Mundialis

What Mundialis does

Mundialis GmbH & Co. KG is a Bonn, Germany-based geospatial IT firm founded in 2015 to commercialize satellite-derived geoinformation enabled by the European Copernicus Programme. The company combines consulting, custom software development, and a proprietary cloud-based geoprocessing platform called actinia (a joint project of OSGeo) to ingest and analyze large volumes of satellite and aerial imagery using GRASS GIS as the processing engine and a REST API exposing 500+ geo-analytical and remote sensing methods. Its product portfolio spans specialized data products for urban planning (inner-city sealing, parking space analysis, urban green spaces, green roof detection, single tree detection), environmental monitoring (forest monitoring, global surface temperature), infrastructure planning (FTTH route planning), and web map services delivered as OGC-compliant layers.

The firm's go-to-market is a hybrid of direct enterprise sales to government, environmental, telecom, and research clients and a community-led open source motion through OSGeo, GRASS GIS, and GitHub. Revenue is generated through professional services (consulting, custom development, training), recurring SaaS access to actinia, and packaged data products (e.g., surface temperature, forest monitoring, impervious surfaces). Customers include Regionalverband Ruhr, Deutsche Telekom, WHO, ESA, ENEA, the German Archaeological Institute, and IZS Teramo, with active operating geographies across Germany, EMEA (Kosovo, Czech Republic, Ireland) and selectively into LATAM (Ecuador).

The team of 11-50 employees is anchored by senior GRASS GIS developers including co-founder Dr. Markus Neteler and Dr. Markus Metz, with Dr. Elisabeth Panzenböck appointed Managing Director in 2026 (succeeding prior leadership following a 2025 commercial build-out that added Guido Riembauer as Sales Manager). The firm holds ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015 certifications (since December 2023) and is privately held by its founders with no disclosed external venture or private equity backing.

Name

Mundialis

Legal name

mundialis GmbH & Co. KG

Website

https://mundialis.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Mundialis is a Bonn-based geospatial IT firm founded in 2015 that processes satellite and aerial remote sensing data via its proprietary actinia cloud platform, delivering consulting, custom software, AI-driven data products, and SaaS to government, environmental, telecom, and research clients across Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Geospatial Analytics Software

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

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), Remote Sensing & Earth Observation Analytics (Satellite/UAV/LiDAR, Image Processing) (EUAHAKAD)

Keywords

• Geospatial analytics
• Remote sensing services
• GIS software development
• Satellite data processing
• Cloud geoprocessing platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Bonn

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Customized GIS and remote sensing consulting services including project conception, data analysis, and implementation support for government agencies, municipalities, and private companies.
2. Custom Software Development: Development of tailored software solutions based on open source technologies (GRASS GIS, QGIS plugins, actinia customization) for specific client requirements.
3. Cloud Geoprocessing Services (SaaS): Software-as-a-Service offering via actinia platform enabling scalable geodata processing with REST API integration. Provides access to satellite data processing capabilities.
4. Data Products and Analysis Packages: Pre-processed data packages including surface temperature data, forest monitoring data, tree detection data, urban green space data, and impervious surfaces data sold as deliverables.
5. Training Services: Technical training on GRASS GIS tools including r.sim.water and r.sim.sediment, QGIS plugin development, and custom inhouse training programs.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Mundialis develops and operates actinia, a cloud-based geoprocessing platform providing REST API access to over 500 geo-analytical and remote sensing methods for processing large volumes of satellite and aerial imagery. The company delivers customized GIS consulting, custom software development (GRASS GIS, QGIS plugins, actinia customizations), and a portfolio of pre-processed geospatial data products covering urban planning, environmental monitoring, and infrastructure applications. All solutions leverage free geodata from Copernicus, OpenStreetMap, and national open data sources, combined with AI/ML-based automation.

