SimScale
SimScale is a cloud-based engineering simulation platform that uses AI to speed up design testing, with over 700,000 users. The Munich-based company has raised $59M, most recently in a Series C round in October 2021.
The growth story
SimScale grew from 115 to 143 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $59M along the way, most recently a Series C in October 2021.
About
SimScale provides a cloud platform for engineering simulations including fluid dynamics, structural analysis, and thermal modeling. Engineers use it to test and optimize designs faster by running thousands of virtual experiments.
The company has scaled to 143 employees and serves a large user base of over 700,000. Its $59M in funding includes backing from Insight Partners and Earlybird Venture Capital, with its latest Series C round closing in late 2021.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is the largest function at SimScale, making up 48 of its 143 employees. The company is led by a team with deep roots in Munich's technical ecosystem.
The SimScale org chart
David Heiny (Co-Founder & CEO) leads 42 mapped leaders with 4 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 53 (-2% YoY), Sales 15 (0% YoY), Information Technology 13 (0% YoY), Business Development 11 (-8% YoY), Marketing 10 (+25% YoY), Customer Success and Support 7 (-30% YoY).
Talent flow
SimScale recruits heavily from engineering software firms like Autodesk and Dassault Systèmes, with 8 hires from each. Its alumni often move to major tech and engineering companies, with Salesforce and Netlight being top destinations.
Most common previous employers of SimScale staff: Autodesk (8), Dassault Systèmes (8), Technical University of Munich (5), CD-adapco (4), ESSS (4), Siemens (4). Former SimScale employees most often moved to Salesforce (3), Netlight (3), Siemens Digital Industries Software (2), Cadence (2), Metalshub (2), Infinite Built (2).
Alumni worth knowing
The SimScale mafia
SimScale alumni have founded at least 7 companies, including Ulysses (43 staff) and CarriedAI (5 staff). Most spinouts focus on technical and AI-driven solutions.
7Colm O'Brien, was Product Manager until 2021Guillem Sague, was Investor until 2015Patrick Neulinger, was Strategic Accounts Sales Manager until 2022Boro Sofranac, was Software Developer until 2019Marc Woodford, was Recruiter until 2019Agata Krzysztofik, was VP Marketing until 2018
Muhammad Farhan, was Platform Product Manager, CAD / Meshing Pre-processing until 2021Web traffic
Traffic mix: 33% direct, 48% search, 5% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at SimScale: Python (Programming Language) (61), Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) (48), C++ (42), MATLAB (39), Engineering (38), Microsoft Office (37), Finite Element Analysis (FEA) (34), English (33).
Where the team actually sits
SimScale people are concentrated in Bavaria, Germany (35), Greater Munich Metropolitan Area (7), England, United Kingdom (5), Berlin, Germany (5).
Search footprint
SimScale attracts about 65,100 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $102K a month if bought through ads. It gained 6,321 ranking keywords and lost 4,547 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 4.30 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 4.30 / 5
- Senior management
- 4.80 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 4.80 / 5
Frequently asked
SimScale has 143 employees as of September 2026.
SimScale has raised $59M in total, most recently a Series C round in October 2021.
SimScale was founded in 2012 by David Heiny, Johannes Probst, Vincenz Doelle, Alexander Fischer.
David Heiny (Co-Founder & CEO) sits at the top of SimScale's reporting structure, with 4 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current SimScale staff are Autodesk (8 people), Dassault Systèmes (8 people), Technical University of Munich (5 people).
Former SimScale employees most often move to Salesforce (3), Netlight (3), Siemens Digital Industries Software (2).
At least 7 companies have a founder who previously worked at SimScale, including Ulysses, CarriedAI, Munich Data Quality.
SimScale attracts about 65,100 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $102K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among SimScale staff are Python (Programming Language), Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), C++, MATLAB, Engineering.
SimScale staff are concentrated in Bavaria, Germany (35), Greater Munich Metropolitan Area (7), England, United Kingdom (5).
SimScale has about 53 people in Engineering, down 2% over the past year, as of September 2026.
SimScale has about 15 people in Sales, up 0% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 106 current and 201 former SimScale profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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