Navteca

What Navteca does

Navteca is a privately held, woman and minority-owned technology services company founded in 2010 and headquartered in Greenbelt, Maryland. The company delivers emerging-technology solutions — including cloud architecture, High Performance Computing (HPC) in the cloud, Infrastructure as Code, VR/AR and game engine visualization, AI/ML, and natural language processing — to U.S. federal science agencies (notably NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Headquarters, NOAA, FDA, and NIH) and to large federal prime contractors as a boutique technology subcontractor. Navteca has developed two proprietary product platforms: Voice Atlas, a Q/A and insight engine leveraging NLP and conversational AI, and Open Science Studio, a tailored platform for the scientific community supporting HPC and customized JupyterLab extensions. The company's revenue model combines time-and-materials professional services and staff augmentation (the primary revenue stream), with a smaller and growing SaaS/subscription component from Voice Atlas and Open Science Studio, and licensing-related revenue from custom Alexa skills for the public sector. Distribution is primarily direct-to-agency contracting and subcontractor teaming with large federal primes, supplemented by an AWS Partner Network relationship for cloud delivery and conference-driven thought leadership within the scientific community. The company is founder-led by Co-Founder & CEO Shayna Solis, President Hector Collazo, and Co-Founder & CTO Ramon Ramirez-Linan, and has received multiple NASA Small Business Subcontractor of the Year awards (2016, 2021) plus recognition in Meta's 2022 LatinX Diverse Supplier Showcase.

Name

Navteca

Legal name

Navteca

Website

https://navteca.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Navteca is a woman and minority-owned U.S. technology services company that delivers cloud, HPC, VR/AR, AI/ML, and NLP solutions to federal science agencies (NASA, NOAA, FDA, NIH) and large government prime contractors, complemented by two SaaS products: Voice Atlas and Open Science Studio.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Cloud & HPC Technology Services

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (51821), Other Computer Related Services (541519), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computer Systems Design Services (541512)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Private Cloud Networking & SDN/NFV Management (HDABABAK)

Keywords

• Cloud computing services
• High performance computing
• Virtual reality visualization
• Government technology services
• Data science platforms

Headquarters

HQ city

Greenbelt

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services and Consulting: Navteca provides consulting, engineering services, and IT services including staff augmentation. They offer highly skilled and certified individuals for ongoing staffing as well as project-based work. Services include cloud architecture, DevOps, SysOps, and specialized HPC expertise.
2. SaaS Products: Navteca launched their first SaaS product in 2020 - Voice Atlas - a Q/A solution and insight engine. They also offer Open Science Studio as a platform for the scientific community.
3. Custom Alexa Skills and NLP Products: Pioneered creation of custom Alexa skills for the public sector, including stand-alone NLP products, driving innovation in voice assistant and natural language search technology.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Navteca is a woman and minority-owned technology services company that delivers cloud architecture, HPC in the cloud, VR/AR scientific visualization, AI/ML, and NLP solutions primarily to federal science agencies and large prime contractors. The company complements these services with two SaaS offerings — Voice Atlas, a Q/A and insight engine, and Open Science Studio, a platform supporting HPC for the scientific community — and provides staff augmentation and project-based engineering consulting.

Product overview

Navteca is a technology services company offering a portfolio of cloud solutions, AI/ML services, and immersive visualization technologies. Their product portfolio includes Voice Atlas (a Q/A NLP solution) and Open Science Studio (HPC platform for scientists), complemented by professional services for cloud architecture, VR/AR visualization, JupyterLab extensions, and IT consulting/staff augmentation. Services are primarily delivered as consulting engagements with their AWS partnership providing cloud infrastructure delivery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Voice Atlas: A Q/A solution and insight engine that answers questions and provides contextual information for users, team members, employees, followers, and constituents. Stand-alone NLP product leveraging the power of smart virtual assistants.
• Open Science Studio

