Sylvamap

What Sylvamap does

Sylvamap is a French vertical-SaaS company, founded in 2011 in Nantes (headquartered in Vertou), that builds a web-based Geographic Information System (GIS) platform for the digital management of French private forests. Its software digitizes and monitors the full lifecycle of Documents de Gestion Durable (DGD) — Plan Simple de Gestion (PSG), Règlement Type de Gestion (RTG), and Code de Bonnes Pratiques Sylvicoles (CBPS) — including drafting, CNPF tele-transmission, real-time tracking of cuts and works over the 10–20 year document cycle, and collaborative access for owners, heirs, and forest managers. The platform comprises a core web product (Sylvamap), a guided PSG writing tool (Hubert), a freemium property-mapping tier (Sylvalibre), an in-house iOS/Android mobile application with offline GPS capability, and a custom cartography service delivered by in-house forest cartographers. The system integrates with IGN mapping layers and French cadastral data, and is the first private operator certified to interface with CNPF's La forêt bouge tele-transmission platform.

The company serves three primary customer segments: private forest owners (individuals and SMBs), professional forest managers and experts managing multiple client portfolios, and collective entities (GIEEF and Groupements Forestiers). Sylvamap monetizes through per-hectare transaction fees on DGD document edition (3 EUR TTC per hectare via Hubert), recurring subscriptions for DGD monitoring, custom-priced cartography services, and a free Sylvalibre tier designed as a top-of-funnel acquisition channel. As of May 2019, the platform managed over 100,000 hectares across France; the Sylvalibre free tier exposes over 9,000 Forest Groups representing more than 1 million hectares. The firm employs 6 people, has raised approximately 502,000 EUR in cumulative outside capital (470K seed in July 2017 plus a 32K EUR Michelin Développement loan in October 2017), and operates across all French departments with no disclosed international footprint.

Name

Sylvamap

Legal name

Sylvamap

Website

https://sylvamap.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Sylvamap is a French vertical-SaaS company that provides a web-based GIS platform for digitizing and monitoring private forest management plans (Documents de Gestion Durable), serving private forest owners, professional forest managers, and collective forest groups across France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Forestry Management Software

NAICS

Support Activities for Forestry (1153), Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (54137)

SIC

Forestry (800)

akta.pro primary industry

Forest Inventory, Mapping & Monitoring (GIS/Remote Sensing/MRV) (IMAMAJAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Timberland GIS, Remote Sensing & Data Analytics (AFAMAKAG), GIS & Spatial Data Management Platforms (BPAMANAK)

Keywords

• Forest management software
• Forestry GIS platform
• Forest cartography services
• Sustainable forestry management
• Digital forestry tools

Headquarters

HQ city

Vertou

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Forest Management Plan Digitization Services: One-time cartography services for digitizing paper-based forest management plans into the Sylvamap platform. Includes custom mapping for management documents.
2. Document Management Subscription: Ongoing subscription for document de gestion durable (DGD) monitoring services including real-time tracking, collaborative access, and mobile application. Priced per hectare.
3. PSG Writing Tool (Hubert): Document creation fees for Plan Simple de Gestion, charged at 3 euros TTC per hectare upon document edition.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Sylvamap provides a web-based GIS platform for French private forest owners and forestry professionals to digitize, draft, and monitor Documents de Gestion Durable (PSG, RTG, CBPS). The offering spans custom cartography services for property mapping, the Hubert web tool for PSG drafting with direct CNPF tele-transmission, a subscription-based DGD monitoring service (per hectare pricing), an iOS/Android mobile field application with GPS and offline functionality, and a free tier (Sylvalibre) for forest property boundary mapping using open cadastral data.

