iNovitas

What iNovitas does

iNovitas AG is a Swiss-based, private software and services company founded in January 2011 as a spin-off from the Institute of Geomatics Engineering at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW). It specializes in the digitalization of road and rail corridors through proprietary mobile mapping systems combining configurable stereo cameras with INS/GNSS navigation, paired with a cloud-based processing pipeline that produces georeferenced 3D panoramic imagery with centimeter-level measurement precision.

The company monetizes the resulting data and software as the infra3D service, organized into sector variants (infra3D Local, City, Road, Engineering, and Rail), backed by a versioning stack of content platforms (Content 2.1 SmartEagle, 2.2 JaguarSharp, 3.0 HawkVision, and 3.0 Rail) and software clients (infra3D Edit, infra3D View, and a JavaScript Web-SDK). Its revenue mix combines recurring SaaS subscriptions on minimum 12-month contracts, project-based mobile mapping capture services, and software licenses and add-ons for accuracy optimization, point cloud panoramas, tunnel imagery, user management, linear referencing, and third-party GIS integrations (QGIS, ArcGIS Pro, WebOffice).

iNovitas sells primarily to government administrations (Swiss municipalities and cantons), engineering and consulting firms, and railway and public-transit operators across the DACH region, with wholly-owned subsidiaries in Germany, Austria, Italy, and Sweden supplementing direct enterprise sales and a Swiss partner network of regional geomatics and engineering firms. Reported scale includes over 250 customer organizations, more than 25,000 weekly users, and over 200,000 km of digitized roads and 40,000 km of digitized rails. The company has received strategic investments from Rhomberg Sersa Rail Group and Geoterra Gruppe (February 2022) and from the Technology Fund (August 2022), and is led by founder/CEO Dr. Hannes Eugster.

Name

iNovitas

Legal name

iNovitas AG

Website

https://inovitas.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

iNovitas AG is a Swiss private software and services company that provides cloud-based 3D geo-imagery for road and rail infrastructure management, serving government administrations, engineering firms, and rail operators across DACH, Italy, and the Nordics.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Infrastructure Management Software

NAICS

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

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Satellite Imagery & Remote Sensing Geospatial Platforms (BPAMANAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

GIS & Spatial Data Management Platforms (BPAMANAK), Remote Sensing & Geospatial Vision (satellite/drone imagery) (HDAAAEAL)

Keywords

• Mobile mapping systems
• Infrastructure digitalization
• Cloud-based geospatial services
• Road and rail monitoring
• 3D geo imagery

Headquarters

HQ city

Dättwil

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software as a Service (SaaS) Subscription: Cloud-based access to infra3D platform with minimum 12-month contract terms. Customers receive access to image data, web-client, and hosting services. Pricing based on usage scope and service level agreements.
2. Mobile Mapping Data Capture Services: Field data collection campaigns using company's proprietary mobile mapping systems to digitize road and rail corridors. One-time project fees for corridor digitalization campaigns.
3. Software Licenses and Add-ons: Additional software modules including Content Add-Ons (accuracy optimization, point cloud panorama, tunnel images), Software Add-Ons (integrations, user management, linear reference), and specialized configurations

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

iNovitas provides the infra3D cloud-based platform for digital infrastructure management, delivering high-resolution georeferenced 3D panoramic imagery of road and rail corridors. The company captures data using proprietary mobile mapping systems with stereo camera and INS/GNSS navigation technology, processes it into centimeter-precision imagery, and serves it via web and mobile clients for virtual field surveys, asset management, GIS integration, and infrastructure planning. Customers are primarily government administrations, railway operators, and engineering firms across Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Italy, and the Nordics.

Product overview

iNovitas offers the infra3D service, a cloud-based digital infrastructure management platform specializing in georeferenced 3D panoramic imagery for road and rail corridors. The platform operates on a modular architecture comprising: (1) Core products organized by sector—infra3D Local, City, Road, Engineering (road-focused variants) and infra3D Rail (rail-specific)—delivering high-resolution 3D imagery and centimeter-precision measurements; (2) Mobile Mapping acquisition systems (standard and Rail variants) for field data capture; (3) Content platform versions (Content 3.0 HawkVision, 2.2 JaguarSharp, 2.1 SmartEagle) providing data as a service; (4) Software clients (infra3D Edit, View, Web-SDK) for viewing, editing, and third-party integration; and (5) specialized add-on modules (Pavement AI, accuracy optimization, point cloud panorama, tunnel imagery, user management, linear reference, integration interfaces). The platform enables 30-60% cost savings with improved safety, serving over 250 administrations and organizations across Switzerland, Germany, Austria, and beyond, with over 200,000 km of roads and 40,000 km of railways digitized.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• infra3D: Cloud-based platform providing high-resolution 3D panoramic image data for street and rail infrastructure management, enabling virtual field surveys, asset management, and infrastructure planning.

