ive mbh

What ive mbh does

IVE mbH (legal name: IVE – Ingenieurgesellschaft für Verkehrs- und Eisenbahnwesen mbH) is a privately held German engineering software company founded in 1998 by Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Siefer and Dr.-Ing. Alfons Radtke, headquartered at Lützerodestraße 10 in Hannover with a second office at Spichernstraße. The company develops and maintains a proprietary software suite for rail-bound transport and railway operations, organized into five product families: SOG Suite (construction site project management with BAU, BAP, SIP, and IDA modules including the IDA Live smartphone app for mobile site documentation); DWS Digitale Weichenskizze (digital switch ordering mandated at DB InfraGO AG since 2008 under DB directive 823.0700); NEMO (network evaluation model for long-term rail infrastructure planning used by ÖBB, SBB and SBB Cargo, and ProRail); Dynamis (validated train dynamics simulation for driving time and energy calculation, with a calculation kernel refined since the early 1990s); and Dispo/Dispo-IRM for resource and personnel scheduling, alongside EcoTransIT World for worldwide transport emissions calculation.

Underlying technology centers on domain-specific engineering applications, including simulation, optimization algorithms, database-driven infrastructure models, and validated physics-based calculation kernels, with integrations to Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Project and an optional data link to RMCon's RailSys microscopic simulation software.

IVE generates revenue through a mix of software licensing with recurring maintenance, project-based consulting for infrastructure operators and public authorities, paid training delivered by program managers (groups of up to six participants, on customer premises or in-house), and safety services including the rescue route certification methodology for DB Station&Service AG platforms that has produced more than 3,600 certificates since 2004. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, with multi-year consulting contracts and direct sales to enterprise customers. The company employs approximately 40 staff, operates from Hannover, is DIN EN ISO 9001 certified, and sells primarily through direct enterprise sales supported by industry publication presence, conferences such as InnoTrans, and academic partnerships including TU Braunschweig.

Name

ive mbh

Legal name

IVE – Ingenieurgesellschaft für Verkehrs- und Eisenbahnwesen mbH

Website

https://ivembh.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

IVE mbH is a German engineering software company that develops proprietary software and consulting services for railway infrastructure planning, construction management, and operations, serving railway operators (DB InfraGO, ÖBB, SBB, ProRail) and certified track construction firms across Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Railway Engineering Software

NAICS

Support Activities for Transportation (488)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Rail Communications & Control Systems Operations (GSM-R/FRMCS, Radio Dispatch) (TLAJAEAG)

Keywords

• Railway engineering software
• Infrastructure planning tools
• Construction scheduling software
• Train dynamics simulation
• Railway operations consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Hannover

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Licensing and Sales: IVE mbH generates revenue from licensing its proprietary software products including SOG Suite (BAU, BAP, SIP, IDA), DWS, NEMO, Dynamis, and EcoTransIT World. Software is sold with associated training, support, and maintenance services. The company has maintained and developed these products over many years, indicating recurring revenue from software maintenance and updates.
2. Consulting Services: The company provides consulting services for railway infrastructure planning, operations management, and railway operations projects. Consulting engagements with infrastructure operators, construction companies, and public authorities generate project-based revenue.
3. Training and Education: IVE offers program training sessions for all its software products, conducted in small groups with a maximum of six participants, either at customer premises or at the company's training facilities. Training is provided by the responsible program managers.
4. Safety Services – Rescue Route Certification: Since 2004, IVE mbH has produced electronic certificates demonstrating adequate rescue route options for above-ground platforms at DB Station&Service AG stations. The company uses a risk-based methodology developed in coordination with DB Station&Service AG and the Eisenbahn-Bundesamt.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

IVE mbH develops and licenses proprietary specialized software for railway infrastructure planning, construction management, and operations, alongside consulting, training, and safety certification services. Its flagship products include the SOG Suite (construction scheduling, logistics, safety, and mobile site documentation), DWS (digital switch ordering), NEMO (long-term network planning), Dynamis (train dynamics and energy simulation), and Dispo (deployment planning). The company serves railway infrastructure operators, construction firms, and public authorities across Europe.

