NavVis
NavVis develops SLAM-based mobile reality capture hardware (VLX wearable, MLX handheld) and the cloud-based NavVis IVION spatial data platform to create photorealistic digital twins for surveying firms, AEC/construction companies, manufacturers, and industrial owner-operators including ExxonMobil and KION.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2013
- HeadquartersMunich, Germany
- Headcount251–500
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingSoftware
What NavVis does
NavVis GmbH is a Munich-based private technology company that develops mobile reality capture hardware and a cloud-based spatial data platform for creating photorealistic digital twins of built environments. The company sells two hardware product lines under the NavVis LX-Series: the wearable NavVis VLX (now in its third generation) and the handheld NavVis MLX, both powered by NavVis's proprietary SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) algorithm that fuses lidar, RGB camera, and IMU sensor data to achieve 6mm local accuracy while capturing up to 10x faster than terrestrial laser scanners. The hardware feeds into NavVis IVION, a cloud-based spatial data platform available in Core, Pro, and Enterprise subscription tiers, which processes, geo-registers, and aligns scan data overnight into browser-accessible digital twins with modules for scan-to-BIM, model validation, construction verification, site assessment, conceptual planning, and asset tagging.
NavVis serves four primary verticals: surveying firms (Qk4, Voorheis & Voorheis, LE34, Geoanalysis), construction/AEC (Skanska, Ramboll Denmark, JTM, BIMstream), manufacturing and digital factories (KION, BMW context), and process and plant operators (ExxonMobil). The company monetizes through one-time hardware sales (VLX, MLX), recurring IVION software subscriptions across three tiers, and an Enterprise Reality Capture managed service for large industrial customers. Distribution combines direct enterprise sales with a four-tier global partner program (Manufacturing certified, Ambassadors, Solution Partners, Authorized resellers) and integrations with Autodesk Revit and Autodesk Forma Data Management (Gold Tier Autodesk AECO partner), TopoDOT, Bentley, AVEVA, and Avvir. NavVis holds ISO 9001, ISO 27001, SOC, and TISAX certifications, reflecting enterprise-grade security posture required for industrial and automotive customers.
The company is privately held with cumulative funding of approximately €45 million (€25M equity plus €20M EIB debt) and reported ARR of $51.5 million in 2024 per third-party disclosure. Recent strategic moves include flagship 2026 partnerships with ExxonMobil (digital twin foundation) and KION-NVIDIA (industrial digital twins), plus rapid platform iteration (MLX launch, Spring '26 model validation, Autodesk Forma cloud integration, Hide Overlap beta). NavVis is led by co-founder and CEO Felix Reinshagen, with co-founder Georg Schroth as CTO, Finn Boysen as CRO, and Jeno Schadrack as CFO.
NavVis firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- NavVis
- Legal name
- NavVis GmbH
- Website
- https://navvis.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2013
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 251–500 employees
- Short description
- NavVis develops SLAM-based mobile reality capture hardware (VLX wearable, MLX handheld) and the cloud-based NavVis IVION spatial data platform to create photorealistic digital twins for surveying firms, AEC/construction companies, manufacturers, and industrial owner-operators including ExxonMobil and KION.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
NavVis industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Spatial Data & Digital Twin Software
- NAICS
- Computer Systems Design Services (541512), Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing (33411)
- SIC
- Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Virtual Production & LED Volume Services (Stage Ops, ICVFX, Real-Time Camera/Tracking) (MPADAHAB)
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Where NavVis is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Munich
- HQ country
- Germany
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices1 record
Markets served
NavVis business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Hardware Sales (NavVis VLX, MLX, M6): One-time sale of mobile mapping hardware devices (NavVis VLX wearable scanner, NavVis MLX handheld, legacy M6 backpack) to scanning professionals, AEC firms, and enterprise customers.
- NavVis IVION Software Subscriptions: Recurring cloud-based subscription for the NavVis IVION spatial data platform available in Core, Pro, and Enterprise tiers, with feature gating across tiers (e.g., Point Cloud Cleanup included across all tiers at no extra cost).
