The Geospatial Data Stack

37 Companies 3 Categories

A landscape of the geospatial data stack, from proprietary data sources to infrastructure platforms and vertical intelligence applications.

Clement Vouillon

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Geospatial Data & Access

20 companies

Companies that create, unlock, or provide access to location-based data. This includes satellites, drones, GNSS, telecom signals, weather data, maritime/AIS, mobility data, sensor networks, etc.

Xoople

xoople.com

Xoople is a Spanish geodata and Earth-intelligence infrastructure company building a global, AI-ready system of record for physical change on Earth from satellite and geospatial data.

51-200 employees Employees Series B Stage 2019 Founded

Trajectory Signals Strength Moderate

Confidence: Medium

Planet Labs PBC

planet.com

Planet Labs PBC is a geospatial data company that operates a large fleet of Earth-imaging satellites and sells subscription access to daily satellite imagery and analytics products.

about 1,700 employees Employees Public Stage 2010 Founded

Trajectory Signals Strength Moderate

Confidence: Medium

BlackSky Technology Inc.

blacksky.com

BlackSky is a space-based intelligence company that delivers high-frequency satellite imagery, analytics, and monitoring of strategic locations, assets, and events.

201-500 employees Employees Public Stage 2014 Founded

Trajectory Signals Strength Strong

Confidence: High

Vantor Holdings, Inc. (doing business as Vantor)

vantor.com

Vantor is a spatial intelligence company that combines its own imaging satellite constellation, AI software, and geospatial data products to deliver location intelligence, tasking, mapping, and analytics across space, air, and ground.

1,001-5,000 employees Employees Unknown Stage 1992 Founded

Trajectory Signals Strength Moderate

Confidence: High

Satellogic

satellogic.com

Satellogic is a vertically integrated geospatial company that builds and operates Earth-observation satellites and provides high-resolution satellite imagery and analytics.

201-500 employees Employees Unknown Stage 2010 Founded

Trajectory Signals Strength Moderate

Confidence: Medium

ICEYE

iceye.com

ICEYE builds and operates a large synthetic-aperture-radar (SAR) satellite constellation that delivers persistent Earth-observation and intelligence data in any weather, day or night, to customers in defense, insurance, environmental monitoring, and emergency response.

700+ employees Employees Series D+ Stage 2014 Founded

Trajectory Signals Strength Strong

Confidence: Medium

Capella Space

capellaspace.com

Capella Space builds and operates synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites that deliver on-demand Earth observation imagery and geospatial intelligence, including high-resolution data that works day or night and through clouds, smoke, and adverse weather.

201-500 employees (LinkedIn) Employees Series C Stage 2016 Founded

Trajectory Signals Strength Moderate

Confidence: Medium

Umbra

umbra.space

Umbra is a U.S. space technology company that develops and operates synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites and sells high-resolution Earth-observation data and related space systems to government and commercial customers.

51-200 employees Employees Unknown Stage 2015 Founded

Trajectory Signals Strength Slight

Confidence: Medium

Synspective

synspective.com

Synspective develops and operates synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites and provides SAR data and analytics solutions for uses such as disaster response, national security, and environmental monitoring.

Unknown Employees Public Stage 2018 Founded

Trajectory Signals Strength Moderate

Confidence: Medium

Pixxel

pixxel.space

Pixxel is a planetary intelligence and space data company that builds and operates hyperspectral Earth-imaging satellites and provides access to the resulting location-based imagery and analytics.

200+ strong global company Employees Series B Stage 2019 Founded

Trajectory Signals Strength Moderate

Confidence: High

Wyvern

wyvern.space

Wyvern is a Canadian Earth-observation company that provides high-resolution hyperspectral satellite imagery and related data products for monitoring land, assets, and environmental change.

11-50 employees Employees Series A Stage 2018 Founded

Trajectory Signals Strength Strong

Confidence: Medium

Orbital Sidekick

orbitalsidekick.com

Orbital Sidekick provides persistent satellite-based hyperspectral monitoring and analytics to help commercial and government customers detect, monitor, and respond to operational, environmental, and security issues in near real time.

11-50 employees Employees Unknown Stage 2016 Founded

Trajectory Signals Strength Slight

Confidence: Low

HawkEye 360

he360.com

HawkEye 360 builds a commercial satellite-based signals intelligence platform that detects, geolocates, and characterizes radio-frequency emissions to deliver geospatial intelligence and domain awareness for defense, intelligence, maritime, and GNSS-monitoring use cases.

51-200 employees Employees Unknown Stage 2015 Founded

Trajectory Signals Strength Strong

Confidence: High

Spire Global, Inc.

spire.com

Spire Global is a space-based data and analytics company that operates its own nanosatellite constellation to collect and process Earth observation, maritime, aviation, weather, and other location-linked signals into actionable data products.

Unknown Employees Unknown Stage 2012 Founded

Trajectory Signals Strength Moderate

Confidence: High

Tomorrow.io

tomorrow.io

Tomorrow.io is a weather intelligence platform that combines proprietary satellite sensing, AI forecasting, and weather data APIs to help organizations monitor, predict, and respond to weather-driven risk.

201-500 employees Employees Series D+ Stage 2016 Founded

Trajectory Signals Strength Strong

Confidence: High

Skyfora

skyfora.com

Skyfora provides hyper-local weather intelligence by turning existing GNSS-enabled telecom infrastructure and its own GNSS sensor network into a real-time atmospheric data platform for forecasting, nowcasting, and weather-risk applications.

11-50 employees Employees Unknown Stage 2019 Founded

Trajectory Signals Strength Moderate

Confidence: High

Meteomatics

meteomatics.com

Meteomatics is a weather intelligence company that provides high-resolution weather data, forecasts, and APIs, including autonomous weather-drone data collection and 1 km weather modeling for business decision-making.

51-200 employees Employees Series C Stage 2012 Founded

Trajectory Signals Strength Moderate

Confidence: Medium

Near Space Labs

nearspacelabs.com

Near Space Labs provides high-resolution geospatial imagery and Earth observation data captured from stratospheric, balloon-launched autonomous robots for applications such as insurance, government, utilities, forestry, and mapping.

11-50 employees Employees Series B Stage 2017 Founded

Trajectory Signals Strength Slight

Confidence: Medium

World View Enterprises, Inc. (World View)

worldview.space

World View provides high-altitude balloon remote sensing and persistent observation, combining stratospheric sensing with multi-domain collection and integrated intelligence workflows for defense, government, and commercial missions.

51-200 employees Employees Unknown Stage 2012 Founded

Trajectory Signals Strength Strong

Confidence: Medium

Sofar Ocean

sofarocean.com

Sofar Ocean builds an ocean intelligence platform that combines a global sensor network, Spotter buoys, autonomous surface vehicles, and marine weather software to provide real-time ocean and metocean data for scientists, governments, defense, and shipping customers.

51-200 employees (LinkedIn; 106 employees visible) Employees Series B Stage 2016 Founded

Trajectory Signals Strength Moderate

Confidence: Medium

Geospatial Data Infrastructure

6 companies

Companies that make geospatial data usable across sources. This includes aggregation, cleaning, indexing, cataloging, storage, APIs, tasking, data delivery, data governance, and integration into enterprise workflows.

Arlula

arlula.com

Arlula provides Earth observation data infrastructure software that automates discovery, tasking, sale, delivery, normalization, governance, and orchestration of satellite and spatial data through API-first modules.

11-50 employees Employees Unknown Stage 2018 Founded

Trajectory Signals Strength Moderate

Confidence: Medium

SkyWatch

skywatch.com

SkyWatch is a geospatial data platform that aggregates, buys, manages, and integrates satellite, aerial, and drone imagery and other Earth observation data through APIs and workflow tools.

51-200 employees Employees Series B Stage 2014 Founded

Trajectory Signals Strength Moderate

Confidence: Medium

UP42

up42.com

UP42 is a geospatial data platform and marketplace that lets customers order, manage, process, and integrate satellite, aerial, and elevation data from multiple providers in one workflow.

51-200 employees Employees Acquired Stage 2019 Founded

Trajectory Signals Strength Moderate

Confidence: Medium

Wherobots

wherobots.com

Wherobots is a cloud-native geospatial data and analytics platform that makes spatial data usable across workflows by providing storage, indexing, APIs, SQL/Python processing, and AI-powered spatial analytics.

11-50 employees Employees Series A Stage 2022 Founded

Trajectory Signals Strength Moderate

Confidence: Medium

Ellipsis Drive

ellipsis-drive.com

Ellipsis Drive is a spatial data infrastructure platform that turns raster, vector, and 3D point cloud files into queryable, shareable web services so teams can manage and consume geospatial data across workflows.

201-500 employees Employees Unknown Stage 2018 Founded

Trajectory Signals Strength Slight

Confidence: Low

Earthmover

earthmover.io

Earthmover is a cloud data platform for climate, weather, geospatial, and other scientific tensor data, helping teams explore, visualize, analyze, share, and deliver large Earth-observation datasets through products like Flux and Icechunk.

2-10 employees Employees Seed Stage 2018 Founded

Trajectory Signals Strength Slight

Confidence: Medium

Geospatial Intelligence & Applications

11 companies

Companies that turn geospatial data into decisions. This includes detection, monitoring, change analysis, risk scoring, prediction, alerts, and vertical workflows for insurance, climate, agriculture, energy, defense, logistics, real estate, and infrastructure.

Plume

plumefinder.com

Plume is an AI-powered geospatial platform that helps renewable energy and infrastructure developers select sites by analyzing geospatial, grid, and regulatory constraints with natural language.

11-50 employees Employees Seed Stage 2024 Founded

Trajectory Signals Strength Moderate

Confidence: Medium

TerraEye

terraeye.co

TerraEye is a geospatial AI company that analyzes multi- and hyperspectral satellite data to help mining and exploration teams identify mineral targets and monitor environmental conditions.

11–50 employees Employees Acquired Stage 2022 Founded

Trajectory Signals Strength Strong

Confidence: Medium

Treefera

treefera.com

Treefera is an AI-native first-mile intelligence platform that turns satellite imagery, environmental signals, and field-level data into market, risk, and environmental intelligence for agricultural and soft commodity supply chains.

11-50 employees Employees Series B Stage 2022 Founded

Trajectory Signals Strength Moderate

Confidence: Medium

LiveEO

live-eo.com

LiveEO is a Berlin-based geospatial intelligence company that uses satellite imagery and AI to monitor critical infrastructure and supply chains, turning EO data into actionable risk insights for utilities, rail, pipelines, and deforestation compliance.

51-200 employees Employees Unknown Stage 2018 Founded

Trajectory Signals Strength Strong

Confidence: High

ZestyAI

zesty.ai

ZestyAI is an AI-powered property and climate risk platform that helps insurers see, price, and act on property risk using geospatial, aerial, and property data.

51-200 employees Employees Series B Stage 2015 Founded

Trajectory Signals Strength Moderate

Confidence: Medium

Floodbase

floodbase.com

Floodbase is a geospatial intelligence company that uses satellite imagery, AI, and flood monitoring data to help insurers, governments, and other organizations design, underwrite, and manage parametric flood insurance and flood-risk decisions.

11-50 employees Employees Series A Stage 2015 Founded

Trajectory Signals Strength Moderate

Confidence: Medium

Sust Global

sustglobal.com

Sust Global builds geospatial AI software that turns satellite, climate, and other spatial data into actionable climate-risk and asset-level decision intelligence for investors, insurers, and other businesses.

11-50 employees Employees Acquired Stage 2020 Founded

Trajectory Signals Strength Moderate

Confidence: Medium

Kayrros

kayrros.com

Kayrros is an environmental and geospatial intelligence company that turns satellite and other Earth-observation data into asset-level insights for energy, climate, methane, wildfire, and transition-risk monitoring.

51-200 employees Employees Acquired Stage 2016 Founded

Trajectory Signals Strength Moderate

Confidence: Medium

SynMax

synmax.com

SynMax is a Houston-based geospatial data analytics company that uses satellite imagery, machine learning, and AI to deliver actionable intelligence for maritime and energy monitoring, including vessel tracking, oil and gas production intelligence, and infrastructure insights.

51-200 employees Employees Seed Stage 2021 Founded

Trajectory Signals Strength Moderate

Confidence: Medium

OneSoil

onesoil.ai

OneSoil is a Swiss agritech platform that uses satellite imagery, machine learning, and geospatial analytics to help farmers and agricultural companies monitor fields, detect crop conditions, and make better agronomic and sourcing decisions.

51-200 employees Employees Series A Stage 2017 Founded

Trajectory Signals Strength Moderate

Confidence: Medium

SpaceKnow

spaceknow.com

SpaceKnow provides AI-powered satellite imagery analysis and geospatial intelligence for monitoring change, detecting objects, and generating actionable insights for defense, construction, economic activity, and other industries.

51-200 employees Employees Unknown Stage 2013 Founded

Trajectory Signals Strength Slight

Confidence: Medium

The Geospatial Data Stack competitive landscape summary

The Geospatial Data Stack contains 37 companies across 3 categories. A landscape of the geospatial data stack, from proprietary data sources to infrastructure platforms and vertical intelligence applications.

Geospatial Data & Access

Companies that create, unlock, or provide access to location-based data. This includes satellites, drones, GNSS, telecom signals, weather data, maritime/AIS, mobility data, sensor networks, etc.

Xoople

Website: xoople.com

Xoople is a Spanish geodata and Earth-intelligence infrastructure company building a global, AI-ready system of record for physical change on Earth from satellite and geospatial data.

Category: Geospatial Data & Access. Funding stage: Series B. Founded: 2019. Country: Spain. Employees: 51-200 employees.

Landscape fit: It fits the Geodata category because it collects, refines, and distributes Earth measurements and location-based intelligence for use cases like government monitoring, infrastructure, agriculture, logistics, and risk analysis.

Funding rounds

Series B announced 2026-04-01 : 130000000 USD ; investors: Nazca Capital, MCH Private Equity, CDTI, Buenavista Equity Partners, Endeavor Catalyst ; source: Xoople ; https://www.xoople.com/resources/xoople-announces-130m-series-b-to-build-earths-system-of-record-for-the-agentic-era/
Equity round announced 2025-05-01 : 16746000 EUR ; investors: CDTI Innovación, AXIS ; source: CDTI ; https://www.cdti.es/en/node/22760?s=03
Equity round announced 2024-01-01 : 70000000 EUR ; investors: CDTI Innovación, Innvierte Economía Sostenible SICC, AXIS, ICO, Space Eye, ESRI International, GED Conexo, BM Invest Space ; source: Cinco Días ; https://cincodias.elpais.com/companias/2025-05-14/xoople-el-google-earth-espanol-cierra-una-nueva-ronda-con-respaldo-del-ico-y-el-cdti-y-alcanza-los-115-millones-en-financiacion.html
Convertible note announced 2023-01-01 : 45000000 EUR ; source: Cinco Días ; https://cincodias.elpais.com/companias/2025-05-14/xoople-el-google-earth-espanol-cierra-una-nueva-ronda-con-respaldo-del-ico-y-el-cdti-y-alcanza-los-115-millones-en-financiacion.html
Venture round announced 2023-01-01 : 2790000 EUR ; investors: Conexo Ventures, CDTI Innovación ; source: Cinco Días ; https://cincodias.elpais.com/companias/2025-05-14/xoople-el-google-earth-espanol-cierra-una-nueva-ronda-con-respaldo-del-ico-y-el-cdti-y-alcanza-los-115-millones-en-financiacion.html

Company timeline

2026-05-01: Four senior leaders joined Xoople (hr) . Xoople announced the addition of Pearl Chen as Chief Commercial Officer, Jessica Dye as Chief Marketing Officer, Fabio Pacifici as Senior Vice President of Engineering, and Massimiliano Vitale as Chief Operating Officer.. Team size observed: 51-200 employees employees. Source: LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/xoople_welcome-to-the-team-activity-7445757803077451776-HOd6
2026-04-07: L3Harris constellation co-development unveiled (product) . Xoople and L3Harris announced co-development of a first-of-its-kind satellite constellation designed and optimized for the AI era. Source: Xoople. https://www.xoople.com/resources/xoople-l3harris-ai-space-measurement-system/
2026-04-07: L3Harris co-development announcement (gtm) . Xoople and L3Harris announced a co-developed satellite constellation optimized for the AI era, presenting the hardware layer behind Xoople’s data infrastructure. Source: Xoople news. https://www.xoople.com/resources/xoople-l3harris-ai-space-measurement-system/
2026-04-06: Series B announcement reinforced commercialization timing (gtm) . Xoople announced a $130M Series B and said it would begin commercialization in Q2 after seven years in development, while citing private preview customers from government agencies and Fortune 500 companies. Source: Xoople news. https://www.xoople.com/resources/xoople-announces-130m-series-b-to-build-earths-system-of-record-for-the-agentic-era/
2026-04-01: Series B (funding) . Amount: 130000000 USD. Investors: Nazca Capital, MCH Private Equity, CDTI, Buenavista Equity Partners, Endeavor Catalyst Source: Xoople. https://www.xoople.com/resources/xoople-announces-130m-series-b-to-build-earths-system-of-record-for-the-agentic-era/
2026-03-01: Commercial proof via critical infrastructure case narrative (gtm) . Xoople published a detailed Alaska DoT narrative showing use of its data for monitoring ice-to-water transitions and slope risk across remote roads and for federal grant submissions. Source: Xoople Perspectives. https://www.xoople.com/resources/living-legacy/

Planet Labs PBC

Website: planet.com

Planet Labs PBC is a geospatial data company that operates a large fleet of Earth-imaging satellites and sells subscription access to daily satellite imagery and analytics products.

Category: Geospatial Data & Access. Funding stage: Public. Founded: 2010. Country: United States. Employees: about 1,700 employees.

Landscape fit: It fits geospatial data & access because its core product is subscription access to satellite imagery and derived geospatial insights used across agriculture, mapping, government, forestry, and other location-based applications.

Funding rounds

Series D announced 2019-02-01 : 168000000 USD ; source: Planet official press release: Planet Closes $168M Series D Financing
Series C announced 2015-04-01 : 118000000 USD ; investors: Data Collective, International Finance Corporation, Yuri Milner, DFJ, Capricorn Investment Group, O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, Founders Fund, First Round Capital, Innovation Endeavors, AME Cloud Ventures, Industry Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Lux Capital, Ray Rothrock ; source: TechCrunch coverage of Planet Labs Series C
Series B announced 2013-12-01 : 52000000 USD ; investors: Yuri Milner, Industry Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Lux Capital, Ray Rothrock, DFJ, Capricorn Investment Group, O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, Founders Fund, First Round Capital, Innovation Endeavors, Data Collective, AME Cloud Ventures ; source: Planet / TechCrunch / Pillsbury Law coverage of Planet Labs Series B
Series A announced 2013-06-01 : 13100000 USD ; investors: DFJ, Capricorn Investment Group, O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, Founders Fund, Innovation Endeavors, Data Collective, First Round Capital ; source: NASA Economic Development of Low Earth Orbit report; TechCrunch coverage of Planet Labs Series A

Company timeline

2026-05-12: FarmQA partnership extends Planet into precision agronomy workflows (gtm) . Planet and FarmQA positioned near-daily imagery as part of precision agronomy workflows for crop health monitoring, variable-rate prescriptions, and harvest tracking. Source: Planet Pulse. https://www.planet.com/pulse/planet-and-farmqa-drive-higher-farm-margins-with-precision-agronomy-at-scale/
2026-05-05: Visual Analysis and SuperRes PlanetScope Scenes launched (product) . Planet launched Visual Analysis in beta and SuperRes PlanetScope Scenes inside Planet Insights Platform, giving users browser-based imagery analysis plus AI-enhanced detail without reordering data. ([community.planet.com](https://community.planet.com/product-updates)) Source: Planet Community. https://community.planet.com/product-updates
2026-05-05: SuperRes launches AI-enhanced imagery product (gtm) . Planet introduced SuperRes, an AI-powered product that upgrades PlanetScope imagery to 2-meter resolution for human-in-the-loop analysis and broader area monitoring. Source: Planet Pulse / Product page. https://www.planet.com/pulse/planet-superres-is-now-available-see-the-world-more-clearly/
2026-04-20: ARPS v1.1.0 improved compositing and quality (product) . Planet released ARPS v1.1.0 with refined scene compositing that increased clear-sky coverage and improved radiometric, geometric, and cloud-mask performance. ([community.planet.com](https://community.planet.com/product-updates)) Source: Planet Community. https://community.planet.com/product-updates
2026-03-25: Berlin manufacturing hiring phase begins (hr) . Planet began recruiting for its new Berlin satellite manufacturing facility, with leadership and technical roles and up to 70 planned hires.. Team size observed: about 1,700 employees employees. Source: Business Wire / Planet Labs Germany. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260325460913/en/Planet-Accelerates-European-Expansion-with-Key-Job-Openings-for-New-Berlin-Manufacturing-Facility
2026-03-24: Planetary Security program formalizes mission-led public-sector GTM (gtm) . Planet launched a Planetary Security Program focused on climate, nature, human, food and water, biosecurity, energy, supply chains, and peacebuilding use cases, with grant-style access for selected projects. Source: Planet Pulse. https://www.planet.com/pulse/planet-launches-new-initiative-on-planetary-security/

BlackSky Technology Inc.

