Intrepid Geophysics

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Intrepid Geophysics is a Melbourne-based geoscience software company founded in 1992 that develops specialized tools for potential field geophysics processing, 3D geological modelling, and airborne electromagnetic inversion, serving mining, oil & gas, government geological surveys, and academic institutions globally via subscription licensing and professional services.

Company typePrivate
Founded1992
HeadquartersBrighton, Australia
Headcount11–50
GTM typeB2B
OfferingSoftware

What Intrepid Geophysics does

Intrepid Geophysics is a privately held Australian geoscience software company founded in 1992 and headquartered in Brighton, Melbourne, that develops and commercializes specialized software for potential field geophysics processing, 3D geological modelling, airborne electromagnetic (AEM) inversion, marine gravity processing, and geophysical data management. The company's core product portfolio comprises four offerings: GeoModeller, an implicit 3D geological modelling platform built on a CoKriging vector field interpolator that constructs 3D interfaces and fault networks from structural data, drillholes, and geophysics; Intrepid 3D, a potential field geophysics processing suite covering magnetic, gravity, radiometric, Full Tensor Gradiometry (FTG), Falcon, and AEM data, billed as the only general purpose commercial package fully supporting FTG; Sea-g, a marine gravity processing application that is the exclusive recommended software for Micro-g LaCoste Air/Sea II and MGS-6 marine gravity meters; and JetStream, a web-based data delivery platform built on Open Data Access Protocols used by national geological surveys including Geoscience Australia and Geological Survey Ireland. Sub-brands include MOKSHA-AEM (proprietary 2.5D full waveform AEM inversion), Cauchy (high-order derivatives for magnetic/gravity data), and WormE (automated multi-scale feature extraction).

The company operates a tiered subscription licensing model for GeoModeller and Intrepid (Basic, Intermediate, Advanced tiers), plus annual subscriptions for JetStream and Sea-g, with specialized academic pricing. Revenue is supplemented by professional services including 2.5D AEM inversion, FTG/Falcon processing, geological modelling, resource estimation, custom software development, and micro-training. Go-to-market combines direct enterprise sales from Melbourne with a network of regional resellers across India, China, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Canada, Africa, and Malaysia, alongside a regional branch (GeoIntrepid) in Namibia. The company employs 15+ geophysicists, developers, and support staff, holds long-term contractual relationships with 20+ geological surveys globally, and serves customers across mining, oil & gas, government geological surveys, and academic institutions. Strategic partnerships include a foundational 2002 collaboration with BRGM (France's geological survey) that birthed GeoModeller and an AWS cloud collaboration to scale AEM inversion services.

Intrepid Geophysics firmographics

Firmographics

Name: Intrepid Geophysics
Legal name: Intrepid Geophysics Pty Ltd
Website: https://intrepid-geophysics.com
Company type: Private
Founded year: 1992
Operating status: Operating
Headcount range: 11–50 employees
Short description: Intrepid Geophysics is a Melbourne-based geoscience software company founded in 1992 that develops specialized tools for potential field geophysics processing, 3D geological modelling, and airborne electromagnetic inversion, serving mining, oil & gas, government geological surveys, and academic institutions globally via subscription licensing and professional services.
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Intrepid Geophysics industry classification

Industry

Product category: Geophysical & Geological Software
NAICS: Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (54136), Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (541360)
SIC: Oil & Gas Field Exploration Services (1382), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Oil & Gas Field Services, Nec (1389)
akta.pro primary industry: Seismic & Geoscience Services (Acquisition, Processing, Interpretation) (EUALABAK)
akta.pro secondary industries: Mineral Exploration & Geoscience Services (Geology, Geophysics, Geochemistry, Resource Modeling) (IMAKAKAA), Geotechnical & Subsurface Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAB), Exploration, Appraisal & Subsurface (Seismic, Geology, Reservoir Characterization) (EUAAAAAH)

Keywords

Geophysical data processing
3D geological modelling
Airborne electromagnetic inversion
Potential field analysis
Geoscience software solutions

Where Intrepid Geophysics is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city: Brighton
HQ country: Australia
HQ region: Oceania

Offices2 records

Markets served

Intrepid Geophysics business model

Business model

GTM type: B2B
Offering type: Software
Cost components: Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

Software Subscription Licensing (GeoModeller, Intrepid): GeoModeller and Intrepid software offered on monthly or annual subscription for commercial users. Subscription includes upgrades, support, and maintenance. Modules split into three tiers: Basic, Intermediate, Advanced. Academic users have specialized pricing options.
JetStream Annual Subscription: JetStream data delivery platform offered as commercial product on annual subscription.
Sea-g Annual Subscription: Sea-g marine gravity processing software offered as commercial product on annual subscription.
Professional Services and Consulting: Solution services including 2.5D AEM inversion service, geological modelling, gridding services, consulting, custom software development, and software micro-training sessions tailored to customer needs.
Academic Licensing: Special academic pricing for researchers and educational institutions with open science approach ensuring exactitude of results.

