Projeto INCT Odisseia UnB

Name

Projeto INCT Odisseia UnB

Legal name

INCT/Odyssea

Website

https://inct-odisseia.i3gs.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Socio-Environmental Research

NAICS

Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations (813312), Administration of Environmental Quality Programs (9241)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Project Screening, Scoping & Baseline Studies (EUAHAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Stakeholder Engagement, Indigenous/Tribal Consultation & Social Impact (SIA) (EUAHAAAH), NEPA/EA/EIS & Public Consultation (EUAHAAAB), Cumulative Effects, Alternatives Analysis & Mitigation Planning (EUAHAAAE)

Keywords

• Socio-environmental research
• Climate change studies
• Sustainable development analysis
• Geographic data platform
• Participatory monitoring

Headquarters

HQ city

Brasília

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Government Research Grants: Primary funding from Brazilian government agencies CNPq, CAPES, FAPDF through the INCT (Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia) program Call 16/2014, supporting research mobilization and social engagement for solutions to socio-environmental problems.
2. European Commission Horizon 2020 Funding: ODYSSEA project funded by the European Commission through MSCA RISE action under Horizon 2020, supporting mobility of European researchers to Brazil. The network comprises approximately 35 bilateral cooperation research projects with a four-year duration.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

INCT Odisseia is an academic research initiative that produces open socio-environmental research outputs and operates a free public web-based data platform presenting 800+ social, economic, and environmental variables for all 5,568 Brazilian municipalities with up to 30 years of historical series. Its work combines field research across three Brazilian biomes (Amazônia, Caatinga, Cerrado) with the free INCT-Odisseia Platform, working papers, reports, newsletters, and policy/community engagement for sustainable development under climate change.

Product overview

The INCT-Odisseia project operates as a unified research initiative combining two complementary projects (INCT-Odisseia and ODYSSEA) focused on understanding social and ecological dynamics in the context of climate, environmental, and sociodemographic changes. The core product is the INCT-Odisseia Platform (Plataforma INCT-Odisseia), a web-based data visualization tool that maps over 800 socio-economic and environmental variables across all 5,568 Brazilian municipalities. The platform provides interactive mapping with 14 thematic layers and generates municipal profile reports (Panorama Municipal). The initiative covers three Brazilian biomes (Amazonia, Cerrado, and Caatinga) through seven research sites across different states, employing the Nexus+ approach for interdisciplinary analysis. Research outputs include published Working Papers Series, scientific articles, and extension materials distributed through the platform and newsletters.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Plataforma INCT-Odisseia: Online platform providing data visualization and mapping of social, economic, and environmental themes for Brazilian municipalities with over 800 variables and up to 30 years of historical data series.

Products and services

• INCT-Odisseia Data Platform (Plataforma INCT-Odisseia) Free public web-based GIS platform presenting 800+ social, economic, and environmental variables for all 5,568 Brazilian municipalities with up to 30 years of historical series, 14 thematic layers, and PDF-exportable Panorama Municipal reports. It is intended for researchers, policymakers, civil society, and the private sector to support understanding of the territory and sustainable decision-making.
• INCT Odisseia Working Papers Series Open-access discussion paper series covering socio-environmental topics such as solar energy, climate adaptation policies, agroecology, and interdisciplinary/transdisciplinary research methods, freely distributed through the project's publications portal.

