Munich \u2014 Orbem, the Munich-based deep tech company that turns magne\u00adtic reso\u00adnance imaging (MRI) into a powerful AI-powered tool to unco\u00adver hidden insights in food and biology, has raised a \u20ac55.5 million Series B funding round. The round is led by Euro\u00adpean deep-tech specia\u00adlist Inno\u00adva\u00adtion Indus\u00adtries, with parti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adtion from Super\u00adnova Invest and signi\u00adfi\u00adcant parti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adtion from exis\u00adting inves\u00adtors inclu\u00adding Gene\u00adral Cata\u00adlyst, 83North, The Venture Coll\u00adec\u00adtive, Possi\u00adble Ventures and seve\u00adral angel investors. <\/p>\n
The new capi\u00adtal will drive Orbe\u00adm\u2019s entry into the US market, scaling its proven solu\u00adti\u00adons in the poul\u00adtry indus\u00adtry and exten\u00adding its actionable insights to new chal\u00adlenges in food and human health. By combi\u00adning advan\u00adced MRI sensors and powerful verti\u00adcal AI, Orbe\u00adm\u2019s solu\u00adti\u00adons reveal what we can\u2019t see on the outside of biolo\u00adgi\u00adcal mate\u00adri\u00adals, enab\u00adling rapid, non-inva\u00adsive analysis. <\/p>\n
Orbem has deve\u00adlo\u00adped a breakth\u00adrough plat\u00adform that makes MRI tech\u00adno\u00adlogy fast, afforda\u00adble and scalable, enab\u00adling non-inva\u00adsive analy\u00adsis of biolo\u00adgi\u00adcal mate\u00adri\u00adals on an indus\u00adtrial scale. The company is buil\u00adding the largest and most compre\u00adhen\u00adsive biolo\u00adgi\u00adcal data\u00adset in the indus\u00adtry today. Orbem is alre\u00adady profi\u00adta\u00adble and a leading provi\u00adder of in-ovo sexing in five Euro\u00adpean count\u00adries, a posi\u00adtion based on its deep under\u00adstan\u00adding of proces\u00adses in the poul\u00adtry indus\u00adtry. The company will use the new capi\u00adtal to further its expan\u00adsion into the United States, laun\u00adching new solu\u00adti\u00adons for the poul\u00adtry indus\u00adtry and ente\u00adring the multi-billion dollar fruit and vege\u00adta\u00adble market. In addi\u00adtion, Orbem will invest in its vision to apply its actionable insights to the field of human healthcare. <\/p>\n
Orbem uses AI to indus\u00adtria\u00adlize MRI <\/strong><\/p>\n Orbem uses AI to indus\u00adtria\u00adlize MRI, provi\u00adding non-inva\u00adsive insight into ever\u00ady\u00adthing from fruit to eggs to the human body. The company is trans\u00adforming the worl\u00add\u2019s largest coll\u00adec\u00adtion of biolo\u00adgi\u00adcal data into actionable infor\u00adma\u00adtion to help food manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adr\u00aders, rese\u00adar\u00adchers and other inno\u00adva\u00adtors make better decis\u00adi\u00adons. By provi\u00adding previously inac\u00adces\u00adsi\u00adble infor\u00adma\u00adtion \u2014 the sex of an embryo in an egg, the health of a seed, the quality of an avocado without cutting it open \u2014 Orbem serves global custo\u00admers in the agri\u00adcul\u00adture, food and health sectors. Their rapid, non-destruc\u00adtive insights, based on a deep under\u00adstan\u00adding of indus\u00adtry proces\u00adses, for exam\u00adple in poul\u00adtry farming, reduce waste, increase quality and trans\u00adpa\u00adrency and acce\u00adle\u00adrate the shift towards a more sustainable and healt\u00adhier future. <\/p>\n A new era of growth: scaling and expansion Dr. Pedro G\u00f3mez, co-foun\u00adder and CEO of Orbem<\/strong>says: \u201cWe are the first and so far only company in the world to demons\u00adtrate the use of MRI in less than a second and without human inter\u00adven\u00adtion. We have star\u00adted to show the poul\u00adtry indus\u00adtry what is possi\u00adble when you can see the inside of an egg, and we are just getting star\u00adted. This new funding will allow us to acce\u00adle\u00adrate our expan\u00adsion in the US and help more food manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adr\u00aders and health\u00adcare provi\u00adders make better decis\u00adi\u00adons with data. Our scalable plat\u00adform and fast-growing proprie\u00adtary biolo\u00adgi\u00adcal data\u00adset are the perfect foun\u00adda\u00adtion to accom\u00adplish this. We are proud of the trust our inves\u00adtors have placed in us and our vision to help the world see from the inside out.