About us

Company Overview

ibidi is a leading supplier for functional cell based assays and advanced products for cellular microscopy. ibidi is located in Martinsried, Germany, close to Munich and the US headquarters, ibidi LLC, is located in Verona, WI, near Madison.

Our Mission

The cell is the basic unit of biological organisms, including humans. Our technologies support researchers in the fields of biology, medicine, and pharmaceutics, allowing them to push their knowledge forward in the field of living cells. The increasing know how of cell function and design enables researchers to understand the mechanisms of illnesses, such as cancer and atherosclerosis, and therefore develop drugs in a targeted way.

Our mission is to enable our customers to achieve outstanding success and breakthroughs in life sciences, pharma, biotechnology and medical diagnostics. We thereby are helping to make improvements in life possible.

Our commitment to the markets and clients we serve drives our innovation and leadership in all areas where our assay technologies are required. Our customers are seen as partners whose invaluable feedback has a strong influence on our development of new solutions for their needs and problems.

New product development at ibidi is handled by a close knit team of physicists, biologists and engineers. The exceptional talent, skill, and passion of our employees continues to be the key to ibidi’s excellence and success.

History

ibidi was founded in 2001 as a spin-off from the Technische Universität München (TUM) and the Center of Nanoscience (CeNS) at the University of Munich (LMU). Since its inception, the company has continuously developed and is now a leading provider for innovative functional cell based assay technologies utilized in academic research, applied testing, biotechnology and pharma. Throughout its development, ibidi has remained a privately held company.

Milestones and Highlights:

2010	LifeAct, a novel probe for visualization of Actin cytoskeleton organization and dynamics, is introduced to the market.
2008	ibidi launches the culture insert for invasion assays and scratch assays.
2007	ibidi releases a new Chemotaxis slide for the optical analysis of slow migrating cells, such as chemotactic active cancer cells in gradients.
2006	ibidi launches the ibidi Pump System, designed for the cultivation of endothelial cells under perfusion, an important tool for cancer and atherosclerosis research.
2006	ibidi,LLC. is founded in Wisconsin, USA.
2004	ibidi releases the µ-slide family based on the µ-Slide I technology, The different µ-Slide designs are optimized for specific cell based applications.
2002	ibidi launches the µ-Slide I, a novel product which allows both cell culturing and high resolution microscopy on a single slide. The high optical quality of the µ–Slide I allows it to be utilized for cell based assays in research and high throughput applications.
2001	ibidi was founded by four scientists

The ibidi Brand

ibidi's position as a leader for functional cell based assay technologies is based on more than 10 years of experience, a strong relationship to our valued customers and our spirit of innovation and a passion for quality. Today, ibidi is present in more than 25 locations worldwide and supports over 10,000 customers; thus allowing them to achieve successes and breakthroughs in areas of scientific research, biological laboratories, and in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. The impact of ibidi products is reflected in over 500 peer reviewed publications since 2005. Consequently, ibidi makes a significant contribution to the global application of science to real-life problems, making improvements in life possible.

Awards & Partnerships

2011	ibidi, as the only German Biotech company, ranked in the listing of the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA award for being one of the fastest growing technology companies in Europe.
2011	Top 10 finalist in the “STEP Award” competition for growing young companies from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland
2011	Again: ibidi reaches the top 20 in the “Fast 50 Award” from Deloitte for being one of the fastest growing High Tech companies in Germany
2010	For the second time: "Fast 50 Award" from the Management Consultancy Deloitte for being number 4 of the fastest growing HighTech companies in Germany
2010	As number 3 of the BioTech companies ibidi is part of the Deloitte 500 fastest growing technology companies in Europe
2009	"Fast 50 Award" from the Management Consultancy Deloitte for being one of the fasted growing HighTech companies in Germany
2009	ibidi receives Deloitte award for being one of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in Europe
2006	ibidi extends partnership with Applied BioPhysics, Inc. and becomes the exclusive distributor for products of Applied BioPhysics in Germany

Career

ibidi's contributions and products are expanding the frontiers of science and healthcare every day and set standards in markets for Academic Research, Diagnostic, Applied Testing and Pharma.

By extending our market and technology leadership and our expertise in providing technologies that can be leveraged across and adopted in all markets we serve, we are consequently building for future growth.

Currently, ibidi offers the following positions:

Technical Sales Representative ibidi, LLC in Madison, WI