What Masae Analytics does

Masae Analytics is a Paris-headquartered professional services and analytics firm founded in 2014 that supports governments, multilateral organisations, NGOs, and corporate clients in extracting decision-grade insights from complex, fragile environments. The firm combines AI-driven data analysis with satellite imagery, open-source intelligence, and mobile Call Data Record (CDR) data, and pairs these capabilities with in-house field practitioner expertise to deliver work where conventional data sources are unavailable or unreliable.

The company's delivery surface spans bespoke Platforms (EMIS Yemen, Sahel Alliance Open Data Portal, Minka Middle East Monitoring and Learning Platform, Financial Inclusion Database for the Tunisian Central Bank), Dashboards (GOGLA Investment Dashboard, ARCAN Dashboard, Mobile Money Household Survey Dashboard), analysis services (Livestock Monitoring in Mongolia, Refugee Presence Detection in Lebanon, Rural Market Detection from CDR data, Locust Damage Assessment), training programmes, and strategic advisory. Engagement scope stretches across six domains—Business & Market Intelligence, Natural Resources Management & EUDR, Humanitarian & Development, Climate & Biodiversity, Communities & Livelihood, and Conflict & Security Forensic Analysis—with active projects in roughly 19+ countries across Europe, Africa, MENA-Asia, and the Americas.

Masae operates a project-based professional services revenue model, with each engagement custom-tailored and commissioned by institutional clients including the OECD, UNESCO, World Bank, IFC, European Commission, EIB, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, GIZ, AFD, FCDO, KfW, UNHCR, Mercy Corps, and the International Rescue Committee. The firm is the sister company of Altai Consulting, with which it frequently co-delivers engagements, and it maintains industry association membership in EARSC. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; no funding rounds, acquisitions, or leadership changes are on record.

Name

Masae Analytics

Legal name

Masae Analytics

Website

https://masae-analytics.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Masae Analytics is a Paris-based professional services firm founded in 2014 that combines AI, satellite imagery, geospatial analytics, and field expertise to deliver custom platforms, dashboards, and advisory services for governments, multilateral agencies, NGOs, and corporations operating in fragile and developing environments.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Geospatial Analytics Consulting

NAICS

Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (541360)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Satellite Imagery & Remote Sensing Geospatial Platforms (BPAMANAM), Enterprise AI Data & Knowledge Platforms (Vector Databases, Knowledge Graphs) (HDAEANAH)

Keywords

• Geospatial analytics consulting
• Satellite imagery analysis
• Humanitarian development data
• Remote sensing services
• Financial inclusion mapping

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Consulting and Advisory Services: MASAE generates revenue through commissioned consulting projects for governments, international organizations, NGOs, and development sector clients. Revenue is project-based with engagements typically commissioned by multilateral agencies (OECD, UNESCO, World Bank), bilateral development organizations (GIZ, AFD, FCDO), and humanitarian actors (UNHCR, Mercy Corps).
2. Training and Capacity Building: Revenue generated from delivering specialized training programmes to build client capacity in geospatial skills, data science, and remote sensing technologies.
3. Products and Platforms: Development and implementation of custom platforms, dashboards, and digital tools for clients, including web applications, GIS platforms, and data visualization solutions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Masae Analytics is a professional services firm that delivers bespoke, AI-driven geospatial and data analytics solutions to governments, international organizations, NGOs, foundations, and development-sector clients. Offerings combine satellite imagery, open-source intelligence, mobile/CDR data, GIS, and field expertise to produce custom platforms, dashboards, analytical studies, and capacity-building programmes spanning climate adaptation, humanitarian response, financial inclusion, and natural resource management.

