Cityweft
Cityweft is a Tallinn-based geospatial platform that aggregates 150+ data sources into 3B+ building footprints and sub-2 m topography across 200+ countries, delivering editable, georeferenced 3D city models via web app, REST API, and native plugins for architects, engineers, urban planners, and PropTech developers.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2024
- HeadquartersTallinn, Estonia
- Headcount1–10
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingSoftware
What Cityweft does
Cityweft is a Tallinn-based geospatial data platform founded in 2024 that aggregates 150+ public and proprietary datasets (government LiDAR, OpenStreetMap, Microsoft and Google building footprints, USGS, NASA, and national mapping agencies such as swisstopo, DEFRA, IGN, and 15 German federal state authorities) into a unified global dataset of 3B+ buildings across 200+ countries. The platform exposes this dataset through a self-serve web app (app.cityweft.com), a REST API, and native plugins for Rhino/Grasshopper and SketchUp, with an additional distribution channel via the Autodesk Forma Contextual Data Marketplace; a strategic collaboration with Graphisoft extends reach into ArchiCAD's next-generation design tool, and Podium.io has embedded the API in its AI-powered early-stage design platform. Output is exportable in 10+ CAD, BIM, and GIS formats (3DM, SKP, IFC, DXF, OBJ, GLB, GLTF, STL, PLY, DAE) with WGS84 georeferencing, true north, and editable layered geometry, targeting architects, urban designers, engineers, environmental analysts, urban planners, and PropTech software developers.
The company operates a hybrid PLG and enterprise GTM. Revenue is generated through a freemium tier (up to 1 km², plus student access with university email), pay-per-export at €30/km², one-time bundles (€60 for 5 km² up to larger packs, valid 12 months), monthly subscriptions (€99 Professional, €199 Small Business for 3 seats, €499 Business for unlimited seats with 1,000 km²), and custom enterprise licensing for large organizations and software platforms. Marketing combines content (blog, GitBook documentation), organic social (LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok), and community engagement through Food4Rhino, the SketchUp Extension Warehouse, and AEC hackathons such as AEC Tech+ Barcelona with Thornton Tomasetti CORE studio, McNeel Europe, and BIG. Founded by Alexander Groth and Semion Sobolevski, the company is privately held, headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia, and bootstrapped primarily through a ~$159K Antler pre-seed in November 2024, with no institutional round or external parent disclosed.
Cityweft firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Cityweft
- Legal name
- Cityweft
- Website
- https://cityweft.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2024
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1–10 employees
- Short description
- Cityweft is a Tallinn-based geospatial platform that aggregates 150+ data sources into 3B+ building footprints and sub-2 m topography across 200+ countries, delivering editable, georeferenced 3D city models via web app, REST API, and native plugins for architects, engineers, urban planners, and PropTech developers.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Cityweft industry classification
Industry- Product category
- 3D Geospatial Data Platform for AEC
- NAICS
- Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (541370)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Mapping & Basemap Platforms (Tiles/SDKs) (BPAMANAB)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Geocoding, Search & Place Data Platforms (BPAMANAC), Geofencing, Proximity & Location-Based Engagement Platforms (BPAMANAJ)
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Where Cityweft is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Tallinn
- HQ country
- Estonia
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices1 record
Markets served
Cityweft business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Operations
Revenue model
- Pay-per-export (Usage-based): Single exports priced from €30/km² for standalone projects with no commitment. Users pay per square kilometer of exported 3D site context.
- Bundle purchases: One-time purchases of km² credits valid for 12 months. Options include 5km² for €60, 20km² for €150, 50km², and 100km² bundles with up to 75% savings vs single exports. Includes API and plugin access.
- Subscription plans: Monthly subscriptions: Professional (€99/month, 20km²), Small Business (€199/month, 100km², 3 seats), Business (€499/month, 1000km², unlimited seats). All include premium datasets and discounted overage rates.
- Enterprise licensing: Custom bespoke licensing for large organizations and software platforms, including integration support, onboarding, custom usage limits, and dedicated support.
- API access: Programmatic access to 3D site data via REST API, included in bundles and subscriptions, enabling developers to embed Cityweft data into their own tools and workflows.