Products and services

• Voice Atlas Standalone Q/A solution and insight engine that answers questions and provides contextual information for users, team members, employees, followers, and constituents. Leverages smart virtual assistants and natural language search capabilities to support open science, improved communications, and user satisfaction.
• Open Science Studio Platform tailored for the scientific community supporting HPC, customized extensions and kernels. Part of Navteca's Open Science initiative collaboration efforts.
• Cloud Solutions Services High Performance Computing (HPC) in the cloud services for public and private sector organizations. Includes cloud architecture, DevOps, SysOps, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for NASA Goddard Science Cloud and SMCE, enabling same-day access to HPC clusters.
• VR/AR Visualization Services Virtual and augmented reality services for scientific and geospatial data visualization using the Unity game engine. Includes immersive visual and sensory interfaces, 3D modeling, and immersive GIS data visualization for Earth science and disaster applications.
• JupyterLab Extensions Development Custom JupyterLab extension development for scientists, researchers, teachers and students. Creates scalable, powerful, efficient and tailored extensions with cost-efficient infrastructure architecture.
• IT Consulting and Staff Augmentation Technology consulting, engineering services, and staffing solutions providing highly skilled certified individuals for ongoing staffing and project-based work in cloud, HPC, AI/ML, and advanced data visualization.

Quantifiable outcome

• Same-day access to HPC clusters in the cloud through IaC implementation
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor, core and flagship.

• MetaminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2022Meta featured Navteca during their LatinX Diverse Supplier Showcase, highlighting Navteca as a diverse technology services company serving government and enterprise customers.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)coreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2013Navteca is an Amazon Web Services partner through the APN (AWS Partner Network) program. Their certified Cloud Solutions Architects are considered Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) for cloud architecture, cloud security, cloud governance, and HPC in the cloud. This partnership enables Navteca to deliver cloud solutions across public, private, and hybrid cloud domains.
• NASA Applied Sciences Disaster Applications GroupflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerNavteca has been researching VR technology for the next generation of Earth science technology information systems and advanced data visualization with support from NASA's Applied Sciences Disaster Applications Group within NASA's Science Mission Directorate. This work has been recognized and presented at major scientific conferences including AGU, AMS, and ESIP.
• Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNavteca co-leads a VR/AR for Science group at ESIP and authored a study on scientific applications of VR technology for the NASA Earth Science Technology Office. This partnership positions Navteca as a thought leader in VR/AR applications for scientific research.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• ASRC Federal: Mid-sized federal IT and engineering services contractor with strong NASA and science agency footprint. Closely comparable in mission profile, customer mix, and the mix of staff augmentation plus emerging-tech work.
• Valador: Small federal IT services firm specializing in data management, analytics, and visualization for NASA and science agencies. Directly comparable boutique scale, federal science focus, and emerging-tech positioning.
• ADNET Technologies: Federal IT services and staffing firm supporting NASA and scientific agencies with cloud and systems integration work. Comparable in scale, customer profile, and the blend of professional services and emerging technology.
• ESAC (Engineering & Scientific Applications & Computing): Small federal contractor providing HPC, data analytics, and scientific computing services to NASA and other science agencies. Direct comparable on HPC-in-the-cloud delivery and federal science customer set.
• IT Concepts: Federal IT and digital services firm supporting NASA, NIH, and other science agencies with cloud, data, and emerging technology work. Comparable in size, federal science focus, and services-plus-innovation mix.
• Nava Public Benefit Corporation: Boutique federal digital services firm building user-centered products and cloud platforms for government agencies. Comparable as a small, mission-driven contractor pairing emerging technology with federal customers.

Broad incumbents

• Booz Allen Hamilton: Large federal integrator with deep NASA, NOAA, and DoD work across cloud, data, and emerging technology. Competes with Navteca on task orders but operates at vastly greater scale and breadth.
• Leidos: Top-tier federal IT and engineering services prime with extensive NASA, NOAA, and NIH programs. Represents the scale ceiling Navteca competes against and the typical prime on whose teams Navteca is a sub.
• ManTech International: Federal IT and mission services prime with strong science and intelligence agency footprint. Comparable only at the broad category level, but is a frequent prime on whose teams smaller firms like Navteca subcontract.
• ICF International: Public-sector IT and consulting firm with significant federal science and health agency work. Overlaps with Navteca on cloud modernization and analytics for science-focused clients, but at much greater scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/navteca

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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