Sphericam Inc.

What Sphericam Inc. does

Sphericam Inc. (operating commercially as Mosaic) is a private hardware-and-software company that designs and sells 360-degree mobile mapping camera systems for professional geospatial, surveying, and reality-capture applications. Its core product line comprises three dedicated cameras — the Mosaic 51 (12.3K resolution), Mosaic X (integrated GNSS, high-speed street view capture), and Mosaic Viking (20K resolution, six 31MP sensors, 12-bit RAW) — complemented by the Xplor backpack system for pedestrian mapping and two integrated mobile mapping systems, Meridian and Meridian Lite, which couple 360° cameras with LiDAR and GNSS/IMU for centimeter-level accuracy. The systems are engineered for durability, hot-swappable storage, and single-operator capture at walking, cycling, or driving speeds, and have been validated in extreme conditions including Hurricane Ian deployments.

The company generates revenue primarily through one-time hardware sales to enterprise and government buyers across surveying, GIS, utilities, telecommunications, media/VFX, emergency management, transportation, and autonomous vehicle verticals, supplemented by VFX Capture Services for the entertainment industry. Go-to-market is executed via direct enterprise field sales, regional distribution partners (notably Al-Jehat in Saudi Arabia and Urban Explorer in Malaysia), and integrations with the Esri Partner Network and RIEGL laser scanning ecosystems. Mosaic's software stack — including Mosaic Processor, Anonymizer, and a City-Scale 3D Reconstruction Tool producing Gaussian Splats and photorealistic meshes — increasingly attaches to hardware sales and represents a strategic shift toward a hardware-plus-software platform model with non-proprietary, customer-owned data formats.

Operationally, the company is headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic, with reported headcount of 11-50 employees, and has raised approximately $5.5 million in disclosed funding between 2014 and 2016. Its largest known institutional backer is Kingnet. The legal entity remains Sphericam Inc., incorporated in the United States, while the operating brand, website (mosaic51.com), and product engineering are centered under the Mosaic identity.

Name

Sphericam Inc.

Legal name

Sphericam Inc.

Website

https://mosaic51.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sphericam Inc. (operating as Mosaic) builds high-resolution 360-degree mobile mapping camera systems with integrated GNSS, IMU, and optional LiDAR for surveying, GIS, government, utilities, media/VFX, and emergency response customers worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mobile Mapping Cameras

NAICS

Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (541360)

SIC

Photographic Equipment & Supplies (3861)

akta.pro primary industry

Satellite Imagery & Remote Sensing Geospatial Platforms (BPAMANAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Remote Sensing & Earth Observation Analytics (Satellite/UAV/LiDAR, Image Processing) (EUAHAKAD), Remote Sensing & Geospatial Vision (satellite/drone imagery) (HDAAAEAL)

Keywords

• Mobile mapping cameras
• 360 degree imaging
• Geospatial data capture
• Reality capture systems
• Mobile laser scanning

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Hardware Sales: One-time purchase of mobile mapping camera systems (Mosaic 51, Mosaic X, Mosaic Xplor, Meridian, Meridian Lite, Viking). Customers own hardware and data permanently.
2. Professional Services: VFX Capture Services for media and entertainment industry. Post-processing tools and software for workflow optimization.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Sphericam Inc. (operating via the Mosaic brand) designs, manufactures, and sells high-resolution 360-degree mobile mapping camera systems for professional geospatial, surveying, GIS, infrastructure, and media production use. The portfolio includes multi-lens 360° cameras up to 20K resolution, integrated mobile laser scanning (MLS) systems combining cameras with LiDAR and GNSS/IMU, and supporting post-processing software for 3D reconstruction and data anonymization. The company also offers professional VFX capture services for the entertainment industry.

Product overview

Mosaic offers a comprehensive portfolio of 360-degree mobile mapping camera systems designed for high-resolution geospatial data collection. The product line includes three dedicated camera models (Mosaic 51, Mosaic X, and Mosaic Viking) providing increasing resolution levels up to 20K, complemented by two integrated mobile mapping systems (Meridian and Meridian Lite) that combine 360° cameras with LiDAR for comprehensive survey capabilities. The Xplor backpack enables pedestrian-based mapping, while software tools including the City-Scale 3D Reconstruction Tool, Mosaic Processor, and Anonymizer provide end-to-end data processing workflows. VFX Capture Services round out the offering for media and entertainment production.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mosaic 51 The most robust, precise, and economical 360° mobile mapping camera, designed for surveying and GIS professionals conducting high-resolution geospatial data collection in challenging field conditions.
• Mosaic X High-speed 360° street view mapping camera combining accuracy with on-board integrated GNSS receivers to enable synchronized mobile mapping for surveying and infrastructure inspection.
• Mosaic Viking Highest-resolution 360° mobile mapping camera with six global shutter sensors at 31MP each, capturing 20K resolution imagery in 12-bit uncompressed RAW (DNG) format for maximum color rendering and processing flexibility.
• Mosaic Xplor Backpack-mounted 360° mobile mapping camera featuring two 360° capture devices — the lightest and most portable solution in its category for pedestrian and cycling-based data collection in surveying and entertainment contexts.
• Meridian Mobile Mapping System Comprehensive mobile laser scanning (MLS) system integrating the Mosaic X camera with LiDAR scanner and GNSS/IMU for seamless, centimeter-accuracy survey-grade data collection.
• Meridian Lite Budget-friendly mobile mapping system combining 360° 12.3K resolution imagery with LiDAR, designed for city-scale scanning with quick post-processing turnaround.
• Mosaic Processor & Anonymizer (Post-Processing Tools) Software tools that process 360° camera data into clean, compliant deliverables, with automated face and license plate anonymization to streamline mobile mapping workflows.
• City-Scale 3D Reconstruction Tool Automated software tool that transforms high-resolution street-level 360° imagery into city-scale Gaussian Splats, photorealistic 3D textured mesh models, and dense point clouds.