- Freemium tier: Free access for students with university email verification (up to 1km² exports under 1km² and 30% off bundles). Free tier for all users includes global topography (~30m resolution), simple 3D buildings, surface mapping.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Usage-based | Pay-as-you-go | Pro Export - Pay-as-you-go single exports |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Bundles - One-time purchase with 12-month validity |
| Subscription | Monthly | Professional - Solo subscription for power users |
| Subscription | Monthly | Small Business - Studios up to 3 seats |
| Subscription | Monthly | Business - Teams without seat limits |
| Subscription | Multi-year contract | Enterprise - Custom solution for large organizations |
| Freemium | Monthly | Free tier - Students and basic access |
Go-to-market motion4 records
Distribution channels6 records
Marketing channels10 records
Cityweft product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Cityweft operates a web platform and REST API that aggregate 150+ global geospatial data sources (government LiDAR, national mapping agencies, ML-derived buildings, OpenStreetMap) to generate clean, editable 3D city models covering 3B+ buildings across 200+ countries. Customers select a location, receive georeferenced 3D site context (buildings, terrain, surfaces, infrastructure) in under 60 seconds, and export to 10+ CAD/BIM/GIS formats (3DM, SKP, DXF, IFC, OBJ, GLB, etc.) for use in architecture, engineering, and construction workflows. The same dataset is accessible via a self-serve web app, native plugins for Rhino/Grasshopper and SketchUp, and an Autodesk Forma marketplace integration.
Product overview
Cityweft is a global 3D geospatial data platform for the built environment, providing accurate, exportable 3D city models for architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) professionals. The core product is the Cityweft Platform (web app) supplemented by a REST API, native plugins for Rhino/Grasshopper and SketchUp, and an Autodesk Forma integration. Users access the same underlying dataset — covering buildings, topography, surfaces, and infrastructure in 200+ countries — through any of these access points. The platform aggregates data from 150+ government, LiDAR, and open data sources and exports to 15+ CAD, BIM, and GIS formats including 3DM, SKP, DXF, IFC, OBJ, GLB, and STL. Pricing spans a free tier (up to 1 km²), pay-as-you-go Pro Exports (from €30/km²), Bundles (from €60 for 5 km²), Professional subscription (€99/month), and Business plans (€199–€499/month for teams with 3 to unlimited seats), plus a custom Enterprise tier.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Cityweft Platform Web-based platform for generating accurate, editable 3D city models from any location worldwide. Users sketch a location on the map and export a context model—including buildings, terrain, surfaces, and infrastructure—in CAD, BIM, and GIS formats. Supports 10+ export formats (3DM, SKP, DXF, IFC, OBJ, GLB, GLTF, DAE, STL, PLY) and premium DEM datasets in 13+ countries.
- Cityweft REST API RESTful API providing programmatic access to Cityweft's global 3D site model dataset. Delivers meshed geometry with descriptor metadata and customizable output formats (GLB, OBJ, IFC, and more). Enables PropTech, generative design, parametric tools, real estate platforms, risk/climate analysis, and gaming/virtual world applications to embed real-world site context directly into their own products. Confirmed integration partners include Podium.io and Graphisoft.
Quantifiable outcome
- 90%+ time saved on site context — sourcing, cleanup, base modelling
- +3 more outcomes
Companies that use Cityweft
Customer profileNamed customers10 records
Segments5 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
Cityweft technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- Yes
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration4 records
Feature8 records
Cityweft partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- GraphisoftcoreStrategic collaboration to bring accurate, real-world site context directly into Graphisoft's next-generation design intelligence tool. Cityweft contributes high-quality 3D site data including buildings (massing, scale, urban form) and topography for feasibility studies and informed design decisions. Combines Graphisoft's platform expertise with Cityweft's precise, place-specific context data.
- Podium.iocorePodium.io has integrated Cityweft API into their platform, giving users automatic access to Cityweft's global site data as soon as they start a project. The integration provides improved building geometries with heights, roof shapes, global coverage, and editable data delivered directly into Podium's AI-powered early-stage design platform.
- Thornton Tomasetti (CORE studio)minorCityweft partnered with AEC Tech+ Hackathon in Barcelona hosted by CORE studio at Thornton Tomasetti, McNeel Europe, and BIG. Cityweft opened its API to all hackathon teams, providing instant access to high-quality 3D context. The winning team no-code-nodes used Cityweft API for their project.
- McNeel EuropeminorCo-host of AEC Tech+ Hackathon Barcelona. McNeel Europe partnered with Cityweft to provide hackathon participants access to 3D site data for design and analysis workflows.
- BIG - Bjarke Ingels GroupminorCo-host of AEC Tech+ Hackathon Barcelona alongside Thornton Tomasetti CORE studio and McNeel Europe. Supported hackathon participants in exploring how new tools and workflows could transform design and analysis.
- AutodeskcoreCityweft is integrated with Autodesk Forma through the Contextual Data Marketplace, surfacing premium building datasets directly inside Forma's environment. No install or plugin needed. Premium buildings available in Switzerland, Norway, UK, Germany, Spain, Denmark.
Scale indicators10 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights5 records
Cityweft competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- Google Maps Platform / Photorealistic 3D Tiles: Google Maps Platform provides 3D photorealistic tiles and an extensive Places API used by PropTech and AEC platforms. Its global 3D building coverage is a direct alternative for any AEC customer considering Cityweft, and Google has unmatched free-tier reach for individual architects.
- Nearmap: Nearmap provides high-resolution aerial imagery and 3D content (including AI-derived building attributes) for architecture, construction, government, and insurance. It overlaps with Cityweft's premium spatial-data offering and is integrated with multiple AEC platforms.
