MiViA
MiViA provides an AI-powered solution for microstructure analysis, addressing the challenges of subjectivity, time-intensiveness, and a shortage of skilled professionals in manual metallography. Their software, MiViA 1.0, offers automated analysis of grain sizes, retained austenite, ferrite, and more, directly from microscopes via OpenAPI. This enables more accurate material development, deeper material understanding, and faster ROI through reduced scrap and immediate analysis. The company was founded in October 2021, received approximately 1 million Euros in funding from EXIST in September 2021, and has grown to 10 employees by 2024. Their business model appears to be SaaS with tiered pricing for different levels of access and features.
MiViA
MiViA provides an AI-powered solution for microstructure analysis, addressing the challenges of subjectivity, time-intensiveness, and a shortage of skilled professionals in manual metallography. Their software, MiViA 1.0, offers automated analysis of grain sizes, retained austenite, ferrite, and more, directly from microscopes via OpenAPI. This enables more accurate material development, deeper material understanding, and faster ROI through reduced scrap and immediate analysis. The company was founded in October 2021, received approximately 1 million Euros in funding from EXIST in September 2021, and has grown to 10 employees by 2024. Their business model appears to be SaaS with tiered pricing for different levels of access and features.
TL;DR
What they do: AI software for automated microstructure and metallography analysis (grain size, retained austenite, ferrite, crack detection)
HQ & legal: MiViA GmbH — Freiberg, Germany (Handelsregister HRB 35236)
Founding: Spinout around October 2021 (research origins from TU Freiberg since 2012)
Funding signal: Seed round announced Sep 18, 2023; lead investor TGFS (Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen)
Product: MiViA 1.0 — OpenAPI-enabled modules integrated directly with microscopes
Company Overview
Problem Domain
Materials characterization / metallography — reducing subjective, slow manual microstructure analysis.
Founded
2021
Industry
Materials / Industrial AI / Scientific software
Tech Stack
Funding Track Record
Seed round announced on Sep 18, 2023; public profiles show one funding round.