SeekOps

What SeekOps does

SeekOps is a private Austin, Texas-based sensor and data analytics company that provides drone-based methane emissions detection, quantification, attribution, and reconciliation services to industrial operators. Its flagship SeekIR sensor uses Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy (TDLAS) technology, originally developed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory for the Mars Curiosity Rover, and is integrated onto autonomous UAV platforms to deliver the Leak Detection and Quantification (LDAQ) service. Supporting software includes the Celsius analytics platform, the FASTR automated reporting pipeline (launched mid-2025), and a Ground Control Station for real-time methane visualization during flight operations.

The company primarily serves upstream and midstream oil and gas operators (bp, Shell, TotalEnergies, Equinor, Repsol, TAQA, Harbour Energy), with secondary verticals in renewable natural gas, waste management (landfills), and gas utilities (pipeline and storage). SeekOps is positioned as the quantification-grade input layer for regulatory and voluntary methane reporting frameworks, including OGMP 2.0, EPA programs, the EU Methane Regulation, and Alberta's Alt-FEMP, holding first-mover approved-instrument status in Alberta (2022) and Colorado (2024).

The business model is enterprise field-services revenue with growing software/analytics overlay. Go-to-market is direct enterprise sales supplemented by service-delivery partnerships with Flylogix (offshore UAV operations), SkyFutures (UK/North Sea access), and Sensible EDP / Montrose Environmental (data platform integration). SeekOps has raised approximately $35.8M across five equity rounds from 2018 to 2025, with strategic participation by Equinor Ventures, SLB, Caterpillar Ventures, Coefficient LP, and Climate Investment. Pricing is quote-based per survey scope; revenue is not publicly disclosed. The company is ISO 9001:2015 certified, holds PEC Safety and ISNetworld credentials for energy contractor compliance, and operates from a headquarters in Austin with a European regional office in Aberdeen, Scotland, with deployments reported across six continents.

Name

SeekOps

Legal name

SeekOps Inc.

Website

https://seekops.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

SeekOps provides drone-based methane emissions detection, quantification, and reconciliation services using proprietary TDLAS SeekIR sensor technology, primarily serving oil and gas operators, with extensions into renewable natural gas, waste management, and utilities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Methane Emissions Monitoring Services

NAICS

Support Activities for Mining (213), Environmental Consulting Services (54162)

SIC

Oil & Gas Field Services, Nec (1389)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEUAEADAB

Electrical Balance-of-Plant EPC (MV Collection, Cabling, Earthing, Lighting)

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Energy Infrastructure & Services (EPC, O&M, Field Services)/Renewable Balance-of-Plant EPC (Wind/Solar/Hydro)

SECONDARYEUABACAF

Remote Sensing & Geospatial MRV (Satellite, Aerial, LiDAR, SAR)

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Carbon & Climate Solutions (Carbon Markets, Offsets, CCS/CCUS)/Carbon Credit Verification, Validation & MRV (VVBs, Auditing, Remote Sensing)

Keywords

• Methane emissions monitoring
• Drone-based emissions detection
• Gas sensing technology
• Emissions quantification services
• ESG compliance reporting

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Emissions Measurement & Quantification Services: The company provides methane emissions measurement, attribution, and quantification as a service to industrial operators. Revenue is generated through field service engagements involving drone-based emissions surveys, delivering quantitative methane emission data to clients. Service delivery involves deploying SeekIR-equipped drones over client assets to detect, measure, and attribute methane sources.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

SeekOps provides drone-based methane emissions measurement, attribution, and quantification services to industrial operators, using its proprietary SeekIR TDLAS sensor deployed on autonomous UAVs. The company couples the field survey service with the Celsius cloud analytics platform and the FASTR automated reporting system to deliver quantification-grade data suitable for OGMP 2.0, EU Methane Regulation, and EPA regulatory reporting across oil and gas, renewable natural gas, waste management, and pipeline utilities.

Product overview

SeekOps is a sensor technology and data analytics company offering drone-based methane emissions monitoring, quantification, and reporting solutions for industrial applications. The portfolio centers on the SeekIR sensor technology (originally developed for NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover) deployed on autonomous drones, delivering the LDAQ (Leak Detection and Quantification) service. Supporting the core service are the Celsius analytics platform (cloud-based dashboards for data visualization and reconciliation), FASTR automated reporting system (accelerated post-flight processing), Ground Control Station for real-time monitoring, and proprietary Flux Plane/Dynamic Uncertainty methodologies for scientifically rigorous quantification. The integrated workflow enables detection, attribution, quantification, and reporting of methane emissions across oil & gas, renewable natural gas, waste management, and utilities sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SeekIR: Industry-leading sensor technology for methane detection and quantification
• LDAQ
• Celsius
• FASTR

