Top 8 Space startups for Wildfire Monitoring

Updated: April 19, 2024 | Editor: Boris Maslennikov

These startups are harnessing satellite technology and advanced analytics to provide real-time, accurate information crucial for early detection, tracking, and management of wildfires. By deploying high-resolution imaging sensors and thermal infrared detectors aboard satellites, these innovative companies can swiftly detect wildfire outbreaks, assess their severity, and predict their behavior.
1
Country: USA | Funding: $83M
AiDash is a SaaS company enabling climate-resilient and sustainable infrastructure with satellites and AI.
2
Country: Germany | Funding: €23.4M
OroraTech is a software development company that provides thermal intelligence and wildfire solutions from space for a sustainable earth. ​
3
Country: Canada | Funding: $12.6M
The highest resolution hyperspectral imagery of Earth from space.
4
Country: Brazil | Funding: $1.7M
Umgrauemeio developed Pantera, a fire management platform to translate the foundations of fire fighting into tech solutions.
5
Country: India
Vasundharaa is a data mining startup that specialises in the acquisition and analysis of data sourced from satellites, aerial platforms, and field sensors.
6
Country: Luxembourg
WEO utilizes the power of space data and artificial intelligence to help construct a more sustainable future for humanity.
7
Country: Israel
Terra Space Lab is developing Nano satellites based IR earth observation system. Global hypertemporal monitoring of forests, wildfires, and the environment.
8
Country: Australia
exci is the “Smoke Alarm for the Bush”. The exci system detects bushfires automatically within minutes, using satellite and ground-based sensor data analysed by powerful deep machine learning algorithms.
Editor: Boris Maslennikov
Boris Maslennikov is a senior editor for Space-Startups. He has spent more than a decade covering the global space industry as a business journalist. He earned a Ph.D. in planetary sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s degree with honors in geophysics and planetary science from the California Institute of Technology. In his free time, Boris enjoys studying history and mathematics, with a particular interest in the history of mathematics. You can contact Boris at borismaslenikov(at)space-startups(dot)com