Pricing tiers

Model	Billing	Price
Subscription	Annual	GeoModeller/Intrepid Basic Tier
Subscription	Annual	GeoModeller/Intrepid Intermediate Tier
Subscription	Annual	GeoModeller/Intrepid Advanced Tier
Subscription	Annual	Academic/Educational Licensing

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels10 records

Marketing channels8 records

Intrepid Geophysics product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Intrepid Geophysics develops and commercializes specialized geoscience software (INTREPID, GeoModeller, Sea-g, JetStream) for potential field geophysics processing, 3D implicit geological modelling, marine gravity survey processing, and web-based geophysical data delivery. The company also provides proprietary sub-brands including MOKSHA-AEM (2.5D airborne electromagnetic inversion), Cauchy (high-order derivatives), and WormE (automated feature extraction), alongside professional services such as AEM inversion, geological modelling, resource estimation, gridding, and custom software development.

Product overview

Intrepid Geophysics develops and commercializes four core software products: GeoModeller for implicit 3D geological modelling using geostatistical CoKriging interpolation, Intrepid 3D for comprehensive potential field geophysics data processing, Sea-g for marine gravity survey processing, and JetStream for web-based geophysical data cataloguing and delivery. The company also offers specialized sub-brands including MOKSHA-AEM for 2.5D airborne electromagnetic inversion, Cauchy for high-order derivative processing, and WormE for automated feature extraction. GeoModeller and Intrepid 3D are offered as tiered software suites (Basic, Intermediate, Advanced) with optional add-on modules for specific capabilities. In addition to software products, Intrepid Geophysics provides professional services including AEM inversion, FTG/Falcon processing, geological modelling, resource estimation, and custom software development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

GeoModeller: Implicit 3D geological modelling software using geostatistical vector field interpolator for building 3D interfaces and fault networks
INTREPID
Sea-g
JetStream
MOKSHA-AEM
Cauchy
WormE

Products and services

INTREPID 3D Comprehensive suite for potential field geophysics data processing including magnetic, gravity, radiometric, Full Tensor Gradiometry (FTG), Falcon, and AEM data. Provides line filtering, leveling, gridding, FFT filtering, interpretation aid, survey design, reprojection, decorrugation, and forward/inverse 1D/2D/3D modelling. The only general purpose commercial package fully supporting FTG data processing. Offered in Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced subscription tiers.
GeoModeller Implicit 3D geological modelling software using geostatistical vector field interpolation (CoKriging) to build 3D interfaces and fault networks from structural data, sections, drillholes and geophysics. Supports litho-constrained stochastic geophysical inversion, geothermal modelling, and mesh generation for finite element simulations. Offered in Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced subscription tiers.
Sea-g Fully featured marine gravity processing application powered by Intrepid technology for on-cruise and post-cruise use. Takes users through planning, data reduction, filtering, QA/QC and processing of gravity data. Exclusive recommended software solution for Air/Sea II and MGS-6 marine gravity meters by Micro-g LaCoste. Offered on annual subscription.
JetStream Web data serving solution based on Open Data Access Protocols. Provides fast, secure web delivery of spatial vector and raster datasets, relational databases, and maps with on-the-fly gridding and re-projection capabilities. Deployed by Geoscience Australia, Energy Mining SA, Ministry of Mines and Energy Namibia, and Geological Survey Ireland. Offered on annual subscription.
MOKSHA-AEM Proprietary 2.5D full waveform inversion software for airborne electromagnetic survey data. Core algorithm assumes 2D geology and 3D source, combining resolution of 3D inversion with speed of 1D inversion. Supports joint IP inversion for differentiating signal and induced polarization effects. Handles resistivity contrasts up to 1 million to 1. Supports all major AEM systems including SkyTEM, HeliTEM, VTEM, TEMPEST, SPECTREM, AEROTEM, GEOTEM, XCite, HoistEM/DiGHEM, and Resolve.
Cauchy High order derivatives and downward continuation product for extracting up to 80% more information from existing magnetic, gravity and tensor gravity data. Provides stabilized potential-field data and high fidelity gradient estimation allowing higher order continuations.
WormE Multi-Scale Edge Detection tool for automated structural analysis extracting points and worms representing faults, folds and contacts from potential field data at various spatial scales. Generates 3D worms whose shape indicates subsurface location of contacts between bodies of contrasting density and/or magnetic susceptibility.
2.5D Airborne Electromagnetic Inversion Service Professional service using MOKSHA-AEM for 2.5D full waveform inversion of airborne electromagnetic survey data. Supports all major AEM systems including SkyTEM, HeliTEM, VTEM, TEMPEST, SPECTREM, AEROTEM, GEOTEM, XCite, HoistEM/DiGHEM, and Resolve.
Geological Modelling Service 3D geological modelling service refining implicit models with gravity, magnetics and Full Tensor Gradiometry through joint stochastic modelling process.
Full Tensor Gravity and Falcon Processing Service Data processing and interpretation services for Falcon and FTG data including TrendQ gridding, high-order derivatives, and layer-stripping workflows.
Gridding Service Tensor and vector data gridding service for line and point datasets with continental-scale support and GridMerge capability for stitching datasets.
Resource Estimation Service Grade estimation service using 3D interpolators including inverse distance, masked kriging, Gaussian simulations, and domain kriging for nD curvilinear spaces.
Custom Software Development Bespoke software development including modifications to existing modules, solutions for specific customer problems, HPC installation support, processing modules for specific geophysical instruments, and legacy data tools.

