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PlanetRisk
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planetrisk.com
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Private
Founded yearint
2014
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PlanetRisk is a McLean, Virginia-based risk and opportunity analytics firm founded in 2014, built on the 2015 iMapData rebrand and 2016 Analytic Strategies acquisition, with no documented products, customers, or active operations since 2017.

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Closed
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101–250
akta.pro rankint
HeadquartersMclean, United States
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Mclean
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United States
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North America
Markets served

Serves global market

Keyword5 values
risk analytics, threat intelligence, geospatial analytics, defense technology, situational awareness
Industry2 codes
1Satellite Imagery & Remote Sensing Geospatial Platforms
CodeBPAMANAMPrimaryYes
2Remote Sensing & Earth Observation Analytics (Satellite/UAV/LiDAR, Image Processing)
CodeEUAHAKADPrimaryNo
NAICS code1 code
  • Computer Systems Design and Related Services5415
SIC code1 code
  • Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design7373
Product category
Defense and Intelligence Analytics
Social media profiles3 records
Cost components4 values
Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations
GTM typeB2B
B2B
Offering typeServices
Services
Core offering1 text field

PlanetRisk provides technology solutions and services focused on comprehensive analysis of risk and opportunity for government and commercial clients. The company combines proprietary analytics, data fusion, and geospatial visualization capabilities to deliver situational awareness, threat analysis, and mission-planning support. Its offerings integrate software platforms with consulting services to address defense, intelligence, and security challenges.

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Product and service3 records
1Risk and Opportunity Analytics Platform
CategoryDefense and Intelligence Analytics
Description

A technology platform providing comprehensive analysis of risk and opportunity for government agencies and commercial clients. It integrates multiple data sources with proprietary analytics to deliver situational awareness, threat analysis, and mission-planning support for defense and intelligence customers.

2Geospatial Visualization Solutions
CategoryGeospatial Analytics
Description

Geospatial data visualization and mapping capabilities that support situational awareness, mission planning, and intelligence analysis. Acquired via the iMapData acquisition in 2015 and integrated into PlanetRisk's analytics offerings for government and commercial clients.

3Analytic Strategy Services
CategoryConsulting Services
Description

Specialized analytic consulting services supporting defense, intelligence, and commercial clients with risk assessment, threat analysis, and strategic decision support. Capability expanded through the acquisition of Analytic Strategies in 2016.

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Peers10 records
1Palantir Technologies
TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Palantir provides large-scale data integration and analytics platforms (Gotham, Foundry) widely used across U.S. defense, intelligence, and homeland security customers — the same federal buyer set PlanetRisk targeted with its risk and opportunity analysis offering.

2BlackSky
TypeDirect peer
Description

BlackSky combines its own satellite constellation with geospatial analytics to deliver on-demand, high-revisit imagery and derived insights for defense and commercial customers — directly comparable to PlanetRisk's vision of fusing geospatial data with risk analytics.

3Planet Labs
TypeDirect peer
Description

Planet Labs operates the largest commercial Earth-observation satellite fleet and supplies imagery and analytic feeds to defense, intelligence, and commercial customers — overlapping the geospatial risk-analytics value chain PlanetRisk operated in.

4Maxar Technologies
TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Maxar is a major provider of high-resolution satellite imagery, geospatial analytics, and space infrastructure to U.S. and allied governments — a broad incumbent in the same satellite-imagery-and-analytics category PlanetRisk addressed.

5Esri
TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Esri's ArcGIS platform is the dominant GIS and spatial analytics software used across defense, intelligence, and federal civilian agencies — providing the underlying geospatial technology stack that risk-analytics firms like PlanetRisk built on or competed against.

6Leidos
TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Leidos is a large federal systems integrator with deep intelligence and homeland-security analytics offerings, frequently competing for the same risk-analysis, geospatial-intelligence, and mission-analytics contracts PlanetRisk pursued.

7SAIC
TypeBroad incumbent
Description

SAIC delivers IT and analytic services to defense and intelligence agencies, including geospatial and risk-analytics solutions, making it a broad incumbent comparable to PlanetRisk in customer base and mission focus.

8Booz Allen Hamilton
TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Booz Allen Hamilton is a top-tier federal consulting and analytics firm with a strong intelligence-community practice in risk, threat, and geospatial analytics — directly comparable buyer base and analytic offerings to PlanetRisk.

9CACI International
TypeBroad incumbent
Description

CACI provides intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance analytic services and geospatial solutions to defense and federal customers — comparable mission and customer overlap with PlanetRisk's risk analytics focus.