- Enterprise Reality Capture Services: NavVis Enterprise Services deliver reality capture as a managed service for large industrial and enterprise customers (e.g., ExxonMobil digital twin foundation, factory rescanning for manufacturers), combining hardware use, cloud processing, and digital twin delivery.
- Tiered Cloud Processing Add-on: Cloud Processing Add-on for NavVis IVION powers overnight parallel processing, geo-registration, scan alignment, and integrates automatic dynamic object filtering; included in subscription tiers with potential scale-based processing fees.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Subscription | Annual | NavVis IVION Core, Pro, and Enterprise subscription tiers |
| One time/ perpetual license | — | NavVis VLX and MLX hardware one-time purchase |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels7 records
Marketing channels13 records
NavVis product offering
Product offeringCore offering
NavVis manufactures SLAM-based mobile reality capture hardware (NavVis VLX wearable scanners and the NavVis MLX handheld scanner) and operates the cloud-based NavVis IVION spatial data platform, which processes and geo-registers scan data into browser-accessible photorealistic digital twins. Customers capture built environments as point clouds and panoramic imagery, then use IVION for data processing, scan-to-BIM, model validation, construction verification, site assessment, conceptual planning, and asset tagging and visualization, with integrations into Autodesk, TopoDOT, Bentley, AVEVA, and Avvir.
Product overview
NavVis delivers a platform-plus-modules product offering built around two pillars: a hardware line (the NavVis LX-Series comprising the wearable NavVis VLX 2 / NavVis VLX 3 dynamic laser scanners and the handheld NavVis MLX, all powered by NavVis's proprietary SLAM technology and managed by the on-device NavVis System Software) and the cloud-based NavVis IVION spatial data platform. NavVis IVION is a unified core platform with modular capabilities including data processing, data management & synchronization, scan-to-BIM, model validation, site assessment, conceptual planning, construction verification, asset tagging & visualization, and subscription plans. The NavVis IVION API and IVION Processing extend the platform for developers and cloud processing, while IVION Go serves as a mobile companion. A managed Reality Capture enterprise service and integrations with Autodesk Revit, Autodesk Forma Data Management, TopoDOT, Bentley, AVEVA, and Avvir round out the offering, allowing customers to scan, process, access, validate, and share digital twins of physical environments. NavVis's portfolio is certified to ISO 9001, ISO 27001, SOC (NonCPA), and TISAX standards.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- NavVis VLX: Wearable/dynamic mobile mapping system for laser scanning and reality capture.
- NavVis MLX
- NavVis IVION
- NavVis LX-Series
Products and services
- NavVis MLX Handheld SLAM-based reality capture device combining lidar, cameras, and IMU for fast, accurate scanning in AEC, surveying, manufacturing, and process industry environments, including confined spaces.
- NavVis VLX 2 Second-generation wearable SLAM-based mobile mapping system delivering 6 mm local accuracy, HDR imaging, and improved SLAM algorithms for indoor and outdoor reality capture.
- NavVis VLX 3 Third-generation wearable dynamic laser scanner from the NavVis VLX line, used widely by AEC, surveying, and reality capture service providers for fast photo-rich scanning of jobsites.
- NavVis IVION Cloud-based spatial data platform for processing, managing, and accessing digital twins and point clouds via a web browser. Offers data processing, data management and synchronization, scan-to-BIM, model validation, site assessment, conceptual planning, construction verification, and asset tagging and visualization, sold via Core, Pro, and Enterprise subscription tiers.
- NavVis IVION API Public/partner-facing REST API for NavVis IVION enabling developers to integrate spatial data, point clouds, and panoramic imagery into custom applications and third-party tools, documented at apidocs.navvis.com.
- NavVis Reality Capture (Enterprise Service) Managed reality capture service offering where NavVis experts perform mobile scanning, cloud-based processing, anonymization, publishing, and display of high-quality spatial data on behalf of enterprise customers.
