Dapcom Data Services

Name

Dapcom Data Services

Legal name

DAPCOM Data Services, S.L.

Website

https://dapcom.es

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Data Compression Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210), Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHDAEAGAE

Digital Asset Management (DAM)

Hardware, Technology & Telecom/Enterprise Platforms & Databases/Enterprise Content Management (ECM) & Document Management

SECONDARYMPAHAGAB

Digital Asset Management (DAM) for Media/Creative

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Media Technology & Services (Post-Production, VFX, Animation, Streaming Infrastructure)/Media Asset Management & Archiving (MAM/DAM, Preservation)

Keywords

• Data compression software
• Satellite onboard compression
• Lossless data compression
• Hyperspectral image compression
• Genomics data compression

Headquarters

HQ city

Vic

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Licenses: FAPEC software licensing model with free decompression capabilities and evaluation licenses. Full commercial licenses required for compression functionality. Licenses available for various platforms including Windows, macOS, Linux (x86 and ARM).
2. Professional Services: Software engineering services including tailored implementations, algorithms design, and data processing pipeline automation. Custom solutions for demanding use cases and specific customer requirements.
3. Technical Support: Support, maintenance and updating services provided during license validity periods for full software licenses. Includes consultation and issue resolution.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

DAPCOM develops and licenses FAPEC, a proprietary staged data compression algorithm delivered as a multi-platform application, library, and Python package, plus the FARSHY specialized viewer for raw images and Kongsberg watercolumn data. Offerings are sold via commercial licenses with free decompression and 30-day evaluation tiers, complemented by tailored software engineering services for space, maritime geosciences, genomics, and big-science customers.

Product overview

Dapcom Data Services offers a portfolio of data compression and visualization products centered on two core offerings: FAPEC (a versatile data compression algorithm available as software application and library) and FARSHY (a specialized image and maritime soundings viewer). These are complemented by WinFAPEC (a Windows GUI front-end for FAPEC) and the fapyc Python package. FAPEC serves as the primary technology engine handling compression across diverse data types including scientific data, satellite imagery, genomics, and maritime measurements, while FARSHY provides visualization capabilities for the processed data. The products work together to form an end-to-end data optimization pipeline: FAPEC compresses and analyzes data while FARSHY enables viewing of raw and processed files.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FAPEC: Versatile data compression algorithm implemented as software application and library for lossless and lossy compression of various data types including images, genomics, maritime, and tabular data.
• WinFAPEC
• FARSHY
• fapyc

Products and services

• FAPEC Archiver FAPEC Archiver is DAPCOM's proprietary, high-performance, staged data compression application and library, implementing lossless and lossy compression across diverse data types including images, Kongsberg maritime files, FastQ genomics, time series, and tabular data, with on-the-fly encryption, error recovery, and multi-threaded execution up to 62 threads. It is targeted at enterprise customers in space, maritime geosciences, genomics, big science, and analytics.
• FARSHY Viewer FARSHY is a specialized viewer for raw images (greyscale, colour, hyperspectral in BIP, BIL, BSQ, and Bayer formats) and Kongsberg KMALL/KMWCD watercolumn files, targeted at maritime survey and remote sensing professionals who need to browse large raw datasets efficiently.
• WinFAPEC WinFAPEC is the Windows graphical user interface front-end for FAPEC Archiver, enabling drag-and-drop compression and easy access to FAPEC's professional features including maritime data, image compression, and analytics. It targets Windows-based enterprise users who prefer a GUI over the cross-platform command-line FAPEC Archiver.
• fapyc Python Package fapyc is the Python package wrapper for FAPEC available via pip, allowing developers to programmatically integrate FAPEC compression and decompression into Python data pipelines. It targets developers and data engineering teams working in genomics, scientific computing, and analytics who need to call FAPEC from Python code.
• Tailored Software Engineering and Big Data Science Services DAPCOM offers bespoke software engineering services covering data compression implementations, algorithms design, data processing pipeline automation, HPC and massive data processing, and Big Data project delivery, targeted at space, maritime, and scientific research organizations requiring customized solutions beyond off-the-shelf licensing.