Quantifiable outcome

• 635.95 km² of urban green spaces mapped in RIDE-DF covering 30.22% of analyzed area
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• EMBRAPA (Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing collaboration producing Terra-Class data for Amazon land cover mapping. Leading the Sustainable Agriculture Network in Amazon with Lancaster University to define and monitor land use changes. Provides research solutions for sustainable agriculture and forest conservation.
• FIOCRUZ (Fundação Oswaldo Cruz)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoordinates Climate and Health Observatory providing extensive databases and methodological frameworks. Partnership established through RELAIS project exploring landscape processes affecting vector-borne diseases through multidisciplinary approaches.
• UnB (Universidade de Brasília)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLead Brazilian institution with long partnership history with French institutions since 1980s. Associated with SMART, PP-AL and RAS networks, co-PI of LMI-OCE. Brings expertise in sustainable development through social analysis, public and environmental policies.
• CIRAD (Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOver 25 years of collaboration in Amazon region through DP-Amazônia and PP-AL platforms. Provides expertise in observatories, participatory methodologies, biodiversity monitoring, farmer practices analysis, and governance arrangements.
• IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOver 50 years of partnership with Brazilian institutions. Leads LMI-OCE Environmental Changes Observatory. Provides expertise in remote sensing for water monitoring, forest mapping, biodiversity, biogeochemistry, and distributed spatial indicators.
• Lancaster University (LEC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOver a decade of partnership with Brazilian institutions including EMBRAPA, Museu Goeldi, UFPA, and UFOPA. Coordinates ECOFOR UK program and FOODSECA research on climate extremes and food security.
• UFPA (Universidade Federal do Pará)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOver 20 years of cooperation with French institutions on family farming in Amazon territories. Involved in Brafagri program and research on estuary population adaptations to climate change.
• University of Innsbruck (UIBK)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeading geography research center on Latin America with expertise in political ecology, human-environment relations, vulnerability and sustainability. Active in WP5 and WP4 with approximately 10 scientists involved.
• INPA (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorld reference in Tropical Biology conducting scientific studies on physical environment and living conditions in Amazon region to promote human well-being and regional economic-social development.
• SEI (Stockholm Environment Institute)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSecond most influential environmental think tank globally. Coordinates Sustainable Amazon Network (RAS) with nearly 100 researchers partnering with government, civil society, and private sector.
• CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench National Research Center providing expertise in remote sensing for continental water monitoring and modeling, biogeochemistry, carbon cycling in floodplains, and pathogen distribution.
• Ambiente SocialmajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConsulting firm specializing in socio-environmental projects and community participation approaches. Developed extensive experience in participative methodologies and contributes to stakeholder training sessions.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• EMBRAPA (Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária): Brazil's federal agricultural research corporation and a core Odisseia partner. Comparable as a publicly funded research enterprise generating geospatial datasets, methodologies, and policy-relevant outputs at national scale.
• INPE (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais): Brazil's primary public space and Earth-observation research institute, operating large-scale remote-sensing infrastructure (including Amazon monitoring). Comparable as a publicly funded provider of environmental geospatial data for policy use.

Direct peers

• CIFOR-ICRAF: Global forest and landscape research network integrating remote sensing, socio-economic analysis, and community engagement. Directly comparable in combining participatory fieldwork with biophysical monitoring across tropical biomes.
• IIASA (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis): International research institute conducting integrated socio-environmental systems analysis with multi-country funding. Comparable in mission, interdisciplinary scope, and reliance on intergovernmental grants.
• Woodwell Climate Research Center: Climate-focused research organization combining Earth observation, field research, and policy engagement. Comparable as an interdisciplinary climate-and-land research institution producing open-access data and analysis.
• The Nature Conservancy Brasil: Operates science-based conservation programs across Brazilian biomes, combining field research, geospatial analysis, and policy engagement. Comparable end-customer mix and conservation research outputs.
• IPÊ (Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas): Brazilian ecological research institute combining long-term biodiversity monitoring, socio-environmental research, and environmental education. Comparable in mission, methodology, and partnership-driven funding model.
• WWF Brasil: Conservation NGO combining field programs, scientific publications, and policy advocacy on Amazon, Cerrado, and other biomes. Comparable as a multi-biome conservation research and advocacy organization.
• IPAM (Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia): Brazilian Amazon-focused environmental research institute combining field research, GIS/remote-sensing analysis, and policy engagement. Closely comparable mission, methodological stack, and end users (civil society, policymakers, family farmers) to INCT Odisseia.
• WRI Brasil: Operates socio-environmental data platforms and produces policy-relevant research across Brazilian biomes. Comparable as a multi-stakeholder research-and-data intermediary serving government and civil society audiences.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/odysseamazonia1
• Facebookfacebook.com/odyssea.amazonia
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/projeto-inct-odisseia-unb

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 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 →

Frequently asked questions about Projeto INCT Odisseia UnB