Product overview

IVE mbH is an engineering software company specializing in railway engineering and transportation solutions. The product portfolio comprises a unified platform architecture combining multiple specialized software products for railway planning, construction management, and operations. The core offerings include: SOG Suite (SOG BAU, SOG BAP, SOG SIP, SOG IDA) for integrated project management in track construction; Dynamis for train dynamics and energy calculations; DWS (Digitale Weichenskizze) for railway component ordering; Nemo for long-term infrastructure network planning; Dispo for deployment planning; and EcoTransIT World for environmental emissions calculation. The SOG Suite forms the centerpiece for construction scheduling and site documentation, while EcoTransIT World handles environmental compliance. All products are offered alongside consulting services, training programs, and safety services including fire protection assessments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 3,600 rescue route certificates produced since 2004
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 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

Integration3 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Rail Management Consultants International GmbH (RMCon)coreTechnology or IntegrationIVE mbH and RMCon International GmbH share a location at Lützerodestraße in Hannover and collaborate on various projects. RMCon has a second office in Sydney, Australia. For railway operations investigations, IVE uses the RailSys software distributed by RMCon, which can be combined with IVE's Dispo software. The two companies have an integrated software workflow where NEMO can optionally link with RailSys for data exchange between macro-level and microscopic models.
• Institut für Verkehrswesen, Eisenbahnbau und -betrieb, TU BraunschweigcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFormerly located at Leibniz Universität Hannover, the institute is now based at TU Braunschweig. IVE managing director Alfons Radtke serves as a privatdozent at the institute, providing lectures and exercises that connect academic theory with practical application. The company was originally closely linked to the institute when founded by Prof. Siefer.
• CONDOR Schutz- und Sicherheitsdienst GmbHminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSOG SIP was developed in cooperation with CONDOR Schutz- und Sicherheitsdienst GmbH, a railway safety and security service company. This collaboration led to the Qualitätspreis Gleisbau 2012 award.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Bentley Systems: Infrastructure engineering software provider (OpenRail, ProjectWise) serving rail and transit owners. Comparable in selling domain-specialized software to railway infrastructure managers, but as part of a much broader AEC/transport portfolio rather than a rail-only niche.
• AtkinsRéalis: Global engineering consultancy with a substantial rail advisory and digital-rail practice serving infrastructure operators. Comparable as an engineering services provider competing for the same consulting engagements and strategic rail-planning mandates.
• Hitachi Rail: Global rail systems and digital-mobility incumbent with signaling, operations, and asset-management software used by European operators. Overlaps with IVE in serving the same rail-infrastructure customers with broader digital-rail portfolios.
• Thales Group (Ground Transportation Systems): Major incumbent supplying signaling, communications, and rail-control software to European operators, including the same DB and SBB customers IVE serves. Comparable as a large rail-software provider whose portfolio overlaps with IVE's operations-management scope.
• Siemens Mobility: Broad incumbent in rail signaling, rolling stock, and rail-IT solutions, including planning and asset-management software for operators worldwide. Competes with IVE on rail-IT adjacent workflows and has the scale to bundle planning tools into larger framework contracts.
• Trimble Inc. Construction- and infrastructure-software vendor with rail-specific solutions for survey, track laying, and asset management. Comparable as a software platform serving railway construction contractors, addressing overlapping construction-planning and field-documentation use cases.

Direct peers

• PTV Group: Transportation planning and simulation software provider (PTV Visum, Vissim) used across European rail and public-transport authorities. Comparable in selling mission-critical planning software to infrastructure operators and public agencies, addressing overlapping network-modeling and capacity-evaluation use cases.
• Rail Management Consultants International GmbH (RMCon): Direct peer sharing IVE's Hannover headquarters and distributing the RailSys railway operations simulation suite. RMCon's RailSys integrates bidirectionally with IVE's NEMO, and the firms jointly serve ÖBB, SBB, DB and other European rail operators with overlapping planning-and-simulation offerings.

Regional players

• Funkwerk AG: Germany-based vendor of rail communications, passenger information, and operations software. Comparable as a regional rail-IT specialist competing for similar operator and infrastructure customers in the DACH market, though focused on communications rather than planning.

Others

• Vossloh AG: Rail-infrastructure supplier of switches, fastening systems, and rail-services/monitoring solutions. Comparable as an adjacent ecosystem participant serving the same switch-construction and rail-infrastructure customers that IVE's DWS and SOG products are built around, with potential for solution bundling.

Market position

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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