Biota

Name

Biota

Legal name

BIOTA - Estudos e Divulgação em Ambiente LDA

Website

https://biota.pt

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Consulting

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (541620), Environmental Consulting Services (54162)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Biodiversity Baseline Studies & Long-Term Monitoring Programs (EUAHAHAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Ecological/Habitat & Land-Use Change Modeling (Biodiversity, Conservation Planning) (EUAHAKAI), Nature & Biodiversity Reporting (TNFD, natural capital) (EUAHAJAM), Environmental Reporting, Dashboards & Regulatory Submittals (Automated Reports, e-Reporting) (EUAHAKAL)

Keywords

• Environmental consulting services
• Biodiversity assessments
• Ecological monitoring
• Environmental impact assessment
• Natural resource management

Headquarters

HQ city

Óbidos

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations

Revenue model

1. Environmental Consulting Services: Project-based consulting engagements across biodiversity, environmental impact assessment, monitoring, conservation, and sustainability. Revenue is generated through fee-for-service contracts with public and private sector clients. Engagements span diverse sectors including energy, mining, government, and industry, with projects ranging from local to national and international scale.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Biota provides biodiversity consulting services, including environmental impact assessments and ecological monitoring, for corporate and government clients. The firm delivers specialist field ecology expertise and scientific reporting to support environmental decision-making and regulatory compliance.

Product overview

BIOTA is a biodiversity consultancy company offering a comprehensive portfolio of 9 interconnected consulting services covering the full project lifecycle: Environmental Impact Assessment, Biodiversity Monitoring, Aquatic Ecosystem Services, Invasive Species Management (with specialized zebra mussel services), Biodiversity Communication, Training/Capacity Building, Research & Innovation, Conservation & Management, and Sustainability. The company operates as a service-based consultancy rather than a traditional software product company, though it has developed several proprietary technology tools including BIOTA Animal Finder (wildlife identification), SAFArI (intelligent camera trap image processing using deep learning), GAIA (AI-powered consulting support platform), and SDG Zebra (zebra mussel detection system). These technology products support the core consultancy services and are developed in partnership with Innovation Makers. Services span terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems across 9 countries, serving sectors including renewable energy, oil and gas, mining, infrastructure, agriculture, tourism, conservation, education, and government.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Biodiversity Consulting Services Specialist biodiversity advisory and consulting services delivered to enterprise and government clients in Portugal.
• Environmental Impact Assessment Assessment services evaluating the environmental and biodiversity effects of projects or operations for clients requiring regulatory and ESG input.
• Ecological Monitoring Field-based ecological monitoring services tracking biodiversity, habitats, and environmental conditions for client projects and compliance needs.

Quantifiable outcome

• 500+ projects completed since 2008
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Innovation MakerscoreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology partnership for developing proprietary software tools for biodiversity consulting. Jointly developed BIOTA Animal Finder (species identification tool), and collaborated on SAFArI (AI-based camera trap processing system), GAIA (AI-assisted consulting platform), and SDG Zebra (zebra mussel detection systems). Innovation Makers is an IT company that brings software development expertise complementary to Biota's biodiversity domain knowledge.
• FCiências.ID – Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de CiênciacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch and development collaboration partner for multiple scientific projects including the Red Book of Terrestrial and Freshwater Invertebrates of Continental Portugal, the Red Book of Diadromous and Freshwater Fish of Continental Portugal (communication plan), MUSSELFLOW research project on freshwater mussel ecology and conservation, and Atlas of Freshwater Bivalves of Continental Portugal.
• Universidade de Évora / ISPA / Universidade de CoimbraminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partners in the MUSSELFLOW research project investigating the evolution, ecology, and conservation of freshwater mussels dependent on host species. Collaboration involves hydraulic condition impact testing, population mapping, and hydrological studies using drones.
• IberdrolaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnd client for biological community monitoring at the Tâmega Hydroelectric System (Gouvães, Alto Tâmega, and Daivões projects), including flora, bats, mammals, ichthyofauna, and freshwater mussels, with coordination of mussel translocation as mitigation measures.
• Sonae SierraminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerClient-partner for biodiversity audit, Urban Green Index calculation, and Biodiversity Management Plan for the Colombo Norte shopping center building, supporting green building certification and biodiversity enhancement.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Biosfera Consultoría Medioambiental: Spanish environmental consultancy specializing in biodiversity monitoring, ecological assessments, and aquatic ecosystem services — a direct competitor to Biota, frequently subcontracted alongside or against Biota on Iberian hydroelectric and infrastructure projects.
• Bioinsight: Portuguese environmental consulting firm offering biodiversity monitoring, ecological assessments, and sustainability services — directly comparable as a domestic Iberian biodiversity specialist of similar size and scope.

Emerging players

• NatureMetrics: UK-based eDNA biodiversity monitoring platform combining laboratory analysis with software tooling — comparable to Biota's eDNA-based zebra mussel detection and AI image processing capabilities, but with a stronger technology-platform orientation.

Broad incumbents

• ERM (Environmental Resources Management): Global sustainability and environmental consulting firm providing biodiversity impact assessments, nature-related risk advisory, and ESG services — comparable at the capability level but serving enterprise clients with vastly larger delivery capacity.
• Arcadis: Global design and consultancy firm with a dedicated nature and biodiversity practice covering EIAs, ecological surveys, and TNFD advisory — competes for the same energy, mining, and infrastructure biodiversity mandates as Biota at much larger scale.
• WSP: Global engineering professional services firm with environmental and biodiversity consulting offerings — addresses the same hydroelectric, infrastructure, and mining EIAs as Biota but across a far broader geographic and capability footprint.
• Ramboll: International consultancy with a strong biodiversity and ecosystem services practice including ecological flow work and EU Water Framework Directive assessments — directly comparable to Biota's aquatic ecosystem services portfolio.

Regional players

• Strix Ecology: Netherlands-based ecological consultancy delivering fauna/flora inventories, EIAs, and ecological monitoring for energy, infrastructure, and water projects — comparable in niche focus but operating primarily in Benelux and Western Europe.
• Wilderness Africa: African environmental and biodiversity consultancy active in mining and infrastructure EIAs across sub-Saharan Africa — comparable to Biota's African operations (Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, Malawi, Cape Verde) in sector focus and geography.

Others

• ICNF (Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas) partners / EDP Bio colleagues: Portuguese public-sector conservation authority — Biota is a regular supplier of scientific and monitoring services to ICNF-aligned projects (Red Books, action plans), making it both a collaborator and indirect competitor for conservation tenders.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Biota.pt
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/biota-pt

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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