What Kontur does

Kontur is a geospatial analytics and disaster risk intelligence company that aggregates, normalizes, and enriches real-time disaster data from multiple global authoritative sources (GDACS, NASA-FIRMS, NOAA, CalFIRE, USGS, NHC, NIFC) into a unified API and platform. Founded in 2018 in Hawaii and operating across offices in Kihei, Arlington, New York, Zürich, and Warsaw, the company serves insurance and reinsurance firms, logistics providers, government and public agencies, humanitarian organizations, and private-sector clients needing real-time hazard intelligence, parametric risk underwriting, and supply chain risk monitoring. Its named customers and partners include Swiss Re, Pacific Disaster Center, HDX, HOT, and MapAction.

The product portfolio is anchored by Kontur Atlas (a comprehensive geospatial intelligence platform with AI Insights, launched in 2025) and Event Feed (a RESTful API service with ML-powered loss estimation, launched in 2024). Supporting products include Disaster Ninja, ODIN (of which Kontur is the official maintainer), Global Fires visualization, Fire Dispatch, Event Brief, IoT Sensor Data Processing, and the open-source Geocint ETL pipeline built on PostgreSQL, PostGIS, and H3 hexagonal indexing. The core technology rests on a proprietary hierarchical Event-Episode-Snapshot data model that enables real-time disaster progression tracking, with deduplication and harmonization logic applied across ingested sources.

Kontur operates a hybrid revenue model combining a freemium API tier (Event Feed free for commercial use), commercial subscriptions unlocking enriched analytics and loss estimation, and bespoke enterprise engagements with consultative field sales. The company is privately held and bootstrapped, with no disclosed external funding rounds, and is founder-led by CEO Arben Kane. A Polish subsidiary (Mapy Konturowe sp. z o.o.) serves as the EU data controller, enabling GDPR-compliant operations and signaling structural commitment to European market access.

Name

Kontur

Legal name

Kontur, Inc.

Website

https://kontur.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Kontur is a geospatial analytics company that aggregates and normalizes global disaster data into a unified platform, serving insurance, reinsurance, government, humanitarian, and logistics organizations with real-time risk intelligence and ML-powered loss estimation via its Atlas and Event Feed products.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Geospatial Intelligence and Analytics Software

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (541370), Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (541360)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Satellite Imagery & Remote Sensing Geospatial Platforms (BPAMANAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Catastrophe Risk Modeling & Analytics Services (FSAOACAL), Risk Scoring, Hazard & Geospatial Analytics (FSAOAIAE), Climate Hazard & Catastrophe Modeling (Flood, Wind, Wildfire, Heat, Sea-Level Rise) (EUABALAA), Environmental Data Integration, ETL & Interoperability (APIs, Standards, Data Pipelines) (EUAHAKAB), Humanitarian Coordination, Information Management & Needs Assessment (BPADADAL), Alternative Data Providers (Web, Satellite, Geolocation, ESG Signals) (FSAFAIAH)

Keywords

• Geospatial analytics platform
• Disaster risk management
• Location intelligence software
• Geospatial data processing
• Real-time hazard monitoring

Headquarters

HQ city

Kahului

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Enterprise/Subscription Software Licenses: Kontur offers tailored geospatial solutions to enterprise and government clients. The platform includes a public free tier for Event Feed with commercial subscriptions unlocking broader data sources, enriched analytics, and loss estimation models. Atlas platform likely follows a subscription model with commercial tiers.
2. API Access and Data Licensing: Kontur Event Feed is accessible via API with a free public tier for commercial use. Commercial subscriptions unlock additional data sources, enriched analytics, and loss estimation models. Custom data streams can be tailored to specific organizational requirements.
3. Professional Services and Custom Development: Kontur offers GIS software development, geospatial analysis services, and data services (satellite imagery, AI-powered mapping, route planning, custom datasets creation) on a professional services basis.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Kontur develops and operates a geospatial analytics platform (Atlas) and a global disaster data API (Event Feed) that aggregates, normalizes, and enriches real-time hazard information from sources such as GDACS, NASA-FIRMS, NOAA, CalFIRE, USGS, NHC, and NIFC. Its offerings include the Disaster Ninja mapping tool, an open-source Geocint ETL pipeline, custom GIS development, and geospatial analysis services (site selection, catchment area, supply chain, climate change) sold to insurance/reinsurance, government, humanitarian, and logistics clients.

