What Lucidminds does

Lucidminds BV is an Amsterdam-based R&D collective founded in 2019 that builds AI- and ML-driven products for environmental sustainability and societal challenges, operating from the Sustainable Development House under the KIT in Amsterdam. The company maintains a portfolio of six proprietary platforms: gAIa (a living map of urban trees powered by thousands of AI agents grounded in real-world data), Dataville (a privacy-preserving/federated data-science platform designed for GDPR compliance), GUS (a tree and forest growth simulation and impact-estimation platform, validated by a peer-reviewed paper in Arboriculture & Urban Forestry), TreesAI (an open-source outcomes-based financial platform for urban nature investment co-developed with Dark Matter Labs), CivicAI (an Augmented Collective Intelligence framework combining ML, IoT, smart contracts and agent-based computation, supported by Nesta), and SpeedBoat-C (a decentralised platform introducing a "Proof of Circularity" mechanism for the circular textile economy, supported by EIT Climate-KIC).

The underlying technology stack is rooted in agent-based computation, simulation modelling, predictive analytics, and privacy-preserving data architectures. Lucidminds' go-to-market is hybrid: a product-led digital front (six dedicated product websites with demo requests) combined with direct collaboration with public and private organisations, particularly municipalities (City of Amsterdam, Glasgow City Council) and technology/research partners (IBM, TU Delft, Metabolic). Revenue mechanics are not publicly disclosed; "subscription/recurring" is the only stated revenue stream, while significant R&D activity is partially funded by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), Provincie Noord-Holland, Google.org, EIT Climate-KIC, and Nesta.

Name

Lucidminds

Legal name

Lucidminds BV

Website

https://lucidminds.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Amsterdam-based R&D collective (founded 2019) building AI platforms — including tree-agent mapping, growth simulation, privacy-preserving data science, civic-AI frameworks, and circular-textile tooling — for municipalities, planners, and sustainability organisations across Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sustainability AI Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Smart Cities & Urban Innovation Programs (Digital Planning, Civic Tech for Cities) (BPAIANAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Generative AI & LLM Solutions Services (RAG, Agents, Copilots) (BPAEAHAG), AI/ML Engineering & Model Development Services (BPAEAHAF), Responsible AI, Security & Privacy Platforms (Safety, Guardrails, PII) (HDAEANAG)

Keywords

• Environmental AI software
• Urban forestry analytics
• Privacy-preserving data science
• Nature-based investment platforms
• Agent-based simulation tools

Headquarters

HQ city

Amsterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Products and Services: Revenue appears to come from software products, platform licensing, and potentially consulting/collaboration services with public and private organisations. Specific revenue mechanics are not publicly disclosed.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Lucidminds builds and sells a portfolio of AI/ML software platforms for sustainability and environmental intelligence, including gAIa (AI-powered living map of urban trees), GUS (tree and forest growth simulation), Dataville (privacy-preserving data science), TreesAI (outcomes-based financial platform for urban nature investment), CivicAI (Augmented Collective Intelligence framework), and SpeedBoat-C (decentralised circular textile platform). It sells these primarily to public-sector bodies, city authorities, urban planners, and mission-driven organisations, while also partnering with research institutions and sustainability consultancies.

Product overview

Lucidminds is an R&D collective that has developed a portfolio of interconnected products focused on sustainability and environmental intelligence. The core offering includes gAIa (AI-powered urban forest mapping), Dataville (privacy-preserving data science), GUS (tree growth simulation), TreesAI (urban nature investment platform), CivicAI (augmented collective intelligence framework), and SpeedBoat-C (circular textile economy). These products share a common foundation in AI, data analytics, and agent-based computation, with gAIa and GUS forming a data-simulation pair for urban forestry, Dataville enabling secure data sharing across the ecosystem, and TreesAI providing financial infrastructure for nature-based investments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• gAIa: A living map of trees powered by real data and AI, where every tree has a voice. Connects thousands of tree agents, making ecosystem services visible and explorable.
• Dataville
• GUS
• TreesAI
• CivicAI
• SpeedBoat-C

