Best Geographic Information Systems Companies in Texas, United States
The 59 best Geographic Information Systems companies in Texas, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Albedo.
Ranked: Best Geographic Information Systems companies in Texas
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albedo Provider of a cloud and satellite-based imaging and mapping platform 48Funding top 26%Growth top 35%Talent top 38%Tech bottom 48% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 26% Growthtop 35% Talenttop 38% Techbottom 48% Moatbottom 48% Globalbottom 39% Marketbottom 32% Newsbottom 21% Funding: Raised $97.0M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 5 yrs (1.0/yr) Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $97M | 23 mo ago | Series A | Winston Tri Co-Founder & CPO | 2020 | WebflowApple iCloud MailYouTube+16 | — | — |
| 2 | NEOS GeoSolutions Analysis of geological and geophysicaldata for 3-D Earth Modeling | $60M | 185 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2009 | — | — | — |
| 3 | PoLTE Corporation Global positioning over LTE | $18M | 81 mo ago | Series A | — | 2005 | — | 70 patents RF-based indoor positioning and tracking using multilateration, AOA, and multipath mitigation | — |
| 4 | TGS Provider of GIS datasets of energy industry | $17M | 35 mo ago | Public | — | 1981 | HubSpot CMS HubJavaLinkedin Sign-in+21 | 2 patents Patents concentrated in chemistry & materials | — |
| 5 | Live Earth Provider of IoT visualization platform for real-time location intelligence | $10M | 46 mo ago | Series A | Kevin Trottier CEO | 2015 | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+20 | — | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 6 | Nexit Online platform offering customizable navigation and smart route planning with location-based deals | $10M | 79 mo ago | Series A | Randy Carpenter CEO | 2018 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Qwake Developer of augmented reality platform for firefighting and emergency response | $5M | 60 mo ago | Funding Raised | Mike Ralston Co-Founder | 2016 | TurbopackApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+24 | — | — |
| 8 | Geophysical Technology Manufacturer of seismic recording technologies 48Growth top 35%Tech top 36%Innovation top 39%Product top 43% All 9 signals ▾Growthtop 35% Techtop 36% Innovationtop 39% Producttop 43% Talentbottom 49% Patentsbottom 48% Fundingbottom 44% Globalbottom 42% Marketbottom 34% Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo Tech: 37 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Google Cloud rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $5M | 13 mo ago | Seed | Richard Degner President & CEO | 2013 | WordPressHugoMySQL+20 | 22 patents Seismic acquisition hardware, deployment tools, and fracture monitoring for subsurface imaging | — |
| 9 | Pandemic Insights Provider of location-based data analytics solutions for user communities | $5M | 63 mo ago | Series A | Eric Klasson Founder & CEO | 2020 | — | 19 patents Privacy‑preserving AI platforms for multi‑pathogen surveillance and geolocation risk assessment. | — |
| 10 | Optelos Platform offering AI powered image data analytics solutions | $3M | 45 mo ago | Series A | — | 2016 | WordPressMySQLPHP+27 | — | 1 launch |
| 11 | Panton Provider of Image analysis-based industrial solution | $3M | 127 mo ago | Seed | — | 2013 | — | 17 patents Computer vision for vehicle damage, safety inspection, and infrastructure anomaly detection | — |
| 12 | Bell Geospace Gravity gradiometry solutions for energy, minerals, and geothermal exploration | $2M | 154 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 1994 | HubSpot CMS HubRubyRuby on Rails+14 | 44 patents Airborne tensor magnetic gradiometer data acquisition and directional filtering for geophysical surveys | 1 launch |
| 13 | Reckon Point Precise indoor positioning and navigation solution using Wi-Fi and geomagnetic signals | $2M | 80 mo ago | Seed | — | 2015 | — | — | — |
| 14 | IdealSpot Provider of retail location analysis using machine learning | $1M | 125 mo ago | Seed | — | 2014 | — | — | — |
| 15 | KeepTrax Mobile workforce management software for real-time tracking and efficient time management | $1M | 135 mo ago | Seed | — | 2013 | — | 2 patents Geofencing-based stationary detection for mobile device location services | — |
| 16 | CleverMaps Provides platform for spatial data analytics | $500K | 96 mo ago | Seed | Ondrej Tomas Co-Founder & CEO | 2013 | Framer SitesReactAmazon Web Services+10 | — | — |
| 17 | Arch Aerial Drone services for energy, construction, and water asset operators | $200K | 127 mo ago | Seed | Ryan Baker Co-Founder & CEO | 2012 | WordPress Block EditorElementorWordPress+25 | — | — |
Top 12 Geographic Information Systems companies in Texas
#1
Series A · Austin, Texas · founded 2020 · 22 employees$97Mraised▾
Provider of a cloud and satellite-based imaging and mapping platform. It enables users to gather, analyze, and manage satellite images. Its offering includes satellite images, image analytic tools, mapping tools, cloud storage, and thermal images.
- Aug 2024Series A$3M
- Oct 2023Series A$35M
- 2023Series A—
- Sep 2022Series A$48M
#2
Seed · Houston, Texas · founded 2013 · 32 employees$5.4Mraised▾
Manufacturer of seismic recording technologies. It designs and manufactures wireless systems that facilitate data collection without wired setups, supporting field operations. Its technology solutions enhance seismic operations, and earth imaging quality for monitoring the earths subsurface. It supports the quality of seismic data collection, catering to industries such as oil and gas exploration, mining, and environmental assessments.