Website: blacksky.com

BlackSky is a space-based intelligence company that delivers high-frequency satellite imagery, analytics, and monitoring of strategic locations, assets, and events.

Category: Geospatial Data & Access. Funding stage: Public. Founded: 2014. Country: United States. Employees: 201-500 employees.

Landscape fit: It fits Geospatial Data & Access because it provides on-demand, location-based imagery and analytics from its satellite constellation, giving customers access to geospatial data and monitoring insights.

Funding rounds

PIPE announced 2021-02-01 : 180000000 USD ; investors: Tiger Global Management, Mithril Capital, Hedosophia, Senator Investment Group ; source: Business Wire ; https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210218005480/en/BlackSky-a-Leading-Real-Time-Geospatial-Intelligence-Imagery-and-Data-Analytics-Company-to-List-on-NYSE-Through-a-Merger-With-Osprey-Technology-Acquisition-Corp.
Convertible bridge financing announced 2021-02-01 : 60000000 USD ; investors: Mithril Capital Management, VCVC IV LLC, Apogee VII LLC, RRE Ventures VI, LP ; source: BlackSky 2021 Annual Report ; https://ir.blacksky.com/sec-filings/annual-reports/xbrl_doc_only/1036
Senior secured loan announced 2019-11-01 : 50000000 USD ; investors: Intelsat ; source: Intelsat History ; https://www.intelsat.com/intelsat-history/
Series C announced 2018-03-01 : 150000000 USD ; investors: Thales Alenia Space, Mitsui ; source: Jason Andrews (Wikipedia) ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Andrews
Series B-1 announced 2016-06-01 : 25000000 USD ; investors: Mithril Capital Management ; source: TechCrunch ; https://techcrunch.com/2016/06/21/spaceflight-industries-just-raised-25-million-led-by-mithril/

Company timeline

2026-06-09: AROS program deepens U.S. government partnership (gtm) . BlackSky received a contract modification from the NRO to accelerate AROS broad area collection satellites as a commercial alternative for foundation imaging. Source: BlackSky. https://blacksky.com/press-releases/blacksky-awarded-nro-contract-modification-to-accelerate-development-of-aros-as-critical-commercial-alternative-for-foundation-imaging/
2026-06-01: Team size observed (hr) . Public source shows a team size of 201-500 employees employees.. Team size observed: 201-500 employees employees. Source: LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/company/blackskyinc
2026-04-30: Rapid pilot-to-subscription conversion drives Assured growth (gtm) . BlackSky won a nearly $30 million one-year Assured contract after an international defense customer scaled from a six-figure Early Access program in less than six months. Source: BlackSky. https://blacksky.com/press-releases/blacksky-wins-nearly-30-million-one-year-assured-contract-from-international-defense-customer/
2026-03-12: Gen-3 reaches general availability through Spectra (product) . BlackSky commissioned its fourth Gen-3 satellite in less than one week and opened general availability for Gen-3 imagery and AI-enabled analytics to global customers through Spectra. Source: BlackSky. https://ir.blacksky.com/news-events/press-releases/news-details/2026/BlackSky-Successfully-Commissions-Gen-3-in-Less-Than-One-Week-Opening-Gen-3-General-Availability-for-Global-Customer-Base/default.aspx
2026-02-17: Gen-3 sovereign solution combines satellite sale and services (gtm) . BlackSky secured an eight-figure international contract that combines sale of one Gen-3 satellite with recurring on-orbit operations and Assured imagery and analytics services. Source: BlackSky. https://ir.blacksky.com/news-events/press-releases/news-details/2026/BlackSky-Signs-New-Eight-Figure-International-Contract-for-Accelerated-Delivery-of-Gen-3-Sovereign Space-Based Intelligence Solution/default.aspx
2025-11-04: Gen-3 expansion into sovereign and secure-environment deals (gtm) . BlackSky signed a more than $30 million multi-year contract to integrate Gen-3 tactical ISR services into an international defense customer’s secure environment. Source: BlackSky. https://blacksky.com/press-releases/blacksky-wins-more-than-30-million-multi-year-contract-to-integrate-gen-3-tactical-isr-services-into-international-customers-secure-environment/

Vantor Holdings, Inc. (doing business as Vantor)

Website: vantor.com

Category: Geospatial Data & Access. Founded: 1992. Country: United States. Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees.

Landscape fit: It fits Geospatial Data & Access because it creates and distributes satellite imagery, 2D/3D geodata, and spatial intelligence products that let customers access and analyze location-based data from space to ground.

Funding rounds

IPO announced 2009-05-01 : 26600000 USD ; source: SEC ; https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1208208/000119312512089204/d260857d10k.htm

Company timeline

2026-06-18: Rheinmetall partnership for sovereign intelligence in Germany (gtm) . Vantor and Rheinmetall signed an MOU to build sovereign spatial intelligence capabilities for Germany and Europe. ([vantor.com](https://vantor.com/blog/sovereign-intelligence-germany-rheinmetall/)) Source: Vantor. https://vantor.com/blog/sovereign-intelligence-germany-rheinmetall/
2026-06-01: Active hiring cluster across engineering and analytics roles (hr) . Vantor’s LinkedIn jobs page shows multiple current openings including customer success, geospatial platform engineering, data science, and analytic methodologist roles.. Team size observed: 1,001-5,000 employees employees. Source: LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/company/vantortech/jobs
2026-05-14: Vantor and BAE Systems GXP integrate Raptor for targeting (product) . Vantor and BAE Systems GXP announced an integrated targeting capability that incorporates part of Raptor into the GXP ecosystem for contested environments. Source: Vantor blog. https://vantor.com/blog/bae-systems-gxp-vantor-high-accuracy-targeting-drones-contested-environments/
2026-04-15: Windward partnership for maritime domain awareness (gtm) . Vantor and Windward integrated Sentry into Windward’s Maritime AI platform to detect and track maritime activity globally. ([vantor.com](https://vantor.com/blog/windward-vantor-maritime-domain-awareness-dark-vessel-intelligence/)) Source: Vantor. https://vantor.com/blog/windward-vantor-maritime-domain-awareness-dark-vessel-intelligence/
2026-04-15: Elie Tabchouri appointed to lead International Government (hr) . Vantor announced on April 15, 2026 that Elie Tabchouri joined as Executive Vice President and General Manager of International Government.. Team size observed: 1,001-5,000 employees employees. Source: Vantor. https://vantor.com/blog/vantor-appoints-elie-tabchouri-to-lead-international-government-business/
2026-04-01: NGA Luno B orbital intelligence contract (gtm) . Vantor won a third NGA Luno contract for automated orbital intelligence on space objects, expanding its multi-domain government footprint. ([vantor.com](https://vantor.com/blog/vantor-wins-nga-luno-contract-deliver-automated-intelligence-on-space-objects/)) Source: Vantor. https://vantor.com/blog/vantor-wins-nga-luno-contract-deliver-automated-intelligence-on-space-objects/

Satellogic

Website: satellogic.com

Satellogic is a vertically integrated geospatial company that builds and operates Earth-observation satellites and provides high-resolution satellite imagery and analytics.

Category: Geospatial Data & Access. Founded: 2010. Country: Argentina. Employees: 201-500 employees.

Landscape fit: It fits Geospatial Data & Access because it creates and sells location-based Earth-observation data from its satellite constellation, giving customers access to high-frequency, high-resolution imagery and geospatial insights.

Funding rounds

Private Placement announced 2024-12-01 : 10000000 USD ; source: Satellogic ; https://satellogic.com/news/press-releases/satellogic-announces-10-million-private-placement-made-by-a-single-institutional-investor/
Secured Convertible Notes announced 2024-04-01 : 30000000 USD ; investors: Tether Investments Limited ; source: Satellogic ; https://satellogic.com/news/press-releases/satellogic-announces-30-million-strategic-investment-from-tether-investments-limited/
Private Placement announced 2022-01-01 : 150000000 USD ; investors: Liberty Strategic Capital ; source: Satellogic ; https://satellogic.com/news/press-releases/secretary-steven-mnuchins-liberty-strategic-capital-to-invest-150-million-in-satellogic-and-cf-acquisition-corp-v-nasdaq-cfv/
PIPE announced 2021-07-01 : 100000000 USD ; investors: SoftBank SBLA Advisers Corp., Cantor Fitzgerald, other institutional investors ; source: Satellogic ; https://satellogic.com/news/press-releases/satellogic-a-leader-in-satellite-earth-imagery-to-go-public-through-merger-with-cantor-fitzgeralds-cf-acquisition-corp-v/
Series C announced 2019-12-01 : 50000000 USD ; investors: Tencent, Pitanga Fund, IDB Lab, existing investors ; source: SpaceNews ; https://spacenews.com/satellogic-raises-50-million-to-build-out-imaging-constellation/

Company timeline

2026-06-23: Launched Merlin as a persistent monitoring constellation (gtm) . Satellogic introduced Merlin, a new commercial model for daily global monitoring at one-meter resolution, designed to expand Aleph Observer and support subscription-style persistent coverage. ([investors.satellogic.com](https://investors.satellogic.com/news-releases/news-release-details/satellogic-introduces-merlin-constellation-daily-global?utm_source=openai)) Source: Satellogic. https://investors.satellogic.com/news-releases/news-release-details/satellogic-introduces-merlin-constellation-daily-global
2026-06-08: CFO Rick Dunn announced departure (hr) . Satellogic disclosed that CFO Rick Dunn will step down after a transition period and that a successor search has started.. Team size observed: 154 full-time employees globally employees. Source: Satellogic Form 8-K. https://investors.satellogic.com/static-files/53849929-b656-4fba-8f55-37b335ae13f8
2026-06-04: Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Michael E. Williamson appointed to Board (hr) . Satellogic appointed Michael E. Williamson as an independent director.. Team size observed: 154 full-time employees globally employees. Source: Satellogic press release. https://satellogic.com/news/press-releases/satellogic-appoints-lieutenant-general-ret-michael-e-williamson-to-its-board-of-directors/
2026-06-01: Team size observed (hr) . Public source shows a team size of 201-500 employees employees.. Team size observed: 201-500 employees employees. Source: LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/company/satellogic
2026-05-26: Signed $18 million persistent monitoring contract (gtm) . Satellogic secured a one-year, more-than-$18 million contract with an international defense customer for persistent, high-frequency Earth observation monitoring. ([satellogic.com](https://satellogic.com/news/press-releases/satellogic-secures-18-million-contract-for-persistent-earth-observation-monitoring/?utm_source=openai)) Source: Satellogic. https://satellogic.com/news/press-releases/satellogic-secures-18-million-contract-for-persistent-earth-observation-monitoring/
2026-05-04: Expanded global sales organization for defense and intelligence (gtm) . Satellogic added three senior sales veterans with defense and intelligence backgrounds, signaling a stronger enterprise/government selling motion and APAC/MENA coverage. ([satellogic.com](https://satellogic.com/news/press-releases/satellogic-expands-global-sales-force-with-senior-defense-and-intelligence-industry-veterans/)) Source: Satellogic. https://satellogic.com/news/press-releases/satellogic-expands-global-sales-force-with-senior-defense-and-intelligence-industry-veterans/

ICEYE

Website: iceye.com

Category: Geospatial Data & Access. Funding stage: Series D+. Founded: 2014. Country: Finland. Employees: 700+ employees.

Landscape fit: It fits the Geospatial Data & Access category because it creates and provides access to location-based Earth-observation data from its SAR satellite constellation, turning raw satellite imagery into actionable geospatial intelligence.

Funding rounds

Series F announced 2026-06-01 : 450000000 EUR ; investors: General Atlantic, Solidium, Tesi, Varma, Ilmarinen, Lifeline Ventures, Nokia, Qatar Investment Authority, TCV ; source: ICEYE ; https://www.iceye.com/newsroom/press-releases/iceye-leads-a-new-era-of-sovereign-intelligence-from-space-with-1b-funding-round
revolving credit facility announced 2026-05-01 : 300000000 EUR ; investors: Seven-bank syndicate ; source: ICEYE ; https://www.iceye.com/newsroom/press-releases/iceye-secures-300-million-revolving-credit-facility-to-support-continued-growth
Series E announced 2025-12-01 : 150000000 EUR ; investors: General Catalyst, A.P. Moller Holding, other pan-European investors ; source: ICEYE ; https://www.iceye.com/newsroom/press-releases/iceye-and-general-catalyst-partner-to-redefine-space-based-intelligence-in-europe
extension to growth funding round announced 2024-12-01 : 65000000 USD ; investors: Solidium Oy, BlackRock, Seraphim, Plio Limited, Christo Georgiev ; source: ICEYE ; https://www.iceye.com/newsroom/press-releases/iceye-closes-65m-extension-to-existing-growth-funding-round-for-a-total-of-158m-raised-in-2024
Growth funding round extension announced 2024-12-01 : 65000000 USD ; investors: Solidium Oy, BlackRock, Seraphim, Plio Limited, Christo Georgiev ; source: ICEYE ; https://www.iceye.com/newsroom/press-releases/iceye-closes-65m-extension-to-existing-growth-funding-round-for-a-total-of-158m-raised-in-2024

Company timeline

2026-06-01: Series F (funding) . Amount: 450000000 EUR. Investors: General Atlantic, Solidium, Tesi, Varma, Ilmarinen, Lifeline Ventures, Nokia, Qatar Investment Authority, TCV Source: ICEYE. https://www.iceye.com/newsroom/press-releases/iceye-leads-a-new-era-of-sovereign-intelligence-from-space-with-1b-funding-round
2026-05-28: Current team size observed at 700+ employees (hr) . ICEYE’s leadership page states that the company has more than 700 employees.. Team size observed: 700+ employees employees. Source: ICEYE leadership page. https://www.iceye.com/company/leadership
2026-05-19: Banking-sector catastrophe monitoring launches for credit risk (gtm) . ICEYE launched natural catastrophe monitoring solutions for global banking customers to help manage climate-driven credit risk. Source: ICEYE press release. https://www.iceye.com/newsroom/press-releases/iceye-launches-natural-catastrophe-monitoring-solutions-for-global-banking-sector-to-address-credit-risk
2026-05-01: revolving credit facility (funding) . Amount: 300000000 EUR. Investors: Seven-bank syndicate Source: ICEYE. https://www.iceye.com/newsroom/press-releases/iceye-secures-300-million-revolving-credit-facility-to-support-continued-growth
2025-12-09: Risk Management Partners partnership expands catastrophe distribution (gtm) . ICEYE partnered with Risk Management Partners to integrate flood solutions into the Location Risk Intelligence platform. Source: ICEYE press release. https://www.iceye.com/newsroom/press-releases/iceye-and-risk-management-partners-announce-strategic-global-partnership-to-expand-access-to-natural-catastrophe-solutions
2025-12-01: Series E (funding) . Amount: 150000000 EUR. Investors: General Catalyst, A.P. Moller Holding, other pan-European investors Source: ICEYE. https://www.iceye.com/newsroom/press-releases/iceye-and-general-catalyst-partner-to-redefine-space-based-intelligence-in-europe

Capella Space

Website: capellaspace.com

Category: Geospatial Data & Access. Funding stage: Series C. Founded: 2016. Country: United States. Employees: 201-500 employees (LinkedIn).

Landscape fit: It fits Geospatial Data & Access because its core product is access to location-based Earth observation data from SAR satellites, enabling customers to monitor places and events worldwide with persistent, all-weather imagery.

Funding rounds

Growth equity announced 2023-01-01 : 60000000 USD ; investors: U.S. Innovative Technology Fund ; source: Capella Space Raises $60M in Growth Equity from the United States Innovative Technology Fund to Expand Satellite Imaging Capacity and Meet Rapidly Growing Customer Demand ; https://www.capellaspace.com/news/capella-space-raises-60m-in-growth-equity-from-the-united-states-innovative-technology-fund-to-expand-satellite-imaging-capacity-and-meet-rapidly-growing-customer-demand
Series C announced 2022-04-01 : 97000000 USD ; investors: NightDragon, DCVC, Cota Capital ; source: Capella Space Closes $97M Series C Financing Round to Meet Exponential Customer Demand for Its Radar-Powered, High-Quality Satellite Imagery and Intelligence ; https://www.capellaspace.com/press-releases/capella-space-closes-97m-series-c-financing-round-to-meet-exponential-customer-demand-for-its-radar-powered-high-quality-satellite-imagery-and-intelligence
Undisclosed financing announced 2019-01-01 : 80000000 USD ; source: Capella Mission | Building Trusted Space Systems ; https://www.capellaspace.com/our-mission
Series B announced 2018-09-01 : 19000000 USD ; investors: Spark Capital, DCVC, Mark VC, Harmony Partners ; source: Capella Space closes $19M Series B to deliver reliable Earth observation data on demand ; https://www.capellaspace.com/press-releases/capella-space-closes-19m-series-b-to-deliver-reliable-earth-observation-data-on-demand/
Series A announced 2017-01-01 : 12000000 USD ; investors: Spark Capital, Blue Ivy Ventures ; source: Capella Mission | Building Trusted Space Systems ; https://www.capellaspace.com/our-mission

Company timeline

2026-06-01: U.S. hiring cluster visible on LinkedIn jobs board (hr) . Capella Space’s LinkedIn jobs board showed 16 open U.S. roles, including manufacturing, satellite operations, electrical engineering, RF test, quality, harness, and business systems positions.. Team size observed: 201-500 employees (LinkedIn) employees. Source: LinkedIn jobs page ([linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/capella-space-jobs)). https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/capella-space-jobs
2026-05-04: Taskable InSAR launch (product) . Capella introduced taskable InSAR capabilities with automated repeat-pass collection and delivery workflows for deformation monitoring. Source: Capella Space blog / support announcement. https://www.capellaspace.com/resources/capella-launches-taskable-insar-for-automated-millimeter-scale-earth-monitoring
2025-07-09: On-demand imagery product type selection (product) . Capella let users choose imagery product types during tasking and archive orders, with organization-specific defaults. Source: Capella Space support release notes. https://support.capellaspace.com/tasking-and-sar-data-access-release-notes-09-july-2025
2025-07-01: Verticalized case-study marketing deepens across defense and infrastructure (gtm) . Capella published multiple 2025 case studies around coastal security, border visibility, energy infrastructure, AI-enabled analytics, wildfire response, and search and rescue, all built around taskable all-weather SAR. ([capellaspace.com](https://www.capellaspace.com/resources/how-ai-supercharges-sar-intelligence?utm_source=openai)) Source: Capella Space Resources. https://www.capellaspace.com/resources
2025-06-11: Certified analytics partner program gains BoxMica (gtm) . Capella added BoxMica as a Certified Analytics Partner, linking Capella imagery and tasking to motion detection, site monitoring, and aircraft and vessel classification. ([capellaspace.com](https://www.capellaspace.com/news/boxmica-becomes-capella-space-certified-analytics-partner-to-enhance-sar-derived-information-solutions?utm_source=openai)) Source: Capella Space News. https://www.capellaspace.com/news/boxmica-becomes-capella-space-certified-analytics-partner-to-enhance-sar-derived-information-solutions
2025-06-01: 2025 internship program announced (hr) . Capella Space posted its 2025 internship program with 9 openings across its San Francisco and Colorado offices.. Team size observed: 201-500 employees (LinkedIn) employees. Source: LinkedIn post from Capella Space ([linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/capellaspace_capellaspace-hiring-internships-activity-7280963395049168896-hVRt)). https://www.linkedin.com/posts/capellaspace_capellaspace-hiring-internships-activity-7280963395049168896-hVRt

Umbra

Website: umbra.space

Category: Geospatial Data & Access. Founded: 2015. Country: United States. Employees: 51-200 employees.

Landscape fit: Umbra fits Geospatial Data & Access because it provides direct access to location-based Earth-observation data—especially commercial SAR imagery—and makes that data available through products and open-data channels for monitoring land, infrastructure, and environmental change.

