooks.
• RSpacecoreTechnology or IntegrationNative ELN integration with RSpace for electronic lab notebook connectivity.
• Microsoft OutlookcoreTechnology or IntegrationOutlook calendar integration with near real-time sync of bookings to user calendars, separate from ICS refresh intervals.
• Icelandic Roadmap for Research Infrastructures (Vegvísir)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment initiative selecting Calira as the platform for Iceland's national lab equipment booking system, making publicly funded research equipment visible and accessible across the country.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Benchling: Benchling is a leading life sciences R&D cloud platform spanning ELN, LIMS, and molecular biology; competes broadly with Calira and is simultaneously a key integration partner with potential to expand into scheduling.
• Thermo Fisher Scientific (SampleManager): Thermo Fisher offers SampleManager LIMS and broader lab digital solutions as part of its life sciences instruments and services portfolio — a broad incumbent with overlapping lab informatics capabilities.
• Agilent Technologies (CrossLab): Agilent's CrossLab services include lab operations, asset management, and informatics solutions for analytical labs; competes with Calira in enterprise lab instrumentation environments.
• Dotmatics: Dotmatics (now part of Revvity) provides scientific informatics including LIMS, ELN, and data management for life sciences R&D; competes with Calira on the broader scientific data platform category.
• LabVantage: LabVantage is an enterprise LIMS provider widely deployed in pharmaceutical R&D and quality labs; overlaps with Calira on enterprise lab operations management.

Direct peers

• Quartzy: Quartzy provides lab management software for inventory, ordering, and equipment scheduling — the closest direct competitor to Calira in the academic/biotech lab management SaaS category.
• eLabNext: eLabNext is a digital lab platform offering equipment booking, inventory, and ELN modules in life sciences — a direct competitor and existing integration partner of Calira.
• LabArchives: LabArchives is an electronic lab notebook (ELN) and lab management platform widely used in academia and industry; overlaps with Calira on lab scheduling and resource management workflows.

Emerging players

• Labster: Labster provides a digital lab platform with simulation and management capabilities for academic and training labs; partial overlap with Calira in academic lab resource workflows.
• RSpace: RSpace provides an ELN and lab inventory platform with growing reach in academic and biotech labs; overlaps with Calira on lab resource management and is a current integration partner.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCzVCNVU0GSoTY0UMVBgYUag
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/calira

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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