Products and services

• SeekIR Sensor Award-winning, high-sensitivity methane detector using Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy (TDLAS), originally developed at NASA JPL and engineered for industrial deployment, providing parts-per-billion sensitivity for methane detection and quantification.
• LDAQ (Leak Detection and Quantification) Service SeekOps' core service offering that couples SeekIR sensor technology with autonomous drone systems to deliver end-to-end methane emissions detection, attribution, quantification, and reporting & reconciliation for ESG compliance, deployed for oil and gas operators, renewable natural gas producers, waste management, and utilities.
• Celsius Analytics Platform Cloud-based interactive analytics dashboard providing emissions intelligence — a central hub for survey results with data review, filtering, export, and reconciliation reporting that compares top-down measured data with bottom-up values from operator inventories and equipment logs.
• FASTR (Fast Analysis and Streamlined Technical Reporting) Automated data ingestion, processing, and reporting system that accelerates post-flight analysis to deliver emissions quantification reports in minutes rather than days, organizing data from multiple flights, integrating environmental parameters, and streaming real-time data from the Ground Control Station during flight operations.

Quantifiable outcome

• Field-proven technology deployed across 6 continents
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers7 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

Integration2 records

AI capability5 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• FlylogixcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership for UAV-based methane emissions quantification services. The SeekOps/Flylogix team combines SeekOps' SeekIR sensor technology with Flylogix' UAV platform capabilities to deliver offshore emissions surveys. This partnership extends SeekOps' service delivery capacity in offshore and remote environments.
• CaterpillarminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership relationship indicated on SeekOps' website partnerships section. Nature of collaboration involves Caterpillar's industrial equipment platforms potentially integrated with SeekOps' emissions measurement capabilities.
• Sensible EDP (Montrose Environmental)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFormal partnership agreement with Sensible EDP, a Montrose Environmental company. Sensible EDP provides environmental data platform and consulting services; the partnership integrates SeekOps' quantitative methane measurement data into Sensible EDP's environmental compliance and reporting solutions for clients.
• SkyFuturescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartnership with SkyFutures for the joint delivery of drone-based emissions survey services. SkyFutures contributes operational drone capabilities and UK/North Sea market access, complementing SeekOps' sensor technology and measurement expertise.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Bridger Photonics: Bridger Photonics provides aerial LiDAR-based methane detection and quantification for oil & gas operators, competing head-to-head with SeekOps on drone/aerial emissions MRV. Both target quantification-grade data for regulatory reporting and operator ESG programs.
• Kairos Aerospace: Kairos Aerospace provides aerial methane detection and quantification services for upstream and midstream operators using fixed-wing aircraft. Directly comparable technology/business model — drone/aerial survey-based attribution-grade methane data for the same enterprise oil & gas buyer.
• Scientific Aviation: Scientific Aviation is an early entrant in aerial methane quantification using aircraft and proprietary analysis. Competes with SeekOps in offering quantification-grade emission surveys to oil & gas operators for regulatory and voluntary reporting.
• GHGSat: GHGSat provides satellite-based methane detection and quantification for industrial sites. Competes with SeekOps on quantification-grade MRV for the same operator buyers, though via satellite rather than aerial platforms; serves as a complementary or alternative modality.

Broad incumbents

• Picarro: Picarro manufactures TDLAS-based gas analyzers for stationary and portable methane measurement. Same core spectroscopy technology as SeekOps' SeekIR sensor but ground/fixed-site oriented; broadly competes in the methane MRV measurement ecosystem.
• Teledyne FLIR: Teledyne FLIR manufactures Optical Gas Imaging (OGI) cameras used in LDAR programs across oil & gas. Represents the incumbent camera-based leak detection modality that SeekOps' aerial quantification approach is increasingly displacing in regulatory programs.
• Aeroqual: Aeroqual produces gas and particulate monitors with sensors for environmental and industrial monitoring. Comparable in gas sensing/sensor technology but addresses a broader indoor/outdoor air quality market beyond SeekOps' industrial emissions niche.
• Q2 Technologies: Q2 Technologies provides oil & gas field services including emissions detection and LDAR support using both traditional and emerging methods. Operates in the same enterprise field services ecosystem where SeekOps delivers quantification surveys.

Emerging players

• Carbon Mapper: Carbon Mapper is a non-profit coalition (including Planet Labs) developing satellite-based methane and CO2 detection. Represents an emerging satellite MRV modality competing for the same operator compliance budgets as SeekOps' aerial quantification.

Others

• Montrose Environmental: Montrose Environmental is a broader environmental services company whose Sensible EDP division is a SeekOps partner. Operates adjacent environmental data platform and compliance services rather than direct aerial MRV, positioning as both collaborator and adjacent competitor for compliance-driven buyers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/seekops-inc.

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors5 records

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M&A

Investments

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