- May 2025Seed$516K
- May 2025Conventional Debt$950K
- Oct 2018Seed$3.2M
- Oct 2015Seed$725K
#3
Public · Houston, Texas · founded 1981 · 873 employees$17.1Mraised▾
Provider of GIS datasets of energy industry. It leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques to provide a search engine for information on onshore and offshore seismic data, marine depth imaging, land imaging, reservoir analysis, well data, insights for hydrocarbon exploration and renewable energy, and more. It collects, evaluates, and markets subsurface terrain seismic and geophysical data in order to evaluate oil and gas formations for drilling operations. It also provides marine gravity, magnetics, and aeromagnetic database. It caters to energy sectors such as wind, solar, geothermal, CCS, and oil and gas.
- Aug 2023Series A$3.2M
- Dec 2019Series A$5.6M
- Aug 2018Series A$8.3M
#4
Series A · Austin, Texas · founded 2015 · 15 employees$10Mraised▾
Provider of IoT visualization platform for real-time location intelligence
- Sep 2022Series A$10M
#5
Deadpooled · Houston, Texas · founded 2009 · 15 employees$60Mraised▾
NEOS does multi-measurement subsurface interpretation. NEOS helps governments, energy ministries and exploration teams in the natural resources industries make informed decisions about where to explore, lease and drill by doing integrated analysis of multiple geological and geophysical (G&G) data sources – including seismic, gravity, magnetic, electromagnetic (EM), radiometric, and hyperspectral
- Jan 2011Series B$60M
#6
Series A · Dallas, Texas · founded 2005 · 25 employees$18.5Mraised▾
PoLTE Corporation provides location-based data services by leveraging carriers' vast terrestrial LTE networks. It allows accurate location of phones and smart devices indoors as well as outdoors. It provides a global platform without revealing user information which allows retailers, carriers to provide customized service to their customers. It has a proprietary PoLTE Macro technology.
- Sep 2019Series A$12.5M
- Feb 2018Series A—
- 2017Series A$6M
#7
Series A · Austin, Texas · founded 2016 · 23 employees$3.3Mraised▾
Platform offering AI powered image data analytics solutions. It leverages AI that analyzes and converts drone data, IoT sensors, and image data into insights for decision making. The platform analyzes and visualizes unstructured data from different sources such as CCTV, drones, robots, and documents. It includes drone data management software to store and manage inspection reports, digital twins, and more. It caters its solution to industries such as manufacturing, telecom, power utilities, and more.
- Oct 2022Series A$3.3M
#8
Funding Raised · Austin, Texas · founded 2016 · 14 employees$5.5Mraised▾
Developer of augmented reality platform for firefighting and emergency response. The platform enhances situational awareness and coordination on the fireground. It provides real-time video streams, location data, and visual communication to command personnel. The system aims to improve safety, speed, and efficiency in emergency operations.
- Jun 2021Conventional Debt$5.5M
#9
Series A · Houston, Texas · founded 2018$10Mraised▾
Online platform offering customizable navigation and smart route planning with location-based deals. It provides multi-layered searches along routes, city-wide multi-category exploration, and stop coordination via TravMatch. The platform integrates real-time coupons and membership perks from partners like AAA and Costco.
- Dec 2019Series A$10M
#10
Series A · Austin, Texas · founded 2020$5Mraised▾
Provider of location-based data analytics solutions for user communities. It provides digital public health human risk management solutions and uses public datasets for creating actionable insights. The cloud-based solution uses machine learning technologies to create risk indexes and behavior modification messaging platforms.
- Mar 2021Series A$5M
#11
Funding Raised · Houston, Texas · founded 1994 · 17 employees$2.5Mraised▾
Gravity gradiometry solutions for energy, minerals, and geothermal exploration. They specialize in Full Tensor Gravity Gradiometry (FTG) data acquisition and processing, providing geological insights for exploration. Their services include feasibility studies, survey design, and data interpretation. They offer innovative inversion methods like Full Tensor Migration, enhancing the accuracy of geological interpretations. They operate aircraft for data acquisition and maintain high standards in safety and responsible exploration. They provide multi-client data and case studies, showcasing their global footprint and expertise. They offer resources like press releases, publications, and a blog. They cater to the Oil & Gas and Mining industries.
- Sep 2013Grant (prize money)$1.2M
- Sep 2011Grant (prize money)$1.2M
#12
Seed · Houston, Texas · founded 2013 · 11 employees$2.6Mraised▾
Provider of Image analysis-based industrial solution. It helps to reduce the time of the roof claims process for insurance companies by creating 2D-3D models of houses for automatic damage area detection and measurement. It is also used in pipeline laying to identify the potential barrier and monitor ground assets. It can detect leakages through near-infrared technology. It also provides solutions for wind turbine inspection for structural damages, icing, etc.
- Nov 2015Seed$2.6M
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How research on Earth Observation in Texas is moving
A read on the academic research around Earth Observation in Texas — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 233 papers.
Texas institutions (UT Austin, Texas A&M, UT Dallas) research SAR, LiDAR, and agricultural remote sensing classification, with an optimistic tone reflecting recent breakthrough-heavy growth.
- The University of Texas at Austin61
- Texas A&M University45
- The University of Texas at Dallas41
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center21
- The University of Texas at El Paso13
- Hyperspectral imaging2→27
- Synthetic aperture radar1→7
- Image resolution1→4
- Pattern recognition (psychology)2→4
- Remote sensing2→25
- Hyperspectral imaging3→20
- Satellite2→11
- Satellite imagery1→10
- Interferometric synthetic aperture radar1→7
- Hyperspectral imaging1→5
- Remote sensing1→5
- Satellite1→3
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