Best Geographic Information Systems Companies in Finland
The 39 best Geographic Information Systems companies in Finland in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: ICEYE.
Ranked: Best Geographic Information Systems companies in Finland
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ICEYE 🦄 Manufacturer of radar satellite constellations providing persistent earth observation imagery | $438M | 9 mo ago | Series E | Pekka Laurila Co-Founder & CSO | 2014 | HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+17 | 320 patents SAR-based Earth observation for high‑resolution imaging, disaster mapping, and stockpile monitoring | 1 launch · 2 partnerships · 2 expansions |
| 2 | Quuppa Provider of reliable real-time indoor position tracking platform | $24M | 72 mo ago | Series A | — | 2012 | WordPress Block EditorWordPressApple iCloud Mail+33 | — | 1 job opening · 1 partnership |
| 3 | IndoorAtlas Platform offering indoor location-based solutions and technologies | $18M | 95 mo ago | Series B | Esa Rahtu Co-Founder | 2012 | — | 64 patents Indoor magnetic-field based positioning and simultaneous localization‑mapping solutions. | — |
| 4 | Kelluu Developer of electricity transmission based utility projects | $18M | 4 mo ago | Series A | Jiri Jormakka Co-Founder & Head of Sales | 2018 | RubyAnimate.cssTailwind CSS+13 | 7 patents Adaptive shape airship and aircraft structural design technologies | 1 partnership |
| 5 | Iiwari Provider of UWB-based indoor positioning solutions for enterprises | $2M | 75 mo ago | Seed | Ville Kolehmainen Co-Founder & CEO | 2018 | WordPressMySQLPHP+32 | — | — |
| 6 | Noccela Cloud-based software solutions for security management | $1M | 117 mo ago | Seed | Tapani Talvitie Co-Owner | 2014 | — | 15 patents Anti-theft RFID tagging systems and electronic article surveillance devices | — |
| 7 | UWIS Provider of a GPS-based underwater navigation solution for various industries | $513K | 57 mo ago | Funding Raised | Pertti Arvonen Chairman of the Board | 2014 | Django CMSPostgreSQLPython+8 | 13 patents Underwater acoustic tracking and buoy‑based positioning systems for marine navigation | — |
| 8 | Spatineo Saas based performance testing and analytics solutions for spatial data delivery | $392K | 44 mo ago | Funding Raised | Kristian Jaakkola Chairman & Founder | 2011 | HubSpot CMS HubAmazon Web ServicesPlausible+18 | 4 patents Monitoring performance and reliability of geospatial web service APIs | — |
| 9 | Arbonaut Intelligence for precision forestry with innovative software and data solutions | $370K | 44 mo ago | Acquired | — | 1994 | JoomlaPHPamCharts+21 | 20 patents Geospatial analytics for infrastructure and forestry using LiDAR/point‑cloud data | — |
| 10 | Bitcomp Provider of intelligent forest systems and GIS services | $360K | 48 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 1990 | — | — | — |
| 11 | Proximi.io Platform that helps developers to create location-aware mobile apps | $326K | 112 mo ago | Public | Annina Koskiola CEO | 2014 | Cart FunctionalityWooCommerceWordPress+23 | — | — |
| 12 | Maptionnaire Map-based information sharing tool | $212K | 73 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 2011 | WebflowAmazon Web ServicesVWO+18 | — | — |
| 13 | Terramonitor Provider of a location-based analytical platform for multiple business verticals | $175K | 80 mo ago | Seed | — | 2017 | — | — | — |
| 14 | GIM Robotics Provider of mapping, research, development, and integration services for robotics system | $102K | 36 mo ago | Funding Raised | Pertti Lukkari CEO | 2014 | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+17 | — | 1 partnership |
Top 12 Geographic Information Systems companies in Finland
#1
ICEYE 🦄Series E · Espoo, Uusimaa · founded 2014 · 492 employees$438Mraised▾
Manufacturer of radar satellite constellations providing persistent earth observation imagery. These systems deliver radar data to detect and monitor physical changes on the surface of the planet. The technology functions through cloud cover and darkness to provide imagery for environmental monitoring, infrastructure assessment, and disaster impact analysis. The hardware enables the collection of radar intelligence for various monitoring requirements.
- Dec 2025Series E$174.9M
- Aug 2025Series D$11M
- Dec 2024Series D$65M
- Dec 2024Conventional Debt—
#2
Series A · Joensuu, North Karelia · founded 2018 · 20 employees$17.6Mraised▾
Developer of electricity transmission based utility projects. It offer a cost-effective solution for large-scale, high-resolution data acquisition across all sectors. It provides integration of autonomous, emission-free airships, hardware, and software creates a unique ecosystem that sets apart in the field of aerial data services.
- Apr 2026Series A$17.6M
- Jun 2021Seed—
#3
Series A · Espoo, Uusimaa · founded 2012 · 50 employees$23.7Mraised▾
Provider of reliable real-time indoor position tracking platform. It provides users with uses a technology based on the signal processing method, and advanced positioning algorithms. It also provides a method for determining location which requires only one tag for 2D positioning and two for 3D positioning and can achieve sub-cm level accuracy depending on the number of tags and the distance between them.
- Aug 2020Series A$23.7M
#4
Series B · Oulu, North Ostrobothnia · founded 2012 · 17 employees$17.9Mraised▾
Platform offering indoor location-based solutions and technologies. It offers a platform and SDK for building indoor positioning, wayfinding, geofencing, heatmapping, augmented reality experiences, and dwell time analysis. The technology utilizes a patented multi-layer sensor fusion core for robust performance. Services include APIs for accessing positioning data and tools for asset tracking and location-based recommendations. The company also provides deployment services to ensure seamless integration. Its solutions are designed for scalability and are used across various sectors.