Quantifiable outcome

• 19% smaller than gzip for Gaia EDR3 catalogue (613 GB to 495 GB)
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Spire GlobalcoreTechnology or Integration · 11 August 2017Strategic collaboration to adapt FAPEC technology to Spire's Radio Occultation satellite data. DAPCOM engineers crafted compression software deployed on Spire payloads onboard satellites, achieving high compression ratios on RO data. Consolidation of DAPCOM's activity in the nanosatellite industry.
• European Space Agency (ESA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2014Multiple collaborations including: ESA Business Incubation programme selection (2014); Cross-Match algorithm contract for Gaia mission (2015); OPS-SAT experiment for FAPEC-CILLIC image compression in orbit (2020); ongoing data processing contributions to Gaia mission. ESA BIC Barcelona alumnus.
• University of Barcelona (UB) / IEEC / ICCUBcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounding partners of DAPCOM. Researchers from UB worked together on the Gaia project, ESA's billion-star astrometry mission. Ongoing collaboration on Gaia data processing and astronomical research. University of Barcelona's Gaia group published Gaia EDR3 bulk data in FAPEC format in cooperation with DAPCOM.
• Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounding partners of DAPCOM. UPC collaborated on development of FastQ genomic compression technology through Distributed Multimedia Applications Group (DMAG). Company was incubated at UPC's Baix Llobregat Campus through ESA Business Incubation. 3Cat-2 CubeSat project collaboration with UPC's NanoSat Lab.
• ESA Business Incubation Centre (BIC) BarcelonacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDAPCOM was selected for ESA Business Incubation programme (September 2014) due to potential of FAPEC space technology for terrestrial applications. Two-year incubation at RDIT building of UPC's Baix Llobregat Campus, Barcelona. Managed by Barcelona Activa with support from various public institutions.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• LZ4 (Yann Collet): LZ4 is an extremely fast open-source compression algorithm widely used in databases, file systems, and real-time pipelines. It is an emerging-player peer because it competes with FAPEC's FASEC ultra-fast core on speed-sensitive use cases, particularly where GB/s throughput is required.
• Snappy (Google): Snappy is Google's open-source fast compression/decompression library used across Bigtable, Hadoop, and other Google infrastructure. It is an emerging-player peer because it competes with FAPEC on speed-critical compression scenarios, including data pipeline and analytics workloads in DAPCOM's enterprise data management segment.
• Zstandard (Meta): Zstandard is Meta's open-source lossless compression algorithm optimized for both ratio and speed. It is an emerging-player peer because it competes directly with FAPEC on compression ratio and throughput, and is widely adopted as a free alternative in the same enterprise and scientific data workflows DAPCOM targets.

Direct peers

• PKWARE: PKWARE is a commercial data compression and encryption software company (PKZIP, SecureZIP). It is a direct peer because it sells licensed compression software to enterprise and government customers, overlapping with DAPCOM's FAPEC licensing model across security-conscious enterprise and institutional buyers.
• Bynder: Bynder is a SaaS Digital Asset Management platform for marketing and creative teams. It is a direct peer in the DAM category assigned to DAPCOM, offering centralized storage, transformation, and distribution of digital assets — though focused on brand/marketing assets rather than scientific imagery and telemetry.
• Canto: Canto is a Digital Asset Management vendor serving mid-market and enterprise customers with media library, workflow, and distribution features. It is a direct peer in the DAM category assigned to DAPCOM, with overlapping asset-management positioning, though targeting brand/marketing use cases rather than scientific data.

Broad incumbents

• WinZip (Corel): WinZip is a long-established commercial compression and archiving suite owned by Corel, serving consumers, prosumer, and enterprise users. It is a broad incumbent peer offering commercial compression/archiving software, but with a much wider portfolio and a different (consumer-leaning) go-to-market than DAPCOM's specialized enterprise model.
• OpenText: OpenText is a large enterprise information management company offering DAM, ECM, archiving and data compression capabilities. It is a broad incumbent peer because it operates in the same Digital Asset Management category assigned to DAPCOM, with overlapping enterprise content lifecycle use cases, but at much larger scale and broader scope.
• Hexagon AB: Hexagon is a global geospatial and maritime technology company providing sensors, software, and analytics for surveying, mining, and infrastructure. It is a broad incumbent peer because it serves the same maritime geosciences and remote-sensing customers as DAPCOM, with overlapping interests in compression and processing of large maritime and EO datasets.

Others

• Kongsberg Maritime: Kongsberg Maritime is the supplier of multibeam echosounder (MBES) systems and KMALL/KMWCD file formats that DAPCOM's compression is specifically optimized for. It is an 'others' peer — more partner/customer than competitor — but materially comparable because Kongsberg's data ecosystem defines a significant share of DAPCOM's maritime TAM.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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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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