\u201d<\/p>\n Pleuni Hooij\u00adman, Invest\u00adment Mana\u00adger at Inno\u00adva\u00adtion Indus\u00adtries<\/strong>, explains: \u201cOrbem is truly excep\u00adtio\u00adnal. Few compa\u00adnies manage to make such a complex tech\u00adno\u00adlogy acces\u00adsi\u00adble and scalable for so many indus\u00adtries. Orbem is alre\u00adady trans\u00adforming entire indus\u00adtries with its plat\u00adform and we are deligh\u00adted to accom\u00adpany them on this journey.\u201d<\/p>\n Micha\u00ebl Thomas, Invest\u00adment Direc\u00adtor at Super\u00adnova Invest<\/strong>, adds: \u201cWe are deligh\u00adted to be working with Orbem, a visio\u00adnary company that perfectly embo\u00addies Euro\u00adpe\u2019s excel\u00adlence in deep tech. By combi\u00adning cutting-edge AI and MRI tech\u00adno\u00adlogy, Orbem is deli\u00adve\u00adring concrete answers to some of the biggest chal\u00adlenges of our time, from redu\u00adcing animal suffe\u00adring to tack\u00adling food waste and buil\u00adding a more sustainable global food system. This invest\u00adment under\u00adlines our belief that Europe can lead the way in physi\u00adcal AI and turn scien\u00adti\u00adfic breakth\u00adroughs into major indus\u00adtrial innovations.\u201d<\/p>\n About Orbem \u2014 The Inside Out Company About Inno\u00adva\u00adtion Industries About Super\u00adnova Invest <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Munich \u2014 Orbem, the Munich-based deep tech company that turns magne\u00adtic reso\u00adnance imaging (MRI) into a powerful AI-powered tool to unco\u00adver hidden insights in food and biology, has raised a \u20ac55.5 million Series B funding round. The round is led by Euro\u00adpean deep-tech specia\u00adlist Inno\u00adva\u00adtion Indus\u00adtries, with parti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adtion from Super\u00adnova Invest and signi\u00adfi\u00adcant parti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adtion from [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59886,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1366],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"yoast_head":"\n
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\n The Series B funding will acce\u00adle\u00adrate Orbe\u00adm\u2019s mission to solve global chal\u00adlenges by unco\u00adve\u00adring what we can\u2019t see about food and biology from the outside. Key initia\u00adti\u00adves include:
\n\u2014 US Market Entry: Follo\u00adwing the estab\u00adlish\u00adment of its first US office in Hous\u00adton, Texas in 2025, Orbem is brin\u00adging its proven solu\u00adti\u00adons for poul\u00adtry to one of the largest agri\u00adcul\u00adtu\u00adral markets in the world.
\n\u2014 Expan\u00added Poul\u00adtry Plat\u00adform: Orbem will further streng\u00adthen its commit\u00adment to the poul\u00adtry indus\u00adtry and scale its exis\u00adting solutions.
\n\u2014 New Area: Fruit and Vege\u00adta\u00adbles: The company is expan\u00adding its actionable insights for sustainable food produc\u00adtion to the fruit and vege\u00adta\u00adble sector. Orbe\u00adm\u2019s non-destruc\u00adtive tech\u00adno\u00adlogy can inspect the inside of produce such as water\u00adme\u00adlons, avoca\u00addos and mangoes to detect inter\u00adnal defects and assess quality without cutting them open. This helps growers to accu\u00adra\u00adtely sort their produce, ensure consis\u00adtent quality and drasti\u00adcally reduce food waste before the produce reaches the consumer.