Product overview

mundialis offers a geospatial solutions portfolio consisting of the cloud-based geoprocessing platform actinia as the core technology, supported by GRASS GIS. The platform enables processing of large volumes of satellite and aerial imagery using AI/ML methods. The product range includes specialized data products for urban planning (inner-city sealing, parking space analysis, urban green spaces, green roof detection), environmental monitoring (forest monitoring, surface temperature data), and infrastructure planning (single tree detection, impervious surfaces for water management). Additional offerings include FTTH route planning software, QGIS plugin development services, web map services, and the Art-from-Space consumer brand. All solutions leverage free geodata from Copernicus, OpenStreetMap, and national open data sources.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• actinia Cloud-based geoprocessing platform that ingests and analyzes large volumes of geodata using scalable cloud infrastructure. Provides access to over 500 geo-analytical and remote sensing methods via REST API, processing data from NASA, ESA, Copernicus, and national institutions. Delivered as Software-as-a-Service with documented Python SDK.
• GRASS GIS Open Source Geographical Information System used for spatial data management, analysis, image processing, graphics, cartography, spatial modeling, and visualization. Mundialis uses GRASS GIS for remote sensing data processing and contributes to its ongoing development.
• SADASADAM Tool for automated creation of cloud-free satellite data mosaics. Processes atmospheric corrected Sentinel-2 imagery to generate seamless composite images with clouds removed.
• Inner-City Soil Sealing Assessment AI-based detection and evaluation of sealed, partially sealed, and unsealed surfaces from aerial images using neural networks with infrared bands and elevation models. Used for urban planning, fiber optic planning, and precipitation water calculation.
• Single Tree Detection Automated detection of individual tree data including trunk position, tree height, crown diameter, crown volume, health status, and distance to buildings using machine learning, LiDAR point clouds, and Sentinel-2 time series.
• Parking Space Analysis Automated analysis of parking spaces including detection, classification, and evaluation of parking areas for urban transformation planning. Identifies large-scale parking areas, classifies surfaces, detects trees with parameters, and analyzes transformation potential.
• Forest Monitoring Detection and evaluation of forest condition from current satellite data. Includes automated quarterly satellite scene download, cloud filtering, atmospheric correction, vegetation index calculation, and change detection based on time series analysis.
• Impervious Surfaces for Water Management AI-supported detection and classification of impervious surfaces including roofs, traffic areas, and pollutant-load differentiated surfaces. Supports stormwater fee calculation, drainage system planning, and water protection measures with 90-96% accuracy.
• Urban Green Spaces Capturing Automated capturing of green spaces with detailed parameters using machine learning classification of aerial and satellite images. Differentiates public/private green space, green area quality, and provides proximity and reachability analysis.
• Detection of Green Roofs Precise and automated detection of green roofs from high-resolution aerial images using digital orthophotos and 2.5D point clouds. Calculates green roof area in m² and percentage of roof covered with greenery.
• Surface Temperature Data (LST) Recording of global land surface temperatures from space with spatial resolution up to 250m and temporal resolution up to 4 times daily. Supports applications in agriculture, viticulture, forestry, healthcare, urban planning, transportation, and wind energy.
• Art-from-Space Artistic design of commercial and private interiors using satellite images. Creates large-format prints up to 20 square meters on materials including aluminum composite panels, glass, lightboxes, and fine art prints.
• Web Map Services (WMS) Web map services providing spatial data as OGC Web Services (WMS, WMTS) for seamless integration into existing GIS systems and enterprise workflows.
• FTTH Route Planning (Trassenplanung) Automation of fiber optic route pre-planning and acceleration of FTTH rollout. Generates surface data from aerial photographs, determines exclusion areas, performs optimal route search, and conducts visibility analyses.
• QGIS Plugin Development Custom QGIS plugin development services to extend QGIS functionality for specialized workflows, system integration, and process automation.