Quantifiable outcome
- Up to 10x faster in the field and office vs traditional static workflows
- +7 more outcomes
Companies that use NavVis
Customer profileNamed customers22 records
Segments5 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
NavVis technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- Yes
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration6 records
AI capability3 records
Feature7 records
NavVis partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
22 partnerships are on record, tiered high — co-collaboration on industrial digital twins, high — flagship industrial digital twin collaboration, flagship / flagship-tier enterprise partnership, high — flagship technology integration, mid — vertical integration for surveying, high — strategic reseller and integration partner, high — flagship implementation partner, mid — flagship project implementation partner, mid — core marketing/crm infrastructure, mid — partner relationship management, mid — aec reference customer and user, mid — paid digital and analytics infrastructure, mid — paid digital infrastructure, mid — webinar platform, low — meeting/video infrastructure, low — video hosting, low — sales/marketing intelligence, low — ux analytics, low — privacy-friendly analytics, low — document/marketing ops and low — contract management.
- NVIDIAhigh — co-collaboration on industrial digital twinsCollaboration with KION and NVIDIA on industrial digital twins, as referenced in the featured blog post 'From Physical Assets to Digital Intelligence: How KION, NavVis, and NVIDIA are Collaborating on Industrial Digital Twins'. BMW has also used NVIDIA's Omniverse platform alongside NavVis reality capture solutions to achieve 30% savings in production planning time.
- KION Grouphigh — flagship industrial digital twin collaborationKION, NavVis, and NVIDIA are collaborating on industrial digital twins to convert physical assets into digital intelligence. The collaboration is featured on the NavVis website as a flagship blog post and ongoing program for material handling and intralogistics environments.
- ExxonMobilflagship / flagship-tier enterprise partnershipNavVis and ExxonMobil are co-developing one of the largest digital twin foundations in the world. ExxonMobil's Michael Hotaling (Executive Advisor, Technology Scouting, Innovation, and Ventures) and NavVis CRO Finn Boysen appeared together on the OGGN podcast to discuss shortening the 'Mean Time to Reality'. The partnership emphasizes agnostic capture, open storage, and interoperability, with NavVis mobile capture positioned to operate at 10x traditional speed while retaining terrestrial-scanner-validated accuracy.
- Autodeskhigh — flagship technology integrationNavVis IVION integrates with Autodesk Revit and Autodesk Forma Data Management. The Forma integration connects NavVis IVION cloud-to-cloud, syncing Points of Interest to Issues in Autodesk Build, and enabling estimators, project managers, and trade partners to access point clouds and panoramic imagery directly within Forma Build. NavVis has also achieved Gold Tier status as an Autodesk AECO Technology Partner (referenced in adjacent blog post header).
- TopoDOTmid — vertical integration for surveyingTopoDOT is listed as an integration partner on the NavVis website, enabling workflows for transportation and infrastructure surveying professionals using NavVis scan data inside TopoDOT.
- Canselhigh — strategic reseller and integration partnerCansel is NavVis's Canadian reseller and integration partner for the NouvLR REM transit project. Cansel supported NavVis MLX evaluation against GEDO Trimble and DJI M350 + L2 systems, delivered the first demo, on-site training, and post-processing, and continues as the regional channel partner serving surveying and AEC customers.
- BIMstreamhigh — flagship implementation partnerBIMstream (founded by Peter Garran, Managing Partner Nishan Kohli) is a multidisciplinary AEC firm specializing in Reality Capture and Digital Twins, with a 130+ person in-house team of architects and engineers. They operate a fleet of NavVis VLX scanners and have utilized every generation of NavVis reality capture device since their founding.
- NouvLRmid — flagship project implementation partnerNouvLR is the engineering and construction general partnership building the 67 km Réseau express métropolitain (REM) in Greater Montréal. NouvLR deployed NavVis MLX across the project, scanning ~50,000 m² (7 full stations, 1 MSF, 3 km of tunnel corridor) in about 2 months with Cansel's support.
