We reveal the hidden knowledge inside biology

We use AI-powered MRI to provide innovators with actionable intelligence. Our deep insights and automated solutions enable customers around the world to reduce waste and increase transparency.

Building a future informed by looking deeper

By revealing the invisible - from the sex of a developing chicken embryo inside an egg to the browning of an avocado without cutting it open - we eliminate waste, increase transparency, and shape a healthier world. 

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A new way of seeing

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our offices
Munich & Houston
founded in
2019
team members
>170

From vision to reality: our milestones

2018

Orbem team was internationally recognized for AI-powered imaging innovation.

2019

German Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy provides over €1M in equity-free funding.

2019

Orbem GmbH is founded, accumulating €1.8M in equity-free funding to power our inside-out vision.

2020

Genus 1.0 system development begins.

2021

Successful closing of pre-seed round to accelerate time to market.

2021

First Genus 1.0 system, bringing non-invasive insight to a European hatchery, is installed.

2021

Orbem selected by the EIC for €2.5M in equity-free funding for breakthrough deep-tech innovations.

2022

Orbem raised €5.2M in seed funding from top deep tech VCs and Germany's best startup founders.

2023

Genus Focus for in-ovo sexing successfully entered the French market with the only non-invasive technology that works for all breeds.

2023

83North, La Famiglia (now General Catalyst), The Venture Collective, Possible Ventures, and others invest in Orbem's €30M Series A.

2024

Genus Focus entered the German and Dutch markets, marking a major expansion.

2025

Norway, Switzerland, and the USA added to Orbem’s growing international presence.

Meet the team

Our teams

Business Development New Frontiers

Scaling Orbem by unlocking new market opportunities in fruits and beyond.

Learning & Development

Driving growth by cultivating talent through continuous learning opportunities.

People Success

Creating positive, rewarding employee experiences drives long-term engagement and retention.

Talent Acquisition

Connecting the business with the right talent to drive long-term impact.

Marketing

Building the Orbem brand and market leadership with strategic, compelling communication.

Quality Engineering

Ensuring products meet excellence standards through reliable, scalable software testing.

Software

Building smart, robust, scalable software for seamless product integration.

Product

Ensuring that we build the right things for the right reasons.

Business Development Poultry

Creating and nurturing our successful poultry business models.

Imaging

Developing fast, reliable AI-powered imaging that powers our inside-out intelligence.

Technical Program Management

Unifying and enabling product teams for outcome-oriented innovation and delivery.

Procurement & Supply Chain

Ensuring seamless flow of goods and services for our global installations.

Operational Excellence

Embedding quality and efficiency to ensure smooth global operational scaling.

Infrastructure

Powering our AI and software with robust, scalable cloud and edge infrastructure.

Systems Engineering & Integrations

Translating customer needs into scalable, high-quality, technical solutions.

Finance & Corporate Strategy

Safeguarding financial health and empowering teams with clear, strategic advice.

Field Operations

Delivering seamless system installation and sustained operation as the inside-out experts.

Corporate Operations

Delivering reliable support and ownership to empower every team’s mission.

Business Intelligence

Catalysing fast, reliable decisions that drive clear outcomes through proactive insights.

Applications

Owning the entire data life cycle from biomarker to data point.

AI & Data Science

Building AI models and algorithms that turn inside-out data into actionable intelligence.

Featured team members

Miguel Molina
CPTO
Maria Laparidou
CSO
Pedro Gómez
CEO
Benjamin Rauser
COO
Karla Mieses
Head of Quality Engineering
Frits van Heijster
Head of Applications
Gilberto Lem
Head of Software
Mira Mahavadi
Head of Systems Engineering
Jennifer Volz
Head of Global Business Development
Miriam Rothfeld
Head of Procurement and Supply Chain
Ahmed Mahmoud
Head of Infrastructure
Laurentia Toma
Head of TPM
Adithya Viswanathan
Senior Technical Program Manager
Antonius Hellenthal
Senior Account Executive
Miguel Carrasco
Junior Supply Chain Manager
Pratik Nagar
Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
Mark Heimbach
Senior Product Manager
Melody Asper
Senior Software Engineer
Mahsa Ghorbani
Senior Data Scientist
Benjamin Knowles
Team Lead MRI Engineering
Patrick Sloan
Team Lead Corporate Operations
Oscar De Pedro
Senior Platform Engineer
Ender Karacay
Team Lead Mechatronics Engineering
Andrew Shin
Mechatronics Integration Engineer
Soraya Gavazzi
Senior Product Manager
Vivianna Tanasi
People Admin Coordinator
Marlon Pérez
Senior MRI Scientist
Kamila Lengyel
Senior Technical Program Manager
Sergei Smolnikov
Technical Program Manager
Sarah Dörr
Team Lead Machine Learning Engineering

Our awards

2025
Sifted Top 100 AI Rising Startup
2024
LinkedIn Top Startup
2024
Bayern Innovationspreis
2022
Google for Startups Accelerator
2021
Weconomy Award Winner
2021
EIC Accelerator Grant Winner
2021
Extreme Tech Challenge Global Finalist
2020
Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge Track Winner
2020
Digital Top 50 Finalist
2020
IBM Watson AI XPRIZE Top 10 Team Worldwide
2019
BayStartUp Business Plan Competition Winner
2018
Top 50 Startup in Germany
2018
EIT Food Global Food Ventures & Entrepreneurship Prize Winner
2018
TUM Ideaward Winner
2018
Digital Innovation Award Winner

Join our team

Join a diverse and innovative team in building breakthrough technology that allows us to see the world inside out. Check out our open positions.

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