Lemu

Name

Lemu

Legal name

Lemu Earth SpA

Website

https://le.mu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Intelligence Software

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (54162), Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (54137), Satellite Telecommunications (51741)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731), Forestry (800)

akta.pro primary industry

Remote Sensing & Earth Observation Analytics (Satellite/UAV/LiDAR, Image Processing) (EUAHAKAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Ecological/Habitat & Land-Use Change Modeling (Biodiversity, Conservation Planning) (EUAHAKAI), Forest Inventory, Mapping & Monitoring (GIS/Remote Sensing/MRV) (IMAMAJAB), Environmental Data Integration, ETL & Interoperability (APIs, Standards, Data Pipelines) (EUAHAKAB)

Keywords

• Nature intelligence software
• Biodiversity monitoring platform
• Hyperspectral satellite imagery
• Environmental data analytics
• Ecosystem carbon tracking

Headquarters

HQ city

Frutillar

HQ country

Chile

HQ region

Latin America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Atlas Platform Subscriptions: Annual subscription-based access to Atlas Nature Intelligence platform with tiered pricing based on hectares monitored and zones. Includes 32 indicators, on-demand reports, Spacetime API integration, and unlimited users/bandwidth.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Lemu sells subscription access to Atlas, a cloud-based Nature Intelligence platform that delivers 32+ science-based biodiversity, carbon, water, climate, and vegetation indicators. Atlas is powered by Lemu Nge, the world's first biodiversity-focused hyperspectral nanosatellite (32-band, sub-5m resolution, launched August 2024), and integrates third-party satellite feeds plus ecological databases through the Spacetime interoperability API. Customers subscribe annually on tiered plans priced by hectares monitored and zones.

Product overview

Lemu is a Nature Intelligence company offering a platform-plus-products architecture. The core offering is the Atlas Nature Intelligence Platform, which combines ecological science, multi-modal data (satellite imagery, biodiversity databases, field data), and AI-powered analysis to deliver 32+ nature indicators for measuring, monitoring, and managing biodiversity and ecosystems. Atlas is powered by Lemu Nge, the world's first biodiversity-focused hyperspectral nanosatellite launched in August 2024, which feeds high-resolution imagery into Atlas indicators. The Spacetime API layer enables integration of proprietary, public, and client-specific data. Atlas 1.0 (launched April 2026) includes the Atlas Open Nature public data sharing feature. The platform is offered across four subscription tiers (Atlas Lite at $5,000/year through Atlas Enterprise at $50,000/year), with custom Atlas Scale pricing for large deployments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Atlas: Lemu's Nature Intelligence platform that transforms complex environmental data into clear, actionable insights for companies, governments, and communities.
• Lemu Nge
• Atlas Open Nature

Products and services

• Atlas (Nature Intelligence Platform) Cloud-based Nature Intelligence platform for enterprises, governments, and communities to access, visualize, analyze, and download 32+ science-based environmental indicators spanning biodiversity, carbon, water, climate, and vegetation. Combines ecological science, multi-modal data sources (satellites, GBIF, IUCN Red List, camera traps, bioacoustics, eDNA), and AI-powered analysis to measure, monitor, and manage nature across space and time.
• Lemu Nge Hyperspectral Nanosatellite The world's first biodiversity-focused hyperspectral nanosatellite, designed and operated by Lemu. Captures 32-band hyperspectral imagery with ground resolution up to 4.75 metres, providing over 20 times the resolution of conventional Earth observation satellites for global biodiversity surveillance across wetlands, forests, and coastal zones.
• Spacetime (Ecological Observation Protocol & API) Lemu's ecological observation protocol and integration API that makes every Atlas indicator interoperable. Enables organizations to integrate their own or third-party data sources into Atlas, with electronic delivery options including SFTP, Ellipsis Drive, AWS S3, Azure Blob, Google Storage, and OCI Object Storage.

Quantifiable outcome

• 500,000 hectares under monitoring
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

