What Stellarvision Inc. does

Stellarvision Inc. is a South Korea-headquartered satellite imagery analytics company founded in 2023 that operates a headquarters in Daejeon and a research office in Seoul. The company applies AI/ML and deep learning to satellite data — including SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) sources — through its proprietary Stellar Space Hub platform, which streamlines the workflow from satellite image acquisition through analysis. The platform supports six service modules: Disaster Analysis (flood, landslide, wildfire detection with before-after comparison and automated damage classification), Marine Monitoring (vessel tracking, illegal fishing detection, marine pollution surveillance), Defense Surveillance (24-hour SAR-based border monitoring, moving object detection, operational area change analysis), Carbon Emissions Tracking (industrial hotspot analysis with time-series trends), Smart City (urban change detection, heat island, illegal construction), and Agriculture (crop health, soil moisture, pest detection, yield prediction).

The company sells to government agencies and local governments for disaster response and policy planning, defense sector customers requiring weather-independent surveillance, maritime and fisheries authorities, agricultural corporations for precision agriculture, insurance companies for satellite-based damage assessment, and corporate clients for ESG emissions tracking. The go-to-market is enterprise field sales with customized insights per client, supported by partnerships with global satellite operators — Umbra, 21AT cloudeo, Wyvern (YC-backed), GEOSAT, Pale Blues, Improsat, and Before Health Intelligence — for data supply, AWS for cloud infrastructure, and Thales for defense applications. Domestic anchors include a partnership with K-water for water resource monitoring. Financial backers include Hana Ventures, Woori Venture Partners, Intops, Inlight Ventures, UTC Investment, POSTECH Holdings, and Low Partners.

Stellarvision monetizes through B2B satellite data analytics services structured as recurring engagements, though specific pricing is not publicly disclosed. The company operates with approximately 15 team members across engineering, research, and leadership, led by CEO Seungchul Lee (Yonsei University and Seoul National University in Earth System Sciences), Technology Officer Kwangseob Kim, and Executive Director Heejun Park. The company closed a $3,000,000 funding round in August 2024, which is expected to support continued platform development, partner integration, and customer acquisition across the six verticals and adjacent markets.

Name

Stellarvision Inc.

Legal name

Stellarvision Inc.

Website

https://stellarvision.co.kr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Stellarvision Inc. is a South Korea-based satellite analytics company that uses AI/ML and SAR radar imagery to deliver real-time monitoring solutions across defense, disaster response, maritime, agriculture, smart city, and ESG applications for government and enterprise clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Geospatial Intelligence & Satellite Analytics

NAICS

Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (541360), Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (54136)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Satellite Imagery & Remote Sensing Geospatial Platforms (BPAMANAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Remote Sensing & Geospatial Vision (satellite/drone imagery) (HDAAAEAL), Satellite/Aerial/Remote Sensing MRV (Methane plumes, land-use change) (EUAHADAL), Remote Sensing & Imaging (Satellite, UAV/Drone, Aerial, Multispectral/Hyperspectral) (AFAGALAC), Space Defense & Missile Warning (BPAIAHAF), Remote Sensing & Earth Observation Analytics (Satellite/UAV/LiDAR, Image Processing) (EUAHAKAD)

Keywords

• Satellite imagery analytics
• SAR-based monitoring
• Geospatial intelligence platform
• AI-driven GIS analysis
• Remote sensing services

Headquarters

HQ city

Daejeon

HQ country

South Korea

HQ region

Asia

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Satellite Data Analytics Services: B2B satellite imagery analytics services providing customized insights for strategic decision-making. Services span disaster monitoring, marine surveillance, defense, carbon tracking, smart city planning, and agricultural analysis.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Stellarvision operates the proprietary Stellar Space Hub software platform that integrates SAR and high-resolution optical satellite imagery with AI/ML-driven analytics to deliver sector-specific geospatial intelligence services, including disaster monitoring, marine surveillance, defense surveillance, carbon emissions tracking, smart city analysis, and precision agriculture analytics for B2B customers.

Product overview

Stellarvision Inc. offers a unified satellite data intelligence platform called Stellar Space Hub that combines proprietary AI/ML analytics with multi-source satellite imagery (including SAR radar data) to deliver sector-specific solutions. The portfolio includes six specialized service modules: Disaster Analysis (flood/landslide/fire detection), Marine Monitoring (vessel tracking/illegal fishing detection), Defense Surveillance (24-hour SAR-based border monitoring), Carbon Emissions Tracking (industrial hotspot analysis), Smart City (urban infrastructure and development monitoring), and Agriculture Analysis (crop health and yield prediction). All services leverage machine learning and deep learning for GIS analysis, unified through the Stellar Space Hub platform that streamlines satellite image acquisition through final analytics delivery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Stellar Space Hub: Proprietary platform that streamlines the entire process from satellite image acquisition to analysis, ensuring fast and accurate access to information.

