What Kermap does

Kermap is a French geo-intelligence company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Cesson-Sévigné near Rennes, operating as SAS Kermap with approximately 20 employees. The company applies deep learning and computer vision to satellite imagery (Sentinel-2, Landsat 8, Pléiades) and aerial orthophotographs to produce indicators on land use, vegetation, agricultural practices, irrigation, urban heat islands and environmental change. Its proprietary Live Earth Analytics (LEAn) foundation model is self-trained on millions of unlabeled satellite images to detect environmental transformations globally without requiring labeled training data, and its deep-learning crop identification has been validated against Eurostat at 90-100% accuracy.

Kermap distributes these capabilities through three platforms: Nimbo (a commercial API and custom-delivery platform providing monthly-updated satellite indicators), Nos Villes Vertes (a free public platform with vegetation mapping for all of metropolitan France), and Klover (a free global platform covering 24 cities). Specialized sub-products include EPIC, a France 2030-funded irrigation and vegetation cover decision-support tool covering metropolitan France, Réunion and Martinique. Customers span local and regional governments (Brest Métropole, Rennes, Nice, Montpellier, Saint-Brieuc, Grand Est), water utilities (Eau du Grand Lyon, Eau de Paris), agricultural cooperatives and food companies (Nestlé, Vivescia, Saint Louis Sucre), and institutional/NGO partners (Earthworm Foundation, CNES, Bureau Veritas, Cesbio, INRAE).

The business model combines recurring SaaS/API subscriptions through Nimbo with project-based professional services delivered as France 2030 consortia contracts and direct enterprise engagements. Kermap is privately held, backed since November 2022 by Sodero Gestion (ESG-focused private equity in Western France) and Earthworm Foundation (NGO co-investor), with no subsequent disclosed equity round. The company is part of the French Tech DeepNum20 deeptech excellence program and has secured three distinct France 2030 projects between 2024 and 2025, anchoring growth in non-dilutive public funding for environmental and agricultural monitoring.

Name

Kermap

Legal name

SAS Kermap

Website

https://kermap.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Kermap is a French geo-intelligence company applying deep learning and foundation models to satellite and aerial imagery, producing vegetation, agricultural, and land use indicators for governments, water utilities, and agricultural enterprises across France and Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Geospatial Intelligence Software

NAICS

Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (541360), Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (54137)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Search, Detection, Navagation, Guidance, Aeronautical Sys (3812)

akta.pro primary industry

Satellite Imagery & Remote Sensing Geospatial Platforms (BPAMANAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Remote Sensing & Imagery Analytics (Satellite, Drone, Aerial) (AFABAMAB), Field Mapping, GIS & Remote Sensing Analytics (AFAAAFAB), Remote Sensing & Geospatial Vision (satellite/drone imagery) (HDAAAEAL), Field Mapping, GIS & Digital Agronomy (Zoning, Prescription Maps, Yield Maps, Spatial Analytics) (AFAGALAG)

Keywords

• Satellite imagery analysis
• Geospatial intelligence
• Remote sensing analytics
• Environmental monitoring services
• Agricultural data platforms

Headquarters

HQ city

Cesson-sévigné

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SaaS/Platform Subscription: Nimbo platform offered via subscription model with API access for professional applications. Data is delivered as turnkey, transferable, and scalable indicators updated monthly.
2. Project-Based Services: Custom analysis projects for government agencies and enterprises, including co-construction of products, implementation, and ongoing service delivery. Examples include France 2030 contracts (EPIC, LEAn), Brest Métropole vegetation mapping, and agricultural monitoring for Nestlé, Vivescia, and Saint Louis Sucre.
3. API/Data Access: Data integration into customer workflow applications through Nimbo API, enabling automated data extraction upon satellite imagery acquisition for professional use.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Kermap builds AI-powered platforms (Nimbo and specialized tools) that automatically extract geospatial indicators—vegetation, soil, climate, land use, irrigation, urban heat—from satellite (Sentinel-2, Pléiades) and aerial/orthophoto imagery. Offerings are delivered both as API-accessible data products for workflow integration and as custom analysis projects for governments, water utilities, agricultural cooperatives, and food companies, with free public platforms (Nos Villes Vertes, Klover) for ecosystem awareness.

