1) Satellogic By substantially lowering the obstacles to obtaining real-time satellite data, Satellogic will democratize access to space-based services.
Details of the startup:
Country: Uruguay City: Montevideo Started in: 2010 Founders: Andrew Fursman, Emiliano Kargieman, Gerardo Richarte, Gerardo Richarte Number of employees: 101-250 Funding amount: $123,800,000 Number of funding rounds: 8 Number of investors: 10 You can find their website here .
2) Planet Planet is an aerospace and data analytics firm that develops small satellites and transmits data about the changing world.
Details of the startup:
Country: United States City: San Francisco Started in: 2010 Founders: Chris Boshuizen, Robbie Schingler, Will Marshall Number of employees: 501-1000 Funding amount: $373,898,658 Number of funding rounds: 8 Number of investors: 29 You can find their website here .
3) Hydrosat Hydrosat is a satellite data company that transforms satellite pictures into useful goods for agriculture and related industries.
Details of the startup:
Country: United States City: Washington D.C. Started in: 2017 Founders: Jakob Van Zyl, Pieter Fossel, Royce Dalby, Yunjin Kim Number of employees: 11-50 Funding amount: $10,623,002 Number of funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 11 You can find their website here .
4) Airspace Link Airspace Link is a Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) Platform for UAS/Drones that has been approved by the FAA.
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Country: United States City: Detroit Started in: 2018 Founders: Ana Healander, Daniel Bradshaw, Michael Healander Number of employees: 11-50 Funding amount: $18,000,070 Number of funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 10 You can find their website here .
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5) Descartes Labs The Descartes Labs Platform was created to address some of the world's most difficult and important geospatial analytics problems.
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Country: United States City: Santa Fe Started in: 2014 Founders: Adam Smith, Mark Johnson, Mark Mathis, Mike Warren, Steven Brumby, Tim Kelton Number of employees: 101-250 Funding amount: $58,000,000 Number of funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 14 You can find their website here .
6) VETRO FiberMap VETRO FiberMap is a fiber management GIS mapping platform that creates software to aid internet service providers in network management.
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Country: United States City: Portland Started in: 2008 Founders: Sean Myers, Will Mitchell Number of employees: 11-50 Funding amount: $13,500,000 Number of funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 3 You can find their website here .
7) Propeller Aero Propeller is a global pioneer in drone mapping and analytics solutions that empower businesses to measure and control their own operations.
Details of the startup:
Country: Australia City: Surry Hills Started in: 2014 Founders: Francis Vierboom, Rory San Miguel Number of employees: 101-250 Funding amount: $31,979,621 Number of funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 9 You can find their website here .
8) Kayrros Kayrros is a data analytics firm that assists global energy market participants in making more informed investment decisions.
Details of the startup:
Country: France City: Paris Started in: 2016 Founders: Alexandre d’Aspremont, Antoine Halff, Antoine Rostand, Jean-Michel Lasry, Laurent El Ghaoui Number of employees: 51-100 Funding amount: $34,483,346 Number of funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 7 You can find their website here .
9) Mapillary Mapillary has created a street-level imagery platform that relies on pictures submitted by the general public.
Details of the startup:
Country: Sweden City: Malmö Started in: 2013 Founders: Jan Erik Solem, Johan Gyllenspetz, Peter Neubauer, Yubin Kuang Number of employees: 51-100 Funding amount: $24,600,000 Number of funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 11 You can find their website here .
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10) Latitudo40 Latitudo40 is a Techstars-backed startup. Using satellite imagery and artificial intelligence to develop new smart city and agritech solutions
Details of the startup:
Country: Italy City: Napoli Started in: 2017 Founders: Donato Amitrano, Gaetano Volpe, Mauro Manente, Vincenzo Vecchio Number of employees: 1-10 Funding amount: $972,381 Number of funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 6 You can find their website here .
11) Ecopia.AI Ecopia.AI is a machine learning firm that specializes in extracting information from geospatial big data.
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Country: Canada City: Toronto Started in: 2013 Founders: Jon Lipinski, Yuanming Shu Number of employees: 11-50 Funding amount: $6,740,000 Number of funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 2 You can find their website here .
12) GeoIQ.io Intelligent map-based platform for retail with single-click access to street-level location data - demographics, competitions, and movements.
Details of the startup:
Country: India City: Bengaluru Started in: 2018 Founders: Ankita Thakur, Tusheet Shrivastava Number of employees: 11-50 Funding amount: $338,015 Number of funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 7 You can find their website here .
13) TerraMagna TerraMagna is a fintech company that focuses on agribusiness risk mitigation.
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Country: Brazil City: São José Dos Campos Started in: 2017 Founders: Adriano Dantas, Bernardo Moscardini, João Paulo Torres, Renato Sanabria, Rodrigo Marques Number of employees: 11-50 Funding amount: $2,760,000 Number of funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 6 You can find their website here .
14) Qianxun Spatial Intelligence Qianxun Spatial Intelligence specializes in high-precision positioning.
Details of the startup:
Country: China City: Shanghai Started in: 2015 Number of employees: 101-250 Funding amount: CN¥1,000,000,000 Number of funding rounds: 1 Number of investors: 7 You can find their website here .