Products and services

• gAIa AI-powered living map of trees that connects thousands of tree agents each grounded in real-world data, turning complex environmental datasets into practical insights on carbon capture, biodiversity, cooling, and water runoff for arborists, planners, and citizens.
• Dataville Privacy-preserving data science platform that unlocks value from sensitive datasets without giving up control or privacy by bringing computation to the data, with GDPR compliance built in by design.
• GUS (Green Unified Scenarios) Tree and forest growth simulation and impact estimation platform enabling users to trace growth trajectories, health status, and resilience of tree species under different climate and maintenance conditions, with impact estimates for biodiversity, cooling, water retention, and air pollution removal.
• TreesAI Open-source platform enabling city actors to collectively value and invest in urban nature at scale, providing an outcomes-based financial infrastructure that helps local authorities secure blended capital through private investments in Nature-based Solutions.
• CivicAI Augmented Collective Intelligence framework combining ML, IoT, Smart Objects, and Smart Contracts with transparency, privacy, inclusivity, and human oversight principles, delivered through a sequence of design templates and guidelines for trustworthy civic AI applications.
• SpeedBoat-C Decentralised platform and economy model that incentivises circularity and sustainability of local businesses in the fashion industry through a Proof of Circularity mechanism, with channels for individuals to shape garment design and manufacturing choices.

Segments3 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

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Dark Matter LabscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-development partnership to develop TreesAI, an open, transparent and verifiable outcomes-based financial platform to support investments in Nature-based Solutions at scale. Aims to help local authorities secure blended capital through private investments.
• City of AmsterdamminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal government partner working with Lucidminds on urban sustainability and green infrastructure projects.
• Glasgow City CouncilminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnering on urban sustainability and TreesAI platform implementation for city green infrastructure.
• MetabolicminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSustainability consulting firm working with Lucidminds on systems thinking approaches to environmental challenges.
• NestaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUK innovation foundation partnering on CivicAI Augmented Collective Intelligence framework development. Listed as a supporter and collaborator.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Planet Labs: Planet Labs provides high-frequency satellite imagery used in forestry and environmental monitoring, sitting at the data infrastructure layer that powers applications like gAIa and GUS.

Emerging players

• GreenCityWatch: GreenCityWatch builds environmental monitoring dashboards for cities, directly overlapping with Lucidminds' urban-forestry and ecosystem-service use cases (cooling, biodiversity, air quality).
• NatureMetrics: NatureMetrics provides biodiversity monitoring and eDNA analytics, comparable to the biodiversity-tracking dimension of gAIa/GUS in quantifying ecosystem services.
• Dendra Systems: Dendra combines AI, drones, and sensor data for ecosystem restoration, overlapping with Lucidminds' agent-based and data-driven approaches to forestry and land management.
• Restor.eco: Restor is an open platform for nature restoration projects, sharing Lucidminds' focus on making ecosystem data visible and supporting investment in NbS at scale.

Direct peers

• Overstory: Overstory applies satellite and AI analytics to vegetation management, sharing Lucidminds' core thesis of using remote/agent-based data to monitor tree and ecosystem health for downstream decision-making.
• Treeconomy: Treeconomy builds AI-powered tree and forest monitoring platforms for carbon and ecosystem services, directly comparable to Lucidminds' gAIa and GUS offerings targeting urban and corporate forestry stakeholders.
• Pachama: Pachama uses AI and satellite data to measure forest carbon, competing with Lucidminds' nature-based-solutions verification and investment thesis (TreesAI). Both target the same outcome-based finance buyer.
• Sylvera: Sylvera provides forest carbon measurement and MRV ratings, overlapping with Lucidminds' TreesAI/GUS capability of quantifying ecosystem services and supporting outcomes-based NbS investment.
• Dark Matter Labs: Dark Matter Labs is Lucidminds' co-development partner on TreesAI, designing NbS financial infrastructure; the partnership places the two organisations in overlapping NbS-finance territory and they work in concert.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/LucidmindsAI
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lucidminds-ai

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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