What Presage Group does

Presage Group, Inc. is a Burlington, Ontario-based behavioral risk science company that combines doctoral-level psychology research with aviation, air traffic control, utilities/transportation, and health-sector domain expertise to diagnose and mitigate human decision-making risk in safety-critical environments. Its flagship intellectual property, branded Presage IP, is a proprietary mixed-methods methodology that pairs psychometric questionnaires with qualitative interviews to score personality traits, situational awareness, and organizational culture, then translates the findings into targeted mitigation recommendations. The portfolio is anchored by Scientific Studies (encompassing Go-Around Decision-Making, organizational culture evaluations, training effectiveness, situational awareness, and process assessments delivered as professional services engagements), and is complemented by two productized digital tools: Fit for Flight, a customizable mental-health assessment platform for pilots and aviation staff, and Presage Training Insights (PTI), a pilot training enhancement tool for simulator environments. Customers span major airlines (Air Canada, Delta, Lufthansa, United, Virgin Australia, Porter), air navigation service providers (Airways New Zealand, NAV CANADA via personnel), business aviation training (FlightSafety International, Citation Jet Pilots), and utilities (Hydro One).

The company monetizes through a hybrid model. The core engine is consultative, quote-based professional services delivered directly to enterprise buyers, paid as project, study, or program engagements. Recurring subscription revenue is layered on top via SaaS agreements for GADM&E (Citation Jet Pilots since 2021), Fit for Flight, and PTI, with software deployments typically wrapped inside scientific study deliverables. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales — high-touch, relationship-driven, with no self-serve or marketplace channel — supported by thought leadership at industry conferences (BASS, Textron Safety Standdown, WATS, APATS), academic collaboration (University of Waterloo, Queen's University), case-study publishing, and earned media in aviation trade publications. Pricing is not publicly disclosed, which is consistent with bespoke enterprise contracting.

Presage operates as a privately held, founder-led firm with no disclosed institutional capital and a 1–10 employee headcount range. Strategic momentum through 2025–2026 is tied to the General Availability of Fit for Flight, expansion into trucking safety, and continued visibility at tier-one aviation safety forums, balanced against limited disclosed financial scale and ongoing dependence on a small number of high-value enterprise clients for the bulk of revenue.

Name

Presage Group

Legal name

Presage Group, Inc.

Website

https://presagegroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Presage Group is a Burlington, Ontario-based behavioral risk science firm that uses proprietary Presage IP methodology and software tools to assess, predict, and mitigate human decision-making risk for airlines, air navigation service providers, utilities, and other high-risk industries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Behavioral Risk Consulting & Human Factors Software

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (541720)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Defense Software, Mission Applications & Open Architecture (MOSA) Systems (IMABAOAM)

Keywords

• Behavioral risk science
• Human factors consulting
• Safety culture assessment
• Aviation safety research
• Pilot mental health

Headquarters

HQ city

Burlington

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Scientific Studies and Consulting Services: Comprehensive scientific studies including GADM, organizational culture evaluations, training evaluations, process evaluation, situational awareness assessments. Led by doctoral-level research team with flexible methodologies tailored to client needs. Services include in-depth consultation, data collection, analysis, and implementation support.
2. Fit for Flight Software: Digital mental health assessment tool for aviation sector - a next-generation tool designed to support pilot mental health and well-being. Customized for each client organization.
3. Presage Training Insights (PTI): Pilot training enhancement software tool providing psychological profiling and learning optimization insights for simulator training.
4. SaaS Agreement with CJP: SaaS agreement with Citation Jet Pilots for scientific study using Go-Around Decision-Making and Execution product.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Presage Group is a behavioral risk science firm that conducts proprietary scientific studies and develops decision-making software to identify, quantify, and mitigate human, organizational, and cultural risk factors in high-risk industries such as aviation, air traffic control, utilities, transportation, and healthcare. Its offerings pair doctoral-level research scientists with veteran subject-matter experts to deliver Presage IP-powered studies, the Fit for Flight digital mental health assessment platform, and the Presage Training Insights pilot training tool.

Product overview

Presage Group is a behavioral risk science company offering a unified portfolio of scientific studies and software solutions for high-risk industries. The core offering is Scientific Studies (encompassing Go-around Decision-making and Execution/GADM&E, organizational culture assessments, training evaluations, and situational awareness analysis), supplemented by two specialized digital tools: Fit for Flight (a customizable digital mental health assessment platform for pilots and aviation professionals) and Presage Training Insights (a pilot training enhancement tool). All offerings are powered by Presage IP, a proprietary methodology combining psychological profiling, safety culture assessment, and situational awareness measurement developed over 20+ years across aviation, air traffic control, utilities, transportation, and health sectors. The company pairs doctoral-level research scientists with subject-matter experts to deliver evidence-based, data-driven insights and interventions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Fit for Flight: A next generation digital mental health assessment tool designed to support pilot mental health and wellbeing, measuring over 15 aspects of mental health and connecting mental health-related risk to decision-making degradation.
• Presage Training Insights (PTI)
• Scientific Studies
• Safe to Land (STL)

