Mafer AI – R&D Intelligence for Specialty Chemicals

Mafer AI (MAFER AI SL) is a company based in Barcelona, Spain, that builds an AI platform for specialty chemicals R&D. It targets the loss of institutional knowledge locked in formulas, lab results and regulatory records across fragrance, flavour, cosmetics, coatings and agrochemical firms.

The platform structures messy data from Excel, SAP, PDFs and lab notebooks into model-ready data, then fine-tunes private per-client models. It is organized around formulation, regulation and analysis agents, including cost tracking and allergen or IFRA checks, and connects to GC-MS, LC-MS, spectrometers and ERP systems.

• Formula lifecycle: briefs, versioning and tracking of formulations.
• Raw-materials catalog: structured data on ingredients and cost.
• Regulatory agent: allergen and IFRA checks and regulatory record handling.
• Data structuring: converts Excel, SAP, PDFs and lab notebooks into usable data.
• Private models: fine-tuned on each client's own formulas.
• Lab integration: connects to GC-MS, LC-MS, spectrometers and ERP platforms.

A Vietnamese cosmetics or personal-care maker exporting to Europe could automate allergen and regulatory checks on formulas. A paint manufacturer could consolidate decades of lab notebooks into searchable formulation knowledge. A flavour or fragrance house could track raw-material cost across formula versions.

Turns scattered R&D records into reusable, model-ready knowledge. Private per-client models keep company data separate. Pilots follow a defined eight-week plan with validation against agreed KPIs. Deployment can be in the client's own cloud or on-premise for strict policies.

Formulation-heavy industries such as fragrance, cosmetics and coatings are looking for AI that learns from their own historical lab data rather than generic models. Regulatory checking is a growing burden for exporters. Vietnamese cosmetics, home-care and coatings producers selling to EU markets face similar compliance work.

Registered as MAFER AI SL with an address at Via Laietana 26, Barcelona. The homepage reports a 2M EUR pre-seed round in 2026-05. No customers are named on the site and no certifications are stated.