What Gamaya does

Gamaya, operating as GAMAYA following its July 2024 merger with Terraview, is an AI-powered agronomic intelligence platform that develops hyperspectral imaging, satellite remote sensing, and machine learning solutions for large-scale agriculture, with a primary focus on sugarcane. Founded in 2015 as an EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne) spin-off and headquartered in Winterthur, Switzerland, the company combines proprietary 40-band hyperspectral camera technology, multispectral satellite data, agronomic and weather modeling, and a scalable image analysis pipeline to deliver crop-specific analytics for sugar mills, commercial sugarcane growers, and adjacent crop producers across Brazil, India, Southern Africa, and the United States.

The product portfolio centers on three SaaS solutions: CanaSight™, an AI-driven smart harvesting platform providing weekly sugar content and biomass predictions with up to 97% prediction accuracy and harvest timing optimization; CanaTrace™, a Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) solution that enables Scope 3 emissions tracking, RenovaBio compliance, deforestation reporting, and CBIO carbon credit generation for sugarcane supply chains; and AquaView™, a sensorless soil moisture and irrigation management tool with 14-day advance predictions. Supporting the suite are the Gamaya Viewer analytics dashboard and the Gamaya Uploader, which integrates with Pix4Dengine for orthomosaic processing of drone imagery. A patent covering AI-driven sugarcane yield prediction and harvest optimization was granted in October 2024.

Gamaya generates revenue primarily through annual per-hectare SaaS subscriptions, sold via direct enterprise field sales to sugar mills and through channel partnerships such as the CHF 4.3 million Mahindra & Mahindra distribution agreement for India. Total disclosed funding across tracked rounds is approximately $20.2 million, including a CHF 3.2 million Series A in May 2016 and a ~$12 million round in June 2019 led by Mahindra & Mahindra. Named customers include ATVOS, Royal Eswatini Sugar, U.S. Sugar Corporation, and Agricert, and the company reports that its AI is powered by data from approximately 4 million hectares of monitored farmland globally.

Name

Gamaya

Legal name

GAMAYA

Website

https://gamaya.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

GAMAYA is an AI-powered agronomic intelligence platform serving global sugarcane mills and commercial growers. It combines proprietary 40-band hyperspectral imaging, satellite remote sensing, and machine learning to deliver harvest optimization, decarbonization MRV, and water management SaaS solutions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Precision Agriculture Software

NAICS

Support Activities for Crop Production (11511)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Remote Sensing & Imagery Analytics (Satellite, Drone, Aerial) (AFABAMAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Decision Support & Agronomic Modeling (Yield, Irrigation, Pest/Disease Forecasting) (AFAAAFAF), Field Mapping, GIS & Digital Agronomy (Zoning, Prescription Maps, Yield Maps, Spatial Analytics) (AFAGALAG), Farm Management Information Systems (FMIS) & Digital Recordkeeping (AFABAMAD), Remote Sensing & Crop Scouting Services (Satellite, Drone Imagery, In‑Field Sensing) (AFACACAA)

Keywords

• Precision agriculture software
• Hyperspectral crop analytics
• Sugarcane yield optimization
• Agricultural remote sensing
• Agronomic intelligence platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Winterthur

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription - CanaSight: Smart harvesting solution subscription for sugar mills providing weekly sugar content predictions, harvest timing optimization, and yield forecasting. Revenue generated through per-hectare pricing with annual contracts.
2. SaaS Subscription - CanaTrace: MRV and decarbonization solution subscription for tracking sustainability metrics, Scope 3 emissions, and CBIO certification. Enables sugar mills to monetize carbon credits and comply with RenovaBio guidelines.
3. SaaS Subscription - Aquaview: Water management solution providing soil moisture monitoring and irrigation optimization without physical sensors. Subscription-based pricing for access to AI-powered predictions and monitoring dashboards.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

GAMAYA is an AI-powered agronomic intelligence platform that combines hyperspectral and multispectral satellite/drone imagery with machine learning to deliver crop-specific analytics for sugarcane production. The company sells three core SaaS products: CanaSight (smart harvesting solution providing weekly sugar content and yield predictions with harvest timing optimization), CanaTrace (decarbonization/MRV solution for Scope 3 emissions tracking and RenovaBio certification), and AquaView (satellite-based soil moisture monitoring and irrigation optimization without physical sensors).