Quantifiable outcome

• 40% reduction in per-individual survey costs
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

AI capability5 records

Feature11 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered research, core, regional and support.

• NHERI RAPID (University of Washington)researchStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Partnership with NSF-funded field reconnaissance facility. UCLA researchers used Mosaic X in partnership with NHERI RAPID for L.A. wildfire damage documentation.
• EsricoreTechnology or IntegrationBronze partner within the Esri Partner Network. Partnership enables combining 360° imagery with GIS, including 3D GIS and Reality Mapping integration.
• RIEGL Laser Scanning SolutionscoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration partnership enabling high-resolution 360° cameras to work with RIEGL laser scanning solutions for combined photogrammetric and LiDAR data capture.
• Al-Jehat CompanyregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorExclusive sales partner for Mosaic devices in Saudi Arabia. Brings Mosaic mobile mapping technology to the Saudi Arabian market.
• Urban ExplorerregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOfficial partner for the Malaysian market, representing Mosaic's expansion into Southeast Asia.
• ESRI ArcGIScoreTechnology or IntegrationFull integration with ESRI ArcGIS geospatial platform. Data from Mosaic cameras comes seamlessly into ESRI software environment.
• CzechInvestsupportOthersSupport provided by the 'projekt Technologická inkubace' (Technological Incubation project) from CzechInvest for technology development and incubation.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Insta360: Insta360 is a broad incumbent in 360° imaging, dominant in consumer/action segments but increasingly moving into professional and industrial capture. Overlaps with Mosaic in spherical camera technology and creative/entertainment use cases.
• Ricoh (Theta): Ricoh's Theta line is one of the longest-running 360° consumer camera families and is occasionally used in lightweight mapping and inspection workflows. It overlaps with Mosaic at the camera hardware layer but is positioned for consumer rather than survey-grade use.
• RIEGL Laser Measurement Systems: RIEGL is a leading LiDAR scanning company with whom Mosaic has a technology integration partnership (Meridian). It is also an incumbent in the broader mobile mapping / survey-grade scanning space that Mosaic's Meridian systems compete against.
• Trimble: Trimble is a broad incumbent in surveying, geospatial, and mapping software and hardware. Many of Mosaic's surveying and GIS customers (e.g., engineering firms, government agencies) operate in Trimble ecosystems that overlap with Mosaic's addressable market.
• Leica Geosystems (Hexagon): Leica's BLK2GO and Pegasus mobile mapping systems are broader incumbent offerings in the same mobile mapping and reality-capture market Mosaic targets. Comparable buyers include surveying firms, governments, and AEC customers, but at a much larger scale and broader portfolio.

Emerging players

• Ouster: Ouster (which acquired Velodyne) provides digital LiDAR sensors used in mobile mapping, robotics, and AV — a partially overlapping product set with Mosaic's LiDAR-integrated Meridian systems. Comparable in multimodal sensor fusion for mapping, though Ouster is sensor-only and not a camera platform.

Direct peers

• Teledyne FLIR: Teledyne FLIR sells the Ladybug line of 360° spherical imaging cameras, which is Mosaic's closest direct competitor in street-view and mobile mapping capture. Mosaic customers explicitly benchmark Mosaic X against the Ladybug6 when upgrading.
• NCTech: NCTech (iSTAR Pulsar and earlier 360° models) is a direct peer in high-resolution 360° mobile mapping cameras for street-level imagery and reality capture, serving the same surveying and GIS buyers as Mosaic.

Others

• Phase One: Phase One is a high-end industrial and aerial imaging company (P3 Payload, iXM cameras) that overlaps with Mosaic at the high-resolution imaging and mapping customer set. Indirect competitor in geospatial and inspection imaging, with a heavier aerial/fixed-mount emphasis.
• Mapillary (Meta): Mapillary operates a street-level imagery platform that Mosaic cameras integrate with. It is an adjacent ecosystem participant — its software complements Mosaic's hardware rather than directly competing, but it is also a downstream consumer of street-view imagery and so a strategic counterparty.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Sphericam
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sphericam

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors2 records

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M&A

Investments

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