Intuo
Intuo iA provides AI-powered industrial automation solutions including computer vision, intelligent agents, and RPA to optimize processes and improve production quality.
Intuo iA specializes in digital transformation for industrial companies through AI solutions designed to automate repetitive tasks while enabling human creativity and improving product quality. The company positions automation as augmenting human potential rather than replacing workers.
Key People
Gilles Mattelin - managing partner
Stated facts & numbers
- Gilles founded Intuo at around age 22, starting on the attic of his parents' garage. (0:04:06, Ben's Mentors 2025-11-19)
- At both Intuo and Henchman, 60% of leads were inbound. (0:12:50, Ben's Mentors 2025-11-19)
- A Series A at the time of Intuo was 2-3 million; today a seed round is 3-4 million. (0:17:26, Ben's Mentors 2025-11-19)
- The Intuo acquisition by Unit4 was signed roughly two weeks after they flew to Barcelona; the deal included a 50% earnout. (0:18:26, Ben's Mentors 2025-11-19)
- Intuo had ~50 employees when it was sold to Unit4 in 2019 and grew to ~75 during the two-year earn-out. (0:39:52, Connexi 2022-02-21)
- Vanysacker joined Intuo as marketing manager when it had roughly 12 employees. (0:20:54, Connexi 2022-02-21)
- Intuo's first funding round in 2016 was €1.3M, mixing business angels (roughly €600-800K), PMV and a Vlaio subsidy dossier. (0:16:02, The Harbour 2026-03-31)
- When the Vlaio dossier was initially rejected a week before Christmas, Intuo was at minus €40,000 with about six employees. (0:18:06, The Harbour 2026-03-31)