Products and services

• Stellar Space Hub Proprietary software platform that integrates data collection, processing, and analytics across SAR and optical satellite imagery, providing a unified end-to-end workflow for B2B geospatial intelligence delivery to enterprise and government customers.
• Disaster Analysis Service SAR-based disaster monitoring service providing rapid flood, landslide, and wildfire detection with automated damage classification, area estimation, and before/after image comparison for government emergency response and insurance claims teams.
• Marine Monitoring Service Satellite-based maritime surveillance service that identifies and tracks vessel positions, analyzes movement routes, detects illegal fishing and unregistered vessels, and monitors marine pollution including oil spills for maritime authorities and fisheries management organizations.
• Defense Surveillance Service SAR-based 24-hour defense surveillance service that provides border monitoring, moving object detection, and operational territory change analysis under all weather and lighting conditions for defense and security sector customers.
• Carbon Emissions Tracking Service Satellite-based carbon emissions monitoring service that observes industrial areas, power plants, and urban regions and analyzes hourly and regional change trends to support ESG strategy, regulatory compliance, and climate policy.
• Smart City Service High-resolution satellite-based urban analytics service that monitors city development and expansion, detects heat island phenomena and loss of green spaces, and identifies illegal construction through time-series urban environment analysis for smart city planning.
• Agriculture Analysis Service Satellite-based precision agriculture analytics service that monitors crop growth status, detects soil moisture and drought conditions, and identifies disease and pest damage across large cultivation areas for government, agricultural corporations (농업 법인), and insurance companies (보험사).

Quantifiable outcome

• Wide-area real-time monitoring capability for large agricultural land, government authorities, and corporate stakeholders
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability9 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• UmbracoreTechnology or IntegrationGlobal SAR satellite company providing satellite data for defense and surveillance applications. Stellarvision leverages Umbra's satellite capabilities for 24-hour, all-weather monitoring services.
• 21AT cloudeocoreTechnology or IntegrationPartner in cloud-based geospatial data distribution and integration services.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)coreTechnology or IntegrationCloud infrastructure partnership for satellite data processing, storage, and analytics delivery through AWS cloud services.
• ThalescoreTechnology or IntegrationDefense and security technology company partnership for defense-related satellite analytics applications.
• K-watersupportingTechnology or IntegrationKorean water resources corporation partnership for water resource and environmental monitoring applications.
• Wyvern (Y Combinator)supportingTechnology or IntegrationSatellite company backed by Y Combinator providing satellite data capabilities.
• GEOSATsupportingTechnology or IntegrationGeospatial satellite data provider partnership for satellite imagery and analytics.
• Pale BluessupportingTechnology or IntegrationGeospatial technology company partnership for data processing and analytics.
• ImprosatsupportingTechnology or IntegrationSatellite and geospatial services company partnership.
• Before Health IntelligencesupportingTechnology or IntegrationHealth intelligence technology partnership for specialized analytics applications.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Preligens: French AI company applying machine learning to satellite imagery for defense, intelligence and maritime surveillance. Directly comparable on AI/ML analytics over EO/SAR data for defense and maritime use cases overlapping Stellarvision's defense and marine modules.
• Synspective: Tokyo-based SAR satellite operator and analytics provider building a 30-satellite constellation and delivering disaster, infrastructure and defense analytics. Most directly comparable peer: shares Stellarvision's SAR-first approach, government and infrastructure customer base, and analytics-on-SAR business model.
• Capella Space: US-based SAR satellite operator providing high-resolution SAR imagery and analytics for defense, intelligence and commercial applications. Comparable on SAR-centric technology stack, defense/government customer focus and analytics-on-data business model.
• ICEYE: Finnish SAR satellite operator with the world's largest commercial SAR constellation, offering both data and analytics to defense, insurance and government customers. Directly comparable on SAR-based 24/7 monitoring and insurance/government use cases overlapping with Stellarvision's disaster and defense offerings.

Broad incumbents

• Planet Labs: US-listed operator of the largest commercial EO satellite fleet, offering daily imagery plus analytics across agriculture, government, defense and ESG. Broad incumbent with overlapping analytics offerings and agriculture/government customer overlap with Stellarvision.
• Maxar Technologies: Large US/EU space and defense prime operating high-resolution EO satellites and analytics platforms serving defense, intelligence and government customers. Overlaps Stellarvision's defense, government and disaster monitoring use cases as a broad incumbent.
• Satellogic: Argentina/US-based EO satellite operator offering high-resolution imagery and analytics for agriculture, government and defense. Comparable on multi-vertical analytics go-to-market targeting agriculture and government accounts.
• BlackSky: US-listed provider of high-revisit EO imagery and AI-driven analytics for defense, intelligence and commercial customers. Overlaps with Stellarvision's defense surveillance, maritime monitoring and time-series anomaly detection use cases.

Emerging players

• Satelligence: Dutch satellite analytics company focused on deforestation, commodities supply-chain and ESG monitoring. Comparable on satellite-based ESG and supply-chain analytics, a niche that overlaps Stellarvision's agriculture and carbon emissions offerings.
• SkyWatch: Canadian EO data marketplace and analytics platform aggregating satellite imagery for developers and enterprises. Comparable as a satellite data infrastructure/analytics layer provider, with a similar focus on making EO data accessible to enterprise application developers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors6 records

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M&A

Investments

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