- Mapbox: Mapbox is a global mapping and location platform offering tiles, SDKs, and APIs including 3D building extrusions and emerging 3D mesh products. It competes at the developer/API layer for geospatial data in architecture and PropTech, while also serving much broader logistics/mobility markets.
- Esri (ArcGIS): Esri's ArcGIS platform is the dominant GIS incumbent, providing global basemaps, 3D scene layers, and building footprints via ArcGIS Online, and is widely used in AEC, urban planning, and government. It overlaps with Cityweft's place/buildings data offering but serves a broader GIS audience.
- Bentley iTwin Platform: Bentley's iTwin platform aggregates infrastructure and geospatial data for AEC, utilities, and civil engineering, and competes for the same 'context model for design' workflow as Cityweft — albeit focused on infrastructure-scale projects rather than urban/architectural site context.
Emerging players
- Ecopia AI: Ecopia AI extracts building footprints, vegetation, and parcels from aerial/satellite imagery using machine learning. It competes with Cityweft on the building geometry data layer, though focused on footprints rather than fully editable 3D roof geometry — relevant for GIS-grade customers.
- Polycam: Polycam enables 3D capture via LiDAR/photogrammetry and provides a 3D model marketplace with browser-based viewing. It overlaps with Cityweft on the 'editable 3D scene for AEC and creative use cases' segment, though distributed via user capture rather than global aggregator.
- KIRI Engine: KIRI Engine offers photogrammetry-based 3D reconstruction from photos into editable meshes for design and visual effects. It overlaps with Cityweft at the 'editable 3D scene generation' layer, particularly for users wanting custom site captures rather than global coverage.
Direct peers
- Cadmapper: Cadmapper is the most direct competitor — it also generates editable 3D building models and topography from OpenStreetMap and elevation data, exports to CAD formats, and is positioned for architects and urban designers. Cityweft explicitly differentiates against Cadmapper on data source scale (150+ vs OSM-only), LOD2 detail, roof shape variety, and vector surface geometry.
- VU.CITY: VU.CITY is a 3D city-model platform for architects, planners, and developers that produces accurate, large-scale urban context from aerial imagery and survey data, with similar target users (architects, planners, PropTech). Listed as both a Cityweft customer and a peer operating in the same 'real-city visualization for AEC' category.
Market position
Strengths4 records
Weaknesses4 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
Cityweft social profiles
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Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Cityweft leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles2 records
Cityweft funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds1 record
Investors1 record
Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Cityweft 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 Cityweft
What does Cityweft do?
Cityweft operates a web platform and REST API that aggregate 150+ global geospatial data sources (government LiDAR, national mapping agencies, ML-derived buildings, OpenStreetMap) to generate clean, editable 3D city models covering 3B+ buildings across 200+ countries. Customers select a location, receive georeferenced 3D site context (buildings, terrain, surfaces, infrastructure) in under 60 seconds, and export to 10+ CAD/BIM/GIS formats (3DM, SKP, DXF, IFC, OBJ, GLB, etc.) for use in architecture, engineering, and construction workflows. The same dataset is accessible via a self-serve web app, native plugins for Rhino/Grasshopper and SketchUp, and an Autodesk Forma marketplace integration.
Is Cityweft a public or private company?
Cityweft is a private company. It is classified as venture growth investor backed and is currently operating.
When was Cityweft founded?
Cityweft was founded in 2024. It employs 1 to 10 people.
Where is Cityweft based?
Cityweft is headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia, in the Europe region.
How does Cityweft make money?
Six revenue lines are on record. Pay-per-export (Usage-based) is the primary driver. The others are bundle purchases, subscription plans, enterprise licensing, API access and freemium tier.
Who are Cityweft's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are Google Maps Platform / Photorealistic 3D Tiles, Nearmap, Mapbox, Esri (ArcGIS) and Bentley iTwin Platform. Emerging players are Ecopia AI, Polycam and KIRI Engine. Direct peers are Cadmapper and VU.CITY.
Does Cityweft have an API?
Yes. Clean RESTful interface providing meshed geometry with metadata and customizable output formats (GLB, OBJ, IFC, and more). Enables programmatic access to Cityweft's global 3D site models for embedding into custom workflows, generative design, parametric tools, real estate platforms, risk/climate analysis, and gaming/virtual world applications. Used by partners such as Podium.io and Graphisoft for design-intelligence and PropTech platforms. Developer documentation is at cityweft.gitbook.io/docs.
What industry is Cityweft in?
Cityweft's product category is 3D Geospatial Data Platform for AEC. Its primary akta.pro industry code is BPAMANAB, Mapping & Basemap Platforms (Tiles/SDKs), with a secondary code of BPAMANAC, Geocoding, Search & Place Data Platforms. Its NAICS code is 541370.