50%
of a plant’s energy is consumed in blowing air for microbes. We want to help reduce the cost of keeping your biology stable.
We combine
Hardware
Software
into a digital operator that turns your wastewater treatment from reactive to real time.
No more manual sampling, downtime or overshooting.
Predict anomalies 24h
before operation disruption
Treatment anomalies creep up unseen. By the time you realize, it is already costing you.
Stay within discharge
limits, every day
Effluent quality drifts between lab samples. One exceedance can mean fines, reports and lost trust.
Aerate only what
the biology needs
Blowers run on fixed setpoints and overshoot oxygen demand. Aeration is often more than half of a plant's energy bill.
Supported by partners we admire
Understand. Act. Anticipate.
One platform covering your whole treatment
Understand your treatment
Sludge Quality
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Act based on
ground truth
Our software that helps you run your plant cheaper and more reliably without intervention on your system.
Anticipate Failures
Our alert system that gives you easy control of your plant from anywhere
Built for tomorrow’s standards
25%
of wastewater operators will retire in the next decade. We turn your experience into metrics new hires can use.
80%
of all wastewater produced around the world is treated biologically.
Förderprojekt unter EFRE: Überwachung und Steuerung industriell-biologischer Prozesse
Gefördert durch die Europäische Union und das Land Niedersachsen
Lir Labs baut eine intelligente Plattform zur Überwachung und Steuerung der Biologie im Wasserkreislauf, insbesondere in Kläranlagen.
Die Biologie, die unser Wasser reinigt, wird heute von Hand kontrolliert: eine Probe unter dem Mikroskop, einmal pro Woche. In diesem Vorhaben bringen wir unsere Live-Cell-Imaging-Technologie aus dem Labor in den laufenden Anlagenbetrieb — installieren, messen und weiterentwickeln unter realen Bedingungen, gemeinsam mit den Teams, die diese Anlagen betreiben.
Ziel des Projekts ist ein im Einsatzumfeld erprobtes System (TRL 8): kontinuierliche Einblicke in die Biologie und daraus abgeleitete Entscheidungsgrundlagen für den Betrieb — die Voraussetzung dafür, Anlagen als aktiven Teil des Wasserkreislaufs zu betreiben statt nur Grenzwerte einzuhalten.
Das Vorhaben läuft vom 01.06.2026 bis zum 31.05.2027 und wird im Programm HTI-Start-ups (STEP) zur Förderung von in Hightech-Inkubatoren/Akzeleratoren betreuten Start-ups gefördert. Bewilligungsstelle ist die NBank – Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen, die Mittel stammen aus dem Europäischen Fonds für regionale Entwicklung (EFRE) der Förderperiode 2021–2027. Die Zuwendung beträgt bis zu 272.708,85 € und entspricht 90 % der zuwendungsfähigen Gesamtausgaben von 303.009,84 €. Begleitet wird das Vorhaben vom Future GreenTech Incubator als Hightech-Inkubator sowie vom August-Wilhelm Scheer Institut als Kooperationspartner.
Kofinanziert von der Europäischen Union.
Funded by the European Union and the State of Lower Saxony
Monitoring and Control of Industrial-Biological Processes
Lir Labs is building an intelligent platform to monitor and control the biology of the water cycle, in particular in wastewater treatment plants.
The biology that cleans our water is still checked by hand: a sample under the microscope, once a week. In this project we take our live-cell imaging technology out of the lab and into operating plants — installing, measuring and refining it under real conditions, together with the teams who run them.
The goal is a system validated in its operational environment (TRL 8): continuous insight into the biology, translated into decisions operators can act on — the prerequisite for running plants as an active part of the water cycle rather than merely staying within limits.
The project runs from 01.06.2026 to 31.05.2027 and is funded under the HTI-Start-ups (STEP) programme, which supports start-ups mentored by high-tech incubators/accelerators. The approving authority is NBank – Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen, with funds drawn from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) for the 2021–2027 funding period. The grant amounts to up to €272,708.85, corresponding to 90% of the total eligible expenditure of €303,009.84. The project is supported by the Future GreenTech Incubator as high-tech incubator and the August-Wilhelm Scheer Institute as cooperation partner.
Co-financed by the European Union.