Product overview

Kontur is a geospatial solutions provider offering a platform-plus-modules architecture centered on Kontur Atlas as the core geospatial intelligence platform. The portfolio includes disaster management solutions (Disaster Ninja, Event Feed, ODIN, Global Fires, Fire Dispatch, Event Brief), smart city tools (IoT Sensor Processing), climate change analysis, and various geospatial analysis services (Site Selection, Catchment Area, Supply Chain). The infrastructure layer includes Geocint (open-source ETL pipeline using PostgreSQL/PostGIS/H3) and a Geospatial Datasets Catalog. Event Feed provides a public/commercial API with Machine Learning-powered loss estimation, while other products offer configurable, user-facing interfaces for specific disaster and urban planning use cases.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Kontur Atlas: Geospatial intelligence platform offering comprehensive data, algorithms, and tools for mapping, location data, and spatial analysis
• Disaster Ninja
• Event Feed
• ODIN (Operational Disaster Incident Network)
• Geocint
• Fire Dispatch Solution (Dispatcher-112)

Products and services

• Kontur Atlas A comprehensive geospatial intelligence platform offering data, algorithms, and tools for mapping, location data, and spatial analysis. Includes AI Insights for advanced analytics and serves as the main user-facing interface for geospatial decision-making for enterprise and government clients.
• Kontur Event Feed A global API service that collects, processes, enriches, and delivers real-time disaster-related information from multiple trusted sources worldwide (GDACS, NASA-FIRMS, NOAA, CalFIRE, USGS, NHC). Features Machine Learning-powered loss estimation, hierarchical Event-Episode-Snapshot data model, and standardized data delivery for developers and analysts.
• Disaster Ninja A user-friendly interface for disaster mapping that helps manage disaster response, assess current situations, and gather insights for informed decision-making across various disaster types. Targeted at humanitarian and emergency response users.
• ODIN (Operational Disaster Incident Network) An operational disaster incident network maintained by Kontur as official maintainer, supporting humanitarian response coordination through standardized incident data.
• Global Fires Visualization A real-time visualization tool for tracking and monitoring global fire events with spatial mapping capabilities, leveraging NASA-FIRMS and other fire data sources.
• Fire Dispatch Solution (Dispatcher-112) An emergency dispatch solution for fire response coordination, streamlining disaster reporting and first responder coordination for emergency services.
• Event Brief A streamlined disaster reporting tool that helps create concise briefings on disaster events for stakeholders.
• IoT Sensor Data Processing A smart city solution for processing and analyzing IoT sensor data to empower municipal authorities and urban planners with geospatial analytics.
• Geocint An open-source ETL data pipeline framework leveraging PostgreSQL, PostGIS, and H3 hexagons for high-throughput geospatial data processing and CI/CD automation.
• Site Selection Analysis A geospatial analysis service for evaluating and selecting optimal sites based on multiple spatial and environmental criteria, sold to commercial and government clients.
• Catchment Area Analysis A geospatial analysis service for determining and optimizing service coverage areas and catchment zones, typically used by retailers, healthcare networks, and public agencies.
• Supply Chain Optimization A geospatial analysis service for optimizing supply chain logistics and route planning using location intelligence, combining Kontur's datasets with client-specific constraints.
• Customizable Cat GIS Platform A customizable GIS software development platform tailored to specific organizational needs for mapping and spatial analysis, delivered as bespoke development engagements.
• Geospatial Datasets Catalog A collection of global and local spatial datasets including Population, Infrastructure, Nature, and Hazards datasets that enrich customer-owned data, offered via catalog and custom dataset creation services.