Funding rounds

Series B announced 2023-03-01 : 82870000 USD ; investors: Champion Hill Ventures, Nimble Partners, Starbridge Venture Capital, Star Castle Ventures ; source: Forge ; https://forgeglobal.com/umbra_stock/
Series A announced 2021-01-01 : 32000000 USD ; investors: John Burbank family office venture fund, CrossCut Ventures, Starbridge Ventures, Hemisphere Ventures, PonValley ; source: Umbra ; https://umbra.space/blog/umbra-announces-32m-financing/
Series A-1 announced 2018-03-01 : 2250000 USD ; investors: CrossCut Ventures, Hemisphere Ventures, PonValley, Starbridge Venture Capital ; source: Forge ; https://forgeglobal.com/umbra_stock/

Company timeline

2026-06-01: Umbra jobs feed shows recent postings across core technical roles (hr) . Umbra’s LinkedIn jobs feed shows several recent postings in the last week, including senior spacecraft systems, systems engineering intern, senior software engineering, ground software, and radar systems roles.. Team size observed: 51-200 employees employees. Source: LinkedIn jobs feed. https://www.linkedin.com/company/umbraspace/jobs
2026-04-22: Todd Master named Chief Strategy Officer (hr) . Umbra announced that Todd Master moved from Chief Operating Officer into the Chief Strategy Officer role, with responsibility for long-term strategy and growth.. Team size observed: 51-200 employees employees. Source: Umbra blog. https://umbra.space/blog/todd-master-named-umbra-chief-strategy-officer/
2026-04-01: Umbra current careers page shows broad active hiring (hr) . Umbra’s careers page lists multiple open roles across engineering, mission solutions, remote sensing, and information security, including engineering manager, spacecraft thermal engineer, software engineering, cyber threat operations, and radar systems roles.. Team size observed: 51-200 employees employees. Source: Umbra careers page. https://umbra.space/careers-old/job-openings/
2025-12-10: Strategic e-GEOS partnership extended international distribution (gtm) . Umbra and e-GEOS signed a multi-year agreement to jointly develop geospatial intelligence solutions for customers worldwide. Source: Umbra. https://umbra.space/blog/umbra-and-e-geos-team-up-to-deliver-innovative-geospatial-intelligence-solutions/
2025-08-27: Asia customer win marked geographic expansion (gtm) . Umbra announced a multi-year, multi-million dollar agreement with a new customer in Asia for high-volume, high-resolution SAR imagery. Source: Umbra. https://umbra.space/blog/umbra-expands-into-asia/
2025-08-11: Launched Space Systems business unit (product) . Umbra launched Space Systems and began selling nine flight-proven hardware components across power, control, communications, and deployment. ([umbra.space](https://umbra.space/blog/umbra-launches-new-space-systems-business-unit-with-flight-proven-american-made-hardware-for-operators-worldwide/?utm_source=openai)) Source: Umbra. https://umbra.space/blog/umbra-launches-new-space-systems-business-unit-with-flight-proven-american-made-hardware-for-operators-worldwide/

Synspective

Website: synspective.com

Category: Geospatial Data & Access. Funding stage: Public. Founded: 2018. Country: Japan.

Landscape fit: It fits Geospatial Data & Access because it creates and sells location-based Earth observation data from its SAR satellite constellation, giving customers access to geospatial intelligence and analytics.

Funding rounds

Series C announced 2024-06-01 : 7000000000 JPY ; investors: Japan Growth Capital Investment Corporation, JAFCO Group Co., Ltd., Mizuho Capital Co., Ltd. ; source: Synspective press release ; https://synspective.com/?p=9232
Series B announced 2022-03-01 : 100000000 USD ; investors: Sompo Japan Insurance Inc., Nomura SPARX Investment, Inc., Pavilion Capital Pte. Ltd. ; source: Synspective press release ; https://synspective.com/press-release/2022/funding/
Series A announced 2019-07-01 : 8670000000 JPY ; investors: Space A-Start No. 1 Investment Limited Partnership, Shimizu Corporation, JAFCO-managed investment limited partnerships, The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners investment limited partnership, Keio Innovation Initiative 1 Investment Limited Partnership, Abies Ventures-managed overseas investment limited partnerships, Mirai Sogou No. 1 Investment Limited Partnership, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation, Fuyo General Lease Co., Ltd., Mori Trust Co., Ltd., SBI AI & Blockchain Investment Limited Partnership, Mizuho Growth Support No. 3 Investment Limited Partnership ; source: Synspective press release ; https://synspective.com/jp/press-release/2019/series_a/
Seed announced 2018-09-01 : 2240000000 JPY ; investors: Abies Ventures Fund I, L.P. ; source: Abies Ventures press release ; https://abies.vc/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/AbiesV_PressRelease_20190726_E.pdf

Company timeline

2026-06-15: Amazon Basin illegal-mining use case (gtm) . Synspective published a Latin America use case showing how its SAR imagery can detect illegal mining in the Amazon Basin, with regional business leadership named in the article. ([synspective.com](https://synspective.com/usecase/2026/illegal-mining-amazon/?utm_source=openai)) Source: Synspective. https://synspective.com/usecase/2026/illegal-mining-amazon/
2026-06-08: 10th StriX launch scheduled (gtm) . Synspective հրապարակ publicly announced the launch schedule for its 10th StriX satellite, extending the constellation-buildout narrative that underpins its SAR coverage and product credibility. ([synspective.com](https://synspective.com/?p=13088&utm_source=openai)) Source: Synspective. https://synspective.com/press-release/2026/launch_window_10th/
2026-06-03: KSAT alliance expands ground segment and global delivery (gtm) . Synspective expanded its strategic alliance with KSAT to improve ground-segment capacity and accelerate SAR data delivery worldwide. Source: Synspective press release. https://synspective.com/press-release/2026/ksat_partnership/
2026-05-28: e-GEOS partnership deepens geospatial channel strategy (gtm) . Synspective signed a multi-year strategic partnership with e-GEOS to advance next-generation geospatial intelligence solutions. Source: Synspective press release. https://synspective.com/?p=13064
2026-05-12: SkyFi partnership moves toward self-serve access (gtm) . Synspective partnered with SkyFi to simplify access to high-resolution SAR imagery and integrate tasking into a broader Earth-intelligence workflow. Source: Synspective press release. https://synspective.com/press-release/2026/skyfi-partnership/
2026-04-01: Singapore subsidiary board appointments announced (hr) . Synspective announced that Colin Low joined the board of Synspective SG Pte. Ltd. while Lynette Tan stepped down, alongside related HQ executive changes. Source: Synspective. https://synspective.com/information/2026/executive_appointments_20260401/

Pixxel

Website: pixxel.space

Pixxel is a planetary intelligence and space data company that builds and operates hyperspectral Earth-imaging satellites and provides access to the resulting location-based imagery and analytics.

Category: Geospatial Data & Access. Funding stage: Series B. Founded: 2019. Country: India. Employees: 200+ strong global company.

Landscape fit: Pixxel fits Geospatial Data & Access because it creates and commercializes hyperspectral satellite data for Earth observation, giving customers access to location-based remote-sensing information.

Funding rounds

series B extension announced 2024-12-01 : 24000000 USD ; investors: M&G Catalyst, Glade Brook Capital Partners, Google, Radical Ventures, Lightspeed ; source: Business Wire ; https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241209543757/en/Pixxel-Raises-%2424M-in-Additional-Funding-Taking-its-Total-Series-B-Raise-to-%2460M
series B announced 2023-06-01 : 36000000 USD ; investors: Google, Radical Ventures, Lightspeed, Blume Ventures, growX, Sparta, Athera ; source: Business Wire ; https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230601005180/en/Pixxel-Raises-%2436-Million-in-Series-B-Funding-to-Advance-Hyperspectral-Satellite-Constellation-and-Data-Platform
series A announced 2022-03-01 : 25000000 USD ; investors: Radical Ventures, Jordan Noone, Seraphim Space Investment Trust Plc, Lightspeed Partners, Blume Ventures, Sparta LLC ; source: Business Wire ; https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220328005027/en/Pixxel-Announces-%2425M-Investment-Led-By-Radical-Ventures-To-Advance-The-Worlds-Most-Detailed-Imaging-Satellites-for-Earth-Health-Monitoring
seed announced 2021-03-01 : 2300000 USD ; investors: Techstars, Omnivore VC, others ; source: TechCrunch ; https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/17/pixxel-closes-7-3m-seed-round-and-unveils-commercial-hyperspectral-imaging-product/
seed announced 2020-08-01 : 5000000 USD ; investors: Blume Ventures, growX Ventures, Lightspeed India Partners, Inventus Capital India, Stanford Angels, Ryan Johnson, others ; source: TechCrunch ; https://www.techcrunch.com/2020/08/19/indias-first-earth-imaging-satellite-startup-raises-5-million-first-launch-planned-for-later-this-year/

Company timeline

2026-05-05: NRO contract validates defense and intelligence motion (gtm) . Pixxel won a contract from the National Reconnaissance Office to demonstrate commercial hyperspectral remote-sensing capabilities. Source: Pixxel. https://www.pixxel.space/news/pixxel-awarded-nro-strategic-commercial-enhancements-contract-for-hyperspectral-remote-sensing-capabilities
2025-12-19: Recurring monitoring and faster delivery options were formalized (product) . Pixxel documented recurring tasking for scheduled monitoring orders and later added delivery-speed uplifts, including a planned move from 14-day processing toward 36-hour delivery. ([support.pixxel.space](https://support.pixxel.space/hc/en-us/articles/20498174902940-Capturing-Hyperspectral-Imagery-with-Recurrence)) Source: Pixxel Support. https://support.pixxel.space/hc/en-us/articles/20498174902940-Capturing-Hyperspectral-Imagery-with-Recurrence
2025-12-04: UP42 partnership adds marketplace distribution (gtm) . Pixxel made Firefly data available to UP42’s global Earth-observation customer base. Source: Pixxel. https://www.pixxel.space/news/pixxel-and-up42-announce-partnership-bringing-hyperspectral-data-to-users-worldwide
2025-11-01: Expanded sales team with new regional members (hr) . Pixxel introduced four new members joining the sales and commercial organization across EMEA, APAC, analytics, and Latin America.. Team size observed: 200+ strong global company employees. Source: Pixxel LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/pixxelspace_meet-the-newest-members-of-pixxels-sales-activity-7382024755228585984-gqBD
2025-10-01: Broad hiring push across the team (hr) . Pixxel posted that it is hiring across the board and shared open roles via its careers channel.. Team size observed: 200+ strong global company employees. Source: Pixxel LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/pixxelspace_our-mission-is-growing-and-so-is-our-team-activity-7361045873805447173-2CmD
2025-09-25: KSAT partnership expands global distribution (gtm) . Pixxel expanded its partnership with KSAT to make hyperspectral data available to governments, researchers, and commercial users worldwide. Source: Pixxel. https://www.pixxel.space/news/pixxel-and-ksat-expand-partnership-to-enable-global-access-to-hyperspectral-satellite-data

Wyvern

Website: wyvern.space

Wyvern is a Canadian Earth-observation company that provides high-resolution hyperspectral satellite imagery and related data products for monitoring land, assets, and environmental change.

Category: Geospatial Data & Access. Funding stage: Series A. Founded: 2018. Country: Canada. Employees: 11-50 employees.

Landscape fit: It fits Geospatial Data & Access because it creates and sells location-based Earth-observation data from its satellite constellation, including hyperspectral imagery and an open-data/archive platform that gives users access to geospatial raster data.

Funding rounds

repayable funding announced 2026-03-01 : 2900000 USD ; investors: Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan) ; source: Wyvern blog ; https://wyvern.space/blog/seeing-what-others-cant-how-hyperspectral-data-is-changing-maritime-domain-awareness
strategic investment announced 2024-10-01 : 6000000 USD ; investors: Squadra Ventures, Uncork Capital, Y Combinator, University of Alberta Innovation Fund, Accelerate Fund III, Brent Perrot ; source: Wyvern press release ; https://wyvern.space/blog/wyvern-secures-usd-6m-to-expand-global-footprint-bolster-u-s-market-presence
seed announced 2022-11-01 : 7000000 USD ; investors: Uncork Capital, MaC Venture Capital, Y Combinator ; source: Wyvern press release ; https://wyvern.space/investment-in-wyvern-reaches-15m-to-secure-first-3-hyperspectral-satellites/
non-dilutive funding announced 2022-02-01 : 4000000 USD ; investors: Government of Canada (SDTC program) ; source: TechCrunch ; https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/17/space-startup-wyvern-raises-4-5m-and-joins-ycs-latest-cohort/
seed announced 2022-01-01 : 2250000 USD ; investors: MaC Venture Capital ; source: Wyvern press release ; https://wyvern.space/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Wyvern-Press-Release-FINAL-YC-Seed-Round-January-17-2022.pdf

Company timeline

2026-06-18: Won NASA commercial satellite data award (gtm) . NASA selected Wyvern as one of the companies under its commercial satellite data acquisition award, expanding public-sector validation for the company’s data products. Source: NASA. https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-awards-contract-for-commercial-satellite-data-acquisition/
2026-05-01: Open DevOps Specialist role on careers page (hr) . Wyvern’s careers page currently lists a DevOps Specialist opening for the Software team with remote and Edmonton options.. Team size observed: 11-50 employees employees. Source: Wyvern careers page. https://www.wyvern.space/careers
2026-04-14: Shifted into maritime and defense product messaging (gtm) . Wyvern publicly described a hyperspectral-enabled ship identification and tracking product for defense and maritime security users, tying the offering to Canada’s RDII funding announcement. Source: Wyvern. https://www.wyvern.space/blog/seeing-what-others-cant-how-hyperspectral-data-is-changing-maritime-domain-awareness
2026-03-01: repayable funding (funding) . Amount: 2900000 USD. Investors: Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan) Source: Wyvern blog. https://wyvern.space/blog/seeing-what-others-cant-how-hyperspectral-data-is-changing-maritime-domain-awareness
2026-02-02: L2A surface reflectance released (product) . On February 2, 2026, Wyvern released Level-2A surface reflectance processing so users could work with atmospherically corrected imagery faster and without extra tooling. ([guide.wyvern.space](https://guide.wyvern.space/data-release-notes/v2-l2a-release-notes)) Source: Wyvern Data Product Guide. https://guide.wyvern.space/data-release-notes/v2-l2a-release-notes/
2026-01-26: L1B 2.0 radiance and naming update (product) . On January 26, 2026, Wyvern updated Level-1B to version 2.0 with new radiance values and filename conventions in preparation for L2A. ([guide.wyvern.space](https://guide.wyvern.space/data-release-notes/v2-l1b-release-notes)) Source: Wyvern Data Product Guide. https://guide.wyvern.space/data-release-notes/v2-l1b-release-notes/

Orbital Sidekick

Website: orbitalsidekick.com

Category: Geospatial Data & Access. Founded: 2016. Country: United States. Employees: 11-50 employees.

Landscape fit: It fits geospatial data & access because it creates and delivers location-based Earth observation data from a satellite constellation, turning hyperspectral imagery into monitoring and analytics products for assets, environments, and infrastructure.

Funding rounds

Convertible Note announced 2025-07-01 : 3500000 USD ; source: FormDs ; https://formds.com/issuers/orbital-sidekick-inc
Strategic investment announced 2023-01-01 : 10000000 USD ; investors: Energy Innovation Capital, Williams, ONEOK, University of Minnesota Endowment, 11.2 Capital, Syndicate 708, In-Q-Tel ; source: Yahoo Finance / GlobeNewswire ; https://finance.yahoo.com/news/osk-secures-10-million-strategic-140000750.html
Series A announced 2021-04-01 : 16000000 USD ; investors: Temasek ; source: Orbital Sidekick ; https://www.orbitalsidekick.com/news-blog/orbital-sidekick-secures-16-million-series-a
Seed announced 2018-04-01 : 4674998 USD ; investors: Allied Minds, Eleven Two Capital ; source: MarketScreener ; https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/ALLIED-MINDS-PLC-16746463/news/Orbital-Sidekick-Inc-announced-that-it-has-received-4-674998-million-in-funding-from-Allied-Minds-34750407/

Company timeline

2026-06-01: Payload Operations Lead opening posted (hr) . Orbital Sidekick posted a Payload Operations Lead role to own day-to-day payload performance, mission execution, anomaly resolution, and payload operations across the active fleet.. Team size observed: 11-50 employees employees. Source: LinkedIn Jobs. https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/payload-operations-lead-at-orbital-sidekick-4414247787
2025-09-04: Spectral fingerprinting used for post-strike damage analysis (product) . OSK applied PCA and its spectral fingerprinting database to analyze the Fordow site, using GHOSt data to identify subtle surface changes and construction materials. Source: Orbital Sidekick News/Blog. https://www.orbitalsidekick.com/news-blog/fingerprinting-the-visible-uncovering-the-invisible
2025-09-04: Use defense/intelligence damage analysis as proof of hyperspectral value (gtm) . OSK published a post analyzing the Fordow facility after the June 2025 strike, framing hyperspectral imaging as able to reveal phenomena invisible to standard imagery and noting active engagement in Defense and Intelligence projects. ([orbitalsidekick.com](https://www.orbitalsidekick.com/news-blog/fingerprinting-the-visible-uncovering-the-invisible?utm_source=openai)) Source: Orbital Sidekick. https://www.orbitalsidekick.com/news-blog/fingerprinting-the-visible-uncovering-the-invisible
2025-07-01: Convertible Note (funding) . Amount: 3500000 USD Source: FormDs. https://formds.com/issuers/orbital-sidekick-inc
2025-07-01: Imagery Support Engineer opening highlighted (hr) . Orbital Sidekick publicly highlighted a new Imagery Support Engineer job posting focused on remote sensing, geospatial data, and customer success.. Team size observed: 11-50 employees employees. Source: LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/orbital-sidekick_orbital-sidekick-imagery-support-engineer-activity-7350651413842051073-ubQw
2025-06-01: Hiring cluster posted across engineering, imagery, and operations roles (hr) . Orbital Sidekick publicly highlighted multiple open roles, including Machine Learning Engineer, Remote Sensing AI Researcher, Space Operations Engineer, Imagery Support Engineer, Senior Geospatial Software Engineer, and Senior Software Engineer (Cloud).. Team size observed: 11-50 employees employees. Source: LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/orbital-sidekick_orbital-sidekick-jobs-activity-7237566454093508608-dUMo

HawkEye 360

Website: he360.com

Category: Geospatial Data & Access. Founded: 2015. Country: United States. Employees: 51-200 employees.

Landscape fit: It fits Geospatial Data & Access because it creates and sells location-linked RF data and analytics from satellites, turning raw signals into accessible geospatial intelligence products.

Funding rounds

Series E additional close announced 2026-03-01 : 23000000 USD ; investors: Ghisallo, Principia Growth, Sixty Degree Capital, Strategic Development Fund (SDF) ; source: PR Newswire ; https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hawkeye-360-announces-additional-series-e-financing-302703390.html
Series E announced 2026-02-01 : 100000 USD ; investors: NightDragon, Center15 Capital ; source: HawkEye 360 ; https://www.he360.com/hawkeye-360-closes-strategic-acquisition-and-secures-series-e-preferred-and-debt/
Series E announced 2026-01-01 : 14300000 USD ; investors: NightDragon, Center15 Capital ; source: HawkEye 360 ; https://www.he360.com/hawkeye-360-closes-strategic-acquisition-and-secures-series-e-preferred-and-debt/
Series E announced 2025-12-01 : 76000000 USD ; investors: NightDragon, Center15 Capital ; source: PR Newswire ; https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hawkeye-360-closes-strategic-acquisition-and-secures-series-e-preferred-and-debt-302646189.html
Series D-1 announced 2023-07-01 : 58000000 USD ; investors: BlackRock, Manhattan Venture Partners, Insight Partners, NightDragon, Strategic Development Fund (SDF), Razor's Edge, Alumni Ventures, Adage Capital ; source: PR Newswire ; https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hawkeye-360-receives-58-million-in-series-d-1-funding-to-introduce-a-new-satellite-architecture-and-accelerate-data-science-efforts-301876260.html

Company timeline

2026-06-17: Cluster 14 reaches full operational capacity (gtm) . HawkEye 360 announced Cluster 14 reached full operational capacity after launch and commissioning, adding collection capacity for defense, maritime, and national security missions. Source: HawkEye 360. https://www.he360.com/hawkeye-360s-cluster-14-achieves-full-operational-capacity/
2026-06-17: Cluster 14 reaches full operational capacity (product) . HawkEye 360 announced Cluster 14 achieved full operational capacity, extending the constellation’s global monitoring throughput. Source: HawkEye 360. https://www.he360.com/hawkeye-360s-cluster-14-achieves-full-operational-capacity/
2026-06-01: Hiring cluster on HawkEye 360 Careers and Greenhouse board (hr) . HawkEye 360 Careers posted multiple recent welcome notes while the Greenhouse board showed 15 open roles across engineering, space, accounting, HR, legal, and intel.. Team size observed: 51-200 employees employees. Source: HawkEye 360 Careers / Greenhouse. https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/hawkeye-360-careers/
2026-06-01: Leadership appointments in June 2026 (hr) . HawkEye 360’s newsroom shows two June 2026 leadership appointment announcements, including a June 4 leadership-appointments post and a June 18 new-leadership post for Innovative Signal Analysis.. Team size observed: 51-200 employees employees. Source: HawkEye 360 Newsroom. https://www.he360.com/newsroom/
2026-05-01: IPO (funding) . HawkEye 360 went public.
2026-03-01: Series E additional close (funding) . Amount: 23000000 USD. Investors: Ghisallo, Principia Growth, Sixty Degree Capital, Strategic Development Fund (SDF) Source: PR Newswire. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hawkeye-360-announces-additional-series-e-financing-302703390.html

Spire Global, Inc.

Website: spire.com

Category: Geospatial Data & Access. Founded: 2012. Country: United States.

Landscape fit: It fits Geospatial Data & Access because it creates and sells location-based datasets derived from a proprietary satellite network, including vessel tracking, aircraft tracking, and weather intelligence. The company’s own materials describe it as using nanosatellites and space-based data to provide granular insights from orbit.

