HEMAV
HEMAV is a Barcelona-based agritech company building LAYERS, an AI-powered satellite and machine-learning platform that delivers weekly parcel-level yield forecasts and in-season crop monitoring for large agricultural operations of 10,000+ hectares across sugarcane, corn, soy, wheat, cotton, and sugarbeet in LATAM, Europe, and North America.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2011
- HeadquartersBarcelona, Spain
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingSoftware
What HEMAV does
HEMAV Technology S.L. is a Barcelona-based agritech company founded in 2011 that builds LAYERS, an AI-powered agronomic intelligence platform for precision agriculture. The platform combines multi-spectral satellite imagery (Sentinel, Landsat, Planet), climate data, and machine learning models trained on 13 years of field-validated agronomic data across sugarcane, corn, soy, wheat, cotton, and sugarbeet. Its two core products are Crop Predictor, which delivers weekly parcel-level yield forecasts several weeks before harvest using custom AI models trained per client operation, and Crop Optimizer, which provides in-season satellite monitoring across 13 agronomic data layers including vegetation vigor (NDVI), nitrogen (NDRE), water stress (LWS), moisture (NDMI), weed detection, and radar-based growth tracking through cloud cover. The company also offers Regional Intel for governments and financial institutions, and a Crop Master certification program for agronomists.
HEMAV operates a direct enterprise sales motion exclusively targeting large agricultural operations of 10,000 hectares or more, including mills, cooperatives, vertically integrated producers, agricultural input distributors, commodity traders, agricultural banks, and ministries of agriculture. Pricing is a per-hectare annual subscription with three tiers: Crop Optimizer at USD 1.5/ha/year, Crop Predictor at USD 3.0/ha/year, or the combined platform at USD 4.5/ha/year, with no platform fees or setup minimums. Distribution is entirely direct, with customer success managers embedded in Brazil, Peru, and Central America speaking local languages. The platform is differentiated by a contractual precision guarantee — the first in LATAM to embed forecast accuracy as a contractual clause — and by dedicated agronomist support for every client.
The company has raised approximately €8 million in total disclosed funding, including a €8M Series A in December 2024 led by Future Food Fund, PureTerra Ventures, and Inclimo. Operations span three continents (LATAM, Europe, North America) with active presence in Brazil, Peru, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Spain, Mexico, and the United States. HEMAV has publicly stated a goal of forecasting yields for 100 million hectares by 2030, up from approximately 1.5 million hectares currently served.
HEMAV firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- HEMAV
- Legal name
- HEMAV Technology S.L.
- Website
- https://hemav.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2011
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- HEMAV is a Barcelona-based agritech company building LAYERS, an AI-powered satellite and machine-learning platform that delivers weekly parcel-level yield forecasts and in-season crop monitoring for large agricultural operations of 10,000+ hectares across sugarcane, corn, soy, wheat, cotton, and sugarbeet in LATAM, Europe, and North America.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
HEMAV industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Precision Agriculture Software
- NAICS
- Support Activities for Crop Production (11511), Farm Management Services (115116)
- SIC
- Agricultural Services (700)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Farm Data Management & Decision Support Services (FMIS Setup, Data Integration, Analytics) (AFACACAC)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Decision Support & Prescriptive Analytics (Variable-Rate Rx, Crop Modeling) (AFABAMAE), Satellite Imagery & Monitoring Platforms (AFAAAFAI), Farm Technology Enablement & Data Integration Advisory (FMIS/ERP, IoT, Decision Support) (AFACAJAG), Remote Sensing & Imagery Analytics (Satellite, Drone, Aerial) (AFABAMAB), Farm Finance, Input Procurement & Risk Tools (Budgeting, Inventory, Insurance Links) (AFAAAFAO)
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Where HEMAV is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Barcelona
- HQ country
- Spain
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices2 records
Markets served
HEMAV business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- Per-Hectare Annual Subscription — Crop Optimizer: Annual subscription model priced per hectare per year. Crop Optimizer is sold at USD 1.5 per hectare per year. No platform fees or setup minimums. Delivered via web platform with weekly satellite data updates and agronomic alerts.
- Per-Hectare Annual Subscription — Crop Predictor: Annual subscription model priced per hectare per year. Crop Predictor is sold at USD 3.0 per hectare per year. No platform fees or setup minimums. Includes custom AI model training, weekly yield predictions, and dedicated agronomist support.