Quantifiable outcome

• Impervious surface detection accuracy of 90-96% on test datasets
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability7 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• terrestriscoreStrategic or Co-development Partnerterrestris GmbH & Co. KG is a German company specializing in geoinformation and spatial data solutions. Related company with shared founding connections and ongoing collaboration in geospatial projects and open source development.
• DLR (German Aerospace Center)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGerman Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt) - Germany's national research center for aeronautics and space. Collaboration partner for earth observation and aerospace-related geospatial projects.
• Climate & CompanymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerClimate and sustainability focused consultancy organization. Strategic partner for climate-related geospatial solutions and environmental monitoring projects.
• OSGeo (Open Source Geospatial Foundation)coreStrategic or Co-development Partneractinia is a joint project of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo.org). Mundialis actively contributes to OSGeo community and open source geospatial ecosystem projects.
• B-OpenmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerItalian company specializing in open source geospatial solutions. Strategic partner for European projects and solutions deployment.
• terrasignamajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRomanian company focused on geoinformation and environmental solutions. Partner for geospatial analysis and environmental monitoring projects.
• CISS TDIminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnical solutions provider for information technology and systems integration. Partner for technical implementation and solution delivery.
• Gertz Gutsche RuemenappminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPlanning and consulting firm specializing in spatial planning and infrastructure. Partner for regional planning and urban development projects.

Scale indicators4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• terrestris GmbH & Co. KG: German open-source geospatial services firm specializing in QGIS/GeoServer and OGC web services. Directly comparable to Mundialis in open-source geospatial stack, German public-sector focus, and Bonn-based operations; Mundialis and terrestris share employees and a deep collaboration history.
• con terra GmbH: German geospatial specialist offering consulting, software development, and managed services around ArcGIS, INSPIRE, and spatial data infrastructure. Comparable as a German-based GIS consultancy and platform builder serving public-sector and enterprise customers.
• WhereGroup GmbH: German provider of open-source GIS services, hosting, and FOSS4G community leadership (including MapServer and GeoNode). Closely comparable to Mundialis in open-source GIS, hosting/SaaS distribution, and DACH public-sector customer base.
• 52°North GmbH: Münster-based research spinoff focused on open-source sensor web and geospatial interoperability (SOS, WPS). Comparable as a German open-source geospatial R&D-to-commercialization firm with public-sector contracts and OSGeo community involvement.
• LiveEO GmbH: Berlin-based satellite analytics company applying AI/ML to infrastructure and environmental monitoring. Directly comparable to Mundialis in applying ML on satellite imagery for vegetation, infrastructure, and ESG use cases, and competing for similar enterprise and public-sector budgets.
• Sinergise (Sentinel Hub): Slovenian company operating a cloud platform for satellite imagery processing, with a REST API and broad Copernicus archive access. Directly comparable to Mundialis's actinia in cloud-based EO processing-as-a-service with developer-facing APIs.

Broad incumbents

• Esri (Environmental Systems Research Institute): Global GIS platform incumbent (ArcGIS) serving the same government, municipal, and enterprise customers Mundialis targets. Competes indirectly via partner ecosystem and often serves as the system of record that Mundialis integrations feed into.
• Google Earth Engine: Google's cloud platform for petabyte-scale geospatial analysis with free access to major satellite archives. A broad incumbent with overlapping cloud-geoprocessing capability, comparable data archive coverage, and an API-driven developer surface.

Emerging players

• Overstory: Amsterdam-based satellite analytics startup focused on vegetation management around critical infrastructure. Comparable as a satellite-AI competitor in the tree-detection and vegetation-monitoring niches Mundialis addresses with its Single Tree Detection and Forest Monitoring products.

Others

• OSGeo (Open Source Geospatial Foundation): Foundation that hosts and supports the open-source geospatial projects (including actinia and GRASS GIS) that Mundialis builds on. Not a competitor, but the ecosystem steward and a key channel for community-led demand generation and contributor supply.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses2 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• GitHubgithub.com/mundialis
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@mundialisInfo
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/10446572
• Xx.com/mundialisinfo

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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