Funding rounds

Private placement announced 2026-04-01 : 70000000 USD ; source: Spire Global Announces $70.0 Million Private Placement ; https://ir.spire.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/294/spire-global-announces-70-0-million-private-placement
Private placement announced 2025-03-01 : 40000000 USD ; source: Spire Global Announces $40.0 Million Private Placement ; https://spire.com/press-release/spire-global-announces-40-million-private-placement/
Registered direct offering announced 2024-03-01 : 30000000 USD ; source: Spire Global Announces Registered Direct Offering of $30 Million ; https://ir.spire.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/218/spire-global-announces-registered-direct-offering-of-30
Private placement announced 2024-02-01 : 10000000 USD ; investors: Signal Ocean Ltd ; source: Spire Global Schedules Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Results Conference Call ; https://ir.spire.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/212/spire-global-schedules-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2023
Convertible term loan announced 2021-02-01 : 70000000 USD ; investors: Francisco Partners ; source: Spire and Francisco Partners Announce Signing of $70 Million Growth Financing Deal ; https://spire.com/press-release/spire-and-francisco-partners-announce-signing-of-70-million-growth-financing-deal/

Company timeline

2026-06-26: Current careers page shows multi-function hiring slate (hr) . Spire's current job openings page lists active openings across Sales, Engineering, Marketing, People, Business Operations, Facilities, Program Management, Product, and Science & Research, including Senior Global HR Business Partner and HR Systems Analyst roles. Source: Spire Global job openings page. https://spire.com/careers/job-openings/
2026-06-24: Satellite delivery for 2026 missions (gtm) . Spire delivered 10 satellites to Vandenberg for Transporter-17, reflecting continued operational capacity across government and commercial missions. Source: Spire Global. https://spire.com/press-release/spire-global-delivers-10-satellites-to-vandenberg-space-force-base-ahead-of-the-transporter-17-rideshare-mission/
2026-06-10: Diehl Defence sovereignty partnership (gtm) . Spire signed an MoU with Diehl Defence to advance space-based early warning and reconnaissance capabilities. Source: Spire Global. https://spire.com/press-release/spire-global-and-diehl-defence-sign-agreement-to-advance-space-based-early-warning-and-reconnaissance-capabilities/
2026-05-27: NorthStar space-as-a-service contract signed (gtm) . Spire announced a landmark space-as-a-service agreement with NorthStar Earth & Space for a dedicated constellation. Source: Spire Global. https://spire.com/press-release/spire-global-announces-landmark-space-as-a-service-contract-with-northstar-earth-space-for-a-dedicated-constellation/
2026-05-21: Energy trading intelligence expanded (gtm) . Spire expanded energy trading intelligence with intraday-to-45-day forecasts and a trader-grade decision platform. Source: Spire Global. https://spire.com/press-release/spire-global-expands-energy-trading-intelligence-with-intraday-to-45-day-weather-forecasts-and-trader-grade-decision-platform/
2026-05-21: Energy Trading Intelligence expanded into Cirrus trader platform (product) . Spire expanded its energy trading intelligence with a full forecast stack from intraday wind ramps to 45-day sub-seasonal forecasts, delivered through the Cirrus decision platform and exposed via API. Source: Spire Global press release. https://spire.com/press-release/spire-global-expands-energy-trading-intelligence-with-intraday-to-45-day-weather-forecasts-and-trader-grade-decision-platform/

Tomorrow.io

Website: tomorrow.io

Category: Geospatial Data & Access. Funding stage: Series D+. Founded: 2016. Country: United States. Employees: 201-500 employees.

Landscape fit: It fits the Geospatial Data & Access category because it creates and distributes location-specific weather and atmospheric data through satellite-based sensing, models, and APIs, giving customers access to geospatial environmental data for operational decisions.

Funding rounds

Series F extension announced 2026-05-01 : 35000000 USD ; investors: Pitango, Harel Insurance, Stonecourt Capital, HarbourVest Partners ; source: Tomorrow.io ; https://www.tomorrow.io/blog/tomorrow-io-expands-investment-from-pitango-and-harel-insurance-increasing-series-f-to-210m/
Series F announced 2026-02-01 : 175000000 USD ; investors: Stonecourt Capital, HarbourVest Partners, Square Peg, Canaan, Activate, Pitango, ClearVision, Fontinalis ; source: Tomorrow.io ; https://www.tomorrow.io/blog/tomorrow-io-announces-175m-financing-to-deploy-deepsky-the-worlds-first-ai-native-weather-satellite-constellation/
Series E extension announced 2023-09-01 : 22000000 USD ; investors: Lumir, MoreTech Ventures, Shavit Capital, The Strategic Development Fund ; source: Tomorrow.io ; https://www.tomorrow.io/blog/tomorrow-io-expands-series-e-funding/
Series E announced 2023-06-01 : 87000000 USD ; investors: Activate Capital, RTX Ventures, Seraphim, Chemonics, SquarePeg Capital, Canaan, ClearVision, JetBlue Ventures, Pitango Growth ; source: Tomorrow.io ; https://www.tomorrow.io/blog/tomorrow-io-successfully-launches-second-satellite-and-closes-series-e-funding/
Series D announced 2021-03-01 : 77000000 USD ; investors: Stone Court Capital, Highline Capital ; source: Tomorrow.io ; https://www.tomorrow.io/blog/tomorrow-io-raises-77m-in-series-d-funding/

Company timeline

2026-06-28: Current multi-function hiring across core teams (hr) . Tomorrow.io’s careers and LinkedIn jobs pages show active openings including program management, customer operations, supply chain and operations, software QA, people & culture, solutions architecture, radar engineering, and devops.. Team size observed: 201-500 employees employees. Source: Tomorrow.io careers / LinkedIn jobs. https://www.tomorrow.io/careers/
2026-06-23: NOAA commercial data contract (gtm) . Tomorrow.io said NOAA awarded it a $7.3 million contract to assess high-revisit microwave sounder data. Source: Tomorrow.io blog. https://www.tomorrow.io/blog/noaa-awards-tomorrowio-for-microwave-sounders/
2026-05-01: Series F extension (funding) . Amount: 35000000 USD. Investors: Pitango, Harel Insurance, Stonecourt Capital, HarbourVest Partners Source: Tomorrow.io. https://www.tomorrow.io/blog/tomorrow-io-expands-investment-from-pitango-and-harel-insurance-increasing-series-f-to-210m/
2026-03-26: Lufthansa Altitude deployment (gtm) . Tomorrow.io rolled out Altitude across Lufthansa’s network as an aviation-specific weather intelligence platform. Source: Tomorrow.io blog. https://www.tomorrow.io/blog/tomorrow-io-launches-altitude-the-aviation-weather-intelligence-platform/
2026-02-19: FIA official partnership (gtm) . Tomorrow.io became an official FIA partner for weather safety and efficiency in motorsport. Source: Tomorrow.io blog. https://www.tomorrow.io/blog/the-fia-partners-with-tomorrow-io/
2026-02-01: Series F (funding) . Amount: 175000000 USD. Investors: Stonecourt Capital, HarbourVest Partners, Square Peg, Canaan, Activate, Pitango, ClearVision, Fontinalis Source: Tomorrow.io. https://www.tomorrow.io/blog/tomorrow-io-announces-175m-financing-to-deploy-deepsky-the-worlds-first-ai-native-weather-satellite-constellation/

Skyfora

Website: skyfora.com

Category: Geospatial Data & Access. Founded: 2019. Country: Finland. Employees: 11-50 employees.

Landscape fit: It fits Geospatial Data & Access because it unlocks location-based atmospheric data from GNSS and telecom tower infrastructure, creating a new real-time weather data layer derived from geographically distributed signals.

Funding rounds

equity financing announced 2026-06-01 : 6500000 EUR ; investors: Eviny Ventures, Ugly Duckling Ventures, Lumo Labs, EIC Fund ; source: Skyfora News ; https://www.skyfora.com/news/bfb58b55-bc9e-4c80-9c79-9ecc9bf904b4
equity financing announced 2025-03-01 : 4000000 EUR ; investors: Ugly Duckling Ventures, LUMO Labs, Voima Ventures, EIC Fund ; source: MWC Barcelona ; https://www.mwcbarcelona.com/articles/skyfora-secures-4-million-supercharge-ai-weather-forecasts-using-telecom-gnss-meteorology
pre-seed announced 2021-03-01 : 600000 EUR ; investors: Voima Ventures, Icebreaker ; source: Nordic9 ; https://nordic9.com/news/skyfora-secured-a-600k-round-backed-by-voima-ventures-and-icebreaker/

Company timeline

2026-06-18: A1 and Nokia partnership put telecom network weather sensing into market use (product) . Skyfora announced that A1 is expanding its 5G infrastructure with Skyfora and Nokia to continuously capture atmospheric data for improved short-term forecasting. Source: Skyfora. https://www.skyfora.com/news/d0f0c618-1544-4d48-9b6a-a0c80989efcf
2026-06-18: A1 and Nokia collaboration launches a named operator deployment (gtm) . Skyfora announced with A1 and Nokia a deployment that turns a mobile network into a weather data platform for more accurate forecasting. Source: Skyfora News. https://www.skyfora.com/news/d0f0c618-1544-4d48-9b6a-a0c80989efcf
2026-06-01: equity financing (funding) . Amount: 6500000 EUR. Investors: Eviny Ventures, Ugly Duckling Ventures, Lumo Labs, EIC Fund Source: Skyfora News. https://www.skyfora.com/news/bfb58b55-bc9e-4c80-9c79-9ecc9bf904b4
2026-01-01: Insight Dashboard added as a visual monitoring layer (product) . Skyfora introduced an Insight Dashboard with ZTD livestreams, satellite connectivity counters, map views, and skyplot visualization. Source: Skyfora. https://www.skyfora.com/solutions/insight-dashboard
2026-01-01: Weather Data API became available (product) . Skyfora launched an API for end users, partners, and developers to query atmospheric measurements and integrate weather data into workflows. Source: Skyfora. https://www.skyfora.com/solutions/gnss-weather-data-api
2026-01-01: Vertical packaging expands beyond telecom into API, dashboard, and micronets (gtm) . Skyfora’s product and solution pages now package the platform into a GNSS Weather Data API, an Insight Dashboard, and GNSS Micronets, with industry-specific messaging for insurance, defence, utilities, and weather services. Source: Skyfora solutions and industry pages. https://www.skyfora.com/solutions/mobile-operators

Meteomatics

Website: meteomatics.com

Category: Geospatial Data & Access. Funding stage: Series C. Founded: 2012. Country: Switzerland. Employees: 51-200 employees.

Landscape fit: It fits Geospatial Data & Access because it creates and delivers location-based atmospheric data and forecasts from multiple geospatial sources, including drones, stations, radar, satellites, and weather models.

Funding rounds

Series C announced 2025-01-01 : 22000000 USD ; investors: Armira Growth, Klima, Alantra Energy Transition Fund, Fortyone ; source: Meteomatics ; https://www.meteomatics.com/en/news/meteomatics-series-c-funding-22-million-dollars/
Strategic funding round announced 2024-01-01 : 0 USD ; investors: Lockheed Martin Ventures ; source: Meteomatics ; https://www.meteomatics.com/en/news/lockheed-martin-ventures-makes-strategic-investment-in-meteomatics/
Series B announced 2022-06-01 : 13500000 CHF ; investors: Klima, Alantra Energy Transition Fund, Enagás ; source: Meteomatics ; https://www.meteomatics.com/en/news/meteomatics-raises-13-5m-chf-in-a-series-b-financing-round-led-by-klima-energy-transition-fund/

Company timeline

2026-06-28: Careers page shows no open positions on the German locale (hr) . The German careers page currently states that there are no open positions while still offering connect and unsolicited-application options.. Team size observed: 51-200 employees employees. Source: Meteomatics Careers. https://careers.meteomatics.com/de/jobs
2026-06-28: Current hiring across Customer Success, Sales, and Software Engineering (hr) . Meteomatics' live careers page shows multiple open roles including Customer Success Manager, Account Executive US - Energy, Senior Backend Engineer for Weather API, and Sales Development Representative Manager.. Team size observed: 51-200 employees employees. Source: Meteomatics Careers. https://careers.meteomatics.com/
2026-06-15: MetX energy plots, isobands, and MCP connector launched (product) . Meteomatics redesigned energy plots for multi-model comparison, added isobands in the API and MetX, and launched an MCP connector for AI agents. Source: Meteomatics. https://www.meteomatics.com/en/news/product-updates-june-2026/
2026-06-11: Covéa uses MetX to centralize weather risk analysis (gtm) . Covéa adopted MetX to monitor weather events across France and beyond, bringing models and analysis tools into one place for faster claims anticipation. ([meteomatics.com](https://www.meteomatics.com/en/customer-stories/how-covea-structures-weather-risk-analysis-by-centralizing-data-in-metx/?utm_source=openai)) Source: How Covéa Structures Weather Risk Analysis by Centralizing Data in MetX. https://www.meteomatics.com/en/customer-stories/how-covea-structures-weather-risk-analysis-by-centralizing-data-in-metx/
2026-06-09: Swissgrid moves to centralized weather-data workflows (gtm) . Swissgrid adopted Meteomatics to replace fragmented data workflows with a centralized platform for faster operational decisions and solar forecasts. ([meteomatics.com](https://www.meteomatics.com/en/customer-success-stories/?utm_source=openai)) Source: Customer Success Stories | Meteomatics. https://www.meteomatics.com/en/customer-success-stories/
2026-05-04: NOAA National Mesonet Program enters phase two after successful pilot (gtm) . Meteomatics said its NOAA National Mesonet Program pilot validated drone-based atmospheric observations and moved into a second phase through August 2026. ([meteomatics.com](https://www.meteomatics.com/en/customer-stories/meteomatics-advances-national-mesonet-program-with-successful-pilot-and-launch-of-phase-two/?utm_source=openai)) Source: Meteomatics Advances National Mesonet Program with Successful Pilot and Launch of Phase Two. https://www.meteomatics.com/en/customer-stories/meteomatics-advances-national-mesonet-program-with-successful-pilot-and-launch-of-phase-two/

Near Space Labs

Website: nearspacelabs.com

Category: Geospatial Data & Access. Funding stage: Series B. Founded: 2017. Country: United States. Employees: 11-50 employees.

Landscape fit: It fits Geospatial Data & Access because it creates and delivers location-based Earth imagery data at scale, giving customers access to up-to-date geospatial information rather than just raw hardware or software.

Funding rounds

Series B announced 2025-04-01 : 20000000 USD ; investors: Bold Capital Partners, USAA, Climate Capital, Gaingels, River Park Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Third Sphere, Draper Associates ; source: Business Wire ; https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250429877869/en/Near-Space-Labs-Raises-%2420M-Series-B-Round-to-Scale-Stratospheric-Imaging-for-the-AI-Age
Series A announced 2021-09-01 : 13000000 USD ; investors: Crosslink Capital, Toyota Ventures, Leadout Capital, Wireframe Ventures ; source: Near Space Labs ; https://nearspacelabs.com/blog/near-space-labs-announces-13m-in-series-a-funding/
Debt announced 2020-10-01 : 1500000 USD ; source: SEC Form D ; https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1745399/000174539920000003/xslFormDX01/primary_doc.xml

Company timeline

2026-06-01: Associate Operator - Stratospheric Systems opening (hr) . Near Space Labs has an open Associate Operator role for stratospheric systems on its Greenhouse board, showing continued hiring in flight/operations.. Team size observed: 11-50 employees employees. Source: Greenhouse. https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/nearspacelabs/jobs/4749344008
2026-06-01: Technical Program Manager & Engineering Operations opening (hr) . Near Space Labs posted a Technical Program Manager & Engineering Operations role in Barcelona to coordinate cross-functional hardware development and deployment.. Team size observed: 11-50 employees employees. Source: Greenhouse. https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/nearspacelabs/jobs/5202845008
2026-06-01: Director of Marketing opening (hr) . Near Space Labs is hiring a Director of Marketing in Brooklyn, reporting to the CRO and framing the role as the central engine of the marketing organization.. Team size observed: 11-50 employees employees. Source: Greenhouse. https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/nearspacelabs/jobs/5231477008
2026-06-01: Live hiring slate on careers page (hr) . Near Space Labs' careers page links to an active Greenhouse board with four openings, including marketing, technical program management, stratospheric systems operations, and a general interest application.. Team size observed: 11-50 employees employees. Source: Near Space Labs Careers / Greenhouse. https://www.nearspacelabs.com/careers
2025-12-16: Messaging expands from carriers to homeownership and affordability (gtm) . Near Space Labs published a follow-on insurance essay arguing that outdated imagery and climate risk are making insurance a barrier to homeownership. Source: Near Space Labs blog. https://www.nearspacelabs.com/blog/when-insurance-becomes-the-barrier-3bfb1
2025-12-03: Insurance thought leadership turns into a carrier-specific GTM narrative (gtm) . Near Space Labs published a carrier-focused post identifying three insurance data problems: stale imagery, coverage blind spots, and restrictive licensing. Source: Near Space Labs blog. https://www.nearspacelabs.com/blog/three-data-problems-costing-carriers-d486c

World View Enterprises, Inc. (World View)

Website: worldview.space

Category: Geospatial Data & Access. Founded: 2012. Country: United States. Employees: 51-200 employees.

Landscape fit: It fits Geospatial Data & Access because the company creates and delivers location-based sensing data from the stratosphere, giving customers remote-sensing access to Earth observation and mission intelligence.

Funding rounds

Strategic investment announced 2026-03-01 : 10000000 USD ; investors: Ondas ; source: World View ; https://www.worldview.space/stories/ondas-announces-10-million-strategic-investment-in-world-view-and-signs-partnership-agreement-to-accelerate-multi-domain-isr-solutions
Series D announced 2024-05-01 : 25000000 USD ; investors: Breakthrough Victoria ; source: Business Wire ; https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240430194762/en/World-View-Expands-into-Indo-Pacific-with-%2425M-Strategic-Investment
Series C announced 2018-03-01 : 26500000 USD ; investors: Accel, Norwest Venture Partners, Canaan Partners ; source: Cooley ; https://www.cooley.com/news/coverage/2018/2018-06-12-world-view-closes-series-c-to-reach-edge-of-space
Series B announced 2016-04-01 : 15000000 USD ; investors: Canaan Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, Tencent, Moment Ventures, Base Ventures ; source: Cooley ; https://www.cooley.com/news/coverage/2016/2016-05-05-world-view-closes-series-b-financing-to-develop-high-altitude-balloons
Series A announced 2014-09-01 : 7175985 USD ; source: Employbl ; https://www.employbl.com/companies/World-View-Enterprises/funding-rounds

Company timeline

2026-06-01: Current hiring cluster across engineering, finance, flight operations, manufacturing, and quality (hr) . World View's live Lever board shows multiple open full-time Tucson roles including Electrical Engineer, Engineering Manager, Accounts Payable Specialist, Contracts Manager, Director of FP&A, Launch/Recovery Operations Technician, Flight Operator, Balloon Manufacturing Technician, Director of Manufacturing, Mechanical Technician, Manufacturing Soft Goods Technician, and Quality Control Inspector.. Team size observed: 51-200 employees employees. Source: World View Lever board. https://jobs.lever.co/world-view-enterprises-inc.
2026-04-01: Ondas acquisition completes World View repositioning (gtm) . Ondas completed its acquisition of World View, positioning the combined company around a persistent, AI-enabled multi-domain ISR platform across stratosphere, air, and ground. ([worldview.space](https://www.worldview.space/stories/ondas-completes-acquisition-of-world-view-enterprises-establishing-a-persistent-ai-enabled-multi-domain-isr-platform-across-stratosphere-air-and-ground?utm_source=openai)) Source: World View. https://www.worldview.space/stories/ondas-completes-acquisition-of-world-view-enterprises-establishing-a-persistent-ai-enabled-multi-domain-isr-platform-across-stratosphere-air-and-ground
2026-04-01: Completed acquisition by Ondas (product) . Ondas completed its acquisition of World View, describing the combined business as a persistent, AI-enabled multi-domain ISR platform across stratosphere, air, and ground. Source: World View / Ondas. https://www.worldview.space/stories/ondas-completes-acquisition-of-world-view-enterprises-establishing-a-persistent-ai-enabled-multi-domain-isr-platform-across-stratosphere-air-and-ground
2026-03-12: Palantir partnership extends ecosystem distribution (gtm) . Palantir joined Ondas and World View in a partnership to develop AI-enabled operational capabilities for persistent stratospheric, aerial, and land-based ISR missions. ([worldview.space](https://www.worldview.space/stories/palantir-partners-with-ondas-and-world-view-to-advance-next-generation-multi-domain-intelligence-platform?663ba816_page=2&utm_source=openai)) Source: Palantir. https://www.worldview.space/stories/palantir-partners-with-ondas-and-world-view-to-advance-next-generation-multi-domain-intelligence-platform
2026-03-12: Advanced into AI-enabled multi-domain ISR with Ondas and Palantir (product) . World View entered strategic agreements with Ondas and Palantir to develop and deploy AI-enabled capabilities spanning persistent stratospheric, aerial, and land-based ISR missions. Source: World View / Palantir. https://www.worldview.space/stories/palantir-partners-with-ondas-and-world-view-to-advance-next-generation-multi-domain-intelligence-platform
2026-03-02: Ondas strategic investment and partnership formalize channel motion (gtm) . Ondas made a strategic investment in World View and the companies announced a partnership framework to develop multi-domain and multi-modal ISR solutions for commercial and defense customers. ([worldview.space](https://www.worldview.space/stories/ondas-announces-10-million-strategic-investment-in-world-view-and-signs-partnership-agreement-to-accelerate-multi-domain-isr-solutions?663ba816_page=2&utm_source=openai)) Source: World View. https://www.worldview.space/stories/ondas-announces-10-million-strategic-investment-in-world-view-and-signs-partnership-agreement-to-accelerate-multi-domain-isr-solutions

Sofar Ocean

Website: sofarocean.com

Category: Geospatial Data & Access. Funding stage: Series B. Founded: 2016. Country: United States. Employees: 51-200 employees (LinkedIn; 106 employees visible).

