What Sova3D does

Sova3D Oy is a privately held Finnish software company founded in 2015 and headquartered in Helsinki, specializing in web browser-based 3D publishing tools for the building construction and geo industries. Its core product, Sova3D, is a no-install, plugin-free 3D publishing engine that reads IFC, OBJ, CityGML, WMS/WFS, LAS, and XML formats and serves them through a server-client architecture for 24/7 browser access. The product portfolio includes the Kunta3D collaborative 3D city modeling platform (deployed across Finnish municipalities including Hyvinkää, Jyväskylä, Järvenpää, Kuopio, Lohja, Porvoo, and Turku), the Sova3D Extension for the national Lupapiste.fi electronic building permit system, S3D-Maps for 3D geographic visualization, S3D-Projektit for project collaboration, Sova3D PointCloudPublisher for point cloud publishing, and the FVS-Metaverse platform developed in partnership with Finpeda Oy.

Revenue is generated primarily through a €3,900 one-time license for the Lupapiste.fi extension sold to municipalities, recurring Kunta3D maintenance/subscription agreements that bundle future functionality, and project-based services for custom 3D implementations. Distribution is direct (phone-based sales to municipalities) combined with embedded OEM-style delivery through Lupapiste.fi, reaching Finnish municipalities and a small set of enterprise construction customers including YIT and Lujatalot. In May 2021, the company processed the world's first 3D BIM model-approved building permit in Järvenpää, and in February 2024 it partnered with Finpeda Oy to launch FVS-Metaverse, extending the platform into education, museums, tourism, and event management. Ownership is held by founders and strategic shareholders Terrasolid Oy, Rapatus Oy, and Melodeke Oy (added in 2019); no institutional venture or growth equity rounds are disclosed.

Name

Sova3D

Legal name

Studio of Virtual Architecture Sova3D Oy

Website

https://sova3d.fi

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Sova3D Oy is a Helsinki-based Finnish software company that builds web browser-based 3D publishing tools for municipalities, construction firms, and planners, with its Kunta3D platform and Lupapiste.fi building permit extension deployed across seven Finnish cities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

BIM & 3D City Modeling Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

XR/AR/VR/MR Development Frameworks & Toolchains (MPAFAFAF)

Keywords

• 3D city modeling software
• BIM visualization platform
• Web-based 3D publishing
• Municipal planning tools
• Building permit software

Headquarters

HQ city

Helsinki

HQ country

Finland

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. Software Licensing - Lupapiste Extension: Municipalities pay 3900€ for the Sova3D extension to Lupapiste.fi electronic building permit system. This is a one-time setup cost per municipality for implementation and integration.
2. Kunta3D Platform Subscription: Municipalities use Kunta3D service for 3D cityscape examination and collaborative planning. Subscription-based access through maintenance agreements that include all future Sova3D functionality.
3. Project Services: Custom 3D project implementation including architectural competitions, urban planning visualization, and BIM model integration. Contact-based sales for project-specific work.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Sova3D develops and sells web browser-based 3D publishing software for the building construction and geo industries. Its offerings include the Kunta3D collaborative 3D city modeling platform for municipalities, an extension to Finland's Lupapiste.fi electronic building permit system, the S3D-Maps web 3D mapping service, and the FVS-Metaverse platform developed with Finpeda Oy. All products run in web browsers without installations or plugins and support IFC, OBJ, CityGML, WMS/WFS, LAS, and XML formats.

Product overview

Sova3D Oy is a Finnish software company founded in 2015 specializing in web browser-based 3D publishing tools for the building construction and geo industries. The product portfolio centers on Sova3D as the core web-based 3D publishing environment, supported by Kunta3D (collaborative 3D city modeling platform serving multiple Finnish municipalities), S3D-Maps (3D web map service), Sova3D Extension for Lupapiste.fi (3D integration for electronic building permits), S3D-Projektit (3D project collaboration), and FVS-Metaverse (metaverse platform developed with Finpeda Oy). All offerings are browser-based with no installations or plugins required.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Kunta3D: 3D city model publishing platform for municipalities to visualize and manage urban planning data.
• S3D-Maps
• Sova3D PointCloudPublisher
• FVS-Metaverse