- HubSpotmid — core marketing/crm infrastructureNavVis uses HubSpot Ireland Limited for consent management, website hosting, CRM, marketing automation, contact and support request management, and scheduled messaging. HubSpot powers newsletter signups, demo requests, sample data downloads, webinar registrations, and event signups.
- Impartnermid — partner relationship managementNavVis uses Impartner, Inc. (PRM) to manage reseller and intermediary contracts, distribute products, and make marketing content available for download across its four-tier partner program.
- Skanskamid — aec reference customer and userSkanska's Reality Capture Team (led by Marigone Selimi) uses NavVis VLX for site design on rehab projects, as-built documentation, and progress tracking/QC. Their adoption case study is published on the NavVis blog as an AEC reference.
- Ramboll Denmarkmid — aec reference customer and userRamboll Denmark (Head of Department, Data & Technologies, Frederik Marthedal Christiansen) uses NavVis VLX for repurpose, rehabilitation, and office projects, decreasing scanning and post-processing time without compromising accuracy.
- Google (Ireland)mid — paid digital and analytics infrastructureNavVis uses Google Tag Manager, Google Ads, Google Maps, Firebase, and YouTube services for analytics, advertising, mapping, and video hosting — with EU-US Privacy Framework certified data transfers.
- Microsoft (Ireland Operations)mid — paid digital infrastructureNavVis uses Microsoft Advertising for personalised ad campaigns and conversion tracking, with EU-US Privacy Framework certified data transfers.
- ON24mid — webinar platformON24 powers NavVis webinars and virtual events, processing registration data (name, email, industry) and optionally audio/video/chat/interaction content during sessions. Webinars may be recorded without video/audio of participants.
- GoToMeeting (GoTo Technologies Ireland)low — meeting/video infrastructureGoToMeeting powers online meetings and video calls with customers and prospective customers as part of NavVis's sales and customer success workflows.
- Vimeolow — video hostingVimeo hosts video content displayed on the NavVis website, with cookies and trackers for analytics and market research.
- ZoomInfolow — sales/marketing intelligenceZoomInfo Technologies LLC is used by NavVis for managing user databases with integrated tools for sales, marketing, and recruitment.
- Hotjarlow — ux analyticsHotjar Ltd (Malta) is used by NavVis to record mouse movements, scrolling, clicks, and time spent on areas of the site to optimize user experience.
- Matomolow — privacy-friendly analyticsMatomo (New Zealand) is used for statistical analysis of user behavior and optimization under legitimate interest. Data remains in EU.
- Adobe Systems Irelandlow — document/marketing opsAdobe is used for creating and managing contracts, documents, and marketing materials relating to customers and prospects.
- Keylight (Germany)low — contract managementKeylight GmbH (Berlin) is used to manage contracts with users and process contact and prospect data.
Scale indicators10 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights6 records
NavVis competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Leica Geosystems (Hexagon): Hexagon's geospatial division sells the Leica BLK2GO wearable SLAM scanner and Leica RTC360 terrestrial scanner, directly competing with NavVis VLX/MLX for AEC and surveying mobile mapping workloads. Comparable on hardware, accuracy benchmarks, and enterprise customer base.
- FARO Technologies: FARO Focus laser scanners and the FARO Sphere cloud platform compete with NavVis hardware and the IVION spatial data platform for as-built capture, digital twin creation, and AEC/Surveying customer workflows.
- GeoSLAM (Zoller+Fröhlich): GeoSLAM's ZEB Horizon and ZEB Revo wearable/handheld SLAM scanners compete head-to-head with NavVis VLX and MLX for fast mobile mapping in AEC, surveying, and forestry/mining applications.
- Matterport: Matterport's camera-based 3D capture and cloud platform creates browser-accessible digital twins for real estate, AEC, and facilities management — directly competing with NavVis IVION for spatial data platform workflows, though primarily using photogrammetry rather than lidar.
