Luxury cosmetics & skincare
Markers embedded directly in formulas or premium packaging. Defends brand reputation, prevents grey-market diversion, and tracks refills for sustainability programs.
Feasibility study with a global beauty leader
Authentication, reinvented
Recognize the original. Invisibly.
identiDOTS® reveals an invisible, biocompatible quantum signature inside your product. One scan from any smartphone confirms what only the maker knows — offline, in seconds.
A CEA Grenoble deep-tech spin-off · 10+ years of continuous research
The stakes
Counterfeiting is a trust problem dressed as a logistics problem.
Holograms get copied. QR codes get cloned. Forensic tests take days in a laboratory. Brands lose revenue and reputation; consumers lose safety. The only durable solution is a signature inside the product itself — not on the box.
€420B
Annual global cost of counterfeiting
OECD / EUIPO
5–10%
Of cosmetics and fragrances sold worldwide are counterfeit
Industry estimates
1 in 10
Medicines in low- and middle-income countries is falsified
WHO
bioDOTS® · Spectroscopic signature
Signature
bioDOTS®. The signature inside.
Bio-inert semiconductor nanocrystals, synthesized from abundant, low-cost materials through a green, energy-efficient process. Invisible to the eye, photostable for two years, thermally stable to 210°C. A spectroscopic fingerprint our physicists describe as “organics within organics” — practically impossible to replicate, reverse-engineer, or imitate.
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Invisible
Undetectable to the naked eye. Visible only to a trained smartphone camera.
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Biocompatible
Safe for direct integration in cosmetics, fragrance and pharmaceutical formulations.
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Photostable
Resists ambient light and shelf-life exposure — up to 2 years of marker integrity.
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Thermally robust
Stable up to 210°C — survives injection-moulding, hot-melt and standard process lines.
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Green synthesis
Energy-efficient process using abundant, low-cost raw materials. No exotic precursors.
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Spectroscopically unique
Each batch carries an unrepeatable signature — your product, your fingerprint.
Validation
identiDOTS®. The scan that knows.
A standard smartphone camera. A flash. A two-second routine. The identiDOTS® app captures the photoluminescent response of the bioDOTS® markers, correlates it through on-device machine learning, and verifies authenticity offline.
- No reader hardware
- No network at scan time
- AI trained per product
- Works under varied lighting
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Step 01
Ambient capture
A first photo without flash maps the surrounding lighting environment.
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Step 02
Excitation
The flash fires, exciting the bioDOTS® markers embedded in the product.
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Step 03
Verification
A post-flash measurement reads the photoluminescent signature and confirms the match. Entirely on-device.
Use cases
Designed to integrate. Built to scale.
Security paper
Marked threads and UV fibers for official documents, banknotes and high-value certificates. Pilot underway to replace visible security fibers with invisible authentication.
Pilot with Papèteries de Vizille
Industrial coatings, inks & adhesives
Authenticated hot-melts, transparent inks for secure QR codes, and paints. Joint development of industrial-grade authenticated glues for assembly and packaging.
Bilateral project with STIKOIA
Pharmaceuticals
Protecting the unit-dose supply chain — particularly for high-value molecules such as anti-cancer and anti-epileptic medications. Authenticity at the dose level.
Augmented QR authentication for automotive (with Encaps · Renault)
How we compare
A category of one.
| Capability | Holograms / QR | Forensic markers | Track & Trace | identiDOTS® |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Invisible to forgers | — | — | ||
| Lab-grade certainty | — | — | ||
| Smartphone verification | — | |||
| Authenticates the product, not the box | — | — | ||
| Biocompatible for cosmetics & pharma | — | — | — | |
| Offline operation | — | — |
Trusted by
Early adopters across industries.
A global beauty & fragrance leader
A Nordic paperboard manufacturer
A French precision packaging specialist
An automotive QR augmentation partner
A historic French papermaker
An industrial adhesives partner
Logos available on request · Partner names confirmed under NDA
The team
Deep-tech, deeply experienced.
Spun out of CEA Grenoble after a decade of continuous research, inoocq is led by an operator–scientist–commercial trio.
Stefan Norberg
Chief Executive Officer
Strategic leader driving business development and global partnerships.
Thor Whalen
Technology Face
Leads data science, AI strategy, and algorithmic development.
Karl Schulmeisters
Lead Architect — Mobile & Infrastructure
Lead architect for the mobile platform and IT infrastructure.
Bruno Laguitton
Inventor — CEA
Technical expert and inventor of the core technology at CEA.
Get in touch
Tell us about your product.
Pilot conversations start with a short call. We will map your use case, your process, and the right marker concentration for your industry.
Or write to us directly
contact@inoocq.com