# MEQ Solutions

> MEQ Solutions is a Melbourne agtech company that replaces the human eyeball with hardware and AI to measure red-meat quality objectively. Its probe, camera and live-animal tools grade marbling, fat and yield in real time - and in 2025 its camera became the first video system the USDA approved for official beef grading in over 15 years. Founded in 2016 by Remo Carbone and Andrew Grant, the company raised a US$15 million (A$23 million) Series A led by Insight Partners in December 2025.

- **Founded:** 2016
- **Headquarters:** Melbourne, Australia
- **Founders:** Remo Carbone (CEO, Co-Founder), Andrew Grant (Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** ~40-52 employees
- **Products:** MEQ Probe, MEQ Camera, MEQ Live, MEQ Insights
- **Notable:** MEQ Camera became the first video-based technology certified by USDA for official beef grading, and the first new grading instrument approved in over 15 years (2025)., Received a world-first accreditation for hot-carcass marbling measurement for beef (2022)., The only technology accredited to measure both intramuscular fat in lamb and marbling in beef.

## Products & services

- **MEQ Probe** — A handheld device that measures intramuscular fat in lamb and marbling in beef on a hot, uncut carcass at chain speed, using proprietary optical sensing and AI.
- **MEQ Camera** — A smartphone-mounted dual-camera system combining high-resolution video and 3D depth to grade marbling, ribeye area, rib fat and yield. In 2025 it became the first video-based technology USDA-certified for official beef grading in over 15 years.
- **MEQ Live** — A device for assessing standing live animals, extending objective measurement earlier into the supply chain to inform feed and value decisions.
- **MEQ Insights** — A data and analytics platform that turns carcass-level measurements into decisions across processing, brands and producers.

## Achievements

- MEQ Camera became the first video-based technology certified by USDA for official beef grading, and the first new grading instrument approved in over 15 years (2025).
- Received a world-first accreditation for hot-carcass marbling measurement for beef (2022).
- The only technology accredited to measure both intramuscular fat in lamb and marbling in beef.
- 10M+ scans completed and 60+ deployments across three continents.
- US$15M (A$23M) Series A led by Insight Partners (December 2025).

## Latest updates

- **2025-12** — Raised US$15M (A$23M) Series A led by Insight Partners to scale globally across Australia, New Zealand, Brazil and the US.
- **2025-08** — MEQ Camera V2 certified by USDA for beef grading - first video-based system approved in over 15 years, after 10,000+ carcasses analysed in trials.
- **2025** — Announced plans for a new Melbourne headquarters with prototyping and manufacturing space.

## Links

- Website: https://meqsolutions.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/meqsolutions
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/meq_probe

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