Distran develops and sells ultrasound cameras able to "see" ultrasounds: each of the 128 ultrasound sensors on the camera perceives incoming sounds with a slight shift of a fraction of a milliseconds. This allows the algorithms inside the camera to compute back the position of the sound source and to display it in real-time to the user. The principle is similar to antenna arrays used by astronomers or the military. Here, the device is hand-held and allows industrials to quickly spot faults such as gas leak in their installation, often comprising hundreds of kilometers of pipes and thousands of potentially leaky elements.
Beyond cost savings, this tool enables to increase industrial safety and decrease emission of green house gases.
Beyond cost savings, this tool enables to increase industrial safety and decrease emission of green house gases.
Location: France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Lyon
Employees: 11-50
Founded date: 2013
Investors 1
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| 29.10.2025 | Major customer deals for Swiss startups | TVP SOLAR SA has developed and deployed a process steam replicable solution to decarbonize downstream applications of the oil industry. On 15 October 2025, the startup installed the TVP Solar Plant at Shell and Vivo Lubricants in Roches No... |
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| 04.12.2024 | Loan guarantees enable ten startups secure growth funding | The Technology Fund offers loan guarantees of up to CHF 3 million to startups and SMEs to develop and commercialize marketable innovations that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, promote the use of renewable energies and conserve natural res... |
| 22.05.2024 | «Green Business Award»: Junge Unternehmen setzen sich durch | Unter der Trägerschaft von Schweizer Wirtschaftsverbänden und Umweltorganisationen wird jeweils von «Green Business Switzerland» ein Unternehmen ausgezeichnet, welches ökonomischen Erfolg mit ökologisch positivem Einfluss verbindet. Dieses... |
| 21.06.2023 | CHF 10 million to propel ultrasonic camera technology worldwide | |
| 28.04.2023 | Swiss Accelerator: Innosuisse supports 53 companies with CHF112 million | |
| 21.12.2020 | NASA selects Distran to pinpoint International Space Station air leaks | |
| 21.12.2020 | NASA selects Distran to pinpoint International Space Station air leaks | NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX has successfully launched its 100th Falcon 9 rocket and 21st Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-21) on December 6th, 2020. The newly redesigned Dragon cargo capsule, which docked to the Internati... |
| - | Distran | “Distran - Leader in ultrasound cameras for gas leak detection” |