Product overview

Sylvamap is a modular digital forest management platform built around a core web-based SIG (Système d'Information Géographique) for creating, monitoring, and sharing Documents de Gestion Durable (DGD) — Plan Simple de Gestion (PSG), Règlement Type de Gestion (RTG), and Code de Bonnes Pratiques Sylvicoles (CBPS). The platform comprises two principal tools: Hubert for drafting new DGD documents (with direct CNPF tele-transmission), and the DGD monitoring (Suivi) tool for tracking interventions over a document's 10–20 year lifespan. These are complemented by a custom cartography service, a mobile field application (iOS/Android) for GPS navigation and signalments, and Sylvalibre / Propriété Forestière — a free tier providing property boundary access from open cadastral data for Groupements Forestiers. The architecture is platform-plus-modules, with Sylvamap as the umbrella brand and named sub-products (Hubert, Sylvalibre, GéoPerso, Annexes de la Forêt) as distinct functional modules. Pricing for Hubert is 3 euros TTC per hectare at document edition; the monitoring subscription is a separate annual fee.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sylvamap Web Platform (Plateforme Web SIG) Core web-based SIG (Geographic Information System) platform for French private forest owners and forestry professionals to digitize, create, monitor, and share Documents de Gestion Durable (DGD). Provides interactive cartography, parcel management, intervention scheduling, collaborative access for owners/managers/heirs, and integration with CNPF regulatory tele-transmission.
• Hubert (PSG Writing Platform) A dedicated web interface for drafting Plan Simple de Gestion (PSG) and other DGD documents. Guides users step-by-step through document creation with video tutorials, produces outputs compliant with CNPF instruction requirements, and supports direct tele-transmission to CNPF. Pricing: 3 euros TTC per hectare at document edition.
• Sylvamap Mobile Application Mobile application for iOS and Android (smartphone and tablet) enabling forest owners and managers to access DGD documents in the field. Features GPS geolocation, forest stand selection, signalment creation (points and lines with photos and comments), offline use of IGN map layers, and data synchronisation with the web platform. Developed entirely in-house.
• Sylvalibre (Free Forest Property Access) Free tier offering forest property owners access to their forest boundary maps derived from open cadastral data (Open Data for legal entities such as Groupements Forestiers). Provides mobile and desktop access, basic GPS signalment capabilities, custom drawing tools (GéoPerso layers), and professional map export. Free of charge, with optional upgrade to paid DGD monitoring subscription. Covers over 9,000 Groupements Forestiers representing more than 1 million hectares.
• Cartographie Sylvamap (Custom Cartography Service)

Quantifiable outcome

• 100,000+ hectares managed on the platform
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 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

Integration3 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CNPF (Centre National de la Propriété Forestière)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Strategic partnership for tele-transmission integration. Sylvamap worked directly with CNPF development teams to enable direct electronic submission of Documents de Gestion Durable through the La forêt bouge platform. This made Sylvamap the first private operator authorized for CNPF tele-transmission.
• IGN (Institut Géographique National)coreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2018Technology partnership for mapping integration. Sylvamap application includes IGN map layers (orthophotos, Scan25, cadastre) that can be downloaded for offline field use. Partnership enables geolocation and cartographic base layers.
• FransylvaminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 October 2017Presentation of Sylvamap innovation at Fransylva General Assembly, the largest forest owner federation in France. Opportunity to demonstrate the solution to department-level forest syndicate presidents.
• AlwaysDataminorOthersWeb hosting provider for the Sylvamap platform and website infrastructure.
• Green Mandarine DesignminorOthersDigital agency responsible for website development and design services.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• MesParcelles (by Isagri): MesParcelles is a French SaaS parcel-management platform from Isagri serving farmers and forest owners with cartographic and regulatory compliance tools. It is the closest direct French-language peer to Sylvamap, addressing similar SME/private-owner personas with parcel mapping and online declaration workflows for forestry and agriculture.
• Forestry IT: Forestry IT is an Irish SaaS provider of forest management software, including mapping, planning, and compliance modules for forest owners and managers. It is a direct European peer to Sylvamap in the niche of digitizing forest management plans for small private owners and professional managers.

Emerging players

• QGIS: QGIS is the leading open-source desktop GIS platform, widely used by forest managers, CRPF agents, and forestry consultants for mapping and analysis. It is an emerging/adjacent platform whose ecosystem of forestry plugins competes indirectly with Sylvamap's specialized web-based DGD workflow.
• Plan4All: Plan4All is a Czech-led open-source initiative providing spatial data infrastructure and applications for forestry, agriculture, and land use across Europe. It is an emerging player with thematic overlap on open forest data platforms and cadastral/forest mapping standards that intersect with Sylvamap's GIS-based offering.

Broad incumbents

• Esri (ArcGIS): Esri is the dominant global GIS platform provider, with forestry and land-management extensions used by public agencies and large operators. It is a broad incumbent whose technology stack underpins much of the geospatial work Sylvamap competes with, though it does not offer France-specific DGD compliance workflows out of the box.
• Trimble Forestry (Trimble Natural Resources): Trimble is a global incumbent in geospatial and natural-resource software with forestry-specific solutions for inventory, planning, and operations. It is a broad incumbent whose enterprise-grade platform overlaps with Sylvamap's mapping and forest management workflows, though it targets larger forestry enterprises rather than French SMB owners.
• KISTERS: KISTERS is a German software vendor specializing in resource management, including forestry, water, and energy data platforms. It is a broad incumbent with comparable GIS-based forest inventory, monitoring, and reporting solutions, particularly relevant across European forestry customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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 →

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