Treevolution.de GmbH

What Treevolution.de GmbH does

Treevolution.de GmbH is a privately held German company headquartered in Herrsching am Ammersee, Bavaria, that delivers tree safety inspection, georeferenced tree cadastre management, and carbon accounting services to municipalities, commercial property owners, and forestry operators in the German-speaking region. Founded in 2009 by Marcus Schaft as a research and development project and formally incorporated as a GmbH in 2011, the company operates with approximately 10 employees and reports a cumulative track record of more than 10,000 tree inspections carried out under regulatory frameworks including the UmweltHG (German environmental code for tree safety). Leadership consists of CEO Nadine Patheiger and founder/CVO Marcus Schaft.

The company's product portfolio is built around four proprietary assets. VITA (Visual Interactive Tree Assessment) is a standards-capable condition and hazard assessment method for tree safety compliance. REM2GIS (Resource Evaluation Mapping Monitoring Geoinformation System) is the underlying cloud-based tree and climate protection cadastre that integrates data from third-party tree registries and CO2 servitudes. SYMBIONETHICS covers circular-economy solutions for abiotic and biotic dendrocarbon and was submitted to the German Climate Action Plan 2050 participation process at the invitation of the federal government. DENDROCARBON is a CO2 equivalent per DIN EN ISO 14064 that the company positions as a property-equivalent right capable of being activated on GHG reporting balance sheets. The platform was developed with 12 R&D partners including Fraunhofer IGD, Fraunhofer UMSICHT, the University of Kassel, HTW Saar, the European Space Agency (ESA), CESAH, and Telespazio VEGA Deutschland, and was first presented at CeBIT 2012.

Revenue is generated through professional services (tree inspection, condition assessment, forest inventory, expert witness work), cloud-based cadastre access offered on a "license-cost-free" basis bundled with service delivery, and managed carbon services covering C/CO2 inventory, accounting, valorization, and storage management. The company pursues a sales-led direct-inquiry model targeting primarily municipal and governmental buyers, supplemented by expertise-driven recruitment of VTA/FLL-certified arborists. Between 2012 and 2017, Treevolution's portfolio was distributed exclusively by DEKRA; since the expiration of that agreement in 2017, the company has operated independently.

Name

Treevolution.de GmbH

Legal name

treevolution.de GmbH

Website

https://treevolution.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Treevolution.de GmbH provides tree inspection, cloud-based tree cadastre management, and carbon accounting services for German municipalities, commercial property owners, and forestry operators, leveraging proprietary VITA, REM2GIS, SYMBIONETHICS, and DENDROCARBON platforms built on DIN EN ISO 14064 and UmweltHG compliance standards.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Urban Tree Management and Carbon Accounting Services

NAICS

Support Activities for Forestry (11531), Support Activities for Forestry (115310)

SIC

Forestry (800)

akta.pro primary industry

Tree Health Care (Diagnosis, Treatment, Fertilization) (HSAIADAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Carbon Accounting, Verification & Registry Services (MRV, Audits, Certification) (IMAMAJAE), Forest Health Surveys & Risk Assessment (Tree Hazard, Mortality) (AFAMAEAI)

Keywords

• Tree safety inspection
• Urban forestry services
• Carbon accounting
• Tree cadastre management
• Climate protection consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Herrsching am Ammersee

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Tree Inspection and Control Services: Professional tree inspection services including VITA assessments, condition evaluations, and hazard assessments for regulatory compliance (UmweltHG).
2. Cloud-based Cadastre Licensing: Access to REM2GIS platform for tree and climate protection registry management. The company states 'Lizenzkostenfreie Nutzung' (license-cost-free use) of the cloud-based system for clients, suggesting the platform is bundled with service delivery rather than sold separately.
3. Climate and Carbon Services: C/CO2 inventory, accounting, valorization, cascade utilization, storage building, and management services for climate protection strategies.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Treevolution.de GmbH delivers regulatory-compliant tree safety assessments (VITA), cloud-based georeferenced tree and climate protection cadastre management (REM2GIS), and a proprietary CO2 equivalent standard (DENDROCARBON per DIN EN ISO 14064) for municipalities, public authorities, and commercial property owners. The company's offerings combine standards-capable condition and hazard assessments of woody plants (per UmweltHG) with georeferenced data capture, climate-regenerative solutions (SYMBIONETHICS), and carbon accounting that can be treated as a property-equivalent right.

