Mafer AI
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About
Mafer AI is a Barcelona-based AI startup founded in late 2025 by CEO Fernando Oliver Jané and CTO Marc Montalbo Burges, building MaferOS — an AI-native operating system for R&D teams in formulation industries spanning specialty chemicals, food, beverages, cosmetics, personal care, fragrances, flavours, pharma, and nutraceuticals 12. Six months after launch the company reports close to €300K in committed ARR with three production clients in fragrance and flavours, has structured 50,000+ technical documents, and was selected by the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre for its AI Factory programme (batches 1 and 2) with 50,000+ GPU-hours on NVIDIA H100 / MareNostrum V infrastructure 12. The €2M pre-seed announced May 29, 2026 was led by Kfund with participation from 4Founders Capital, Masia, Lavanda Ventures (Puig family), and angel investors including Adrián Mato (a16z scout), Manuel Roca (Atrápalo founder), Dídac Lee, Fernando Castiñeiras (Athos Capital), Juanjo Mostazo, and professionals from MIT, Google, Samaipata, Bain, BCG, Shakers, and Happy Robot 12.
Funding History
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead | Co-investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-29 | Pre-Seed | €2M | Kfund | 4Founders Capital, Masia, Lavanda Ventures, Adrián Mato, Manuel Roca, Dídac Lee, Fernando Castiñeiras, Juanjo Mostazo 12 |
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BeBeez International, “Barcelona’s Mafer AI raises €2 million to build an AI operating system for R&D teams in formulation industries,” May 29, 2026. Accessed May 2026. https://bebeez.eu/2026/05/29/barcelonas-mafer-ai-raises-e2-million-to-build-an-ai-operating-system-for-rd-teams-in-formulation-industries/↩↩↩↩
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EU-Startups, “Barcelona’s Mafer AI raises €2 million to build an AI operating system for R&D teams in formulation industries,” May 29, 2026. Accessed May 2026. https://www.eu-startups.com/2026/05/barcelonas-mafer-ai-raises-e2-million-to-build-an-ai-operating-system-for-rd-teams-in-formulation-industries/↩↩↩↩