Mafer AI

mafer.ai ↗ ·Barcelona ·Pre-seed

Mafer AI (legally Mafer AI SL) builds MaferOS, an AI-native operating system for R&D teams in formulation-driven industries — specialty chemicals, fragrances and flavours, food & beverage, cosmetics and personal care. Its platform captures, normalizes and structures scattered lab data (chromatography/GC-MS/LC-MS outputs, technical documents, regulatory requirements) into model-ready intelligence that speeds up formulation, QC and regulatory compliance. Founded in Barcelona in late 2025 by childhood friends Fer Oliver and Marc Montalbo, it raised a €2M pre-seed in May 2026, reported ~€300k committed ARR six months after launch with three production clients in fragrances & flavours, has ~8-9 employees, and was selected by the Barcelona Supercomputing Center's AI Factory program (50,000+ GPU hours on NVIDIA H100 / MareNostrum V).

Founded

2025

Founders

Total funds raised

€2M

SectorsAI & Data, Enterprise Software, Deeptech & Hardware, Specialty Chemicals, R&D Software Start-up MapAI & Data › Enterprise AI agent platforms

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Founders

Fernando Oliver Jané

CEO & Co-founder

Marc Montalbo Burges

CTO & Co-founder

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Kfund

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Led Pre-seed 2026 Spain

Adrián Mato

Pre-seed 2026 United States

Dídac Lee

Pre-seed 2026 Spain Private investor

Fernando Castiñeiras

Pre-seed 2026 Spain

Juanjo Mostazo

Pre-seed 2026 Spain Private investor

Manuel Roca

Pre-seed 2026 Spain

Funding rounds 1

Date	Round	Amount	Lead
2026-05-28	Pre-seed	€2M	Kfund +8 more

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2026-05-29	Mafer AI Raises €2 Million Pre-Seed Round to Transform Product Formulation Industries with Artificial Intelligence ↗ Capital-Riesgo.es 2026-05-29
2026-05-29	Barcelona's Mafer AI raises €2 million to build an AI operating system for R&D teams in formulation industries ↗ EU-Startups 2026-05-29