Product overview

Treevolution.de GmbH offers a unified platform combining proprietary products for tree safety assessment, climate protection management, and carbon accounting. The core portfolio consists of VITA (Visual Interactive Tree Assessment) for standards-capable tree condition and hazard assessment, REM2GIS (Resource Evaluation Mapping Monitoring Geoinformation System) as the cloud-based georeferenced data management system, SYMBIONETHICS (Symbiotic Bionic Ethic Carbon Solutions) for climate-regenerating circular economy solutions, and DENDROCARBON as the CO2-equivalent standard per DIN EN ISO 14064. These products integrate into a comprehensive system covering tree inspection, cadastre management, forest inventory, and climate services including C/CO2 inventory, accounting, and valorization.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• VITA (Visual Interactive Tree Assessment)
• REM2GIS (Resource Evaluation Mapping Monitoring Geoinformation System)
• DENDROCARBON (Abiotic & Biotic Dendrocarbon)
• SYMBIONETHICS (Symbiotic Bionic Ethic Carbon Solutions)
• Tree Inspection Services (Baumkontrolle)
• Tree Cadastre Services (Baumkataster)
• Tree Investigation Services (Baumuntersuchung)
• Tree Valuation Services (Wertermittlung)

Quantifiable outcome

• 10,000+ tree inspections conducted
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

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

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• DEKRAflagshipOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing Partner · 1 January 2012DEKRA, the globally active expert organization for safety services, acquired exclusive rights to Treevolution's entire service and technology portfolio from 2012 to 2017. This partnership provided significant market reach and validation for the technology before Treevolution's independent market entry in 2017.
• HTW Saar (Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft des Saarlandes)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011HTW Saar university became R&D partner in 2011, providing academic research capabilities in technical and economic sciences related to forestry and environmental technology.
• Fraunhofer IGDcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2011Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research became R&D partner in 2011. Contributed visual computing and geoinformation system expertise to REM2GIS platform development. Jointly presented the tree and climate protection cadastre at CeBIT 2012.
• ESA (European Space Agency)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011ESA was a funding partner for the founding of treevolution.de GmbH in 2011, along with CESAH and Telespazio VEGA Deutschland. ESA and CESAH presented Treevolution at INTERGEO 2012 trade fair.
• CESAH (Centrum für Satellitennavigation Hessen)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011CESAH (Center for Satellite Navigation Hesse) co-funded the establishment of treevolution.de GmbH in 2011. Specialized in satellite navigation technologies supporting georeferenced data capture.
• Telespazio VEGA DeutschlandflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011Telespazio VEGA Deutschland co-funded the founding of treevolution.de GmbH in 2011, contributing aerospace and satellite technology expertise.
• Fraunhofer UMSICHTcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2010Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety, and Energy Technology became research and development partner in 2010. Collaborated on climate protection and environmental technology aspects of tree and forest management systems.
• Universität Kassel (Vegetationstechnik)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2010University of Kassel's vegetation engineering department became FuE (R&D) partner in 2010, contributing academic expertise to tree and vegetation management methodologies.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• PlanIT Geo (TreePlotter): PlanIT Geo's TreePlotter is a leading cloud-based urban tree inventory and management software used by municipalities and arborists across North America. Highly comparable to Treevolution's REM2GIS in functionality (tree cadastre, work orders, GIS mapping) but without the carbon-accounting overlay.
• Treeconomics: Treeconomics provides i-Tree-based urban tree asset valuation, ecosystem services quantification, and management software for cities worldwide. Directly comparable to Treevolution's VITA + REM2GIS offering, especially on the carbon and ecosystem services valuation side aligned with Treevolution's DENDROCARBON framework.
• konzept GmbH (Baumsoftware): konzept GmbH is a German vendor of tree cadastre and management software (Baumsoftware) used by German municipalities for Baumkontrolle. Direct domestic competitor offering comparable tree inspection and cadastre functionality within the German-speaking market.

Emerging players

• Pachama: Pachama is a tech-forward carbon credit marketplace using satellite imagery and ML to verify nature-based carbon sequestration projects. Adjacent to Treevolution's DENDROCARBON carbon accounting concept, with overlap on the forestry/land-based carbon measurement value proposition.
• Treeconomy: Treeconomy provides forest carbon measurement and accounting using satellite, LiDAR, and ground-based data. Closely comparable to Treevolution's DENDROCARBON and forest inventory services, particularly for corporate/net-zero carbon reporting.
• Sylvera: Sylvera rates carbon credits and provides independent project assessment for nature-based solutions. Comparable to Treevolution's monitoring and verification role in carbon accounting but operates at the portfolio-rating level rather than per-tree cadastre.

Others

• GreenWood Global / Linworx: Linworx is a German/GIS forestry technology partner listed among Treevolution's R&D partners. A technology ecosystem/adjacent player in the German forestry measurement and forestry-IT space, illustrating the broader competitive set of specialist forest-tech vendors in the DACH region.

Broad incumbents

• Bartlett Tree Experts: Bartlett is one of the world's largest scientific tree and shrub care companies, offering arborist services, consulting, and asset management across multiple geographies. Comparable to Treevolution's VITA inspection and tree health care services but addresses a broader residential/commercial client base rather than municipal/carbon.
• Esri (ArcGIS): Esri's ArcGIS platform is the dominant GIS backbone used by municipalities for tree, utility, and land management. Comparable to the geospatial infrastructure underpinning REM2GIS, and a potential complementary or competitive platform depending on Treevolution's integration strategy.
• Davies Resource Group (Davey Tree Expert Co.): Davies Resource Group is a large, established North American provider of urban forestry, GIS, and environmental consulting services to municipalities. Operates at much greater scale and breadth than Treevolution but competes for the same municipal tree asset management and inventory engagements.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 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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