10HawkEye 360
TypeEmerging player
Description

HawkEye 360 uses satellite-based RF geolocation to deliver geospatial-intelligence and maritime/domain awareness analytics to defense and commercial customers — an emerging player in adjacent geospatial risk-analytics territory.

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Profiles1 record

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Funding rounds4 records

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Investors2 records

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M&A2 records

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PlanetRisk

Defense and Intelligence Analyticsplanetrisk.com

PlanetRisk is a McLean, Virginia-based risk and opportunity analytics firm founded in 2014, built on the 2015 iMapData rebrand and 2016 Analytic Strategies acquisition, with no documented products, customers, or active operations since 2017.

PlanetRisk firmographics

Firmographics
Name
PlanetRisk
Website
https://planetrisk.com
Company type
Private
Founded year
2014
Operating status
Closed
Headcount range
101–250 employees
Short description
PlanetRisk is a McLean, Virginia-based risk and opportunity analytics firm founded in 2014, built on the 2015 iMapData rebrand and 2016 Analytic Strategies acquisition, with no documented products, customers, or active operations since 2017.
Ownership category
akta.pro rank

PlanetRisk industry classification

Industry
Product category
Defense and Intelligence Analytics
NAICS
Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415)
SIC
Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)
akta.pro primary industry
Satellite Imagery & Remote Sensing Geospatial Platforms (BPAMANAM)
akta.pro secondary industry
Remote Sensing & Earth Observation Analytics (Satellite/UAV/LiDAR, Image Processing) (EUAHAKAD)

Keywords

  • Risk analytics
  • Threat intelligence
  • Geospatial analytics
  • Defense technology
  • Situational awareness

Where PlanetRisk is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city
Mclean
HQ country
United States
HQ region
North America

Markets served

PlanetRisk business model

Business model
GTM type
B2B
Offering type
Services
Cost components
Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

PlanetRisk product offering

Product offering

Core offering

PlanetRisk provides technology solutions and services focused on comprehensive analysis of risk and opportunity for government and commercial clients. The company combines proprietary analytics, data fusion, and geospatial visualization capabilities to deliver situational awareness, threat analysis, and mission-planning support. Its offerings integrate software platforms with consulting services to address defense, intelligence, and security challenges.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

  • Risk and Opportunity Analytics Platform A technology platform providing comprehensive analysis of risk and opportunity for government agencies and commercial clients. It integrates multiple data sources with proprietary analytics to deliver situational awareness, threat analysis, and mission-planning support for defense and intelligence customers.
  • Geospatial Visualization Solutions Geospatial data visualization and mapping capabilities that support situational awareness, mission planning, and intelligence analysis. Acquired via the iMapData acquisition in 2015 and integrated into PlanetRisk's analytics offerings for government and commercial clients.
  • Analytic Strategy Services Specialized analytic consulting services supporting defense, intelligence, and commercial clients with risk assessment, threat analysis, and strategic decision support. Capability expanded through the acquisition of Analytic Strategies in 2016.

Companies that use PlanetRisk

Customer profile

Ideal customer profiles2 records

PlanetRisk technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed Yes

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Has API
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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

PlanetRisk competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Broad incumbents

  • Palantir Technologies: Palantir provides large-scale data integration and analytics platforms (Gotham, Foundry) widely used across U.S. defense, intelligence, and homeland security customers — the same federal buyer set PlanetRisk targeted with its risk and opportunity analysis offering.
  • Maxar Technologies: Maxar is a major provider of high-resolution satellite imagery, geospatial analytics, and space infrastructure to U.S. and allied governments — a broad incumbent in the same satellite-imagery-and-analytics category PlanetRisk addressed.
  • Esri: Esri's ArcGIS platform is the dominant GIS and spatial analytics software used across defense, intelligence, and federal civilian agencies — providing the underlying geospatial technology stack that risk-analytics firms like PlanetRisk built on or competed against.
  • Leidos: Leidos is a large federal systems integrator with deep intelligence and homeland-security analytics offerings, frequently competing for the same risk-analysis, geospatial-intelligence, and mission-analytics contracts PlanetRisk pursued.
  • SAIC: SAIC delivers IT and analytic services to defense and intelligence agencies, including geospatial and risk-analytics solutions, making it a broad incumbent comparable to PlanetRisk in customer base and mission focus.
  • Booz Allen Hamilton: Booz Allen Hamilton is a top-tier federal consulting and analytics firm with a strong intelligence-community practice in risk, threat, and geospatial analytics — directly comparable buyer base and analytic offerings to PlanetRisk.
  • CACI International: CACI provides intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance analytic services and geospatial solutions to defense and federal customers — comparable mission and customer overlap with PlanetRisk's risk analytics focus.