Products and services

• Scientific Studies Comprehensive scientific study engagements led by doctoral-level research scientists that combine quantitative questionnaires with qualitative interviews to diagnose, quantify, and mitigate psychological, operational, and cultural factors affecting high-risk decision-making. Tailored to enterprise clients across aviation, air traffic control, utilities, transportation, and health, with engagement scopes ranging from specialized teams under 20 employees to enterprises with thousands of frontline workers.
• Fit for Flight Next-generation digital mental health assessment tool for pilots and aviation sector professionals that measures 15+ aspects of mental health and wellbeing, connects mental health risk to decision-making degradation, and delivers rapid confidential assessment, organizational reports with demographic breakdown, early warning detection, and customized mitigation strategies for each client airline.
• Presage Training Insights (PTI) Pilot training enhancement tool that uses Presage IP psychological profiling to illuminate individual traits that enhance or hinder progress in training environments, providing instructors and trainees with insights into invisible barriers to learning and performance and generating targeted mitigation strategies for improved situational awareness.
• Go-around Decision-Making and Execution (GADM&E) / Safe to Land (STL) Scientific methodology and training program focused on go-around decision-making and execution in aviation, including the Safe to Land framework that establishes approach gates with verbal callouts and specific decision criteria allowing pilots constrained flexibility to stabilize approaches. Deployed via SaaS agreements with aviation associations such as Citation Jet Pilots and adapted in co-development with FlightSafety International for Gulfstream operators.

Quantifiable outcome

• CJP recorded zero accidents or incidents related to approaches and landings following Safe To Land program implementation
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability7 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and strategic.

• Textron AviationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 May 2026Presage presented at the Textron Aviation 2026 Safety Standdown, sharing expertise on behavioral risk science and human factors in aviation safety.
• Waterloo Institute for Sustainability in Aeronautics (WISA)strategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Presage awarded a grant through WISA's Horizon Funding Competition to conduct original research on aerospace sustainability and its intersection with mental health and wellbeing. The study explored barriers to personal achievement for stakeholders in aviation sustainability.
• FlightSafety InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 May 2022Partnership announced at Business Aviation Safety Summit (BASS) to investigate root causes of runway excursions for Gulfstream operators (G500, G600, and G650 aircraft). The study uses Presage's proprietary psychological methodology.
• Citation Jet Pilots (CJP)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 May 2021SaaS agreement signed with Citation Jet Pilots Owner Pilot Association to partner in a scientific study using the Go-Around Decision-Making and Execution (GADM&E) product. This is the first study of its kind focused on single-pilot jet operations. The partnership identified factors behind the historically low 3% compliance rate to go-around policy during unstable approaches.
• Health Services and Policy Research Institute (Queen's University)strategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. Brooke Linden collaborates with the Health Services and Policy Research Institute at Queen's University as a Research Scientist, supporting health-related research initiatives.
• Citation Jet Pilots (CJP) - Safe to Land ProgramcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative development of the Safe To Land (STL) program with CJP, introducing new approach gates with verbal callouts and specific decision criteria. Since STL's launch, CJP members have recorded zero accidents or incidents related to approaches and landings.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• CAE: Global aviation training and simulation incumbent with a much broader portfolio; competes for the same enterprise training budgets Presage targets with PTI and Fit for Flight, though its core offering is simulation rather than behavioral science.
• L3Harris Technologies: Diversified defense and aerospace prime with substantial human factors, training systems and aviation safety work; an incumbent with overlapping capabilities to Presage but operating at vastly greater scale across a broader portfolio.
• SITA: Air transport IT and communications specialist serving most major airlines and airports globally; a broad incumbent whose safety, operations and crew data products overlap thematically with Presage's safety analytics focus.

Direct peers

• Baines Simmons: UK aviation human factors and safety management consultancy serving airlines, regulators and OEMs; closely comparable to Presage in combining aviation SMEs with behavioral science methodologies to reduce operational risk.
• Aptima: Human-centered engineering and analytics firm specializing in human factors, training optimization, and team performance for defense, aerospace and healthcare customers; comparable to Presage's focus on psychological assessment and training enhancement for high-risk work.
• Predictive Solutions: Workplace safety analytics firm applying behavioral observation and data to reduce injuries in industrial settings; comparable to Presage in combining behavioral science with software-based risk identification, though primarily applied to non-aviation workforces.
• Safety Line: Paris-based aviation safety analytics company that uses flight data and predictive modeling to reduce operational risk for airlines; directly comparable to Presage in combining behavioral/scientific analysis with software to mitigate aviation human error.
• Soartech: Human factors and human-performance research firm serving defense, aviation and medical domains; overlapping with Presage in applying cognitive and behavioral science to improve operator decision-making in safety-critical environments.

Others

• Flight Safety Foundation: Independent nonprofit advancing aviation safety through research, publications and guidance; thematic adjacency to Presage's mission rather than direct competition, but a recognized voice shaping the same buyer segment.

Emerging players

• Navigance: Aviation-focused analytics and data-science provider for airlines and MROs; smaller scale than Presage's major customers but addressing adjacent predictive analytics use cases in airline operations.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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