Product overview

Kermap offers a platform-based product portfolio centered on satellite imagery analysis and geospatial intelligence. The core Nimbo platform provides automated satellite data extraction with monthly updates, while specialized platforms include Nos Villes Vertes for French urban vegetation mapping and Klover for global climate monitoring. Services span agriculture (crop monitoring, soil analysis), environment (biodiversity, ecological corridors), and urban planning (land use, heat islands). Products work together through the Nimbo API for workflow integration, with specialized sub-products like EPIC for water resource management and LEAn for real-time environmental monitoring.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Nimbo Kermap's core satellite-data platform that enables automated extraction of geospatial intelligence from satellite imagery (Copernicus Sentinel-2) with monthly updates, delivering vegetation, soil, climate, and land-use indicators through API integration or custom platform delivery for agriculture, environment, urban planning, construction, exploration and insurance professionals.
• Nos Villes Vertes Freely accessible platform providing urban vegetation mapping for every town and city in continental France, offering fine-scale vegetation identification (tree, shrub, herbaceous layers) with 3-year evolution tracking to help local authorities and citizens value urban trees.
• Klover Global urban vegetation and climate monitoring platform covering 24 cities worldwide with vegetation mapping, temperature-deviation analysis, precipitation data, and climate-change indicators updated on a daily basis.
• Live Earth Analytics (LEAn) Sovereign real-time environmental monitoring platform using a self-trained AI foundation model to automatically detect environmental transformations worldwide, including vegetation evolution, urbanization progression, and hydric stress, producing turnkey environmental indicators at global scale.
• EPIC Platform (Études des Pratiques d'Irrigation et Couvert) Decision-support platform for agricultural irrigation detection and vegetation-cover duration monitoring (DDC) across metropolitan France, Réunion, and Martinique, providing parcel-level binary irrigation indicators and Duration of Coverage metrics crossed with crop identification, validated in the field by Bureau Veritas.
• Agriculture Services Satellite-based agricultural analysis services including crop monitoring, soil fertility assessment, reasoned-farming support, environmental-payment verification, and carbon-credit tracking via continuous satellite imagery analysis. Sold to agricultural cooperatives, food companies, and water utilities (e.g., Nestlé, Vivescia, Saint Louis Sucre, Eau du Grand Lyon).
• Environment Services Earth-observation data services for biodiversity monitoring, ecological-corridor mapping, trame verte et bleue identification, and land-consumption tracking supporting environmental preservation initiatives for public and private clients.
• Urban Planning Services Satellite-and-aerial imagery analysis services for urban development planning, including land-use inventory, urban heat island mapping using Local Climate Zone methodology, artificialization tracking (Zero Net Artificialization), and urban-form typology.

Named customers11 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and minor.

• GeofitmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2025Consortium partner with Capgemini and ITK for economic indicator estimation project under France 2030. Geofit contributes geographic engineering expertise for agricultural and land use monitoring platform.
• CapgeminimajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2025Consortium partner with Geofit and ITK for economic indicator estimation project. Provides technological and consulting capabilities for platform development.
• ITKmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2025Agricultural technology company in consortium for economic indicator estimation. Expertise in agricultural modeling complements Kermap's satellite analysis for yield forecasting.
• IGN FIcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Part of Geofit group, IGN FI is French reference in geographic engineering with 100% international activity. Contributes technical expertise and resources for international expansion of EPIC and other France 2030 solutions.
• Bureau VeritasmajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2024Specialized in testing, inspection, and certification services. Verifies satellite data and AI interpretation through ground observations. Expert agricultural inspection capabilities validate Kermap models in the field for EPIC project.
• CesbiomajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Centre for the Study of the Biosphere from Space (CNRS/CNES/IRD/Université Toulouse III). Scientific expertise in remote sensing and satellite data analysis validates Kermap's methods for vegetation coverage monitoring in EPIC project.
• INRAE/EmmaHmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024UMR INRAE/Université d'Avignon for mathematical and computing modeling applied to agriculture. Scientific collaboration for irrigation monitoring methods validation in EPIC project.
• OVHCloudminorOthersEuropean leader in eco-responsible cloud computing. Provides hosting services for Kermap's solutions and platforms. Labeled green hosting by Green Web Foundation with commitment to 100% low-carbon energy and 0% landfill by 2025.
• bt-blue / BT BlueminorOthersIT services and outsourcing company based in Châteaubourg (35), France. Provides hosting and facilities management support for Nimbo solution alongside Kermap.
• AxonautminorOthersFrench management solution provider. Part of Kermap's local service provider ecosystem supporting operational needs.
• ESAminorOthersEuropean Space Agency. Aspire with ESA program helped accelerate Nimbo development. Current partnership through CROP project for agricultural monitoring.
• CNESmajorOthersFrance's National Centre for Space Studies. Key institutional partner for France 2030 projects including EPIC, LEAn, and agricultural indicators. Provides satellite data access and mission support.
• IGNminorOthersFrance's National Geographic Institute. Provides orthophotograph data and Histo database for historical land use analysis.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Kayrros: Paris-based environmental and asset intelligence company that applies AI and satellite imagery to monitor energy, emissions and land use. Most direct comparable on French AI-on-Earth-observation capabilities, customer profile (large enterprises and governments) and product (turnkey geospatial indicators via API).
• Preligens (Earthcube): French AI-for-satellite-imagery company (now Earthcube) building turnkey environmental and defense analytics from optical and SAR imagery. Comparable on AI architecture, French sovereign positioning and overlap in environmental monitoring use cases.
• TerraNIS: French geospatial services firm spun out of CNES expertise, focused on satellite-based land monitoring, agriculture and environment. Closest French SMB peer with overlapping Nimbo-style satellite analytics offerings.

Broad incumbents

• Planet Labs: US-listed operator of the world's largest commercial satellite constellation, selling imagery and analytics globally. Comparable as a satellite-imagery platform upstream of Nimbo; competes indirectly where customers choose raw imagery plus in-house analytics over Kermap's turnkey indicators.
• Airbus Defence and Space: European aerospace prime with Pléiades and SPOT satellite constellations plus OneAtlas geospatial services. France's sovereign satellite champion and a partner/competitor to Kermap in government tenders and imagery supply.
• Maxar Technologies: US-based high-resolution Earth-observation satellite operator and analytics provider serving government and commercial markets. Comparable as an upstream imagery plus derived-analytics competitor for Kermap's urban-planning and defense-adjacent use cases.

Emerging players

• LiveEO: Berlin-based satellite-analytics company focused on infrastructure and environmental monitoring for enterprises. Comparable product-overlap in vegetation, land use and ESG use cases delivered via a SaaS platform.
• Sylvera: London-based carbon-credit ratings and analytics company using satellite imagery and AI. Comparable on the satellite-AI-meets-environmental-markets proposition and enterprise customer base (Nestlé-style buyers of carbon data).
• Overstory: Amsterdam-based satellite-analytics startup applying AI to vegetation and land-cover monitoring for utilities and insurers. Comparable on satellite-driven vegetation and environmental risk analytics sold to enterprise buyers.
• Picterra: Swiss geoAI platform enabling users to train and deploy deep-learning models on satellite and aerial imagery. Comparable as a Europe-based geospatial-AI platform competing for similar environmental and infrastructure-analytics customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/kermap_info
• Facebookfacebook.com/kermap
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kermap

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors2 records

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M&A

Investments

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