Product overview

GAMAYA is an AI-powered agronomic intelligence platform formed by the 2024 merger of Gamaya and Terraview. The platform specializes in sugarcane optimization and decarbonization, offering three core integrated products: CanaSight™ (smart harvesting solution for sugar mills providing yield predictions and harvest optimization), CanaTrace™ (MRV/decarbonization solution for sustainability verification), and AquaView™ (soil moisture monitoring and irrigation optimization). All three products leverage hyperspectral and multispectral satellite/drone imagery combined with AI analytics to deliver actionable insights from planting to harvest. The Gamaya Viewer serves as the unified dashboard displaying analytics across all products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CanaSight™: Smart Harvesting Solution for Sugar Mills - AI-driven platform for harvest predictions and operational efficiency optimization, achieving up to 5% increased sugar content output.
• CanaTrace™
• AquaView™

Products and services

• CanaSight AI-powered smart harvesting solution for sugar mills that provides up to 97% accuracy in sugar content predictions and 95% accuracy in yield forecasting, enabling up to 5% increased sugar production per hectare through optimized harvest timing and logistics.
• CanaTrace Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) solution enabling profitable decarbonization of sugarcane production by tracing and quantifying emissions, ensuring RenovaBio compliance, and identifying opportunities to optimize farming practices for enhanced productivity and CBIO generation.
• AquaView AI-powered water management platform that measures soil moisture and optimizes irrigation using satellite imagery and remote sensing, providing soil moisture predictions up to 14 days in advance without requiring physical sensors, reducing water waste and improving yields.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 5% increase in sugar yield per hectare
• +9 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Mahindra & MahindracoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2019India's largest tractor manufacturer partnered with Gamaya in CHF 4.3 million deal for deployment of sugarcane monitoring technology. Provides market access and commercialization infrastructure across Indian sugarcane regions.
• Google CloudcoreTechnology or IntegrationCloud infrastructure partner powering Gamaya's AI analytics platform. Google Cloud featured Gamaya in customer case study, highlighting 70% reduction in cloud costs, 50% faster development time, and 30%+ cost reduction for orthoimage processing.
• Nematode Solutions PartnerminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with company developing solutions against nematodes for soybean cultivation. Gamaya provides hyperspectral imaging to detect nematode presence enabling precision treatment recommendations.
• TerraviewcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMerger completed July 2024 combining AI-powered platforms to improve sustainability and climate resilience. Focus on decarbonization and water efficiency for sugarcane and grape crops.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Taranis: Taranis is a precision agriculture intelligence platform using aerial imagery and AI for crop monitoring and decision support. Directly competes with Gamaya in AI-driven remote sensing analytics for crop health, weed detection, and yield optimization across row crops and sugarcane-adjacent markets.
• Sentera: Sentera provides drone-based imagery analytics and AI-driven crop scouting for precision agriculture. Closely comparable to Gamaya's drone and satellite-based imagery analytics with similar NDVI, weed detection, and stand assessment use cases targeting agricultural enterprises.

Broad incumbents

• Climate Corporation (Bayer): Climate Corp, owned by Bayer, is the largest digital agriculture platform globally, offering FieldView for satellite-based crop monitoring and decision support. It competes with Gamaya's core remote sensing + agronomic modeling approach but at vastly greater scale and broader crop coverage.
• Trimble Agriculture: Trimble offers a broad portfolio of precision agriculture solutions including GPS guidance, variable rate application, and farm management software. Overlaps with Gamaya's precision agriculture analytics but serves larger broad-acre row crop markets rather than specialized sugarcane analytics.
• Indigo Ag: Indigo Ag operates a broad digital agriculture platform spanning agronomic insights, carbon programs, and microbial products. Comparable to Gamaya's expanding carbon MRV and sustainability offerings, particularly where sugarcane Scope 3 emissions intersect with CPG supply chains.
• Granular (Corteva): Granular, owned by Corteva, is a farm management software platform providing agronomic insights, operations management, and decision support. Comparable to Gamaya's FMIS-like analytics layer, but focused on North American row crops rather than tropical crops.
• Syngenta (Cropwise): Syngenta's Cropwise digital platform offers satellite-based crop monitoring, agronomic recommendations, and farm management tools. Comparable to Gamaya's analytics platform with significant overlap, particularly given Gamaya chairman Rob Neill's Syngenta background; both target commercial growers with predictive agronomy.

Others

• Planet Labs: Planet Labs operates the world's largest commercial satellite constellation providing daily imagery used in precision agriculture. It is a key data infrastructure provider for Gamaya's satellite analytics and competes in the upstream imagery layer rather than the application layer.

Emerging players

• CropX: CropX offers soil sensing and irrigation analytics, directly comparable to Gamaya's AquaView product. While CropX relies on in-field sensors and Gamaya uses satellite-only, both compete in AI-driven soil moisture monitoring and water optimization for agriculture.
• Solvi: Solvi provides soil and crop analytics using in-field sensors and satellite imagery for farming optimization. Comparable to Gamaya's AquaView and broader agronomic intelligence platform, with overlap in soil moisture, crop health monitoring, and precision agriculture analytics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds8 records

Investors8 records

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M&A1 record

Investments

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