Landscape fit: It fits Geospatial Data & Access because it collects and distributes location-based ocean observations from a private sensor network, turning them into usable real-time data products and forecasts.

Funding rounds

Undisclosed announced 2024-12-01 : 22250000 USD ; source: SEC Form D ; https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1687943/0001687943-24-000002-index.htm
Venture Round announced 2023-10-01 : 5000000 USD ; investors: True Ventures ; source: SEC Form D ; https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1687943/0001687943-23-000001/xslFormDX01/primary_doc.xml
Series B announced 2021-11-01 : 39000000 USD ; investors: Union Square Ventures, Foundry Group ; source: Sofar Ocean ; https://www.sofarocean.com/posts/as-climate-change-impacts-major-industries-globally-sofar-ocean-secures-39m-series-b-to-accelerate-its-ocean-intelligence-platform-to-drive-climate-mitigation-and-adaptation
Series A announced 2019-03-01 : 7000000 USD ; investors: Peter Rive, True Ventures, Craft Ventures ; source: PR Newswire ; https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/leaders-in-ocean-drones-and-sensors-merge-to-form-sofar-ocean-technologies-300820300.html
Seed announced 2016-09-01 : 1300000 USD ; investors: True Ventures ; source: Make: ; https://makezine.com/2013/09/11/openrov-raises-1-3-million-releases-new-model/

Company timeline

2026-06-01: Intern hiring cluster across engineering and marketing (hr) . Sofar Ocean currently lists a Spotter Firmware Engineering Intern, a Machine Learning Intern, and a Spotter Market Development & Partnerships Intern.. Team size observed: 51-200 employees (LinkedIn; 106 employees visible) employees. Source: Sofar Ocean Ashby job posts. https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/sofarocean/95375ac6-22ef-47eb-9609-6fd30844db5a
2026-06-01: Engineering and design hiring cluster (hr) . Current public job posts show Sofar Ocean hiring for a Software Engineer and a Senior Visual Communications Designer.. Team size observed: 51-200 employees (LinkedIn; 106 employees visible) employees. Source: Sofar Ocean Ashby job posts. https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/sofarocean/28baef4b-7bc6-40ee-a479-b4a940ecdbfd
2026-06-01: Live careers page with open roles (hr) . Sofar Ocean’s careers page currently invites candidates to see open roles and routes applicants to its job board.. Team size observed: 51-200 employees (LinkedIn; 106 employees visible) employees. Source: Sofar Ocean Careers. https://www.sofarocean.com/company/careers
2026-04-15: Spotter Scout extends Spotter into deep-water mobile sensing (gtm) . Sofar launched Spotter Scout, a solar-powered USV that brings Spotter sensing to remote and deep-water locations where moorings are impractical. ([sofarocean.com](https://www.sofarocean.com/posts/press-release-spotter-scout-usv)) Source: Sofar Ocean. https://www.sofarocean.com/posts/press-release-spotter-scout-usv
2026-04-15: Spotter Scout launches in beta as a mobile USV (product) . Sofar launched Spotter Scout, a solar-powered uncrewed surface vehicle that extends Spotter sensing into deep water and remote locations with the same dashboard and API workflow. Source: Sofar Ocean. https://www.sofarocean.com/posts/press-release-spotter-scout-usv
2026-02-19: Spotter dashboard update improves fleet-scale operations (product) . Sofar published a detailed dashboard update focused on faster fleet navigation, richer visualization, clearer device status, and improved subscription management. Source: Sofar Ocean. https://www.sofarocean.com/posts/spotter-dashboard-updates-2026

Geospatial Data Infrastructure

Arlula

Website: arlula.com

Category: Geospatial Data Infrastructure. Founded: 2018. Country: Australia. Employees: 11-50 employees.

Landscape fit: It fits Geospatial Data Infrastructure because its platform makes EO and satellite data usable across sources by normalizing, cataloging, delivering, governing, and integrating data/workflows via APIs and modular infrastructure.

Funding rounds

venture announced 2026-03-01 : 3400000 AUD ; investors: Paspalis Capital, Main Sequence Ventures, Startmate, Moonshot ; source: Arlula ; https://www.arlula.com/news/arlula-raises-3-4m-as-defence-and-ai-demands-reshape-satellite-data-infrastructure
seed announced 2023-05-01 : 2200000 AUD ; investors: Main Sequence, Black Nova Venture Capital ; source: Arlula ; https://www.arlula.com/news/arlula-closes-2-2-million-seed-round-to-enable-global-space-data-access

Company timeline

2026-06-01: Data Normalisation Pipeline introduced as a standalone module (product) . Arlula launched a Data Normalisation Pipeline that standardises imagery into STAC-based, cloud-native, analysis-ready formats and is positioned as one of six modular infrastructure components. Source: Arlula. https://www.arlula.com/geostack/data-normalisation-pipeline
2026-06-01: Open hiring across engineering roles remained visible (hr) . Arlula's careers page and LinkedIn company updates continued to show active hiring, including a current paid Space Software Engineer Intern post and additional job links.. Team size observed: 11-50 employees employees. Source: Arlula LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/company/arlula/
2026-06-01: Product operations internship opened (hr) . Sebastian Chaoui posted that Arlula was hiring a paid Product Operations Intern and invited final-year students and recent graduates to apply.. Team size observed: 11-50 employees employees. Source: Arlula LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/company/arlula/
2026-05-14: Spiral Blue selected Arlula Sales Engine for constellation distribution (product) . Arlula announced that Spiral Blue chose its Sales Engine platform as the distribution layer for a planned LiDAR constellation, including discovery, tasking, ordering, and delivery. Source: Arlula. https://www.arlula.com/news/spiral-blue-selects-arlula-to-help-scale-sovereign-space-lidar-mission
2026-05-14: Sales Engine selected for Spiral Blue sovereign LiDAR constellation (gtm) . Arlula and Spiral Blue announced a strategic partnership in which Arlula’s Sales Engine serves as the distribution layer for a planned sovereign LiDAR constellation, with defense, intelligence, and enterprise applications. Source: Arlula. https://www.arlula.com/news/spiral-blue-selects-arlula-to-help-scale-sovereign-space-lidar-mission
2026-03-01: venture (funding) . Amount: 3400000 AUD. Investors: Paspalis Capital, Main Sequence Ventures, Startmate, Moonshot Source: Arlula. https://www.arlula.com/news/arlula-raises-3-4m-as-defence-and-ai-demands-reshape-satellite-data-infrastructure

SkyWatch

Website: skywatch.com

SkyWatch is a geospatial data platform that aggregates, buys, manages, and integrates satellite, aerial, and drone imagery and other Earth observation data through APIs and workflow tools.

Category: Geospatial Data Infrastructure. Funding stage: Series B. Founded: 2014. Country: Canada. Employees: 51-200 employees.

Landscape fit: It fits geospatial data infrastructure because it acts as a unified layer for discovering, cataloging, purchasing, storing, and integrating geospatial data across providers and enterprise GIS workflows.

Funding rounds

Series B announced 2021-06-01 : 17200000 USD ; investors: Drive Capital, BDC ICE Venture Fund, Golden Ventures, Space Capital, Bullpen Capital ; source: Osler ; https://www.osler.com/en/about-us/representative-work/skywatch/
Series A announced 2020-01-01 : 10000000 USD ; investors: Bullpen Capital, BDC Industrial, Clean, and Energy Technology Venture Fund, Space Capital, Golden Ventures, Techstars Ventures, SK Ventures, Angel Round Capital ; source: SpaceQ ; https://spaceq.ca/skywatch-raises-10-million-and-unveils-terrastream/
Seed announced 2018-02-01 : 4000000 CAD ; investors: Sinai Ventures, Space Angels, Golden Venture Partners, Techstars Ventures, SK Ventures, Globalive Capital, ARC Angel Fund ; source: PR Newswire ; https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/skywatch-raises-seed-financing-of-4m-cad-32m-usd-to-bring-satellite-data-to-the-mass-market-300596696.html

Company timeline

2026-06-02: Microsoft Planetary Computer Pro integration launched (gtm) . SkyWatch announced an integration with Microsoft Planetary Computer Pro that moves licensed imagery directly into analytics workflows without manual transfer steps. ([skywatch.com](https://skywatch.com/skywatch-collaborates-with-microsoft-to-integrate-commercial-satellite-imagery-into-planetary-computer-pro/?utm_source=openai)) Source: SkyWatch. https://skywatch.com/skywatch-collaborates-with-microsoft-to-integrate-commercial-satellite-imagery-into-planetary-computer-pro/
2026-06-01: Current careers-page hiring posture (hr) . SkyWatch’s careers page is live and prominently frames the company as hiring, with a ‘View Open Roles’ call to action and employee-focused benefits copy.. Team size observed: 51-200 employees employees. Source: SkyWatch careers page. https://skywatch.com/careers/
2026-06-01: Named hire: Heather Whitney joins as Director, Strategic Alliances – Esri (hr) . SkyWatch publicly announced Heather Whitney as a new Director, Strategic Alliances focused on the Esri relationship.. Team size observed: 51-200 employees employees. Source: LinkedIn company page. https://ca.linkedin.com/company/skywatch-apps
2026-05-01: Hiring for Enterprise Solutions Lead (hr) . SkyWatch posted that it is hiring an Enterprise Solutions Lead to own solution definition and delivery.. Team size observed: 51-200 employees employees. Source: LinkedIn company page. https://ca.linkedin.com/company/skywatch-apps
2026-02-17: Spexi drone imagery is made available on SkyWatch (product) . SkyWatch announced Spexi orthomosaic drone imagery in its platform and said it was accessible through EXPLORE and HUB, with API access also referenced in the announcement. ([skywatch.com](https://skywatch.com/spexi-orthomosaic-drone-imagery-now-available-on-the-skywatch-platform/?utm_source=openai)) Source: SkyWatch. https://skywatch.com/spexi-orthomosaic-drone-imagery-now-available-on-the-skywatch-platform/
2026-01-14: Nearmap aerial imagery is added through Content Store for ArcGIS (product) . SkyWatch announced a partnership with Nearmap and made Nearmap aerial imagery available through Content Store for ArcGIS, with purchase and publishing workflows for ArcGIS users. ([skywatch.com](https://skywatch.com/skywatch-and-nearmap-partner-to-expand-access-to-high-resolution-aerial-imagery-for-gis-professionals/)) Source: SkyWatch. https://skywatch.com/skywatch-and-nearmap-partner-to-expand-access-to-high-resolution-aerial-imagery-for-gis-professionals/

UP42

Website: up42.com

UP42 is a geospatial data platform and marketplace that lets customers order, manage, process, and integrate satellite, aerial, and elevation data from multiple providers in one workflow.

Category: Geospatial Data Infrastructure. Funding stage: Acquired. Founded: 2019. Country: Germany. Employees: 51-200 employees.

Landscape fit: It fits geospatial data infrastructure because it makes geospatial data usable across sources by providing a single platform for cataloging, ordering/tasking, standardized delivery, processing, and workflow integration.

Company timeline

2026-06-01: Recent job postings on LinkedIn (hr) . UP42’s LinkedIn jobs page shows recently posted openings including Senior Cloud Engineer, Partnerships Lead, and Sales Manager – North America.. Team size observed: 51-200 employees employees. Source: UP42 LinkedIn Jobs. https://www.linkedin.com/company/up42/jobs/
2026-06-01: Current hiring cluster on careers page (hr) . UP42’s careers page lists multiple open roles across Product & Design, Business Development, and Engineering.. Team size observed: 51-200 employees employees. Source: UP42 Careers. https://up42.com/company/careers
2026-05-27: Budget management endpoints for credit allocation (product) . UP42’s API changelog added new budgets endpoints to fetch budgets and track credits across orders and processing jobs. Source: UP42 docs changelog. https://docs.up42.com/developers/changelog
2026-05-05: Analysis-ready workflow push around orthorectification, 35 cm tasking, and in-console marketplace (gtm) . UP42 added orthorectification, true color conversion, BlackSky Gen-3 tasking, cancelable orders, and a fully integrated marketplace inside the console. Source: UP42. https://up42.com/blog/35-cm-tasking-true-color-conversion-and-more-the-latest-product-updates-from-up42
2026-05-05: Analysis and workflow upgrades across console and marketplace (product) . UP42 added orthorectification, true color conversion, BlackSky Gen-3 tasking, cancelable orders, marketplace access inside the console, and 3D map mode. Source: UP42 blog. https://up42.com/blog/35-cm-tasking-true-color-conversion-and-more-the-latest-product-updates-from-up42
2026-03-02: Vantor elevation data and constellr thermal intelligence expanded the portfolio (gtm) . UP42 added Vantor 50 cm elevation data and constellr thermal intelligence, while also introducing granular user roles for account governance. Source: UP42. https://up42.com/blog/2026-up42-platform

Wherobots

Website: wherobots.com

Category: Geospatial Data Infrastructure. Funding stage: Series A. Founded: 2022. Country: United States. Employees: 11-50 employees.

Landscape fit: It fits geospatial data infrastructure because it ingests, organizes, processes, and serves spatial data in the cloud, including spatial indexing, data management, APIs, and workflow integration.

Funding rounds

Series A announced 2024-11-01 : 21500000 USD ; investors: Felicis, Wing Venture Capital, Clear Ventures, JetBlue Ventures, P7 Ventures ; source: Wherobots ; https://wherobots.com/press/wherobots-raises-21-5m-in-series-a-funding-led-by-felicis-to-modernize-geospatial-and-climate-intelligence-starting-in-the-aws-cloud/
Seed announced 2023-06-01 : 5500000 USD ; investors: Wing Venture Capital, Clear Ventures ; source: Wherobots ; https://wherobots.com/press/wherobots-raises-5-5-million-in-funding-to-accelerate-development-of-next-generation-data-platform-for-geospatial-analytics-ai/

Company timeline

2026-06-20: Three senior roles opened across ML, infrastructure/security, and enterprise sales (hr) . Wherobots posted a hiring push for Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Senior/Staff Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, and Senior Account Executive roles.. Team size observed: 11-50 employees employees. Source: LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/wherobots_wherobots-is-hiring-we-give-ai-agents-the-activity-7457768657629360129-vahT
2026-05-06: Wherobots Python SDK launched (product) . Wherobots released a typed Python SDK for submitting, monitoring, and managing Wherobots job runs from Python environments. ([wherobots.com](https://wherobots.com/blog/wherobots-python-sdk/)) Source: Wherobots Blog. https://wherobots.com/blog/wherobots-python-sdk/
2026-04-08: Spatial AI Coding Tools and MCP server launched (product) . Wherobots introduced the MCP server, VS Code extension, and CLI so AI assistants and developers could query spatial data and generate geospatial workflows with natural language. ([wherobots.com](https://wherobots.com/blog/spatial-ai-coding-tools/?utm_source=openai)) Source: Wherobots blog / docs. https://wherobots.com/blog/spatial-ai-coding-tools/
2026-02-04: RasterFlow entered private preview (product) . Wherobots made RasterFlow available in private preview as an inference engine for large-scale raster processing and geospatial machine learning workflows. ([docs.wherobots.com](https://docs.wherobots.com/latest/release-notes/stac-reader)) Source: Wherobots Changelog. https://docs.wherobots.com/changelog
2025-12-10: RasterFlow launches for earth-intelligence inference (gtm) . Wherobots launched RasterFlow to productionize AI models on satellite and overhead imagery, with initial customers and partners named in the announcement. ([wherobots.com](https://wherobots.com/press/wherobots-introduces-rasterflow-a-major-step-forward-in-earth-intelligence-that-makes-complex-earth-observation-data-simple-and-ai-ready/?utm_source=openai)) Source: Wherobots press release. https://wherobots.com/press/wherobots-introduces-rasterflow-a-major-step-forward-in-earth-intelligence-that-makes-complex-earth-observation-data-simple-and-ai-ready/
2025-09-11: Databricks Unity Catalog integration expands lakehouse distribution (gtm) . Wherobots announced Data Federation for Databricks Unity Catalog, letting customers connect governed lakehouse data to Wherobots without copying or moving it. ([docs.wherobots.com](https://docs.wherobots.com/latest-snapshot/release-notes/data-federation-for-databricks-unity-catalog/?utm_source=openai)) Source: Wherobots docs/blog. https://wherobots.com/blog/spatial-intelligence-engine-databricks/

Ellipsis Drive

Website: ellipsis-drive.com

Category: Geospatial Data Infrastructure. Founded: 2018. Country: Netherlands. Employees: 201-500 employees.

Landscape fit: It fits geospatial data infrastructure because its core product catalogs, stores, delivers, and exposes spatial datasets through APIs and web services, helping organizations make geospatial data usable across tools, teams, and storage systems.

Funding rounds

Seed announced 2021-02-01 : 2300000 USD ; investors: Promus Ventures, Orbital Ventures, Techstars ; source: Ellipsis Drive ; https://ellipsis-drive.com/blog/ellipsis-drive-funding-announcement/
Pre-Seed announced 2019-06-01 : 364000 USD ; source: Dealroom ; https://app.dealroom.co/companies/ellipsis_drive_1

Company timeline

2026-06-01: Team size observed (hr) . Public source shows a team size of 201-500 employees employees.. Team size observed: 201-500 employees employees. Source: LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/company/ellipsisdrive
2025-08-27: Released flood risk management use-case content for Map Engine (gtm) . Ellipsis Drive published a flood-risk workflow showing Map Engine turning raster datasets into live risk maps for insurers and public-sector response teams. Source: Ellipsis Drive blog. https://ellipsis-drive.com/blog/flood-risk-management/
2025-05-28: Map Engine launch for distributed spatial analytics (product) . Ellipsis Drive launched Ellipsis Map Engine, a map-native compute engine and data lakehouse for scalable spatial data science across raster, vector, and other geographic data. ([ellipsis-drive.com](https://ellipsis-drive.com/blog/ellipsis-drive-launches-industry-first-raster-data/?utm_source=openai)) Source: Ellipsis Drive blog. https://ellipsis-drive.com/blog/ellipsis-drive-launches-industry-first-raster-data/
2025-05-28: Launched Ellipsis Map Engine (gtm) . Ellipsis Drive launched Map Engine as a map-native distributed compute and raster data lakehouse layer for spatial analytics. Source: Ellipsis Drive blog. https://ellipsis-drive.com/blog/ellipsis-drive-launches-industry-first-raster-data/
2025-02-27: Google Cloud sustainability partner designation (gtm) . Ellipsis Drive announced Google Cloud Ready - Sustainability status, tying its platform to ESG and climate-use customers on Google Cloud. Source: Ellipsis Drive blog. https://ellipsis-drive.com/blog/ellipsis-drive-google-cloud-partner/
2025-02-24: New EO data delivery partnership with Arlula (gtm) . Ellipsis Drive announced a partnership with Arlula to help New Space EO companies deliver products globally by improving storage, delivery, and integration. Source: Ellipsis Drive blog. https://ellipsis-drive.com/blog/arlula-partnership-for-eo-data-delivery/

Earthmover

Website: earthmover.io

Category: Geospatial Data Infrastructure. Funding stage: Seed. Founded: 2018. Country: United States. Employees: 2-10 employees.

Landscape fit: It fits geospatial data infrastructure because it makes geospatial and Earth-science data usable across sources by providing storage, indexing/formatting, APIs for data delivery, and workflow tools that help teams manage and integrate large geospatial datasets.

