Deeptech startup DotBlocks raises €1.4 million in pre-seed funding to democratize digital simulation in business

Deeptech startup DotBlocks, founded by alumni Kevin Lippera and Joffrey Bluthé in 2023, reinvents digital simulation. 

It is the first modern modular platform that enables manufacturers to accelerate their innovation process (R&D, upstream design, process control) using cutting-edge, user-friendly digital simulation tools that are accessible to R&D teams, design centers, and factory personnel alike.
Where traditional solutions remain reserved for R&D, DotBlocks democratizes access to physical simulation, allowing projects to be tested, visualized, and optimized in just a few clicks. This approach opens up new uses in industry, education, research, and design, making the power of high-performance computing accessible to all.

A unique cloud platform to accelerate innovation and creativity

DotBlocks is the result of years of research into the most efficient calculation methods and extensive experience in software engineering, guaranteeing the robustness and performance of the algorithms developed and the design, to offer a fluid, modular interface that can be mastered in a matter of hours.

To date, no other company in the world offers such an accessible solution that addresses the entire industrial value chain.

For manufacturers, the benefits are immediate, with accelerated R&D and design studies using customized simulation tools, closer collaboration between R&D and operations teams thanks to its unique cloud platform, which aims to get users up and running in record time (around one day), and increased sales and improved service offerings.

Fundraising to accelerate its commercial development

DotBlocks announces a €1.4 million pre-seed funding round with specialized funds: OPRTRS Club (lead), Aglaé Ventures, Kima Ventures, and renowned business angels with strong networks in the tech sector: Olivier Pomel (CEO of Datadog), Thibaud Elzière (founder of Hexa), Renaud Boutet (formerly of Datadog), etc.

After developing an initial functional platform and signing contracts with its first customers, DotBlocks is raising funds to accelerate the commercial development of its platform, strengthen its technical teams, and continue its R&D efforts to drive innovation in a number of areas. The company is currently targeting companies in the heavy industry sector (metallurgy, glass manufacturing, high-temperature processes) as there is an urgent need to decarbonize. This challenge raises many questions in these companies and creates a strong need for prediction tools and therefore physical modeling.

A software already the subject of a collaboration with the École nationale des ponts et chaussées 

DotBlocks is now making its software available to students at the School for use in their projects, enabling them to:

• quickly learn how to use the platform, allowing them to focus on modeling and results analysis issues,
• access cutting-edge numerical methods to answer the industrial questions posed to them in a significantly reduced calculation time,
• take a first step, from an educational standpoint, toward cutting-edge numerical methods rarely taught in engineering schools, thanks to learning elements directly integrated into the platform for those who are curious and/or experts in the field.