5 SaaS Startups in the Geospatial Industry

January 24, 2023

SaaS startups have become the darling of Venture Capital investors, especially in the Geospatial industry. Over the past decade, software has proverbially “eaten the world” and SaaS companies have scaled to become unicorn corporations in staggering amounts of time.

In this article, we are examining 5 VC funded SaaS startups in the Geospatial industry.

Carto

A technology called Carto uses geographical data to create effective delivery routes, improved behavioral marketing campaigns, and tactical retail locations. Location data is transforming how we live and do business, from linked automobiles to smartphones. The platform CARTO is responsible for transforming geographical data into better behavioral marketing, more effective delivery routes, and more. Data Scientists, Developers, and Analysts use CARTO's data and analysis to solve geographical issues in order to better understand how and why events occur, to streamline company operations, and to forecast future results. The top location intelligence platform in the world is CARTO, which has the support of renowned VC companies Accel Partners, Salesforce Ventures, Earlybird Ventures, and Kibo Ventures. CARTO, with offices in Washington, DC, Madrid, and Seville, was founded in 2012 by an environmental scientist and visualization specialists. 130 people work for CARTO, which has 2,500 clients like Mastercard, Vodafone, Bain & Company, and Coca-Cola as well as more than 350,000 users worldwide. CARTO has also received frequent recognition from G2, Gartner, and Forrester for its innovations in the location intelligence market.

Company details:
Founders:
Javier de la Torre, Miguel Arias, Sergio Álvarez-Leiva
Founded:
2012
Based in:
New York, New York, United States
Website:
Carto
Industries:
Business Intelligence, Data Visualization, Enterprise Software, Geospatial, Location Based Services, Open Source, SaaS, Software
Latest funding:
$61,000,000
Series C
14 December 2021
Total funding:
$92,000,000
Investors
European Innovation Council, Accel, Earlybird Venture Capital, Insight Partners, Plug and Play

CHAOS

A revolutionary Location Intelligence solution for ethical business choices is called CHAOS. At CHAOS, we think that decision-making by stakeholders that is informed and centered on people is essential to the creation and development of livable cities. Businesses and services that result from interactions between these stakeholders, as well as those involved in the city development value chain, can get commercial insights from CHAOS to help them grow. CHAOS develops benchmarks and useful insights for the improvement of cities and enterprises by combining unstructured and geolocated data into a platform and applying scientific techniques and machine learning.

Company details:
Founders:
Jorge Urias, Natalia Rincón, Paloma Bautista
Founded:
2017
Based in:
Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
Website:
CHAOS
Industries:
Architecture, Artificial Intelligence, Geospatial, Location Based Services, Machine Learning, SaaS, Service Industry, Smart Cities, Software
Latest funding:
$1,817,998
Seed
28 January 2021
Total funding:
$2,107,999
Investors
Stefan Lindeberg, Nidoco, Tapio Heikkilä, Kai Keituri

Ellipsis Drive

With the help of the online application Ellipsis Drive, any professional may quickly activate, manage, and distribute spatial material online. We are aware that using geographical data to optimize operations would make them more efficient and sustainable. We are aware that for this to happen, producers, consumers, and owners of geographical data must communicate information and work together across organizations and disciplines. This is made simple with Ellipsis Drive. We provide the first Drive that is optimized for spatial data, which: - Makes your stuff accessible to the world: A Plug & Play solution allows you to publish data as an online project in less than 10 minutes that is accessible to anybody you provide access to. enables easy access to material for usage across platforms and is always license-free Giving you complete control, the sharing and collaboration are endless regardless of the user count. Your data belongs to you; thus, feel free to share, work together, and make money from it.

Company details:
Founders:
Daniel van der Maas, Minghai Jiang, Rosalie van der Maas
Founded:
2018
Based in:
Ede, Gelderland, The Netherlands
Industries:
Analytics, Enterprise Software, Geospatial, SaaS
Latest funding:
$2,317,500
Seed
10 February 2021
Total funding:
$2,702,834
Investors
Techstars, Promus Ventures, Techstars Ventures, Orbital Ventures

Picterra

Picterra gives you cloud-based ML capabilities to deliver geospatial insights. It's a powerful software for detecting objects, monitoring changes, and spotting patterns in satellite, drone, and aerial imagery.

Company details:
Founders:
Frank de Morsier, Pierrick Poulenas
Founded:
2016
Based in:
Ecublens, Vaud, Switzerland
Website:
Picterra
Industries:
Aerospace, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Drones, Geospatial, Information Technology, Machine Learning, SaaS, Software
Latest funding:
$6,500,000
Series A
26 April 2022
Total funding:
$9,904,839
Investors
ACE & Company, Foundation for Technological Innovation (FIT), Space Capital, Atlantic Labs, VI Partners

SolSpec

Teren is a provider of data analytics to the energy and civil engineering markets.We have attracted some of the largest and highest-profile clients in the midstream oil and gas industry as customers. SolSpec’s solution utilizes high-throughput data processing and artificial intelligence algorithms to identify and predict project-based risk for pipeline right of ways (ROW), infrastructure construction and large land development projects.

Company details:
Founders:
Shaun G Andrikopoulos, Tobias Kraft
Founded:
2017
Based in:
Lakewood, Colorado, United States
Website:
SolSpec
Industries:
Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Civil Engineering, Data Visualization, Energy, Geospatial, Oil and Gas, SaaS, Software
Latest funding:
$4,000,000
Seed
15 December 2021
Total funding:
$4,000,000
Investors
Allos Ventures, Ascent Energy Ventures

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