Products and services

• infra3D Cloud-based digital infrastructure management platform providing high-resolution georeferenced 3D panoramic imagery for road and rail corridors. Available in variants for local municipalities (infra3D Local), city administrations (infra3D City), larger road networks (infra3D Road), and engineering firms (infra3D Engineering). Enables virtual field surveys, asset management, GIS integration, and infrastructure planning with centimeter-level measurement precision.
• infra3D Rail Rail-specific digital infrastructure management solution for railway operators and public transit companies, providing 3D panoramic imagery of rail corridors, tunnel environments, and associated infrastructure. Enables virtual inspections, track diagnostics, and asset management for rail networks.
• Mobile Mapping System Configurable mobile 3D data acquisition system comprising stereo camera systems, INS/GNSS navigation sensors, and a controller for synchronized data capture. Deployable across multiple carrier platforms including vehicles, rail, and river applications for corridor digitalization campaigns.
• Mobile Mapping System Rail

Quantifiable outcome

• 30-60% cost savings in infrastructure management
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers29 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

AI capability5 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Acht Grad Ost AGminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSwiss partner for geomatics and surveying services. Located in Schlieren, Switzerland.
• bbp geomatik agminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSwiss partner for geomatics services. Located in Gümligen, Switzerland.
• GEOAargau AGminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSwiss partner for geomatic services in Aargau region. Located in Aarau, Switzerland.
• GEOINFO AGminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSwiss partner for geoinformation services. Located in Herisau, Switzerland.
• Geoinfra Ingenieure AGminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSwiss partner for infrastructure engineering. Part of Geoterra Gruppe. Located in Pfäffikon SZ, Switzerland.
• geoPro Suisse AGminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSwiss partner for geomatics services. Located in Baden, Switzerland.
• Geozug Ingenieure AGminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSwiss partner for engineering services. Located in Baar, Switzerland.
• GIS Daten AGminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSwiss partner for GIS data services. Located in Stans, Switzerland.
• Grünenfelder und Partner AGminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSwiss partner for surveying and engineering. Located in Domat/Ems, Switzerland.
• Hanno Konrad AnstaltminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSwiss partner for surveying services. Located in Schaan, Liechtenstein.
• Jermann Ingenieure + Geometer AGminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSwiss partner for engineering and surveying. Located in Arlesheim, Switzerland.
• Bernasconi e Forrer ingegneria e misurazioni SAminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSwiss Italian partner for engineering and surveying services. Located in Breganzona, Switzerland.
• ARGE FahrwegDiagnoseminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint venture for rail track diagnostics. Specialized consortium for railway infrastructure assessment.
• Institute of Geomatics Engineering, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW)minorStrategic or Co-development PartneriNovitas originated as a spin-off from this institute in January 2011 in Muttenz, Switzerland. Ongoing technology transfer and innovation partnership.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Cyclomedia: Cyclomedia provides street-level and aerial 360° imagery plus geospatial data for government infrastructure and asset management. It is the closest direct peer to iNovitas, operating an analogous capture-and-cloud-platform model for roads and urban corridors.
• Nearmap: Nearmap delivers high-resolution aerial imagery and 3D content via a subscription platform for government, insurance, and infrastructure clients. It mirrors iNovitas's cloud-based imagery-as-a-service model at the corridor and city scale, with recurring subscriptions.

Emerging players

• Mapillary (Meta): Mapillary built a crowdsourced street-level imagery and 3D map platform used for infrastructure and mapping, now part of Meta. Comparable in offering panoramic, georeferenced imagery as a cloud service; competes in adjacent use cases around municipal and mobility data.

Broad incumbents

• Hexagon (Hexagon AB): Hexagon's Geospatial division offers airborne and mobile mapping sensors, processing, and analytics platforms serving government, transportation, and infrastructure clients. It is a broad incumbent that overlaps with iNovitas's mobile-mapping and GIS-platform workflow at a much larger scale.
• Trimble (Trimble Inc.): Trimble provides positioning, geospatial, and infrastructure management solutions, including mobile mapping and railway/road asset management software. Comparable as a broad incumbent serving engineering firms and infrastructure operators across surveying and corridor management.
• Esri (ArcGIS): Esri's ArcGIS platform underpins municipal and transportation GIS workflows globally and directly integrates with infra3D via ArcGIS Pro. It is a broad incumbent on the platform side where iNovitas sells into and partners with.
• Pictometry (Eagleview): Pictometry, part of Eagleview, delivers oblique aerial imagery and property/asset analytics to local governments and infrastructure operators. It competes in the same government imagery-of-the-built-environment market from an aerial rather than street-level capture angle.
• HERE Technologies: HERE provides HD maps, location data, and geospatial services that include street-level imagery and infrastructure-grade content. It is a broad incumbent whose enterprise/government data products overlap with parts of iNovitas's infrastructure-customer base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/iNovitasAG
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@infra3D
• Facebookfacebook.com/pages/iNovitas-AG/201018643267638
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/inovitas-ag

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors3 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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