SarVision

What SarVision does

SarVision BV is a Netherlands-based private company that develops and operates satellite and airborne monitoring systems for environmental and natural resource management. Founded by researchers of Wageningen University, the firm specializes in advanced radar remote sensing — integrating Sentinel-1 (C-band), PALSAR-2 (L-band), and TerraSAR-X radar imagery with optical data and GEDI lidar — to deliver near real-time monitoring at 15-meter resolution every 6–12 days in frequently cloud-covered tropical regions. Its product portfolio comprises SarSentry (automated forest change and degradation detection), SarCarbon (biomass and carbon mapping), SarAgri (crop growth and harvest forecasting), SarFlood (flood and rapid hazard assessment under canopy), SarEcomap (baseline land cover mapping), SarSoil (soil compaction), a high-resolution Tree Monitoring System, and a WebGIS viewer with an offline-capable mobile application.

The company's core differentiator is its proprietary radar-processing algorithms, which it claims uniquely detect forest degradation (selective cutting) that optical systems miss, as well as flooding and soil moisture conditions beneath forest canopies. By leveraging free Sentinel-1 data from ESA and operating at high automation, SarVision positions itself as a low-cost, large-scale monitoring provider relative to optical-based competitors. Its customer base spans government agencies (e.g., Indonesia's KLHK and LAPAN), environmental NGOs (e.g., WWF), and — increasingly via SarAgri — agribusinesses, agri-finance, and insurance firms. Operational deployments cover Borneo, Surinam, Guyana, the Colombian Amazon, Paraguay, Indonesia, the Philippines, Guinea, and East Africa, with technology-transfer and capacity-building programs embedding the firm's tools into national remote-sensing agencies. The firm employs 8 people, operates from Wageningen, and generates revenue through custom contracts and recurring monitoring product subscriptions; no pricing, revenue, or funding data is publicly disclosed.

Name

SarVision

Legal name

SarVision BV

Website

https://sarvision.nl

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

SarVision BV is a Netherlands-based private remote-sensing firm that builds advanced radar-based satellite monitoring systems — primarily SarSentry, SarCarbon, and SarAgri — to deliver near real-time forest, carbon, and agricultural monitoring for government agencies, environmental NGOs, and agribusiness clients across tropical regions worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Earth Observation Analytics

NAICS

Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (54137)

akta.pro primary industry

Satellite Imagery & Remote Sensing Geospatial Platforms (BPAMANAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Satellite/Aerial/Remote Sensing MRV (Methane plumes, land-use change) (EUAHADAL), Satellite Imagery & Monitoring Platforms (AFAAAFAI)

Keywords

• Radar remote sensing
• Forest monitoring
• Satellite imagery analysis
• Carbon mapping
• Agricultural monitoring

Headquarters

HQ city

Wageningen

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations

Revenue model

1. Satellite Monitoring Products and Services: Provides near real-time monitoring products to government agencies and organizations worldwide. Products include forest change maps, biomass and carbon assessments, flood monitoring, and agricultural monitoring.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

SarVision develops and operates automated satellite radar-based monitoring systems for forest, carbon, agricultural, and water resource management. The company combines Sentinel-1, PALSAR-2, TerraSAR-X and GEDI lidar data with proprietary algorithms to deliver near real-time geospatial intelligence products to environmental and commercial users.

Product overview

SarVision offers an integrated satellite and airborne monitoring platform for environmental and natural resource management. The core product portfolio includes SarSentry for near real-time forest monitoring, SarCarbon for biomass and carbon mapping, and SarAgri for agricultural monitoring. These systems are complemented by specialized modules including SarFlood for flood monitoring, SarEcomap for land cover mapping, SarSoil for soil degradation monitoring, and a Tree Monitoring System for high-resolution individual tree detection. All products leverage advanced radar technology (Sentinel-1, PALSAR, TerraSAR-X) combined with cutting-edge algorithms, and are accessible through a WebGIS viewer and mobile application. The systems can operate independently or be combined for integrated multi-scale environmental monitoring.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SarSentry: Near real-time forest monitoring system using Sentinel-1 radar data, operational for entire Borneo, Surinam, Guyana and Colombian Amazon
• SarCarbon
• SarAgri
• SarEcomap
• SarSoil
• SarFlood

Products and services

• SarSentry

Quantifiable outcome

• Forest monitoring at 15m resolution every 6-12 days with near real-time change detection
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• WWFcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWWF uses SarVision's SarSentry change detection products for development of its Early Warning System. Information from the system is used for predictive forest degradation model development based on machine learning. This is a significant partnership for conservation monitoring at scale.
• KLHK (Indonesia)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerIndonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry collaborated with SarVision on operational technology transfer and institutional capacity building. Demonstrated effective operational technology transfer and effective institutional capacity building capabilities.
• Wageningen UniversitycoreTechnology or IntegrationSarVision was founded by researchers of Wageningen University, the nr. 1 ranked agricultural university in the world. This academic partnership provides foundational research expertise in advanced radar technology and agricultural monitoring.
• ESA (European Space Agency)coreTechnology or IntegrationUses ESA's Sentinel-1 radar data (freely available) for monitoring systems. Sentinel-1 data available from 2015 onwards. ESA has secured flow of future C-band radar data for at least 20 years.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Descartes Labs: Descartes Labs provides satellite imagery analytics for agriculture, forestry, and sustainability using AI/ML models. They are a direct peer in applying multi-source satellite data (including radar) for environmental monitoring, with overlapping customer base in agribusiness.
• Rezatec: Rezatec provides satellite data analytics for agriculture, forestry, and infrastructure. They directly compete with SarVision's SarAgri and SarSentry in applying radar and optical satellite data for crop monitoring and forest inventory.
• Kayrros: Kayrros provides satellite-based environmental analytics focused on emissions, energy, and natural resource monitoring. They directly compete with SarVision's SarCarbon in biomass and environmental MRV markets, and share the satellite-algorithmic analytics business model.
• Satelligence: Satelligence is a Netherlands-based company specializing in satellite-based forest monitoring and deforestation risk assessment for commodities supply chains. They are a direct peer competing for the same agribusiness and government clients seeking deforestation monitoring and EUDR compliance solutions.
• Orbital Insight: Orbital Insight is a geospatial analytics company applying AI to satellite imagery for agriculture, forestry, energy, and environmental monitoring. They compete directly with SarVision's algorithmic approach to land cover change detection and natural resource monitoring.

Broad incumbents

• Planet Labs: Planet Labs operates a large commercial satellite constellation providing daily Earth imagery and analytics. They are a broad incumbent in satellite-based monitoring with overlapping capabilities in forest, agriculture, and land cover monitoring, though with broader focus than SarVision's radar-specialized niche.
• Maxar Technologies: Maxar is a major commercial satellite imagery provider with high-resolution optical and radar capabilities. They serve government and enterprise customers with geospatial intelligence, directly comparable to SarVision's environmental monitoring use cases though at much larger scale and broader portfolio.

Others

• Global Forest Watch: Global Forest Watch, run by the World Resources Institute, is a global forest monitoring platform providing near-real-time deforestation alerts and data. They overlap significantly with SarSentry's forest monitoring purpose though as an open-access NGO platform rather than a commercial vendor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sarvision

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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