Products and services

• Sova3D Core web browser-based 3D publishing environment for the building construction and geo industries. Allows municipalities, construction companies, real estate investors, and planners to publish and view 3D content directly in web browsers with no installations or plugins required.
• Kunta3D Collaborative 3D city modeling platform serving multiple Finnish municipalities including Hyvinkää, Jyväskylä, Järvenpää, Kuopio, Lohja, Porvoo, and Turku. Enables cityscape examination, urban planning visualization, and citizen engagement in 3D via browser.
• Sova3D Extension for Lupapiste.fi Extension integrating 3D capabilities into the Lupapiste.fi electronic building permit system, enabling IFC and OBJ model viewing in city context, CityGML conversion, WMS/WFS/LAS/XML interface reading, register data reading, and chat collaboration between designers and building supervision.
• S3D-Maps Web-based 3D map service built entirely on web technology reading from Internet sources, with server-client 3D visualization, user-friendly interface, and 24/7 availability.
• S3D-Projektit Project management module for 3D planning collaboration supporting public, in-progress, and private project states with commenting during design phase in a web browser-based 3D environment to coordinate architects, structural engineers, and HVAC designers.
• FVS-Metaverse Engagement-driven metaverse platform developed in partnership with Finpeda Oy, combining Sova3D 3D graphics and virtual reality with Finpeda's pedagogical technology across education, building inspection, urban planning, museum operations, tourism, and event management.
• Sova3D PointCloudPublisher Web-based tool for publishing and visualizing point cloud data in 3D environments through the browser without installations.

Quantifiable outcome

• World's first 3D BIM model-approved building permit processed
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 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

Integration3 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Finpeda OycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2024Sova3D Oy and Finpeda Oy collaborate to develop the FVS-Metaverse platform, combining Sova3D's 3D graphics and virtual reality expertise with Finpeda's pedagogical technology. The platform serves education, building inspection, urban planning, museum operations, tourism, and event management.
• Terrasolid OycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Terrasolid Oy became a shareholder in Sova3D Oy in 2019. Terrasolid provides software used in processing point cloud data for 3D city modeling projects.
• OpusCapita Solutions OyminorOthersOpusCapita Solutions Oy is the e-invoicing operator for Sova3D Oy, handling electronic invoice routing and processing.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Cesium: Cesium provides an open 3D geospatial visualization platform for streaming large-scale 3D city and terrain content on the web — directly mirroring Sova3D's browser-based 3D city modeling approach for AEC and municipal use cases.
• ViziCities: ViziCities built web-based 3D city visualization tools for urban planning and smart-city applications — overlapping directly with Sova3D's Kunta3D collaborative town planning and browser-native 3D city product.

Emerging players

• Safe Software (FME): Safe Software's FME platform handles geospatial data transformation and integration across CityGML, IFC, WMS/WFS — directly overlapping with Sova3D's data interoperability features for municipal 3D workflows.
• Robert McNeel & Associates (Rhino): Rhino with Grasshopper is widely used for architectural 3D modeling and BIM-adjacent workflows in design firms serving Finnish municipalities — an adjacent tool with partial overlap to Sova3D's architectural competition use cases.

Broad incumbents

• Bentley Systems: Bentley operates the iTwin platform for infrastructure digital twins and 3D city modeling for municipalities and AEC owners — a broader incumbent offering overlapping with Sova3D's municipal 3D modeling and geospatial capabilities.
• Hexagon (Luciad): Hexagon's Luciad platform provides high-performance 3D geospatial visualization for defense, aviation, and infrastructure — a broader incumbent with overlapping browser-based 3D mapping capabilities similar to S3D-Maps.
• Autodesk: Autodesk's Revit, Construction Cloud, and (formerly) Spacemaker products address architectural 3D BIM and urban planning — overlapping with Sova3D's BIM-based building permit and city modeling focus, though Autodesk operates as a broad AEC incumbent.
• Trimble: Trimble's geospatial and construction technology portfolio — including CityGML-based 3D city modeling and BIM coordination tools — competes in adjacent spaces to Sova3D's municipal 3D and point cloud publishing offerings.
• Esri: Esri's ArcGIS Urban and ArcGIS 3D products serve municipal planning and city-modeling workflows globally — overlapping with Kunta3D's municipal 3D city visualization, though Esri operates as a broad GIS incumbent rather than a Finnish-localized specialist.

Others

• Mapbox: Mapbox provides web-based 3D map rendering infrastructure used by AEC and smart-city applications — adjacent infrastructure technology comparable to Sova3D's browser-based mapping stack, but not a direct competitor in municipal BIM.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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