Klearia wants water operators to measure toxic metals such as lead and cadmium on site, without sending samples to a laboratory. The company, a 2012 spin-off of the French research agency CNRS based in Nice, makes microfluidic "labs on a chip" etched in glass, and built PANDa, a plug-and-play analyser that measures metal traces on site.
The European Innovation Council granted €1,992,550 towards a €2.85 million project that ran from November 2022 to April 2025. According to the CORDIS report, it produced "an extremely sensitive detection module", cut maintenance to a one-minute consumable change, and could measure eight metals and bromates, against a target of 11 to 12 parameters; industrial pilots were continuing with the water company Suez. Klearia has not announced a sale, and much of its news since 2025 concerns cosmetics formulation.
Company file
- Legal entity
- Klearia, SIREN 789 701 653, Nice
- Founded
- 1 December 2012, CNRS spin-off
- President
- Clément Nanteuil
- Products
- PANDa water analyser; microfluidic glass chips; cosmetics formulation services
- Pilot partner
- Suez
- EIC project
- PANDa, 1 Nov 2022 to 30 Apr 2025
- EIC funding
- Grant first; no EIC Fund investment announced
- Staff (2023)
- 6 to 9
Where Klearia Stands Today
Klearia's PANDa page markets the analyser to municipalities, network operators and industrial sites, claiming "laboratory-equivalent precision", but names no customer and gives no price. Its news page in 2025 and 2026 mixes articles on water pollution, such as PFAS and endocrine disruptors, with articles on alcohol-free perfume, nanoemulsions for skincare and its presence at the Cosmetic 360 trade fair. The French register shows no insolvency proceedings and a small capital increase in 2026.
The Technology: Chemistry in Glass Channels
Klearia describes PANDa as using "advanced microfluidic technology" to detect contaminants in real time. The CORDIS report says the analyser now needs "no human intervention" apart from the consumable change, with longer sensor life, faster measurements and lower running costs than earlier versions. It lists chromium, cadmium, lead, zinc, iron, nickel, manganese, cobalt and bromates as measured parameters.
What the EIC Project Promised, and What CORDIS Shows
The project promised a "Portable Multi-ANalyzer for the Detection of metals in water". It delivered an automated analyser measuring nine parameters, short of the 11 to 12 targeted, and pilots with Suez. Its next steps included pesticides and pharmaceutical residues, AI decision tools and further cost reductions, all aimed at making the device sellable.
- Automated, low-maintenance analyserDeliveredOne-minute maintenance.
- 11 to 12 parametersPartialNine at report time.
- Industrial pilotsDeliveredWith Suez.
- Commercial salesNot shownNo customer named.
What Has Happened Since the Award
Klearia's registered office moved within Nice in January 2026, according to Pappers. It has not announced a funding round since the EIC award; an earlier campaign on the crowdfunding platform Ayomi sought €200,000, according to Invest in Côte d'Azur.
The Money
Klearia files its accounts with partial confidentiality, so revenue is not public. It recorded net profits of €206,000 in 2024 and €312,000 in 2025. It had six to nine employees in 2023.
What cannot be checked
How many PANDa analysers Klearia has sold, whether the Suez pilots led to an order, and how much of its income comes from water monitoring rather than cosmetics services are not public.
Why Europe Should Care
The EIC paid most of the development of a device that works in pilots. Nothing in the public record yet shows water operators buying it.
What the project promised
A portable multi-analyser for metals in water, ready for market.
What the record shows
An automated analyser measuring nine substances, pilots with Suez, no announced sales and a growing focus on cosmetics.
The Verdict
A working device without a market yet
The PANDa project improved the analyser as promised, if short of its parameter target. Seventeen months after it ended, Klearia names no buyer, and its public communication has moved towards cosmetics.
Klearia has not been asked for comment for this article. It is based entirely on company statements, French company data and EU project data, linked throughout.