Quantifiable outcome

• Kontur Event Feed processes and delivers disaster data from multiple global sources including GDACS, NASA-FIRMS, NOAA, CalFIRE, USGS, NHC, and NIFC with standardized event geometry, severity levels, and population exposure.
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Pacific Disaster Center (PDC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKontur has developed groundbreaking solutions for global disaster management in partnership with the Hawaii-based PDC Global. PDC is a major customer and collaborator, providing disaster management expertise and global reach.
• Swiss RecoreTechnology or IntegrationSwiss Re, a leading global reinsurance company, is shown as a logo partner. Swiss Re uses Kontur's disaster data for insurance risk modeling and real-time disaster monitoring.
• HDX (Humanitarian Data Exchange)coreTechnology or IntegrationHDX is shown as a logo partner. As OCHA's humanitarian data platform, HDX collaborates with Kontur on data sharing for humanitarian operations.
• Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHOT is shown as a logo partner. Kontur team members contribute to OSM Foundation since 2010. HOT collaborates on open disaster mapping and humanitarian geospatial solutions.
• MapActionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMapAction, a disaster response charity, is shown as a logo partner. Collaborates on humanitarian mapping during natural disasters.
• Probable FutureminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProbable Future is shown as a logo partner, suggesting collaboration on climate risk assessment and probabilistic disaster modeling.
• Donkor LabminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDonkor Lab is shown as a logo partner, suggesting collaboration on geospatial innovation or research.
• REOR 20minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerREOR 20 is shown as a logo partner, suggesting a research or operational collaboration in disaster response or geospatial analytics.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Jupiter Intelligence: Climate risk analytics provider delivering physical-risk models for infrastructure, government, and financial-services customers. Comparable to Kontur on climate hazard and catastrophe modeling, particularly for infrastructure exposure.
• BlackSky: Geospatial intelligence provider combining satellite imagery with analytics for monitoring, defense, and commercial customers. Comparable to Kontur in delivering near-real-time event intelligence to enterprise and government buyers.
• Descartes Labs: Geospatial analytics platform that ingests satellite imagery and Earth-observation data for enterprise and government decision-making. Highly comparable to Kontur Atlas on technology stack (PostgreSQL/PostGIS/H3-style) and target buyer.
• Zesty.ai: Climate and property risk analytics provider using AI on aerial imagery and geospatial data for insurance carriers. Comparable to Kontur on the insurtech geospatial analytics use case, particularly for property and climate exposure.

Broad incumbents

• RMS (Moody's): Catastrophe risk-modeling and analytics platform serving the global insurance industry. Closest incumbent competitor to Kontur's reinsurance use case and ML-driven loss estimation, with deep enterprise contracts.
• Esri: Dominant GIS/mapping platform with deep enterprise and government penetration. Overlaps with Kontur's Atlas and Disaster Ninja on geospatial analytics workflows but operates as a much broader horizontal GIS incumbent rather than a disaster-data specialist.
• AIR Worldwide (Verisk): Established catastrophe risk-modeling platform used by reinsurers and insurers worldwide. Comparable to Kontur Event Feed's ML loss-estimation angle, but with a much deeper installed base of actuarial and insurance customers.
• Planet Labs: Public satellite-imagery and geospatial-analytics provider. Comparable at the upstream data and imagery layer feeding disaster monitoring use cases, but operates at vastly larger scale with proprietary satellite capacity.
• Maxar Technologies: Large satellite-imagery and geospatial-services provider serving defense, intelligence, and commercial markets. Overlaps with Kontur on the high-resolution imagery and geospatial analytics layer but as a much broader incumbent.

Emerging players

• ICEYE: SAR satellite operator and flood/wildfire monitoring provider that delivers near-real-time disaster observation. Comparable to Kontur on the disaster-monitoring use case, especially for flood and wildfire tracking.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/konturinc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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