Product overview

Masae Analytics is a technology firm that operates as a professional services consultancy rather than a traditional SaaS product company. They deliver bespoke analytical solutions across climate adaptation, financial inclusion, humanitarian response, and natural resource management. Their portfolio consists of custom-built platforms (Climate Vulnerability Maps Platform, EMIS Yemen, CICO Platforms, Sahel Alliance Open Data Portal, Minka Middle East Platform), dashboards (ARCAN Dashboard, GOGLA Investment Dashboard, Mobile Money Household Survey Dashboard), analysis services (livestock monitoring, refugee detection, rural market detection, locust damage assessment, deforestation assessment), and training programmes (remote sensing, geospatial, data science). Each solution is tailored to specific client needs rather than sold as off-the-shelf software products. The company combines satellite imagery, open-source intelligence, mobile data, and field expertise with AI-driven data analysis to address complex development challenges.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Strategic Advisory Services Expert advisory services for governments, international organizations, NGOs, and development-sector clients seeking to address emerging risks and development challenges through data-driven approaches and field intelligence.
• Training & Capacity Building Services Capacity-building programmes that empower organizations with geospatial, data science, and remote-sensing skills for sustainable development applications; delivered as in-person and online training for ministries, NGOs, and financial-inclusion institutions.
• Custom Products & Platforms Development and implementation of custom-built platforms, dashboards, GIS applications, and digital tools for institutional clients, including web applications, geospatial dashboards, and data-visualization solutions tailored to specific programme requirements.

Quantifiable outcome

• Satellite-based livestock monitoring providing cost-effective alternative to traditional censuses
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Altai ConsultingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAltai Consulting is MASAE's sister company. The two companies frequently collaborate on joint engagements, combining consulting and analytics capabilities. Projects such as financial inclusion studies in Iraq and Tunisia, and SGBV prevention analysis in Lebanon, are conducted jointly by both organizations.
• EARSC (European Association of Remote Sensing Companies)minorOthersMASAE is a member of EARSC, the European Association of Remote Sensing Companies. This industry association membership provides visibility within the European remote sensing and analytics community and supports industry networking and standards.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Mapbox: Major geospatial mapping platform that supplies underlying mapping and location infrastructure used in many development analytics stacks. Comparable on the GIS/mapping and platform layer, though operates at vastly broader commercial scale.
• Maxar Intelligence: Major commercial satellite-imagery and geospatial analytics provider serving defense, humanitarian, and development buyers. Competes with MASAE for satellite-derived insight mandates while operating at far greater scale and capital intensity.
• Esri: Dominant GIS platform vendor used by governments and humanitarian actors globally. Several MASAE platforms (e.g., G3W/QGIS Server builds) sit in this ecosystem; Esri is the broad incumbent against which such niche consultancies compete.
• Planet Labs: Operates the world's largest commercial satellite constellation and offers analytics services relevant to agriculture, climate, and humanitarian monitoring. Adjacent incumbent to MASAE's satellite-driven monitoring offerings.
• Tetra Tech: Large environmental and development consultancy with deep remote sensing and GIS capabilities serving USAID, World Bank, and bilateral donors. Represents the scaled-consulting alternative to MASAE's boutique model in the same tenders.

Direct peers

• Flowminder: Non-profit analytics firm applying CDR, mobile, and survey data to humanitarian and development problems. Overlaps directly with MASAE's CDR-based rural market detection, mobility analytics, and work for UN/multilateral clients.
• Vizzuality: Small data-science and visualization firm working on forestry, climate, and supply-chain transparency with global institutions. Direct overlap with MASAE's natural resources, EUDR, and climate analytics work and platform builds.
• Altai Consulting: Founded by the same circle, Altai is MASAE's stated sister company and they co-deliver engagements (financial inclusion in Iraq/Tunisia, SGBV in Lebanon). It runs the same consulting-plus-analytics model for bilateral and development clients in fragile environments, making it the closest comparable peer.
• Development Seed: A small mission-driven firm building data infrastructure, geospatial platforms, and ML pipelines for development and humanitarian organizations. Directly comparable in offering mix (satellite + AI + custom platforms for funders like USAID, NASA, World Bank) and target customer base.
• Akvo: Provides data systems, dashboards, and monitoring tools to development programmes and donors, including EUDR-adjacent supply-chain data work. Comparable mission, customer base (institutional development funders), and platform-led delivery model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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