Picterra Lands New Funding to Democratize Geospatial Mapping

The funding will go toward growing Picterra’s team and building upon its early successes, such as a community-built library of hundreds of deep learning models; reducing the training of deep learning models, and democratizing its geospatial mapping search engine. Seed round investors include Space Capital, the world’s leading space investor; Omidyar Network; Atlantic Labs; and another European venture capital firm.

“We are extremely pleased to have such a strong group of investors in this round,” said Pierrick Poulenas, CEO of Picterra. “Their expertise will be incredibly valuable as we roll out our disruptive approach to extract structured and valuable information from Earth Observation imagery.”

“Picterra’s technology is built upon the advent of artificial intelligence and the increasing availability of Earth Observation imagery,” said Chad Anderson, Managing Partner of Space Capital. “Picterra provides AI as a service for Earth Observation imagery, with the aim to put powerful deep learning models at users’ fingertips, and is a great compliment to our portfolio.”

Picterra’s platform is unique in that it’s driven by a community of users who pool their data and expertise to collectively create a continuously-improving library of deep learning algorithms. This approach gives everyone – not just data scientists and developers – the opportunity to analyze and draw real-time insights from satellite and aerial imagery, all in just a few clicks. And by enabling quicker and more accurate monitoring of the Earth’s surface, Picterra, its platform, and community of users further help geospatial technology address pressing issues, like climate change.