Kespry

What Kespry does

Kespry, founded in 2013 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, provides an aerial intelligence platform — branded Kespry Cloud — that captures, processes, analyzes, and visualizes drone- and LiDAR-derived spatial data for industrial enterprise customers. The platform offers reporting tools that compile drone and LiDAR data into decision-ready outputs, a Compare Tool that visualizes temporal or cross-site changes, and a Cross-Section Tool for elevation, slope, and material movement analysis. Its technology stack includes integration with Pix4D's 4D photogrammetry engine (announced November 2025) for faster, more secure, and more scalable drone data processing, alongside industry-specific sub-brands such as Kilowatt™ by Kespry for electric utilities.

The company's primary verticals are Energy & Utilities and Mining & Aggregates, with secondary exposure to Environmental Management and Construction. Named enterprise customers span Vulcan Materials, Martin Marietta, Cemex, Oldcastle, Heidelberg Materials, Republic Services, Waste Connections, GFL Environmental, Cobb EMC, MVEC, and Turner Mining Group — collectively addressing stockpile measurement, billing reconciliation, infrastructure inspection, vegetation management, methane detection, and stormwater/emissions compliance. Kespry claims to serve 14 of the top 15 aggregate producers globally and is ranked among the world's top 20 drone software companies.

Kespry operates a primarily enterprise SaaS model with annual, quote-based subscriptions to Kespry Cloud, supplemented by professional services revenue routed through channel partners — most notably Firmatek, a 30-year aggregate-mining service provider that delivers customized outputs (stockpile volume, cut/fill calculations, topographic CAD, ortho imagery, LAS point cloud data) on top of the platform. The company has raised approximately $61.4M in disclosed equity across four rounds (last disclosed round March 2019, led by Salesforce Ventures with ABB, Shell, Cisco, DCM, G2, Lightspeed, H. Barton, and S28 Capital participating), and currently reports 101–250 employees. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; go-to-market relies on enterprise field sales, channel partners, and industry events such as CONEXPO-CON/AGG and DistribuTECH.

Name

Kespry

Website

https://kespry.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Kespry provides a cloud-based drone analytics platform that captures, processes, and visualizes aerial and LiDAR data for enterprise customers in mining & aggregates, energy & utilities, environmental management, and construction, distributed primarily through annual subscriptions and the Firmatek service-partner channel.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Drone Analytics Software

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (51821)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374)

akta.pro primary industry

Satellite Imagery & Remote Sensing Geospatial Platforms (BPAMANAM)

Keywords

• Drone analytics software
• Aerial intelligence platform
• Stockpile measurement solutions
• Utility inspection software
• Volumetric analysis tools

Headquarters

HQ city

Menlo Park

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Platform Subscription: Kespry Cloud platform subscription providing access to drone analytics tools, reporting, visualization, and data management capabilities
2. Professional Services: Service providers like Firmatek offer data collection, processing, and analysis as professional services using the Kespry platform, including stockpile measurements, volumetric calculations, and specialized inspections
3. Industry-Specific Solutions: Specialized solutions such as Kilowatt for Electric Utilities targeting specific vertical use cases with domain-specific features

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Kespry provides an aerial intelligence platform (Kespry Cloud) that transforms drone- and LiDAR-captured spatial data into measurement, analysis, and visualization outputs for enterprise customers. The platform supports stockpile volumetrics, site comparison, cross-section analysis, and reporting, with the Kilowatt by Kespry vertical solution tailored to electric utility inspection. Delivery is via direct cloud subscription and through service partners such as Firmatek that provide field data collection and customized deliverables.

Product overview

Kespry offers a unified drone analytics platform (Kespry Cloud) that provides end-to-end capabilities for data collection, processing, and analysis. The platform includes core tools for measuring, analyzing, and visualizing drone-captured data, along with specialized sub-brands like Kilowatt™ by Kespry for electric utilities. The platform's modular architecture includes reporting tools, compare tools, and cross-section analysis tools as integrated features.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Kilowatt: Product for electric utilities, formerly known as Kespry for Electric Utilities

Products and services

• Kespry Cloud Cloud-based drone analytics platform that measures, analyzes, and visualizes drone- and LiDAR-captured spatial data for enterprise customers, providing tools for stockpile measurement, volumetric analysis, site comparison, cross-section analysis, and reporting across mining, energy/utilities, environmental, and construction industries.
• Kilowatt by Kespry Specialized drone analytics solution for electric utilities that provides inspection, monitoring, and data analysis capabilities for utility infrastructure including power lines, substations, and cell towers, with simplified workflow and performance features tailored to the electric utility vertical.

Quantifiable outcome

• Serving 14 of the top 15 aggregate mining producers globally
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature7 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Pix4DcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 November 2025Pix4D 4D engine integration with Kespry platform providing faster processing, enhanced security, and more scalable drone data workflows. The integration enables Firmatek and Kespry customers to benefit from advanced photogrammetry processing capabilities.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• DroneDeploy: DroneDeploy is a leading cloud-based drone mapping and analytics platform serving construction, mining, energy, and agriculture—the same verticals as Kespry, with overlapping analytics and reporting features.
• Propeller Aero: Propeller Aero provides drone-based surveying and 3D mapping analytics for construction, mining, and aggregates—directly overlapping with Kespry's stockpile, cut/fill, and site-monitoring workflows.
• PrecisionHawk: PrecisionHawk offers drone data collection and analytics for energy, utilities, and agriculture—addressing the same enterprise inspection and asset-management use cases as Kespry Cloud and Kilowatt™.

Broad incumbents

• Pix4D: Pix4D is a photogrammetry and drone-mapping software incumbent that processes the underlying data Kespry analyzes; it is both an integration partner and a broader competitor in geospatial analytics.
• Skydio: Skydio is a major autonomous drone hardware vendor expanding into inspection and analytics software for utilities and public safety—competing with Kespry both on capture hardware and the analytics layer.
• DJI: DJI is the dominant commercial drone manufacturer with growing enterprise software (DJI FlightHub, Terra); its scale and bundle economics pose competitive pressure on standalone analytics platforms like Kespry.
• Esri: Esri (ArcGIS) is the geospatial platform incumbent used by utilities and mining majors; it increasingly integrates drone data into its ecosystem, competing for the analytics and visualization layer where Kespry operates.

Emerging players

• Delair: Delair provides fixed-wing industrial drones plus analytics for mining, construction, and utilities—an emerging end-to-end competitor with overlapping vertical applications to Kespry.
• Mapware: Mapware offers drone-based 3D mapping and analytics aimed at construction, mining, and inspection—addressing a similar but narrower portion of Kespry's workflow stack.
• senseFly (Parrot): senseFly is a fixed-wing drone and mapping-software vendor serving surveying, mining, and agriculture—adjacent to Kespry in industrial aerial surveying and geospatial deliverables.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/1524266261152380
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kespry-inc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors11 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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