- Combined Platform Subscription: Combined Crop Optimizer and Crop Predictor subscription at USD 4.5 per hectare per year. Provides both in-season satellite monitoring and pre-harvest yield forecasting on a single platform with shared data layers and field boundaries.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Subscription | Annual | Crop Optimizer — Satellite monitoring and agronomic alerts |
| Subscription | Annual | Crop Predictor — AI yield forecasting before harvest |
| Subscription | Annual | Combined Platform — Crop Optimizer + Crop Predictor |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels2 records
Marketing channels5 records
HEMAV product offering
Product offeringCore offering
HEMAV develops and sells LAYERS, an AI-powered agronomic intelligence platform that combines multi-satellite imagery, climate data, and proprietary machine learning models to deliver weekly parcel-level yield predictions and in-season crop monitoring. The platform covers sugarcane, corn, soy, wheat, cotton, and sugarbeet, and is sold on a per-hectare annual subscription basis to large-scale agricultural operations managing 10,000+ hectares, along with government bodies and financial institutions needing regional-scale agricultural intelligence.
Product overview
HEMAV's LAYERS is an AI-powered agronomic intelligence platform (founded 2011) offering a modular portfolio centered on two core products: Crop Predictor for AI-driven yield forecasting and Crop Optimizer for satellite-based crop monitoring. Crop Predictor delivers weekly parcel-level yield predictions using proprietary ML models trained on 13 years of multi-crop data, while Crop Optimizer provides 13 layers of satellite intelligence (vegetation indices, water stress, weed detection). The platform is complemented by Regional Intel for national-scale agricultural intelligence, LAYERS AI for customer support, and the Crop Master certification program. LAYERS serves operations across LATAM, Europe, and North America, focusing on sugarcane, corn, soy, wheat, cotton, and sugarbeet.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- LAYERS: AI-powered crop monitoring and yield forecasting platform developed by HEMAV Technology S.L. Provides Crop Predictor (yield forecasting) and Crop Optimizer (satellite monitoring) solutions for agricultural operations.
- LAYERS Crop Predictor
- LAYERS Crop Optimizer
- LAYERS Regional Intel
- CROP MASTER
Products and services
- LAYERS Crop Predictor AI-powered yield forecasting tool that estimates per-hectare production weeks before harvest for sugarcane, corn, soy, wheat, cotton, and sugarbeet operations. Combines satellite imagery, climate variables, and machine learning models trained on 13 years of multi-crop agronomic data, delivering weekly yield predictions at parcel level via dashboard, CSV, API, or PowerBI. Sold at USD 3.0 per hectare per year with custom AI model training and dedicated agronomist support.
- LAYERS Crop Optimizer Satellite-based crop monitoring platform delivering per-parcel vegetation health, water stress detection, weed detection, and agronomic alerts across 13 layers (NDVI Vigor, Nitrogen/NDRE, Water Stress/LWS, Foliar Moisture/NDMI, Vegetative Potential, Soil Texture, Uncultivated Area, Weed Detection, Crop/Variety Classification, DSM, Radar Growth, Accumulated Vigor, Maturation/Foliar Humidity). Sold at USD 1.5 per hectare per year to enable in-season operational decisions and reduce unnecessary field visits.
- LAYERS Regional Intel National and regional-scale production forecasting service using the LAYERS AI technology stack applied to country or portfolio level. Designed for governments, development banks, and financial institutions to audit regional production, identify vulnerable agricultural zones, and generate comparable cross-region agricultural data for policy and credit risk decisions.
- LAYERS Platform (Combined Subscription) Combined annual subscription bundling both Crop Optimizer (satellite monitoring) and Crop Predictor (AI yield forecasting) on a single platform with shared data layers and field boundaries. Priced at USD 4.5 per hectare per year, with no platform fees or setup minimums. Targeted at large agribusiness operations that need both in-season monitoring and pre-harvest forecasting.
Quantifiable outcome
- Yield forecast accuracy exceeds 90% (vs. 15-25% error with traditional estimation methods)
- +5 more outcomes
Companies that use HEMAV
Customer profileNamed customers8 records
Segments5 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
HEMAV technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- Yes
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration1 record
AI capability5 records
Feature10 records
HEMAV partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
One partnership is on record.
- AgroteominorFive-year collaboration developing the Curva de Sacarosa tool for sugar beet harvest optimization. The tool is already operational in northern and southern Spanish beet-producing regions, contributing to improved sucrose percentage in recent campaigns.
Scale indicators9 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights6 records
HEMAV competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- Climate Fieldview (Bayer): Climate Fieldview is Bayer's flagship digital agriculture platform offering satellite imagery, yield analysis, and field-level agronomic recommendations to growers globally. It is the most comprehensive incumbent comparable to HEMAV/LAYERS, backed by Bayer's seed and crop-protection franchise and available across multiple continents.