- Sep 2018Grant (prize money)$2.6M
- Aug 2017Series B$4.3M
- Oct 2016Grant (prize money)$2.5M
- Aug 2016Grant (prize money)$2.5M
#5
Funding Raised · Helsinki, Uusimaa · founded 2011 · 21 employees$392.1Kraised▾
Saas based performance testing and analytics solutions for spatial data delivery. It provides analytics and quality assurance solutions for spatial data delivery. It provides automating reporting to conduct performance testing on spatial web services. The tool monitors and validates the performance of web services. It enables organizations to identify the impact indicators related to spatial data of the organisation.
- Jan 2023Grant (prize money)$11.4K
- Jul 2021Grant (prize money)$160.1K
- Oct 2020Grant (prize money)$204.2K
- Dec 2015Grant (prize money)$16.5K
#6
Acquired · Joensuu, North Karelia · founded 1994$369.7Kraised▾
Intelligence for precision forestry with innovative software and data solutions. They provide solutions for forest ecosystem inventories, forest operations, and forest resilience and carbon assessment. They offer software solutions for digitalizing forest value chains with reliable decision-support. Their expertise lies in remote sensing, machine learning, and forest ecosystems, providing user-friendly tools and optimized management operations through mobile, web, and desktop solutions. They deliver precision forestry that works, leveraging technological and biological know-how. They offer services to both private and public sectors, focusing on sustainable forest management, biodiversity, and carbon benefits. They are experts in forest assessment, offering cost savings and enhanced accuracy through data and software.
- Jan 2023Grant (prize money)$9K
- Apr 2021Grant (prize money)$318.1K
- Nov 2018Grant (prize money)$42.7K
#7
Seed · Vuokatti, Kainuu · founded 2018 · 11 employees$1.7Mraised▾
Provider of UWB-based indoor positioning solutions for enterprises. It offers hardware and software for indoor positioning and mapping using ultra-wideband radio technology. It can be attached to any tags and devices for sending or receiving positioning signals from or to the positioning network. Its software enables users to analyze movement and manage data. It caters to retail and healthcare industries.
- Jun 2020Seed$1.7M
#8
Funding Raised · Jyvaskyla, Central Finland · founded 1990 · 80 employees$360.3Kraised▾
Developer of geographic information systems intended to serve the agricultural and forestry industry. The company's platform allows to edit spatial data and map objects, create simple, focused and responsive theme maps or charts, collect spatial data on the field and recognizes forest vitality and health-related issues along with offering geodata and forest analytics services.
- Sep 2022Grant (prize money)$221.1K
- Feb 2018Grant (prize money)$70.9K
- Jan 2018Grant (prize money)$68.4K
#9
Funding Raised · Littoinen, Southwest Finland · founded 2014$512.9Kraised▾
Provider of a GPS-based underwater navigation solution for various industries. It enables users to track, locate, route, communicate, manage, and control underwater locations. Its offering includes tracking equipment and accessories. It also offers location monitor, directions, alarms, and location insights. It caters to government, research, commercial, military, and life science industries.
- Dec 2021Grant (prize money)$512.9K
#10
Funding Raised · Espoo, Uusimaa · founded 2014 · 41 employees$102.4Kraised▾
Operator of mobile robotics company intended to deliver precise navigation solutions for self-driving vehicles, and situational awareness. The company is offering autopilot for a machine with centimeter-level accuracy, control and planning, and automation software that offers obstacle detection and tracking, helping logistics, environmental maintenance, marine, construction, agriculture, and forestry industries in design, research, development, and integration of intelligent robotic systems.
- Sep 2023Grant (prize money)$102.4K
#11
Seed · Turku, Varsinais-suomi · founded 2014 · 11 employees$1.3Mraised▾
Noccela provides cloud-based software solutions for security management of offline retail stores. The company provides tags that can be fastened with the products. These tags can be monitored on a cloud-based platform which can detect the location of objects and customers within the retail stores. Its mobile application is able to detect and provides alert for even advanced tricks used by shoplifters including wire cutting, magnetic detachers and foils.
- Dec 2016Seed$1.3M
#12
Funding Raised · Helsinki, Uusimaa · founded 2011 · 14 employees$212Kraised▾
Maptionnaire is a map based tool that enables users to share GIS related data. Users can ask questions/start a location-based discussion, provide comments and share views. The company claims that its application is a tool for public participation and research projects. The tool has been developed by Mapita.
- Aug 2020Grant (prize money)$212K
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How research on Earth Observation is moving in Finland
A read on the academic research around Earth Observation — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 388 Finland-affiliated papers.
- Coxa Hospital76
- Finnish Meteorological Institute72
- University of Helsinki54
- Aalto University50
- Finnish Geospatial Research Institute32
- Hyperspectral imaging4→34
- Remote sensing3→11
- Tree (set theory)1→5
- Computer vision1→5
- Hyperspectral imaging2→48
- Remote sensing6→36
- Satellite1→15
- Synthetic aperture radar3→13
- Multispectral image1→9
- Remote sensing10
- Hyperspectral imaging7
- Snow4
- Vegetation (pathology)4
- Interferometric synthetic aperture radar4
Where earth observation is researched across Finland
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Common questions
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.