Funding rounds

seed announced 2025-09-01 : 7200000 USD ; investors: Lowercarbon Capital, Costanoa Ventures, Preston-Werner Ventures ; source: Business Wire ; https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250919639500/en/Earthmover-Raises-%247.2M-Seed-Round-to-Transform-Earth-Science-Data-Management
pre-seed announced 2022-10-01 : 1700000 USD ; investors: Costanoa Ventures, Tony Liu ; source: TechCrunch ; https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/11/earthmover-to-bring-petascale-data-tools-to-climate-tech/

Company timeline

2026-09-29: Flux Tiles and xpublish-tiles launch (gtm) . Earthmover introduced xpublish-tiles to power Flux Tiles, extending the platform into dynamic map-tile rendering for lower-zoom geospatial visualization. Source: Earthmover. https://earthmover.io/blog/dynamic-map-tile-rendering-icechunk-zarr-data-xpublish-tiles/
2026-06-16: Multiscale overviews added across Arraylake and Flux Tiles (product) . Earthmover introduced multiscale support using GeoZarr conventions, tying precomputed overviews to Flux Tiles for efficient visualization. Source: Earthmover homepage/blog. https://www.earthmover.io/
2026-01-22: Earthmover Data Marketplace launch (gtm) . Earthmover launched a data marketplace with multiple weather and climate providers and opened the platform to anyone for free and open datasets. Source: Earthmover. https://earthmover.io/blog/announcing-data-marketplace/
2026-01-22: Earthmover Data Marketplace launched to open the platform to broader users (product) . Earthmover launched a marketplace for AI-ready weather and climate data, and opened the platform to anyone for free and open datasets. Source: Earthmover blog. https://earthmover.io/blog/announcing-data-marketplace/
2025-12-02: Icechunk 2 preview emphasized rectilinear grids and migration path (product) . Earthmover previewed Icechunk 2 with support for rectilinear grids, improved handling of uneven partitions, and an explicit migration path from Icechunk 1. Source: Earthmover blog. https://earthmover.io/blog/evolving-our-tensor-storage-engine-a-preview-of-icechunk-2
2025-09-29: xpublish-tiles launched to power Flux Tiles (product) . Earthmover launched xpublish-tiles, an open-source library behind Flux Tiles, enabling dynamic slippy-map tile rendering at lower zoom levels than before. Source: Earthmover blog. https://earthmover.io/blog/dynamic-map-tile-rendering-icechunk-zarr-data-xpublish-tiles/

Geospatial Intelligence & Applications

Plume

Website: plumefinder.com

Plume is an AI-powered geospatial platform that helps renewable energy and infrastructure developers select sites by analyzing geospatial, grid, and regulatory constraints with natural language.

Category: Geospatial Intelligence & Applications. Funding stage: Seed. Founded: 2024. Country: France. Employees: 11-50 employees.

Landscape fit: It fits Geospatial because its core product centers on geospatial intelligence: it aggregates and analyzes mapped land, grid, zoning, and regulatory data to support site selection for infrastructure and renewable energy projects.

Funding rounds

Seed announced 2026-04-01 : 3300000 EUR ; investors: AENU, Y Combinator, Kima Ventures, Raise Phiture, Better Angle, Collaborative Fund ; source: Tech.eu ; https://tech.eu/2026/04/09/plume-raises-3-3m-to-cut-years-from-renewable-energy-development-timelines/
Pre-Seed announced 2024-10-01 : 500000 USD ; investors: Y Combinator ; source: LinkedIn ; https://www.linkedin.com/company/plumefinder

Company timeline

2026-06-01: Positioned the platform as deployed with 15+ developers (gtm) . Plume’s event and product posts now say the platform is already deployed with more than 15 developers, reinforcing an early repeatable sales motion. Source: Plume LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/company/plumefinder
2026-06-01: Took the product to industry events and field marketing (gtm) . Plume promoted its presence at Solarplaza Summit France, targeting development, land, grid-connection, and investor buyers with a live demo message. Source: Plume LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/company/plumefinder
2026-06-01: Moved from site selection to a broader site-to-permit workflow (gtm) . Plume’s homepage evolved into a broader "AI Site Intelligence" narrative that covers the full developer workflow from prospecting land to validating sites and understanding territorial constraints before investment. Source: Plume homepage. https://www.plumefinder.com/
2026-05-01: Launched co-visibility analysis for PV and wind site risk (gtm) . Plume shipped a viewshed-based co-visibility feature that uses LiDAR and can be combined with PLU, monument perimeters, and grid data to assess landscape risk on solar and wind projects. Source: Plume LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/company/plumefinder
2026-05-01: Added adjacent infrastructure data for data center siting (gtm) . Plume introduced worldwide fiber-backbone network data so users can combine telecom, grid, zoning, environmental, and local-opinion layers when evaluating assets such as data centers. Source: Plume LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/company/plumefinder
2026-04-01: Seed (funding) . Amount: 3300000 EUR. Investors: AENU, Y Combinator, Kima Ventures, Raise Phiture, Better Angle, Collaborative Fund Source: Tech.eu. https://tech.eu/2026/04/09/plume-raises-3-3m-to-cut-years-from-renewable-energy-development-timelines/

TerraEye

Website: terraeye.co

TerraEye is a geospatial AI company that analyzes multi- and hyperspectral satellite data to help mining and exploration teams identify mineral targets and monitor environmental conditions.

Category: Geospatial Intelligence & Applications. Funding stage: Acquired. Founded: 2022. Country: Poland. Employees: 11–50 employees.

Landscape fit: It fits the Geodata category because its core product turns satellite and remote-sensing data into geological and environmental insights, including mineral targeting, lineament detection, and GIS-ready exploration layers.

Funding rounds

seed announced 2023-03-01 : 400000 EUR ; investors: Czysta3.vc, GT Technologies ; source: Wikipedia ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TerraEye
Pre-Seed announced 2022-05-01 : 500000 EUR ; investors: GTTechnologies ; source: Bounce Watch ; https://bouncewatch.com/explore/startup/four-point
grant announced 2022-01-01 : 200000 EUR ; investors: European Space Agency ; source: Dealroom.co ; https://app.dealroom.co/companies/terraeye
Grant announced 2021-08-01 : 200000 EUR ; investors: European Space Agency ; source: Bounce Watch ; https://bouncewatch.com/explore/startup/four-point

Company timeline

2026-05-01: Hiring push for 7 open roles (hr) . TerraEye publicly posted that it is hiring across seven roles, including Project Geologist, LLM Specialist / AI Engineer, Cyber Security Specialist, DevOps Engineer, Frontend Developer, Backend Developer, and Data Analyst with Geological Background.. Team size observed: 11–50 employees employees. Source: LinkedIn company page. https://pl.linkedin.com/company/terraeye
2026-02-11: Shifted toward support-led decision throughput and forward deployed geologists (product) . TerraEye positioned itself as a deployment partner and said it was rolling out a support platform built around Forward Deployed Geologists to help teams turn data into decisions. Source: TerraEye Blog. https://blog.terraeye.co/terraeye-vs-the-ai-exploration-landscape-turning-satellite-data-into-decision-throughput/
2026-02-04: Expanded ICP and deployment model around forward-deployed geologists (gtm) . In February 2026, TerraEye broadened its messaging to juniors, mid-tiers, majors, sovereign investors, and country-scale screening, while emphasizing embedded geologists and geophysics integration. Source: TerraEye Blog. https://blog.terraeye.co/strategic-shifts-in-mining-how-terraeye-supports-exploration-technology-and-investment-initiatives-q1-2026/
2026-01-28: Split results delivery into complementary analytical phases (product) . TerraEye described a two-phase results-delivery model using open multispectral and hyperspectral sources for initial understanding, then deeper analysis for follow-on questions. Source: TerraEye Blog. https://blog.terraeye.co/terraeye-results-delivery/
2026-01-14: Expanded spectral targeting into a more guided analysis workflow (product) . TerraEye outlined an AI spectral targeting process that produces spectral target maps, similarity scores, rationale, GIS-ready outputs, and geological recommendations for field follow-up. Source: TerraEye Blog. https://blog.terraeye.co/ai-spectral-targeting-for-mineral-exploration/
2026-01-07: Technical content sequence around hard-terrain targeting and MSV (gtm) . In January 2026, TerraEye published a cluster of technical posts on spectral targeting in vegetation, snow, and sand, plus metal-stressed vegetation analysis, to explain how its method works in difficult terrains. Source: TerraEye Blog. https://blog.terraeye.co/metal-stressed-vegetation-msv/

Treefera

Website: treefera.com

Category: Geospatial Intelligence & Applications. Funding stage: Series B. Founded: 2022. Country: United Kingdom. Employees: 11-50 employees.

Landscape fit: It fits geospatial intelligence because it analyzes satellite and plot-level geospatial data to detect land-use change, crop health, soil moisture, water stress, biomass, and yield risk, then converts those signals into decision-ready intelligence for trading, supply chain, finance, insurance, and environmental workflows.

Funding rounds

Series B announced 2025-06-01 : 30000000 USD ; investors: Notion Capital, AlbionVC, Triple Point, Twin Path Ventures, Endeit Capital ; source: Treefera ; https://www.treefera.com/blog/treefera-secures-30-million-in-series-b-funding
Series A announced 2024-04-01 : 12000000 USD ; investors: AlbionVC ; source: Treefera ; https://www.treefera.com/blog/treefera-raises-usd12m-series-a-for-ai-platform-bringing-transparency-to-nature-data
pre-seed announced 2023-09-01 : 2200000 USD ; investors: Concept Ventures, Twin Path Ventures, January Ventures, Greg Lavender ; source: Treefera ; https://www.treefera.com/blog/treefera-pre-seed-funding-round

Company timeline

2026-05-01: Geospatial Data Engineer role made public (hr) . Treefera published a Geospatial Data Engineer job description with a direct careers email contact.. Team size observed: 11-50 employees employees. Source: Treefera. https://files.treefera.com/JobDescription-GeospatialDataEngineer
2026-04-01: Enterprise Sales Development Representative opening in Singapore (hr) . Treefera posted a Singapore-based Enterprise Sales Development Representative role on LinkedIn.. Team size observed: 11-50 employees employees. Source: LinkedIn. https://sg.linkedin.com/jobs/view/enterprise-sales-development-representative-singapore-at-treefera-4397047967
2026-02-24: Market Intelligence launched and distributed via Smartkarma (gtm) . Treefera launched Market Intelligence for ag and soft commodities, then added Smartkarma as a distribution channel for yield and production-area forecasts with quantified uncertainty. Source: Treefera blog. https://www.treefera.com/blog/treefera-market-intelligence-now-available-in-smartkarma
2026-02-17: Market Intelligence launches for ag and soft commodities (product) . Treefera launched Market Intelligence, a new product delivering probabilistic yield and production-area forecasts across seasonal and multi-year horizons. Source: Treefera blog. https://www.treefera.com/blog/treefera-launches-Market-Intelligence
2026-01-28: Global Risk Dashboard launched (gtm) . Treefera introduced a country-level Global Risk Dashboard built from millions of site and plot-level observations to translate first-mile conditions into standardized risk scores. Source: Treefera site. https://www.treefera.com/risk-intelligence
2026-01-28: Global Risk Dashboard launches as a country-level risk product (product) . Treefera launched the Global Risk Dashboard, translating millions of plot-level observations into a comparable country-level view of risk across land use, vegetation, weather and climate, anthropogenic, water, and social/governance factors. Source: Treefera risk intelligence page. https://www.treefera.com/risk-intelligence

LiveEO

Website: live-eo.com

Category: Geospatial Intelligence & Applications. Founded: 2018. Country: Germany. Employees: 51-200 employees.

Landscape fit: It fits the Geospatial Intelligence & Applications category because it converts satellite and geospatial data into detection, monitoring, risk intelligence, and operational workflows for infrastructure, climate, and compliance use cases.

Funding rounds

Funding round announced 2026-05-01 : 28000000 EUR ; investors: Helantic, b2ventures, European Innovation Council (EIC), Nordic Ninja, DTCF, Matterwave Ventures, MMC Ventures, Segenia Capital, Greencode Ventures ; source: LiveEO press release ; https://www.live-eo.com/company/press/liveeo-raises-28m-to-scale-geospatial-intelligence-across-civil-infrastructure-and-defense
Public funding announced 2026-05-01 : 6600000 EUR ; investors: GRW programme, Investitionsbank Berlin (IBB), Federal Government of Germany, State of Berlin ; source: LiveEO press release ; https://www.live-eo.com/company/press/liveeo-secures-eu6-6-million-to-advance-twinspector-satellite-constellation
R&D grant announced 2025-06-01 : 277000 EUR ; investors: Investmentbank Berlin (IBB) / ProFIT programme ; source: LiveEO press release ; https://www.live-eo.com/company/press/liveeo-rd-grant-co-registration-automation
Strategic investment announced 2025-04-01 : 0 JPY ; investors: Kyuden International Corporation ; source: LiveEO press release ; https://www.live-eo.com/company/press/liveeo-secures-kyuden-investment-japan-expansion-satellite-monitoring
Series B announced 2024-06-01 : 25000000 EUR ; investors: NordicNinja, DeepTech & Climate Fonds, MMC Ventures, DvH Ventures, Greencode Ventures, Helen Ventures, Matterwave, motu ventures, Segenia Capital, Hannover Digital Investments ; source: LiveEO press release ; https://www.live-eo.com/company/press/liveeo-raises-eu25-million-to-leverage-ai-powered-satellite-data-for-critical-infrastructure-and-climate-risk-management

Company timeline

2026-06-28: Active multi-function hiring slate visible on careers page (hr) . LiveEO's careers page currently lists 11 open roles across customer success, engineering, governmental sales, marketing, sales, SurfaceScout, and TradeAware.. Team size observed: 51-200 employees employees. Source: LiveEO careers page. https://liveeo-gmbh.jobs.personio.de/
2026-05-06: €28M raise tied to civil scale and defense push (gtm) . LiveEO raised more than €28 million and said it would scale its civil infrastructure business while expanding into dual-use defense and security applications. ([live-eo.com](https://www.live-eo.com/company/press/liveeo-raises-28m-to-scale-geospatial-intelligence-across-civil-infrastructure-and-defense)) Source: LiveEO press release. https://www.live-eo.com/company/press/liveeo-raises-28m-to-scale-geospatial-intelligence-across-civil-infrastructure-and-defense
2026-05-01: Funding round (funding) . Amount: 28000000 EUR. Investors: Helantic, b2ventures, European Innovation Council (EIC), Nordic Ninja, DTCF, Matterwave Ventures, MMC Ventures, Segenia Capital, Greencode Ventures Source: LiveEO press release. https://www.live-eo.com/company/press/liveeo-raises-28m-to-scale-geospatial-intelligence-across-civil-infrastructure-and-defense
2026-05-01: Public funding (funding) . Amount: 6600000 EUR. Investors: GRW programme, Investitionsbank Berlin (IBB), Federal Government of Germany, State of Berlin Source: LiveEO press release. https://www.live-eo.com/company/press/liveeo-secures-eu6-6-million-to-advance-twinspector-satellite-constellation
2026-04-14: ESA contract for Twinspector constellation (gtm) . LiveEO signed a seven-digit ESA InCubed contract to advance Twinspector, its dedicated satellite constellation for infrastructure monitoring. ([live-eo.com](https://www.live-eo.com/company/press/liveeo-signs-a-seven-digit-contract-with-the-european-space-agency-for-the-twinspector-satellite-constellation)) Source: LiveEO press release. https://www.live-eo.com/company/press/liveeo-signs-a-seven-digit-contract-with-the-european-space-agency-for-the-twinspector-satellite-constellation
2026-04-14: ESA InCubed contract backed Twinspector development (product) . LiveEO secured a seven-digit ESA InCubed contract to advance the Twinspector satellite system and its infrastructure-monitoring capability. ([live-eo.com](https://www.live-eo.com/company/press/liveeo-signs-a-seven-digit-contract-with-the-european-space-agency-for-the-twinspector-satellite-constellation)) Source: LiveEO Press Release. https://www.live-eo.com/company/press/liveeo-signs-a-seven-digit-contract-with-the-european-space-agency-for-the-twinspector-satellite-constellation

ZestyAI

Website: zesty.ai

ZestyAI is an AI-powered property and climate risk platform that helps insurers see, price, and act on property risk using geospatial, aerial, and property data.

Category: Geospatial Intelligence & Applications. Funding stage: Series B. Founded: 2015. Country: United States. Employees: 51-200 employees.

Landscape fit: It fits Geospatial Intelligence & Applications because it turns geospatial and property imagery data into property-level risk detection, monitoring, and underwriting decisions for insurance and related risk workflows.

Funding rounds

Line of Credit announced 2025-06-01 : 15000000 USD ; investors: CIBC Innovation Banking ; source: ZestyAI ; https://zesty.ai/news/credit-facility-cibc
Series B announced 2022-07-01 : 33000000 USD ; investors: Centana Growth Partners, Brex, existing investors ; source: ZestyAI ; https://zesty.ai/resource/zestyai-raises-33m-as-centana-growth-partners-leads-series-b
Debt Financing announced 2022-03-01 : 10000000 USD ; investors: Brex ; source: ZestyAI ; https://zesty.ai/news/brex-helps-zestyai-scale-with-10-million-in-venture-debt
Series A announced 2018-12-01 : 13000000 USD ; investors: Blamar, Plug and Play Ventures, existing investors ; source: ZestyAI ; https://zesty.ai/resource/ai-powered-insurtech-zesty-ai-closes-series-a-funding-of-us-13-million

Company timeline

2026-06-01: New Senior Director of Client Development hired (hr) . ZestyAI welcomed Zach Fleischer as its new Senior Director of Client Development.. Team size observed: 51-200 employees employees. Source: LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/company/zesty-ai
2026-04-01: Scott Stephenson joined the board of directors (hr) . ZestyAI announced that former Verisk Chairman and CEO Scott Stephenson joined its Board of Directors.. Team size observed: 51-200 employees employees. Source: LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/zesty-ai_were-proud-to-welcome-scott-stephenson-activity-7450154718204489728-z8bq
2026-03-11: Harford Mutual adopts ZestyAI for commercial portfolio visibility (gtm) . Harford Mutual Insurance Group selected the ZestyAI Platform to strengthen property-level exposure insight across its commercial book. Source: ZestyAI. https://zesty.ai/resource/harford-mutual-insurance
2026-02-19: Lilypad-Centauri adopts roof and parcel intelligence (gtm) . Lilypad-Centauri began using ZestyAI’s Roof Age and Z-PROPERTY solutions to sharpen exposure data for coastal homeowners and dwelling fire portfolios. Source: ZestyAI. https://zesty.ai/resource/lilypad-centauri
2025-10-29: ZestyAI expands ZORRO Discover to all P&C lines (gtm) . ZestyAI expanded its agentic AI competitive-intelligence product, ZORRO Discover, across every major P&C filing type in the U.S. Source: ZestyAI. https://zesty.ai/resource/zorro-expansion
2025-10-29: ZORRO Discover expanded across all P&C lines (product) . ZestyAI expanded ZORRO Discover to all property and casualty lines, adding unified visibility across major filing types and more of the filing workflow. Source: ZestyAI. https://zesty.ai/resource/zorro-expansion

Floodbase

Website: floodbase.com

Category: Geospatial Intelligence & Applications. Funding stage: Series A. Founded: 2015. Country: United States. Employees: 11-50 employees.

Landscape fit: It fits this category because it turns satellite and flood data into real-time monitoring, change detection, risk analysis, and insurance workflows for climate and disaster decision-making.

Funding rounds

other equity announced 2025-02-01 : 5000000 USD ; investors: Ecosystem Integrity Fund, Pulse Fund ; source: Floodbase ; https://www.floodbase.com/blog-posts/floodbase-announces-ecosystem-integrity-fund-as-new-investment-partner
Series A announced 2023-01-01 : 12000000 USD ; investors: Lowercarbon Capital, Collaborative Fund, Floating Point, Vidavo Ventures ; source: Business Wire ; https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230126005249/en/Floodbase-Releases-Flood-Solution-for-Parametric-Hurricane-Policies-that-Protect-Against-Increasingly-Stronger-Slower-and-Wetter-Hurricanes
pre-seed announced 2021-01-01 : 2400000 USD ; source: DRAFT REPORT 12_28_wCitation ; https://strategies.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/FINAL_REPORT-12_28_w_citation.pdf

Company timeline

2026-06-01: Current careers page shows four open roles (hr) . Floodbase's public jobs board currently lists four openings: GTM Strategy Director, Analytics; Head of Distribution; Marketing Manager, Content Marketing and Strategic Comms; and Head of Product.. Team size observed: 11-50 employees employees. Source: Floodbase jobs board. https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/floodbase
2026-03-05: Floodbase Quote API unveiled (product) . Floodbase launched a Quote API to collapse manual quoting cycles into instant workflows and support embedded offers and automated add-on coverage. Source: Floodbase. https://www.floodbase.com/blog-posts/quote-api-blog-post1
2026-02-24: Instant parametric flood quoting with Liberty Mutual (product) . Floodbase and Liberty Mutual launched an instant quoting application for parametric flood reinsurance in the U.S., powered by Floodbase’s new API. Source: Floodbase. https://www.floodbase.com/blog-posts/floodbase-and-liberty-mutual-launch-instant-parametric-flood-quoting-capability-for-us-commercial-market
2026-02-24: Liberty Mutual launch of instant parametric quoting (gtm) . Floodbase and Liberty Mutual launched an instant quoting application for parametric flood re/insurance in the U.S., powered by a new Floodbase API that embeds quoting into broker and MGA workflows. Source: Floodbase. https://www.floodbase.com/blog-posts/floodbase-and-liberty-mutual-launch-instant-parametric-flood-quoting-capability-for-us-commercial-market
2025-08-01: Hiring push for GTM, finance, product, ML, and insurance roles (hr) . Floodbase posted that it was hiring for multiple 2025 roles including Commercial Director, Director of Finance, Senior Product Manager, Machine Learning Engineer, Insurance Structuring, and Data Scientist.. Team size observed: 11-50 employees employees. Source: LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/flood-base_are-you-a-gtm-leader-looking-to-join-a-climate-tech-activity-7358913582912184324-JY0O
2025-07-23: Next-generation continuous flood mapping for the U.S. (product) . Floodbase launched next-generation near-real-time flood mapping for U.S. event actions, with per-event licensing for insurers, governments, responders, and media. Source: Floodbase. https://www.floodbase.com/blog-posts/floodbase-launches-next-generation-continuous-flood-mapping-unlocking-flood-event-actions-anywhere-anytime-across-the-u-s

Sust Global

Website: sustglobal.com

Category: Geospatial Intelligence & Applications. Funding stage: Acquired. Founded: 2020. Country: United Kingdom. Employees: 11-50 employees.