Quantifiable outcome

Cauchy product extracts up to 80% more information from existing magnetic, gravity and tensor gravity data
+3 more outcomes

Companies that use Intrepid Geophysics

Customer profile

Named customers11 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Intrepid Geophysics technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API: Yes
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability15 records

Feature8 records

Intrepid Geophysics partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Partnerships

21 partnerships are on record, tiered core, key and minor.

BRGM (Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2002Partnership with BRGM (French Geological Survey) for commercialization of Editeur Geologique, the first fully 3D implicit geological modelling platform, now called GeoModeller. Collaboration continued through 2004-2008 development of commercial solution combining BRGM base technology with Intrepid software technologies. Ongoing collaborative relations continue to this day.
SensOre LimitedcoreOthersSensOre Limited (ABN 16 637 198 531) is listed as an affiliated company within the Intrepid Geophysics group. SensOre operates as Intrepid Geoscience for software sales and training.
Amazon Web Services (AWS)keyTechnology or IntegrationCloud collaboration bringing AEM Inversion service to AWS cloud. 2.5D Airborne Electromagnetic inversions now able to be run on AWS, allowing rapid scaling in projects and faster turnaround for larger scale surveys. Interview with Des Fitzgerald available on YouTube.
Bell GeospaceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration announced at SAGA 2024 workshop covering Airborne Full Tensor Gradiometry Systems.
Aurora Minerals GroupkeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerKazakhstan-based minerals exploration company. Intrepid provided 2.5D AEM inversion services for SkyTEM surveys in North Kazakhstan, handling acquisition interference from power lines.
DHI WASY GmbHkeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerBerlin-based company providing FEFLOW finite element groundwater simulation software. GeoModeller generates unstructured tetrahedron meshes compatible with FEFLOW for groundwater modelling workflows.
HiSeisminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAustralian seismic technology company for mineral exploration.
ISSKAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSwiss geoscience institute specializing in near-surface geophysics.
Micro-g LaCostekeyTechnology or IntegrationSea-g is the exclusive recommended software solution for Air/Sea II and MGS-6 marine gravity meters by Micro-g LaCoste.
Scintrex LimitedkeyTechnology or IntegrationPartnership with Scintrex for marine gravity processing compatibility with their acquisition equipment.
SpectremminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSouth African airborne geophysical survey company (Service Partner).
University of Western AustraliaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership for research and education in geoscience (Earth Sciences).
University of AlbertaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership in Canada for geoscience research collaboration.
Australian National UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership for research in earth sciences (Research School of Earth Sciences).
University of WitwatersrandminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership in South Africa for geoscience education and research.
University of LiegeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership in Belgium for geoscience collaboration.
University of NeuchâtelminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership in Switzerland. GeoModeller used for teaching 3D geological modelling for groundwater and geothermal simulations in FEFLOW.
Geoscience AustraliakeyTechnology or IntegrationAustralian government geological survey using JetStream for web data delivery. GADDS (Geophysical Data Delivery) system integration.
Energy Mining SAkeyTechnology or IntegrationSouth Australian government geological survey development partner for JetStream data cataloguing.
Ministry of Mines and Energy NamibiakeyTechnology or IntegrationNamibian government ministry geological survey using JetStream development partner.
Geological Survey IrelandkeyTechnology or IntegrationIrish government geological survey development partner for JetStream implementation.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Intrepid Geophysics competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Direct peers

