Dunia

AI for Science
2open roles
$11.5Mlatest round · Venture round · Oct 2024 · 2 yr ago
3backers · Deep Science Ventures, Kindred Capital
$2.9Mgrants · 2 grants · CORDIS

Overview

The Engine for Breakthrough Materials. Abundant futures are possible on the other side of the discovery of new materials. Materials underpin technological revolutions and unlock scale in energy, manufacturing, compute, and more.

Funding and backers

Total raised
$11.5M
3 rounds on record
Latest round
$11.5M
Venture round · Oct 2024 · 2 yr ago
Team
11-50
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
2
open roles
Grants
$2.9M
2 grants · CORDIS
Backers
3
Deep Science Ventures, Kindred Capital
The money's age
Due for its next round
24 months since the last round · hiring slowed
Momentum
15/100
in the news
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
May 1 Won a grant $354k · CORDIS Apr 1 Won a grant $2.6M · CORDIS Oct 23, 2024 Raised a round Venture round $11.5M · SiliconANGLE Jun 2022 Website went live first capture in the Wayback Machine
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 6%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Grant May 2026 $354k — CORDIS
Grant Apr 2026 $2.6M — CORDIS
Venture round Oct 2024 $11.5M — SiliconANGLE
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
Legal entity Dunia Innovations GmbH its site
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Alexander HammerDirectorscompany's site
Ahmed IsmailDirectorscompany's site
Carlos HärtelDirectorscompany's site
Marc MoesserDirectorscompany's site
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Jobs

≈ $72k – $137k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Master's Degree · Berlin
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Machine Learning
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≈ $104k – $238k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · 7+ years exp · PhD · Berlin
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Growth

Hiring Momentum
21/100
Hiring freeze
Open positions
2
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
266 days
faster than 4% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~10 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics 0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Leadership
50% ▼
Science & Research
50% ▼

Financials

Total raised
$14.4M
Latest round
Grant
Funding rounds
3
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Grant 2026 $354k Details
Grant 2026 $2.6M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2024 $11.5M Details

People

Alexander Hammer
Directors
Ahmed Ismail
Directors
Carlos Härtel
Directors
Marc Moesser
Directors
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Dunia over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
18
Postings analysed
7
Stack modernity
73/100
Languages
Python
TypeScript
Frameworks & libraries
FastAPI
JAX
NumPy
PyTorch
Cloud & platforms
Runway
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Full Dunia tech stack 18 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Connections

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Shared investors3
43 portfolio companies: Aquanzo, Supercritical Solutions, Aquature and 40 more
Kindred CapitalVia a fund
47 portfolio companies: Five, Paddle, Acurable and 44 more
RedalpineVia a fund
89 portfolio companies: Zenjob, Albatross, calliora and 86 more

News

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News Bola.net 2 months ago
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News CNNindonesia 2 months ago
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News CNNindonesia 2 months ago
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News Newsweek 2 months ago
Molecular Foundations: The Great Inflection of a Material World
Molecular Foundations: The Great Inflection of a Material World
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News Chemical & Engineering News 4 months ago
Self-driving labs are changing how chemists work
A slew of start-ups and academic labs are leaning on AI agents and bots, rather than humans, to speed up their chemistry
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News BBC News Swahili 4 months ago
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News tv.cctv.com 5 months ago
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Berlin
Berlin Germany
HQ
2 open roles 50% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Leadership, Science & Research
seen since Jul 2025 job postings