Landscape fit: It fits Geospatial Intelligence & Applications because it uses geospatial AI, satellite observations, and multimodal spatial data to monitor climate hazards, score portfolio and asset risk, and support decisions in finance, real estate, insurance, and infrastructure.

Funding rounds

Seed announced 2021-10-01 : 3200000 USD ; investors: Hambro Perks, Powerhouse Ventures, Vala Capital, Thirdstream Partners ; source: Sust Global ; https://www.sustglobal.com/insights/sust-global-3-2-million-seed-round

Company timeline

2026-06-01: Acquisition by ISS STOXX positioned the platform for broader institutional scaling (product) . Sust Global announced its acquisition by ISS STOXX and said it would accelerate the product roadmap and expand its geospatial risk products to institutional investors worldwide. ([sustglobal.com](https://www.sustglobal.com/insights/sust-global-is-acquired-by-iss-stoxx)) Source: Sust Global. https://www.sustglobal.com/insights/sust-global-is-acquired-by-iss-stoxx
2026-06-01: Acquisition by ISS STOXX (gtm) . Sust Global announced it was acquired by ISS Sustainability Solutions, positioning its geospatial climate-risk products inside a larger institutional investment platform. Source: Sust Global. https://www.sustglobal.com/insights/sust-global-is-acquired-by-iss-stoxx
2026-06-01: Careers page shows an active hiring cluster (hr) . The careers page listed multiple open roles, including Senior Geospatial AI Engineer (US), Data / Machine Learning Fellow (UK), Data / Machine Learning Fellow (US), and a General Interest Application.. Team size observed: 11-50 employees employees. Source: Sust Global Careers. https://www.sustglobal.com/careers
2026-06-01: Founders announce acquisition by ISS STOXX (hr) . Co-founder Josh Gilbert and co-founder Gopal Erinjippurath publicly announced that Sust Global had been acquired by ISS STOXX.. Team size observed: 11-50 employees employees. Source: LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/joshjgilbert_some-exciting-personal-and-professional-news-activity-7358441529733988352-ic9j
2025-11-01: Climate analytics embedded into financial markets data infrastructure (gtm) . Sust Global positioned itself as the climate-data layer for a major financial markets data and infrastructure provider, emphasizing API integration for investment, trading, and risk decisions. Source: Sust Global. https://www.sustglobal.com/insights/climate-analytics-financial-markets-data
2025-10-01: Property-level underwriting channel through Gamma Location Intelligence (gtm) . Sust Global partnered with Gamma Location Intelligence to make its climate data available on an underwriting platform for property-level risk assessment. Source: Sust Global. https://www.sustglobal.com/insights/sust-global-partners-with-gamma-location-intelligence-to-facilitate-property-level-climate-risk-insights

Kayrros

Website: kayrros.com

Category: Geospatial Intelligence & Applications. Funding stage: Acquired. Founded: 2016. Country: France. Employees: 51-200 employees.

Landscape fit: It fits geospatial intelligence & applications because it uses satellite imagery and geospatial analytics to detect, monitor, and quantify real-world assets and environmental events, turning geospatial data into decision-ready risk and monitoring products.

Funding rounds

Series C announced 2022-03-01 : 40000000 EUR ; investors: Bpifrance, European Investment Bank, NewSpace Capital, Opera Tech Ventures, Cathay Innovation ; source: Kayrros ; https://www.kayrros.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Kayrros-C-Round-PR.en_.pdf
Series B announced 2018-09-01 : 21000000 EUR ; investors: Cathay Innovation, Index Ventures, AtlasInvest, Primat Family Office, Korelya Capital ; source: Index Ventures ; https://www.indexventures.com/perspectives/kayrros-secures-24m-in-series-b-funding-to-expand-energy-market-penetration/
Series A announced 2017-01-01 : 9000000 EUR ; investors: Index Ventures ; source: Index Ventures ; https://www.indexventures.com/perspectives/kayrros-secures-24m-in-series-b-funding-to-expand-energy-market-penetration/

Company timeline

2026-06-01: Single live opening on careers page (hr) . Kayrros careers page shows one current opening: Spontaneous Application in Paris, on-site.. Team size observed: 51-200 employees employees. Source: Kayrros careers page. https://www.kayrros.com/career/
2026-05-21: Energy Aspects completes acquisition of Kayrros (gtm) . Energy Aspects completed the acquisition of Kayrros, and the combined company said it would serve clients across energy and financial markets with a broader suite of proprietary intelligence products. Source: Kayrros press release. https://www.kayrros.com/press_release/energy-aspects-completes-acquisition-of-kayrros/
2026-05-01: Kayrros acquired by Energy Aspects (acquisition) . Energy Aspects completed the acquisition of Kayrros, according to Kayrros' press archive and acquisition announcement context.. Acquirer: Energy Aspects. Status: completed Source: Kayrros. https://www.kayrros.com/press-release/
2026-03-30: Nature Impact Platform expands Kayrros beyond methane (gtm) . Kayrros launched the Nature Impact Platform, a biodiversity intelligence solution aimed at helping financial institutions measure nature-related risks and impacts at asset level. Source: Kayrros press release. https://www.kayrros.com/de/press_release/kayrros-launches-nature-impact-platform-to-transform-nature-risk-assessment-in-finance/
2026-03-30: Nature Impact Platform launches for biodiversity and nature risk (product) . Kayrros launched the Nature Impact Platform, a satellite- and AI-powered biodiversity intelligence product for asset-level nature-risk assessment in finance. ([kayrros.com](https://www.kayrros.com/de/press_release/kayrros-launches-nature-impact-platform-to-transform-nature-risk-assessment-in-finance/?utm_source=openai)) Source: Kayrros press release. https://www.kayrros.com/de/press_release/kayrros-launches-nature-impact-platform-to-transform-nature-risk-assessment-in-finance/
2026-03-12: Energy Aspects agrees to acquire Kayrros (gtm) . Energy Aspects announced it would acquire Kayrros, framing the deal as a way to combine market expertise with Kayrros’ satellite and geospatial analytics for energy and financial-market clients. Source: Kayrros press release. https://www.kayrros.com/press_release/energy-aspects-to-acquire-kayrros/

SynMax

Website: synmax.com

Category: Geospatial Intelligence & Applications. Funding stage: Seed. Founded: 2021. Country: United States. Employees: 51-200 employees.

Landscape fit: It fits the geospatial intelligence & applications category because it turns satellite and geospatial data into operational decisions through monitoring, transparency, and predictive/analytical workflows for maritime, energy, defense, and infrastructure use cases.

Funding rounds

Growth announced 2024-01-01 : 13000000 USD ; investors: Bill Perkins, Alex Moore ; source: Business Wire ; https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240108300341/en/SynMax-Secures-%2413-Million-in-Recent-Investment-Round-Led-by-Energy-Trader-Bill-Perkins
Seed announced 2022-11-01 : 6000000 USD ; investors: Bill Perkins ; source: Business Wire ; https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221129005725/en/SynMax-Raises-%246-Million-in-Oversubscribed-Seed-Round

Company timeline

2026-06-23: Hyperion added a US Gas Demand dataset (product) . SynMax listed a new Hyperion resource for US Gas Demand on the client resource hub. Source: SynMax Hyperion client hub. https://blog.synmax.com/hyperion-client
2026-06-01: Multi-role hiring cluster visible on Lever (hr) . SynMax’s current Lever board shows open roles for Senior Full-Stack Engineer in Houston, Senior Customer Success Specialist (Theia) in D.C., and Business Development Account Executive in London.. Team size observed: 51-200 employees employees. Source: Lever. https://jobs.lever.co/synmax
2026-05-21: Vulcan becomes a formal weekly construction intelligence product (gtm) . SynMax launched a dedicated Vulcan article describing a Weekly Progress Indicator and named representative contact, positioning the product around weekly satellite-observed project scoring for infrastructure buyers. Source: Vulcan — The World's Only Weekly Observational Construction Intelligence Platform. https://blog.synmax.com/vulcan/vulcan-the-worlds-only-weekly-observational-construction-intelligence-platform?hs_amp=true
2026-04-10: Vulcan positions into data-center and power forecasting (gtm) . SynMax published a long-form Vulcan report on data center construction trends, offering probability-based build profiles and project-specific analysis to clients. Source: Data Center Construction Trends: 2025–2026. https://blog.synmax.com/vulcan/data-center-construction-trends-2025-2027
2026-04-01: Theia year-in-review 2025 reinforces paid-maritime intelligence motion (gtm) . SynMax published a 2025 Theia retrospective that quantified detection scale and documented tracked incidents, reinforcing the product as a premium, evidence-led maritime intelligence offering. Source: SynMax Theia: Year in Review 2025. https://www.synmax.com/scrollytelling/theia-year-in-review-2025/
2026-02-01: Strategic Partnerships Lead opening posted (hr) . SynMax posted a LinkedIn job opening for a Strategic Partnerships Lead in Washington, D.C., a mid-senior business development role focused on partnerships and channel sales.. Team size observed: 51-200 employees employees. Source: LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/strategic-partnerships-lead-at-synmax-4325277820

OneSoil

Website: onesoil.ai

Category: Geospatial Intelligence & Applications. Funding stage: Series A. Founded: 2017. Country: Switzerland. Employees: 51-200 employees.

Landscape fit: It fits geospatial intelligence & applications because it turns satellite-derived geospatial data into field-level monitoring, crop classification, predictive insights, and risk/sourcing decisions for agriculture.

Funding rounds

Series A announced 2021-04-01 : 5000000 USD ; investors: Almaz Capital, PortfoLion ; source: TechCrunch ; https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/21/onesoil-raises-5-million-for-its-farm-monitoring-tech/
Seed announced 2019-01-01 : 1200000 USD ; investors: Bulba Ventures, Palta ; source: OneSoil About ; https://onesoil.ai/en/about
Seed announced 2017-11-01 : 500000 USD ; investors: Bulba Ventures, Palta, Yury Melnichek, Leo Lozner ; source: Dealroom ; https://app.dealroom.co/companies/onesoil

Company timeline

2026-05-21: Planet Labs imagery became available as a separate paid service (product) . OneSoil documented high-resolution Planet Labs imagery as an additional paid service in the web product. Source: OneSoil Help Center. https://help.onesoil.ai/en/articles/11812676-using-high-resolution-satellite-imagery-from-planet-labs-in-onesoil
2026-05-08: OneSoil Scouting moved to freemium (product) . The mobile app shifted to a freemium model with basic monitoring free and advanced daily-work tools behind subscription. Source: OneSoil Help Center. https://help.onesoil.ai/en/articles/14885036-mobile-monitoring-subscription
2026-05-04: Mobile app moved to freemium with paid tiers for advanced monitoring (gtm) . OneSoil announced that the mobile app would move to freemium, keeping core monitoring free while monetizing season-long history, short-range forecasts, spraying windows, exports, and future VRA features. Source: OneSoil Blog. https://blog.onesoil.ai/onesoil-mob-app-is-moving-to-freemium
2026-03-20: Field notes added to the mobile and web workflows (product) . OneSoil documented a notes feature for recording field issues, photos, geolocations, and field operations. Source: OneSoil Help Center. https://help.onesoil.ai/en/articles/5235249-how-to-use-notes-in-onesoil
2026-03-17: Hyperlocal precipitation forecasting added to the mobile product (gtm) . OneSoil added a hyperlocal precipitation forecast layer powered by Rainbow AI to OneSoil Mobile, giving farmers four-hour rainfall nowcasting for field operations. Source: OneSoil Blog. https://blog.onesoil.ai/hyperlocal_precipitation_forecast_onesoil_rainbow
2026-02-26: Field drawing added for circular fields (product) . OneSoil updated its field-drawing tool so circular fields can be created more easily. Source: OneSoil Help Center. https://help.onesoil.ai/es/articles/11173083-ultimos-lanzamientos

SpaceKnow

Website: spaceknow.com

Category: Geospatial Intelligence & Applications. Founded: 2013. Country: United States. Employees: 51-200 employees.

Landscape fit: It fits Geospatial Intelligence & Applications because its platform turns satellite and earth-observation data into monitoring, change detection, alerts, and decision-support workflows for domains like defense and construction.

Funding rounds

Series A announced 2017-02-01 : 4000000 USD ; investors: BlueYard Capital, Reflex Capital ; source: Geospatial World / SpaceKnow funding announcement ([geospatialworld.net](https://geospatialworld.net/news/spaceknow-raises-4-million-series-funding/)) ; https://geospatialworld.net/news/spaceknow-raises-4-million-series-funding/
Seed announced 2012-06-01 : 1500000 USD ; investors: Ondřej Fryc ; source: Seedtable (reported seed round) ([seedtable.com](https://www.seedtable.com/startups/SpaceKnow-W4BN9EK?utm_source=openai)) ; https://www.seedtable.com/startups/SpaceKnow-W4BN9EK

Company timeline

2026-06-01: Team size observed on LinkedIn (hr) . SpaceKnow's LinkedIn company page shows a company size of 51-200 employees and 38 visible employees.. Team size observed: 51-200 employees employees. Source: LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/company/spaceknow
2026-05-26: Archive search default narrowed to downloadable scenes (product) . SpaceKnow changed archive search so it returns only downloadable scenes by default. Source: SpaceKnow Platform Documentation changelog. https://docs.spaceknow.com/changes-cummulative.html
2026-04-20: Satellogic imagery enabled for all Guardian users (product) . SpaceKnow enabled imagery for the `satellogic` `newsat_basic` dataset across Guardian users. Source: SpaceKnow Platform Documentation changelog. https://docs.spaceknow.com/changes-cummulative.html
2025-10-21: Capella search/tasking and maritime analysis support added (product) . SpaceKnow added Capella dataset search and tasking for Guardian users, plus analysis path handling, partial export support, and a maritime activities endpoint. Source: SpaceKnow Platform Documentation changelog. https://docs.spaceknow.com/changes-cummulative.html
2025-08-20: Defense and maritime intelligence content sharpened (gtm) . SpaceKnow published a 2025 investigation on sanctioned Russian vessels, using Guardian to demonstrate real-time monitoring and sanctions-related maritime analysis. Source: SpaceKnow blog. https://spaceknow.com/blog/how-sanctioned-russian-vessels-move-in-plain-sight/
2025-08-19: BlackSky tasking enabled in the platform (product) . SpaceKnow allowed BlackSky tasking through the platform and reenabled a BlackSky dataset in Guardian. Source: SpaceKnow Platform Documentation changelog. https://docs.spaceknow.com/changes-cummulative.html

Investors

Top-tier and active investors

Top-tier investors who invested

Did not invest

Other investors

Funding & Exits

Jun 2026

Skyfora

equity financing

EUR 6.5M • Investors: Eviny Ventures, Ugly Duckling Ventures, Lumo Labs, EIC Fund

Skyfora News

ICEYE

Growth

EUR 450M • Investors: General Atlantic, Solidium, Tesi, Varma, Ilmarinen, Lifeline Ventures, Nokia, Qatar Investment Authority, TCV

ICEYE

May 2026

Kayrros

Acquisition

Acquirer: Energy Aspects • Status: Completed

Kayrros

LiveEO

Funding round

EUR 28M • Investors: Helantic, b2ventures, European Innovation Council (EIC), Nordic Ninja, DTCF, Matterwave Ventures, MMC Ventures, Segenia Capital, Greencode Ventures

LiveEO press release

LiveEO

Public funding

EUR 6.6M • Investors: GRW programme, Investitionsbank Berlin (IBB), Federal Government of Germany, State of Berlin

LiveEO press release

Tomorrow.io

Series F extension

$35M • Investors: Pitango, Harel Insurance, Stonecourt Capital, HarbourVest Partners

Tomorrow.io

ICEYE

revolving credit facility

EUR 300M • Investors: Seven-bank syndicate

ICEYE

Apr 2026

Spire Global, Inc.

Private placement

$70M

Spire Global Announces $70.0 Million Private Placement

Plume

Seed

EUR 3.3M • Investors: AENU, Y Combinator, Kima Ventures, Raise Phiture, Better Angle, Collaborative Fund

Tech.eu

Xoople

Series B

$130M • Investors: Nazca Capital, MCH Private Equity, CDTI, Buenavista Equity Partners, Endeavor Catalyst

Xoople

Mar 2026

World View Enterprises, Inc. (World View)

Acquisition

Acquirer: Ondas Inc. • Status: Announced

Ondas SEC Form 8-K

World View Enterprises, Inc. (World View)

Strategic investment

$10M • Investors: Ondas

World View

HawkEye 360

Series E additional close

$23M • Investors: Ghisallo, Principia Growth, Sixty Degree Capital, Strategic Development Fund (SDF)

PR Newswire

Wyvern

repayable funding

$2.9M • Investors: Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)

Wyvern blog

Arlula

venture

AUD 3.4M • Investors: Paspalis Capital, Main Sequence Ventures, Startmate, Moonshot

Arlula

Feb 2026

Tomorrow.io

Growth

$175M • Investors: Stonecourt Capital, HarbourVest Partners, Square Peg, Canaan, Activate, Pitango, ClearVision, Fontinalis

Tomorrow.io

HawkEye 360

Growth

$100K • Investors: NightDragon, Center15 Capital

HawkEye 360

Jan 2026

HawkEye 360

Growth

$14.3M • Investors: NightDragon, Center15 Capital

HawkEye 360

Dec 2025

HawkEye 360

Growth

$76M • Investors: NightDragon, Center15 Capital

PR Newswire

TerraEye

Acquisition

Acquirer: International Resource Holding • Status: Completed

Vestbee

ICEYE

Growth

EUR 150M • Investors: General Catalyst, A.P. Moller Holding, other pan-European investors

ICEYE

Sep 2025

Earthmover

Seed

$7.2M • Investors: Lowercarbon Capital, Costanoa Ventures, Preston-Werner Ventures

Business Wire

Aug 2025

Sust Global

Acquisition

Acquirer: ISS Sustainability Solutions (ISS STOXX) • Status: Announced

Sust Global

Jul 2025

Orbital Sidekick

Convertible Note

$3.5M

FormDs

Jun 2025

ZestyAI

Line of Credit

$15M • Investors: CIBC Innovation Banking

ZestyAI

LiveEO

R&D grant

EUR 277K • Investors: Investmentbank Berlin (IBB) / ProFIT programme

LiveEO press release

Treefera

Series B

$30M • Investors: Notion Capital, AlbionVC, Triple Point, Twin Path Ventures, Endeit Capital

Treefera

May 2025

Capella Space

Acquisition

Deal: $424.8M • Acquirer: IonQ • Status: Announced

IonQ Announces Plans for First Space-Based Quantum Key Distribution Network

Xoople

Equity round

EUR 16.7M • Investors: CDTI Innovación, AXIS

CDTI

Apr 2025

LiveEO

Strategic investment

0 JPY • Investors: Kyuden International Corporation

LiveEO press release

Near Space Labs

Series B

$20M • Investors: Bold Capital Partners, USAA, Climate Capital, Gaingels, River Park Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Third Sphere, Draper Associates

Business Wire

Mar 2025

Skyfora

equity financing

EUR 4M • Investors: Ugly Duckling Ventures, LUMO Labs, Voima Ventures, EIC Fund

MWC Barcelona

Spire Global, Inc.

Private placement

$40M

Spire Global Announces $40.0 Million Private Placement

Feb 2025

Floodbase

other equity

$5M • Investors: Ecosystem Integrity Fund, Pulse Fund

Floodbase

Jan 2025

Meteomatics

Series C

$22M • Investors: Armira Growth, Klima, Alantra Energy Transition Fund, Fortyone

Meteomatics

Dec 2024

Sofar Ocean

Undisclosed

$22.2M

SEC Form D

Pixxel

series B extension

$24M • Investors: M&G Catalyst, Glade Brook Capital Partners, Google, Radical Ventures, Lightspeed

Business Wire

ICEYE

extension to growth funding round

$65M • Investors: Solidium Oy, BlackRock, Seraphim, Plio Limited, Christo Georgiev

ICEYE

Satellogic

Private Placement

$10M

Satellogic

UP42

Acquisition

Acquirer: Neo Space Group • Status: Completed

UP42

ICEYE

Growth funding round extension

$65M • Investors: Solidium Oy, BlackRock, Seraphim, Plio Limited, Christo Georgiev

ICEYE

Nov 2024

Wherobots

Series A

$21.5M • Investors: Felicis, Wing Venture Capital, Clear Ventures, JetBlue Ventures, P7 Ventures

Wherobots

Oct 2024

Wyvern

strategic investment

$6M • Investors: Squadra Ventures, Uncork Capital, Y Combinator, University of Alberta Innovation Fund, Accelerate Fund III, Brent Perrot

Wyvern press release

Plume

Pre-Seed

$500K • Investors: Y Combinator

Jun 2024

LiveEO

Series B

EUR 25M • Investors: NordicNinja, DeepTech & Climate Fonds, MMC Ventures, DvH Ventures, Greencode Ventures, Helen Ventures, Matterwave, motu ventures, Segenia Capital, Hannover Digital Investments

LiveEO press release

Synspective

Series C

7B JPY • Investors: Japan Growth Capital Investment Corporation, JAFCO Group Co., Ltd., Mizuho Capital Co., Ltd.