Leapfrog (Seequent) — note duplication handled above: (See Seequent entry above — included for product-level granularity on the direct 3D geological modelling competition.)
Maptek: Maptek develops Vulcan and other mining software covering geological modelling, resource estimation, and mine planning. Its 3D modelling and resource estimation workflows compete directly with GeoModeller and Intrepid offerings in mining exploration and operations.
Micromine: Micromine provides geological modelling and mine planning software (Micromine, Geobank, Pitram) used across the mining exploration and production lifecycle. It competes with both GeoModeller (3D modelling) and Intrepid (geophysical data processing) in the mining segment.
Seequent: Seequent (acquired by Bentley Systems in 2021, formerly ARANZ Geo) develops Leapfrog, a leading 3D geological modelling platform widely used in mining and civil geotechnical applications, overlapping directly with Intrepid's GeoModeller offering.

Others

BRGM (Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières): BRGM is the French Geological Survey and Intrepid's long-running co-development partner for GeoModeller. While primarily a research institution, BRGM develops and contributes geological modelling technology that overlaps with Intrepid's core product line.

Regional players

HiSeis: HiSeis is an Australian seismic technology company specializing in active-source seismic for hard-rock mineral exploration. It is a regional peer/partner in the Australian geophysics-for-mining segment that overlaps with Intrepid's geophysical processing business.

Broad incumbents

CGG (Viridien): CGG (now Viridien) is a global geoscience technology company offering seismic acquisition, processing, and reservoir geoscience software. Its geophysical processing and interpretation suites overlap with Intrepid's potential field and integrated geophysics workflows, particularly in oil & gas and mineral exploration.
SLB (Schlumberger) Petrel: Schlumberger / SLB offers the Petrel E&P software platform for subsurface modelling, geophysical interpretation, and reservoir characterization. It is a broad incumbent in geoscience software with overlapping geological modelling and geophysical interpretation capabilities.
Dassault Systèmes GEOVIA: GEOVIA (formerly Surpac, GEMS) is part of Dassault Systèmes' 3DEXPERIENCE platform, serving mining and geological modelling at enterprise scale. It overlaps with Intrepid in 3D geological modelling, resource estimation, and mining exploration software.
Emerson Paradigm (now part of Aspen Technology): Paradigm (acquired by Emerson, now part of AspenTech) provides E&P software including subsurface modelling, seismic interpretation, and well planning, overlapping with Intrepid's geological modelling and potential field interpretation offerings in oil & gas.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Intrepid Geophysics compliance and trust

Trust signal

Compliance1 record

Intrepid Geophysics financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Intrepid Geophysics leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Intrepid Geophysics subsidiaries and ownership

Company hierarchy

Subsidiaries2 records

Intrepid Geophysics funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

Intrepid Geophysics M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

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

Frequently asked questions about Intrepid Geophysics

What does Intrepid Geophysics do?

Is Intrepid Geophysics a public or private company?

Intrepid Geophysics is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.

When was Intrepid Geophysics founded?

Intrepid Geophysics was founded in 1992. It employs 11 to 50 people.

Where is Intrepid Geophysics based?

Intrepid Geophysics is headquartered in Brighton, Australia, in the Oceania region.

How does Intrepid Geophysics make money?

Five revenue lines are on record. Software Subscription Licensing (GeoModeller, Intrepid) is the primary driver. The others are jetStream Annual Subscription, sea-g Annual Subscription, professional Services and Consulting and academic Licensing.

Who are Intrepid Geophysics's main competitors?

Direct peers on record are Leapfrog (Seequent) — note duplication handled above, Maptek, Micromine and Seequent. BRGM (Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières) is listed as an others. HiSeis is listed as a regional player. Broad incumbents are CGG (Viridien), SLB (Schlumberger) Petrel, Dassault Systèmes GEOVIA and Emerson Paradigm (now part of Aspen Technology).

Does Intrepid Geophysics have an API?

Yes. Google Protocol Buffer enabled API for automating workflows from line filtering and gridding to inversion and interpretation. JFmanager can open working directories directly into VSCode. API documentation and protobuf diagrams are generated and included in the software package under the Help Menu of the Project Manager. Developer documentation is at docs.intrepid-geophysics.com.

What industry is Intrepid Geophysics in?

Intrepid Geophysics's product category is Geophysical & Geological Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is EUALABAK, Seismic & Geoscience Services (Acquisition, Processing, Interpretation), with a secondary code of IMAKAKAA, Mineral Exploration & Geoscience Services (Geology, Geophysics, Geochemistry, Resource Modeling). Its NAICS code is 54136 and its SIC code is 1382.