AI capability6 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• EY ChilecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 12 February 2026Collaboration launched February 2026 to help teams turn complex environmental data into defendable insights and take them straight into decision-making with Atlas. EY brings consulting expertise to implement Nature Intelligence solutions.
• Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity (IEB)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 December 2025Collaboration agreement for joint R&D, expert validation, and potential integration of unique biodiversity datasets into Lemu Atlas. Partnership turns ecological knowledge into actionable insight for conservation and decision-making.
• Fondo Naturaleza Chile (FNCh)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 October 2025Agreement signed at RedLAC 2025 congress in Frutillar. Connects Chile's national conservation trust fund with scalable Earth observation and analytics. Establishes practical rules for data safety, provenance, and traceability for conservation finance.
• Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) ChilecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 September 2025Pioneering collaboration to strengthen ecosystem services monitoring through scientific data, satellite observation, and AI. Focuses on developing methodologies and indicators to evaluate ecosystem services in FSC-certified forest areas. Showcased at 1st FSC Latin America Ecosystem Services Summit.
• NanoAvionicsmajorTechnology or Integration · 16 August 2025Lithuanian company that built Lemu Nge satellite on its M6P (6U) bus. Partnership for satellite integration and ongoing operational support.
• VITOmajorTechnology or Integration · 16 August 2025Belgian research organization supporting Lemu Nge operations, calibration, and validation activities. Partner for satellite data processing and analysis.
• Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (UAI)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 July 2025Framework agreement to advance Earth Intelligence research and innovation in Chile. Collaboration will accelerate research and applied innovation to make biodiversity and ecosystem change measurable, traceable, and decision-ready.
• CodelcocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 June 2025Six-month pilot for biodiversity monitoring in mining areas. Project utilized Lemu Nge, Atlas, AI, and ecological science to map key ecosystems around El Teniente and Ventanas divisions. Identified more than 65 species and documented vegetation improvements. First industrial tasking completed November 2025.
• WyverncoreTechnology or Integration · 17 March 2025Partnership announced March 2025 to expand access to hyperspectral satellite imagery. Combining Wyvern's Dragonette satellite with Lemu Nge to power Atlas platform and deliver sharper Nature Intelligence for industries. Canadian space data firm providing high-quality hyperspectral images.
• University of ChilecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 March 2024Agreement to advance forest monitoring in Chile using satellites and artificial intelligence. Partnership strengthens technology-driven solutions for conservation and forest ecosystem monitoring.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Broad incumbents

• Planet Labs: Planet operates the world's largest commercial satellite constellation and offers daily Earth observation imagery and analytics to mining, forestry, agriculture, and government customers. It overlaps with Lemu in monitoring land use and ecosystem change but does not specialize in biodiversity-grade hyperspectral data.
• Satellogic: Satellogic operates a hyperspectral Earth observation constellation and offers imagery plus analytics to agriculture, forestry, energy, and government customers. It is comparable to Lemu Nge in hyperspectral capability but is a broader geospatial incumbent without biodiversity specialization.
• Orbital Insight: Orbital Insight provides geospatial analytics powered by satellite imagery, including environmental and ESG applications, to enterprise and government clients. It competes with Lemu Atlas in turning satellite data into business intelligence but covers a broader set of industries and use cases.
• Airbus Defence and Space — GEO-Intelligence: Airbus Defence and Space provides commercial satellite imagery (SPOT, Pleiades, Sentinel) and geospatial analytics for agriculture, forestry, mining, and environmental monitoring. It is a broad incumbent whose imagery and analytics products overlap with the enterprise use cases Lemu serves with Atlas and Lemu Nge.

Direct peers

• Pachama: Pachama uses satellite imagery and AI to verify nature-based carbon and forestry projects for carbon credit markets. It directly competes with Lemu's Atlas in forestry and ecosystem monitoring for corporates seeking nature intelligence, though focused on carbon rather than full biodiversity.
• Sylvera: Sylvera provides satellite-based forest carbon analytics and ratings for carbon credit buyers and corporates. It shares Lemu's enterprise forestry customer base and reliance on remote sensing plus ecological science, differing mainly by specializing in carbon rather than biodiversity.
• Descartes Labs: Descartes Labs builds a geospatial analytics platform that fuses satellite imagery with AI models for agriculture, sustainability, and commodity intelligence. It shares Lemu's model of turning raw imagery into decision-ready indicators for enterprise sustainability use cases.
• Kayrros: Kayrros applies satellite imagery and AI to environmental and energy intelligence, including methane emissions, biomass, and asset monitoring. It shares Lemu's emphasis on satellite-based environmental measurement for industrial customers in energy and commodities.

Emerging players

• LiveEO: LiveEO uses satellite imagery to monitor infrastructure corridors, vegetation, and environmental risk for utilities and infrastructure operators. It is comparable to Lemu's infrastructure and T&D customer use cases (e.g., Kimal-Lo Aguirre) but focuses on linear-asset monitoring.
• Natural State: Natural State provides nature intelligence and biodiversity analytics for corporates and financial institutions, supporting TNFD-aligned disclosures and nature-related risk assessment. It is a direct competitor in the biodiversity intelligence category that Lemu pioneered with Atlas.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lemuearth
• Xx.com/LemuEarth

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors1 record

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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