Synspective press release

May 2024

World View Enterprises, Inc. (World View)

Growth

$25M • Investors: Breakthrough Victoria

Business Wire

Apr 2024

Treefera

Series A

$12M • Investors: AlbionVC

Treefera

Satellogic

Secured Convertible Notes

$30M • Investors: Tether Investments Limited

Satellogic

ICEYE

growth funding round

$93M • Investors: Solidium Oy, Move Capital Fund I, Blackwells Capital, Christo Georgiev

ICEYE

Mar 2024

Spire Global, Inc.

Registered direct offering

$30M

Spire Global Announces Registered Direct Offering of $30 Million

Feb 2024

Spire Global, Inc.

Private placement

$10M • Investors: Signal Ocean Ltd

Spire Global Schedules Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Results Conference Call

Jan 2024

SynMax

Growth

$13M • Investors: Bill Perkins, Alex Moore

Business Wire

Meteomatics

Strategic funding round

$0 • Investors: Lockheed Martin Ventures

Meteomatics

Xoople

Equity round

EUR 70M • Investors: CDTI Innovación, Innvierte Economía Sostenible SICC, AXIS, ICO, Space Eye, ESRI International, GED Conexo, BM Invest Space

Cinco Días

Nov 2023

LiveEO

Bridge / next financing round first closing

$10M • Investors: Greencode Ventures, existing investors

LiveEO press release

Oct 2023

Sofar Ocean

Venture Round

$5M • Investors: True Ventures

SEC Form D

Sep 2023

SynMax

Acquisition

Acquirer: SynMax • Status: Announced

Business Wire

Treefera

Pre-Seed

$2.2M • Investors: Concept Ventures, Twin Path Ventures, January Ventures, Greg Lavender

Treefera

Tomorrow.io

Series E extension

$22M • Investors: Lumir, MoreTech Ventures, Shavit Capital, The Strategic Development Fund

Tomorrow.io

Jul 2023

HawkEye 360

Series D-1

$58M • Investors: BlackRock, Manhattan Venture Partners, Insight Partners, NightDragon, Strategic Development Fund (SDF), Razor's Edge, Alumni Ventures, Adage Capital

PR Newswire

Jun 2023

Tomorrow.io

Growth

$87M • Investors: Activate Capital, RTX Ventures, Seraphim, Chemonics, SquarePeg Capital, Canaan, ClearVision, JetBlue Ventures, Pitango Growth

Tomorrow.io

Pixxel

Series B

$36M • Investors: Google, Radical Ventures, Lightspeed, Blume Ventures, growX, Sparta, Athera

Business Wire

Wherobots

Seed

$5.5M • Investors: Wing Venture Capital, Clear Ventures

Wherobots

May 2023

Arlula

Seed

AUD 2.2M • Investors: Main Sequence, Black Nova Venture Capital

Arlula

Apr 2023

LiveEO

Public grant

EUR 800K • Investors: European Space Agency (ESA) Business Applications programme

LiveEO press release

Mar 2023

Umbra

Series B

$82.9M • Investors: Champion Hill Ventures, Nimble Partners, Starbridge Venture Capital, Star Castle Ventures

Forge

TerraEye

Seed

EUR 400K • Investors: Czysta3.vc, GT Technologies

Wikipedia

Jan 2023

Floodbase

Series A

$12M • Investors: Lowercarbon Capital, Collaborative Fund, Floating Point, Vidavo Ventures

Business Wire

Orbital Sidekick

Strategic investment

$10M • Investors: Energy Innovation Capital, Williams, ONEOK, University of Minnesota Endowment, 11.2 Capital, Syndicate 708, In-Q-Tel

Yahoo Finance / GlobeNewswire

Capella Space

Growth equity

$60M • Investors: U.S. Innovative Technology Fund

Capella Space Raises $60M in Growth Equity from the United States Innovative Technology Fund to Expand Satellite Imaging Capacity and Meet Rapidly Growing Customer Demand

Xoople

Convertible note

EUR 45M

Cinco Días

Xoople

Venture round

EUR 2.8M • Investors: Conexo Ventures, CDTI Innovación

Cinco Días

Dec 2022

Vantor Holdings, Inc. (doing business as Vantor)

Acquisition

Deal: $6.4B • Acquirer: Advent International • Status: Completed

Advent International

Nov 2022

SynMax

Seed

$6M • Investors: Bill Perkins

Business Wire

Wyvern

Seed

$7M • Investors: Uncork Capital, MaC Venture Capital, Y Combinator

Wyvern press release

Oct 2022

Earthmover

Pre-Seed

$1.7M • Investors: Costanoa Ventures, Tony Liu

TechCrunch

Sep 2022

LiveEO

Public grant

EUR 400K • Investors: Investmentbank Berlin (IBB) / ProFIT programme

LiveEO press release

Aug 2022

LiveEO

Series B

EUR 19M • Investors: MMC Ventures, European Commission, Investitionsbank Berlin, DvH Ventures, Helen Ventures, Matterwave, motu ventures, Segenia Capital, Hannover Digital Investments

GlobeNewswire / LiveEO release

Jul 2022

ZestyAI

Series B

$33M • Investors: Centana Growth Partners, Brex, existing investors

ZestyAI

Jun 2022

Meteomatics

Series B

CHF 13.5M • Investors: Klima, Alantra Energy Transition Fund, Enagás

Meteomatics

May 2022

TerraEye

Pre-Seed

EUR 500K • Investors: GTTechnologies

Bounce Watch

Apr 2022

Capella Space

Series C

$97M • Investors: NightDragon, DCVC, Cota Capital

Capella Space Closes $97M Series C Financing Round to Meet Exponential Customer Demand for Its Radar-Powered, High-Quality Satellite Imagery and Intelligence

Mar 2022

Kayrros

Series C

EUR 40M • Investors: Bpifrance, European Investment Bank, NewSpace Capital, Opera Tech Ventures, Cathay Innovation

Kayrros

ZestyAI

Debt Financing

$10M • Investors: Brex

ZestyAI

Pixxel

Series A

$25M • Investors: Radical Ventures, Jordan Noone, Seraphim Space Investment Trust Plc, Lightspeed Partners, Blume Ventures, Sparta LLC

Business Wire

Synspective

Series B

$100M • Investors: Sompo Japan Insurance Inc., Nomura SPARX Investment, Inc., Pavilion Capital Pte. Ltd.

Synspective press release

Feb 2022

Wyvern

non-dilutive funding

$4M • Investors: Government of Canada (SDTC program)

TechCrunch

ICEYE

Growth

$136M • Investors: Seraphim Space, BAE Systems, Kajima Ventures, Molten Ventures, OTB Ventures, True Ventures, C16 Ventures, Chione Ltd, Services Group of America, UK National Security Strategic Investment Fund, Space Capital, Promus Ventures

ICEYE

Jan 2022

HawkEye 360

Series D second close

$5M • Investors: Leidos

PR Newswire

Wyvern

Seed

$2.2M • Investors: MaC Venture Capital

Wyvern press release

Wyvern

Pre-Seed

$2.2M

Wyvern press release

Satellogic

Private Placement

$150M • Investors: Liberty Strategic Capital

Satellogic

TerraEye

grant

EUR 200K • Investors: European Space Agency

Dealroom.co

Nov 2021

Sofar Ocean

Series B

$39M • Investors: Union Square Ventures, Foundry Group

Sofar Ocean

Spire Global, Inc.

Acquisition

Deal: $131.9M • Acquirer: Spire Global, Inc. • Status: Completed

Spire Global, Inc., a Leading Global Provider of Space-Based Data and Analytics, to Go Public Through a Merger with NavSight Holdings, Inc.

HawkEye 360

Growth

$145M • Investors: Insight Partners, Seraphim Space Investment Trust, Strategic Development Fund (SDF), Jacobs, Gula Tech Adventures, 116 Street Ventures, New North Ventures, Advance, Razor's Edge, NightDragon, SVB Capital, Shield Capital, Adage Capital

PR Newswire

Oct 2021

Sust Global

Seed

$3.2M • Investors: Hambro Perks, Powerhouse Ventures, Vala Capital, Thirdstream Partners

Sust Global

Sep 2021

Near Space Labs

Series A

$13M • Investors: Crosslink Capital, Toyota Ventures, Leadout Capital, Wireframe Ventures

Near Space Labs

Aug 2021

TerraEye

Grant

EUR 200K • Investors: European Space Agency

Bounce Watch

Jul 2021

Satellogic

PIPE

$100M • Investors: SoftBank SBLA Advisers Corp., Cantor Fitzgerald, other institutional investors

Satellogic

Jun 2021

SkyWatch

Series B

$17.2M • Investors: Drive Capital, BDC ICE Venture Fund, Golden Ventures, Space Capital, Bullpen Capital

Osler

Apr 2021

OneSoil

Series A

$5M • Investors: Almaz Capital, PortfoLion

TechCrunch

LiveEO

Series A

EUR 5.2M • Investors: btov Partners, Helen Ventures, DvH Ventures, Motu Ventures, Andreas Kupke, Silicon Valley tech ecosystem investor (unnamed)

LiveEO press release

HawkEye 360

Series C

$55M • Investors: NightDragon

PR Newswire

Orbital Sidekick

Series A

$16M • Investors: Temasek

Orbital Sidekick

Mar 2021

Skyfora

Pre-Seed

EUR 600K • Investors: Voima Ventures, Icebreaker

Nordic9

Tomorrow.io

Growth

$77M • Investors: Stone Court Capital, Highline Capital

Tomorrow.io

Pixxel

Seed

$2.3M • Investors: Techstars, Omnivore VC, others

TechCrunch

Feb 2021

Spire Global, Inc.

Convertible term loan

$70M • Investors: Francisco Partners

Spire and Francisco Partners Announce Signing of $70 Million Growth Financing Deal

BlackSky Technology Inc.

PIPE

$180M • Investors: Tiger Global Management, Mithril Capital, Hedosophia, Senator Investment Group

Business Wire

BlackSky Technology Inc.

Convertible bridge financing

$60M • Investors: Mithril Capital Management, VCVC IV LLC, Apogee VII LLC, RRE Ventures VI, LP

BlackSky 2021 Annual Report

Ellipsis Drive

Seed

$2.3M • Investors: Promus Ventures, Orbital Ventures, Techstars

Ellipsis Drive

Jan 2021

Floodbase

Pre-Seed

$2.4M

DRAFT REPORT 12_28_wCitation

Umbra

Series A

$32M • Investors: John Burbank family office venture fund, CrossCut Ventures, Starbridge Ventures, Hemisphere Ventures, PonValley

Umbra

Oct 2020

Near Space Labs

Debt

$1.5M

SEC Form D

Sep 2020

ICEYE

Series C

$87M • Investors: True Ventures, OTB Ventures

ICEYE

Aug 2020

Pixxel

Seed

$5M • Investors: Blume Ventures, growX Ventures, Lightspeed India Partners, Inventus Capital India, Stanford Angels, Ryan Johnson, others

TechCrunch

Jul 2020

Tomorrow.io

Series C

$23M • Investors: Pitango Growth, Square Peg Capital

Tomorrow.io

Jan 2020

SkyWatch

Series A

$10M • Investors: Bullpen Capital, BDC Industrial, Clean, and Energy Technology Venture Fund, Space Capital, Golden Ventures, Techstars Ventures, SK Ventures, Angel Round Capital

SpaceQ

Dec 2019

Satellogic

Series C

$50M • Investors: Tencent, Pitanga Fund, IDB Lab, existing investors

SpaceNews

Nov 2019

BlackSky Technology Inc.

Senior secured loan

$50M • Investors: Intelsat

Intelsat History

Sep 2019

Spire Global, Inc.

Growth

$40M • Investors: ITOCHU, Mitsui, Scottish Investment Bank, GPO Fund, Perennial Value Management Limited, Bessemer Ventures, RRE Capital, Expon Capital, Seraphim Capital, Qualcomm Ventures

Spire Global announces new funding to drive Weather offering

Aug 2019

HawkEye 360

Series B

$70M • Investors: Airbus, Esri, Razor's Edge Ventures, Allied Minds, Shield Capital Partners, undisclosed parties

HawkEye 360

Jul 2019

Synspective

Series A

8.7B JPY • Investors: Space A-Start No. 1 Investment Limited Partnership, Shimizu Corporation, JAFCO-managed investment limited partnerships, The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners investment limited partnership, Keio Innovation Initiative 1 Investment Limited Partnership, Abies Ventures-managed overseas investment limited partnerships, Mirai Sogou No. 1 Investment Limited Partnership, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation, Fuyo General Lease Co., Ltd., Mori Trust Co., Ltd., SBI AI & Blockchain Investment Limited Partnership, Mizuho Growth Support No. 3 Investment Limited Partnership

Synspective press release

Jun 2019

Pixxel

Pre-Seed

$700K • Investors: Techstars, growX Ventures, others

TechCircle

Ellipsis Drive

Pre-Seed

$364K

Dealroom

Mar 2019

Sofar Ocean

Series A

$7M • Investors: Peter Rive, True Ventures, Craft Ventures

PR Newswire

Feb 2019

Planet Labs PBC

Growth

$168M

Planet official press release: Planet Closes $168M Series D Financing

Jan 2019

OneSoil

Seed

$1.2M • Investors: Bulba Ventures, Palta

OneSoil About

Capella Space

Undisclosed financing

$80M

Capella Mission | Building Trusted Space Systems

Dec 2018

ZestyAI

Series A

$13M • Investors: Blamar, Plug and Play Ventures, existing investors

ZestyAI

ICEYE

Capital loan

EUR 10M • Investors: Business Finland

ICEYE

Oct 2018

Tomorrow.io

Series B

$45M • Investors: Clearvision Ventures, Ford Smart Mobility LLC, Envision Ventures, Canaan, Fontinalis Partners, JetBlue Technology Ventures, Square Peg Capital

Tomorrow.io

Sep 2018

Kayrros

Series B

EUR 21M • Investors: Cathay Innovation, Index Ventures, AtlasInvest, Primat Family Office, Korelya Capital

Index Ventures

HawkEye 360

Series A-3

$5.3M • Investors: Raytheon Company, Sumitomo Corporation of Americas, Razor's Edge Ventures, Shield Capital Partners, Space Angels, Allied Minds

Newswire

Synspective

Seed

2.2B JPY • Investors: Abies Ventures Fund I, L.P.

Abies Ventures press release

Capella Space

Series B

$19M • Investors: Spark Capital, DCVC, Mark VC, Harmony Partners

Capella Space closes $19M Series B to deliver reliable Earth observation data on demand

Aug 2018

HawkEye 360

Series A-3

$9.6M • Investors: Raytheon Company, Sumitomo Corporation of Americas, Razor's Edge Ventures, Shield Capital Partners, Space Angels, Allied Minds

Newswire

May 2018

ICEYE

Series B

$34M • Investors: True Ventures, Draper Nexus, Draper Associates, Seraphim Capital, Space Angels, OTB Ventures, Tesi, Draper Esprit, Promus Ventures

ICEYE

Apr 2018

Orbital Sidekick

Seed

$4.7M • Investors: Allied Minds, Eleven Two Capital

MarketScreener

Mar 2018

World View Enterprises, Inc. (World View)

Series C

$26.5M • Investors: Accel, Norwest Venture Partners, Canaan Partners

Cooley

Umbra

Series A-1

$2.2M • Investors: CrossCut Ventures, Hemisphere Ventures, PonValley, Starbridge Venture Capital

Forge

BlackSky Technology Inc.

Series C

$150M • Investors: Thales Alenia Space, Mitsui

Jason Andrews (Wikipedia)

Feb 2018

SkyWatch

Seed

CAD 4M • Investors: Sinai Ventures, Space Angels, Golden Venture Partners, Techstars Ventures, SK Ventures, Globalive Capital, ARC Angel Fund

PR Newswire

Nov 2017

OneSoil

Seed

$500K • Investors: Bulba Ventures, Palta, Yury Melnichek, Leo Lozner

Dealroom

Tomorrow.io

Series A

$15M • Investors: Canaan, Fontinalis Partners, Square Peg Capital

Tomorrow.io

Spire Global, Inc.

Series C

$70M • Investors: Luxembourg Future Fund

Spire Opens a European HQ in Luxembourg, Raises Additional $70M

Aug 2017

ICEYE

Series A

$13M • Investors: Draper Nexus, True Ventures, Lifeline Ventures, Space Angels, Draper Associates, Finnish Funding Agency for Innovations

ICEYE

Additional financing

$13M • Investors: Draper Nexus, True Ventures, Lifeline Ventures, Space Angels, Draper Associates

ICEYE

Jun 2017

Satellogic

Series B

$27M • Investors: Tencent, Pitanga Fund, CrunchFund

TechCrunch

Feb 2017

SpaceKnow

Series A

$4M • Investors: BlueYard Capital, Reflex Capital

Geospatial World / SpaceKnow funding announcement ([geospatialworld.net](https://geospatialworld.net/news/spaceknow-raises-4-million-series-funding/))

Jan 2017

Kayrros

Series A

EUR 9M • Investors: Index Ventures

Index Ventures

Capella Space

Series A

$12M • Investors: Spark Capital, Blue Ivy Ventures

Capella Mission | Building Trusted Space Systems

Nov 2016

HawkEye 360

Series A

$11M • Investors: Razor's Edge Ventures, Allied Minds, undisclosed defense market company

FinSMEs

Sep 2016

Sofar Ocean

Seed

$1.3M • Investors: True Ventures

Make:

Jun 2016

BlackSky Technology Inc.

Series B-1

$25M • Investors: Mithril Capital Management

TechCrunch

Apr 2016

World View Enterprises, Inc. (World View)

Series B

$15M • Investors: Canaan Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, Tencent, Moment Ventures, Base Ventures

Cooley

Jan 2016

Capella Space

Seed

$3M

Capella Mission | Building Trusted Space Systems

Nov 2015

ICEYE

Seed

$2.8M • Investors: True Ventures, Lifeline Ventures, Founder.org

ICEYE

Series A

$2.8M • Investors: True Ventures, Lifeline Ventures, Founder.org

ICEYE

Sep 2015

ICEYE

grant

EUR 2.4M • Investors: European Union Horizon 2020 SME Instrument

ICEYE

Jun 2015

Spire Global, Inc.

Series B

$40M • Investors: Promus Ventures, RRE Ventures, Lemnos Labs, Bessemer Venture Partners, Jump Capital

Satellite powered data company Spire raises $40m Series B

Apr 2015

Planet Labs PBC

Series C

$118M • Investors: Data Collective, International Finance Corporation, Yuri Milner, DFJ, Capricorn Investment Group, O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, Founders Fund, First Round Capital, Innovation Endeavors, AME Cloud Ventures, Industry Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Lux Capital, Ray Rothrock

TechCrunch coverage of Planet Labs Series C

Jan 2015

BlackSky Technology Inc.

Series B

$21.5M • Investors: Vulcan, RRE Ventures

Jason Andrews (Wikipedia)

Sep 2014

World View Enterprises, Inc. (World View)

Series A

$7.2M

Employbl

Jul 2014

Spire Global, Inc.

Series A

$25M • Investors: RRE Ventures, Mitsui & Co., Promus Ventures, Emerge, Lemnos VC

Spire Opens a European HQ in Luxembourg, Raises Additional $70M

Jan 2014

BlackSky Technology Inc.

Series A

$7.5M

Spaceflight Industries About

Dec 2013

Planet Labs PBC

Series B

$52M • Investors: Yuri Milner, Industry Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Lux Capital, Ray Rothrock, DFJ, Capricorn Investment Group, O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, Founders Fund, First Round Capital, Innovation Endeavors, Data Collective, AME Cloud Ventures

Planet / TechCrunch / Pillsbury Law coverage of Planet Labs Series B

Oct 2013

World View Enterprises, Inc. (World View)

Seed

$250K • Investors: Base Ventures, VTF Capital

Dealroom

Jun 2013

Planet Labs PBC

Series A

$13.1M • Investors: DFJ, Capricorn Investment Group, O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, Founders Fund, Innovation Endeavors, Data Collective, First Round Capital

NASA Economic Development of Low Earth Orbit report; TechCrunch coverage of Planet Labs Series A

Jul 2012

Spire Global, Inc.

Crowdfunding

$106.3K

Study of the Business Model of three

Jun 2012

SpaceKnow

Seed

$1.5M • Investors: Ondřej Fryc

Seedtable (reported seed round) ([seedtable.com](https://www.seedtable.com/startups/SpaceKnow-W4BN9EK?utm_source=openai))

May 2009

Vantor Holdings, Inc. (doing business as Vantor)

IPO

$26.6M

SEC

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Market analysis

The Geospatial Data Stack

Understand the geospatial data tech stack, from proprietary data sources to infrastructure and AI applications turning Earth data into decisions.