\n\u2014 Health\u00adcare: What Orbem learns from scan\u00adning milli\u00adons of eggs and avoca\u00addos leads to a deeper under\u00adstan\u00adding of biology. The company is buil\u00adding the worl\u00add\u2019s largest biolo\u00adgi\u00adcal data\u00adset. This unique resource is the basis for AI models that will find profound appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons in the field of human health and make non-inva\u00adsive insights more accessible. <\/p>\n
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\n Orbem uses AI to indus\u00adtria\u00adlize MRI, provi\u00adding non-inva\u00adsive insight into ever\u00ady\u00adthing from fruit to eggs to the human body. The company is trans\u00adforming the worl\u00add\u2019s largest coll\u00adec\u00adtion of biolo\u00adgi\u00adcal data into actionable infor\u00adma\u00adtion to help food manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adr\u00aders, rese\u00adar\u00adchers and other inno\u00adva\u00adtors make better decis\u00adi\u00adons. By provi\u00adding previously inac\u00adces\u00adsi\u00adble infor\u00adma\u00adtion \u2014 the sex of an embryo in an egg, the health of a seed, the quality of an avocado without cutting it open \u2014 Orbem serves global custo\u00admers in the agri\u00adcul\u00adture, food and health sectors. Head\u00adquar\u00adte\u00adred in Munich, Germany, with offices in Hous\u00adton, Texas, the Orbem team uses its inside-out intel\u00adli\u00adgence to change the way huma\u00adnity sees and under\u00adstands biolo\u00adgi\u00adcal matter. \u2014 www.orbem.ai <\/p>\n
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\n Inno\u00adva\u00adtion Indus\u00adtries is a leading Euro\u00adpean deep-tech venture capi\u00adtal firm with \u20ac1 billion of capi\u00adtal under manage\u00adment. The company invests in visio\u00adnary science-based compa\u00adnies that address the worl\u00add\u2019s most pres\u00adsing chal\u00adlenges. Convin\u00adced that deep tech can deli\u00adver both supe\u00adrior finan\u00adcial returns and global impact, Inno\u00adva\u00adtion Indus\u00adtries part\u00adners with excep\u00adtio\u00adnal entre\u00adpre\u00adneurs and rese\u00adar\u00adchers to turn scien\u00adti\u00adfic breakth\u00adroughs into trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtive compa\u00adnies. The company provi\u00addes long-term capi\u00adtal and stra\u00adte\u00adgic support from lab to market and actively bridges the gap between acade\u00admia and indus\u00adtry by working closely with leading tech\u00adni\u00adcal univer\u00adsi\u00adties, rese\u00adarch insti\u00adtu\u00adti\u00adons and indus\u00adtry part\u00adners. Inno\u00adva\u00adtion Indus\u00adtries has offices in Amster\u00addam, Eind\u00adho\u00adven and Munich. https:\/\/www.innovationindustries.com\/<\/p>\n
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\n Super\u00adnova Invest is the leading deep-tech venture capi\u00adtal firm in Europe with appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adately \u20ac800 million in assets under manage\u00adment. The current port\u00adfo\u00adlio compri\u00adses more than 80 inno\u00adva\u00adtive and impact-orien\u00adted compa\u00adnies deve\u00adlo\u00adping products and services that leverage disrup\u00adtive tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies in four future-orien\u00adted sectors: Clean\u00adtech, Digi\u00adtal, Indus\u00adtrial Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies and Health\u00adcare. For 20 years, Super\u00adnova Invest has provi\u00added long-term capi\u00adtal, opera\u00adtio\u00adnal expe\u00adri\u00adence and stra\u00adte\u00adgic support to foster the sustainable growth of tomor\u00adro\u00adw\u2019s deep tech and indus\u00adtrial cham\u00adpi\u00adons throug\u00adhout the venture capi\u00adtal life\u00adcy\u00adcle: seed, early, late and growth stage. Super\u00adnova Invest also brings toge\u00adther the entire deep-tech value chain to support the port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies: Compa\u00adnies, rese\u00adarch insti\u00adtu\u00adti\u00adons and co-investors.
\nSuper\u00adnova Invest is backed by both Amundi, the largest asset mana\u00adger in Europe, and CEA, the most inno\u00adva\u00adtive public rese\u00adarch orga\u00adniza\u00adtion in Europe. <\/p>\n