Broad incumbents
- Trimble: Sells the Trimble X7 and X9 laser scanners and the Trimble Connect platform, competing in mobile mapping for surveying and AEC. Wider portfolio (GNSS, construction software, agricultural tech) gives Trimble distribution scale that NavVis lacks but with overlapping reality capture functionality.
- Autodesk ReCap (and Forma): Autodesk ReCap processes point clouds and powers Autodesk Forma/Build for AEC, both integrating with NavVis IVION today and competing indirectly through Autodesk's broader AEC platform strategy that could pull more reality capture value-add in-house.
Emerging players
- Emesent: Emesent's Hovermap drone-mounted SLAM-based lidar scanner competes with NavVis in hard-to-reach environments (mining, infrastructure inspection). Overlaps with NavVis on SLAM technology and digital twin use cases, particularly in industrial verticals.
- DotProduct: DotProduct's DPI handheld 3D scanning solution targets similar AEC and surveying use cases as NavVis MLX with a more photogrammetry-centric approach, representing a niche but adjacent alternative for handheld reality capture.
- Polycam (Occipital): Polycam offers phone- and LiDAR-enabled photogrammetry capture with cloud processing and digital twin sharing — competing at the lower-cost / prosumer end of the same reality-capture-and-share workflow that NavVis IVION serves in enterprise AEC.
Others
- Boston Dynamics Spot (with scanner payload): Spot quadruped robots equipped with lidar/photogrammetry payloads (e.g., Leica BLK ARC) are an emerging alternative capture platform for industrial digital twins, intersecting with NavVis's industrial use cases at ExxonMobil and KION as a complementary rather than direct channel.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat6 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
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Profiles8 records
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Funding rounds8 records
Investors10 records
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NavVis M&A and investment
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Frequently asked questions about NavVis
What does NavVis do?
NavVis manufactures SLAM-based mobile reality capture hardware (NavVis VLX wearable scanners and the NavVis MLX handheld scanner) and operates the cloud-based NavVis IVION spatial data platform, which processes and geo-registers scan data into browser-accessible photorealistic digital twins. Customers capture built environments as point clouds and panoramic imagery, then use IVION for data processing, scan-to-BIM, model validation, construction verification, site assessment, conceptual planning, and asset tagging and visualization, with integrations into Autodesk, TopoDOT, Bentley, AVEVA, and Avvir.
Is NavVis a public or private company?
NavVis is a private company. It is classified as venture growth investor backed and is currently operating.
When was NavVis founded?
NavVis was founded in 2013. It employs 251 to 500 people.
Where is NavVis based?
NavVis is headquartered in Munich, Germany, in the Europe region.
How does NavVis make money?
Four revenue lines are on record. Hardware Sales (NavVis VLX, MLX, M6) is the primary driver. The others are navVis IVION Software Subscriptions, enterprise Reality Capture Services and tiered Cloud Processing Add-on.
Who are NavVis's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Leica Geosystems (Hexagon), FARO Technologies, GeoSLAM (Zoller+Fröhlich) and Matterport. Broad incumbents are Trimble and Autodesk ReCap (and Forma). Emerging players are Emesent, DotProduct and Polycam (Occipital). Boston Dynamics Spot (with scanner payload) is listed as an others.
Does NavVis have an API?
Yes. NavVis offers the IVION API as a public/partner-facing REST API enabling developers to integrate spatial data, point clouds, and panoramic imagery from NavVis IVION into custom applications and third-party tools. The IVION API is well-documented and supports cloud-based data processing, scan sharing, and custom integrations. Additional integration points include free plugins for Autodesk, Bentley, and AVEVA tools. An open API is referenced at developers.docs.navvis.com for building custom integrations. Developer documentation is at apidocs.navvis.com.
What industry is NavVis in?
NavVis's product category is Spatial Data & Digital Twin Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is MPADAHAB, Virtual Production & LED Volume Services (Stage Ops, ICVFX, Real-Time Camera/Tracking). Its NAICS code is 541512 and its SIC code is 7373.