Direct peers

  • BlackSky: BlackSky combines its own satellite constellation with geospatial analytics to deliver on-demand, high-revisit imagery and derived insights for defense and commercial customers — directly comparable to PlanetRisk's vision of fusing geospatial data with risk analytics.
  • Planet Labs: Planet Labs operates the largest commercial Earth-observation satellite fleet and supplies imagery and analytic feeds to defense, intelligence, and commercial customers — overlapping the geospatial risk-analytics value chain PlanetRisk operated in.

Emerging players

  • HawkEye 360: HawkEye 360 uses satellite-based RF geolocation to deliver geospatial-intelligence and maritime/domain awareness analytics to defense and commercial customers — an emerging player in adjacent geospatial risk-analytics territory.

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PlanetRisk social profiles

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PlanetRisk financial estimates

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

PlanetRisk leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

PlanetRisk funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors2 records

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

PlanetRisk M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A2 records

Investments

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

Frequently asked questions about PlanetRisk

What does PlanetRisk do?

PlanetRisk provides technology solutions and services focused on comprehensive analysis of risk and opportunity for government and commercial clients. The company combines proprietary analytics, data fusion, and geospatial visualization capabilities to deliver situational awareness, threat analysis, and mission-planning support. Its offerings integrate software platforms with consulting services to address defense, intelligence, and security challenges.

Is PlanetRisk a public or private company?

PlanetRisk is a private company. It is classified as venture growth investor backed and is currently closed.

When was PlanetRisk founded?

PlanetRisk was founded in 2014. It employs 101 to 250 people.

Where is PlanetRisk based?

PlanetRisk is headquartered in Mclean, United States, in the North America region.

Who are PlanetRisk's main competitors?

Broad incumbents on record are Palantir Technologies, Maxar Technologies, Esri, Leidos, SAIC, Booz Allen Hamilton and CACI International. Direct peers are BlackSky and Planet Labs. HawkEye 360 is listed as an emerging player.

Does PlanetRisk have an API?

No public API is recorded for PlanetRisk.

What industry is PlanetRisk in?

PlanetRisk's product category is Defense and Intelligence Analytics. Its primary akta.pro industry code is BPAMANAM, Satellite Imagery & Remote Sensing Geospatial Platforms, with a secondary code of EUAHAKAD, Remote Sensing & Earth Observation Analytics (Satellite/UAV/LiDAR, Image Processing). Its NAICS code is 5415 and its SIC code is 7373.

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PR NewswirePlanetRisk Awarded $79 Million Contract to Provide Program Management Support to the DHS Office of Cybersecurity and Communications Within the Network Security Deployment DivisionPlanetRisk has been awarded a prime contract worth up to $79 million over five years to provide program management support to the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Cybersecurity and Communications. The company will manage activities for several key cybersecurity programs, including the National Cybersecurity Program System and Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation initiatives.PR NewswireRapidly Growing PlanetRisk to Demonstrate New Threat Information Sharing Technology at GEOINT 2017PlanetRisk, an enterprise risk analytics company, announced it will demonstrate its Global Risk Platform (GRX) threat information sharing technology at GEOINT 2017 in Washington. The SaaS cloud-based solution is designed to help the U.S. government identify and assess threats near government facilities in real-time and is on track to receive FedRAMP authorization in 2017.PR NewswirePlanetRisk Appoints Dr. Lisa Costa as Vice President of Intelligence, Chief ScientistPlanetRisk, a pioneer in enterprise risk analytics headquartered in McLean, Virginia, announced the appointment of Dr. Lisa Costa to the newly created role of Vice President of Intelligence and Chief Scientist. Costa brings over 30 years of experience in field investigations, technology research and development, and national security work, most recently serving as director of counter violent extremism and weapons of mass destruction at Mitre Corporation. She will be responsible for technical leadership of defense, intelligence and law enforcement programs and solutions across multi-organizational teams.PR NewswireAbdul Omar Joins PlanetRisk as Chief Financial OfficerPlanetRisk appointed Abdul Omar as its new Chief Financial Officer to oversee finance, accounting, and M&A functions during a period of rapid growth. Omar brings over two decades of financial management experience from previous roles at companies such as Orchestro, Infor Global Solutions, and Software AG. This leadership addition supports PlanetRisk's expansion into new markets driven by increasing demand for its Analytics Platform-as-a-Service.