- Granular (Corteva): Granular is a farm management and analytics SaaS owned by Corteva, serving large-acreage row-crop operations with planning, yield forecasting, and agronomic insights. Its farm-management-plus-analytics positioning closely parallels HEMAV/LAYERS, but with a global ag-input parent's commercial reach.
- Farmstar (Airbus Defence and Space): Farmstar is Airbus's satellite-based precision agriculture service for European crop yield estimation and nitrogen recommendation, focused on wheat and barley. It is a comparable satellite-and-ML crop advisory service, though it primarily operates in Europe and is bundled with Airbus's broader geospatial offerings.
Direct peers
- Taranis: Taranis is a precision agriculture intelligence platform combining aerial imagery (drone and satellite), AI, and leaf-level analytics to detect crop threats and inform in-season decisions. It directly competes with LAYERS Crop Optimizer in the satellite-based crop monitoring layer and serves large agribusinesses across LATAM, North America, and Brazil.
- Cropin: Cropin is an AI- and satellite-driven 'agriculture intelligence' platform serving agribusinesses, governments, and financial institutions across more than 90 countries. It overlaps directly with LAYERS' Crop Predictor and Regional Intel offerings, particularly for crop monitoring, yield forecasting, and traceability use cases.
- Regrow (formerly FluroSat): Regrow combines satellite imagery, crop modeling, and ML to deliver crop monitoring, yield forecasting, and Scope 3 emissions measurement for agrifood companies. Its dual focus on yield prediction and sustainability analytics maps directly to LAYERS' Crop Predictor and environmental-impact value proposition.
- Gamaya: Gamaya offers hyperspectral imagery-powered crop monitoring and yield estimation for sugarcane, soy, and other row crops, with strong roots in LATAM and Africa. It is a direct peer in parcel-level precision analytics and competes with HEMAV on sugarcane intelligence specifically.
- Agremo: Agremo provides AI-driven aerial-imagery analytics for plant counting, weed detection, and yield estimation, serving agribusinesses and input distributors. Its per-field analytics layer overlaps with LAYERS Crop Optimizer's parcel-level intelligence for large operations.
- Farmers Edge: Farmers Edge is a Canadian precision ag platform offering satellite imagery, variable-rate fertility, and yield forecasting tools to large row-crop operations across the Americas. It is a direct comparable in business model and customer profile, although it is currently navigating a financial restructuring.
Regional players
- Solorrow: Solorrow is a Spain-based precision agriculture platform delivering satellite-based crop monitoring and weather analytics to Spanish and European growers. It is a regional peer operating in the same Iberian market with overlapping crop-monitoring and irrigation-decision capabilities.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
HEMAV social profiles
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Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
HEMAV leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles4 records
HEMAV funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds5 records
Investors7 records
Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
HEMAV M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Frequently asked questions about HEMAV
What does HEMAV do?
HEMAV develops and sells LAYERS, an AI-powered agronomic intelligence platform that combines multi-satellite imagery, climate data, and proprietary machine learning models to deliver weekly parcel-level yield predictions and in-season crop monitoring. The platform covers sugarcane, corn, soy, wheat, cotton, and sugarbeet, and is sold on a per-hectare annual subscription basis to large-scale agricultural operations managing 10,000+ hectares, along with government bodies and financial institutions needing regional-scale agricultural intelligence.
Is HEMAV a public or private company?
HEMAV is a private company. It is classified as venture growth investor backed and is currently operating.
When was HEMAV founded?
HEMAV was founded in 2011. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is HEMAV based?
HEMAV is headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, in the Europe region.
How does HEMAV make money?
Three revenue lines are on record. Per-Hectare Annual Subscription — Crop Optimizer is the primary driver. The others are per-Hectare Annual Subscription — Crop Predictor and combined Platform Subscription.
Who are HEMAV's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are Climate Fieldview (Bayer), Granular (Corteva) and Farmstar (Airbus Defence and Space). Direct peers are Taranis, Cropin, Regrow (formerly FluroSat), Gamaya, Agremo and Farmers Edge. Solorrow is listed as a regional player.
Does HEMAV have an API?
Yes. LAYERS provides an API for integration with customer systems. Predictions are delivered via dashboard, CSV, API, or PowerBI. The platform supports flexible export options including PDF, SHP, Excel, CSV formats, and API access for programmatic integration.
What industry is HEMAV in?
HEMAV's product category is Precision Agriculture Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is AFACACAC, Farm Data Management & Decision Support Services (FMIS Setup, Data Integration, Analytics), with a secondary code of AFABAMAE, Decision Support & Prescriptive Analytics (Variable-Rate Rx, Crop Modeling). Its NAICS code is 11511 and its SIC code is 700.