# David Heiny (slim)

> David Heiny is CEO and Co-founder. SimScale on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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CEO and Co-founder.

David Heiny co-founded SimScale in Munich in November 2012 and is its chief executive and one of its two managing directors.

## What David builds

- [SimScale](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/simscale.md), graded E, 41/100, in CAD, engineering & fabrication. SimScale is a cloud engineering simulation platform from SimScale GmbH in Munich. Its REST API imports geometry, builds meshes, sets up and runs fluid, structural and thermal simulations and exports results, with Python and C# SDKs, on the Enterprise plan. CEO and Co-founder, researched 2026-11-03.

## Works with

- [Alexander Fischer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/alexander-fischer/), Co-founder and Product Manager
- [Johannes Probst](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/johannes-probst/), Co-founder
- [Mariano Barrios](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/mariano-barrios/), VP Engineering
- [Vincenz Dölle](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/vincenz-dolle/), COO and Co-founder

## Backed by

- [Insight Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/insight-partners/)
- [Draper Esprit](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/draper-esprit/)
- [Earlybird](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/earlybird/)
- [Union Square Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/union-square-ventures/)
- [June Fund](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/june-fund/)
- [Vito Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/vito-ventures/)
- [Bayern Kapital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bayern-kapital/)
- [High-Tech Gründerfonds](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/high-tech-grunderfonds/)
- [Vsquared](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/vsquared/)

## Questions

### Who is David Heiny?

David Heiny co-founded SimScale in Munich in November 2012 and is its chief executive and one of its two managing directors.

### What does SimScale GmbH make?

Anchor Terminal lists SimScale from SimScale GmbH.

### Who has invested in SimScale GmbH?

The sources our research read name Insight Partners, Draper Esprit, Earlybird, Union Square Ventures, June Fund, Vito Ventures, Bayern Kapital, High-Tech Gründerfonds and Vsquared.

### How are David's tools graded?

SimScale is graded E, 41 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.simscale.com/about/
- https://www.simscale.com/imprint/
- https://www.simscale.com/press/
- https://www.simscale.com/press/simscale-closes-series-c/
- https://www.simscale.com/press/simscale-raises-25m/
- https://www.simscale.com/
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SimScaleGmbH/simscale-python-sdk/master/README.md
- https://www.simscale.com/.well-known/security.txt

These are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched.