Captain Corrosion OÜ is a University of Tartu spin-off company that was founded in 2016 by Maido Merisalu, who is a materials scientist specialized in corrosion, materials science and nanotechnology. The company started out initially as a YouTube channel but quickly expanded its activities to corrosion consultation and testing services. Since 2018 the team has grown and the company has started developing online corrosion and materials technology oriented simulation tools as well as physical corrosion monitoring systems.