What Spherie Gmbh does

Spherie GmbH is a Hamburg-based private limited company that builds reality capture solutions centered on two internationally patented proprietary drone systems, the Spherie 42 (an 18mm-thin quadro with interchangeable cameras, LIDAR height control, and up to 100 km/h speed) and the Spherie 86 (a 9k 60fps 360° coax-octa with redundant ESCs, 100MP photos, and up to 120 km/h). Its unique camera positioning architecture captures an unobstructed 360° sphere without the drone appearing in frame, and the same platform integrates LIDAR scanning and photogrammetry to produce digital twins of industrial sites, buildings, and large areas. The company is led by managing director Nicolas Chibac and operates from a single Hamburg office in the VRHQ (Virtual Reality Head Quarter Hamburg) cluster.

The company's revenue is generated primarily through professional services sold to enterprise clients across three verticals: tourism and destination marketing (e.g., Deutsche Zentrale für Tourismus, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg), industry and real estate (e.g., DNV GL, HHLA, innogy, Hapag-Lloyd), and media production (e.g., BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Kia, Red Bull Media House, Discovery Channel, WDR, Cisco, Leica). Service offerings include 360° film production, linear film production, 3D scanning, drone inspection, AR/VR application development, and 360° live streaming; pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. Distribution is direct enterprise sales augmented by event and trade show deployments, with active recruitment of a Sales Director to build a partnership/channel layer.

Spherie is also building productized platform revenue on top of its services via SkyTrip360, a multi-user (up to 6 players) VR virtual travel platform with motion-sickness mitigation features, and a SkyTrip variant for destination showcasing, signaling an intent to move from project-based services toward recurring licensing and event-deployment revenue. The company appears bootstrapped and founder-owned, with no disclosed venture capital, private equity, or institutional investors and no disclosed funding history.

Name

Spherie Gmbh

Legal name

SPHERIE GmbH

Website

https://spherie.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Spherie GmbH is a Hamburg-based reality capture company that builds patented 360° drone systems and delivers 360° film production, 3D scanning, drone inspection, and AR/VR development services to enterprise clients across tourism, industrial inspection, and media production.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Immersive Media Production Services

NAICS

Commercial Photography (541922), Teleproduction and Other Postproduction Services (512191)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812), Search, Detection, Navagation, Guidance, Aeronautical Sys (3812)

akta.pro primary industry

Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) & Multirotor Drones (IMABAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Mobile/Digital Experiential (AR/VR, Interactive Installations) (MPAAAGAI)

Keywords

• 360 film production
• Drone inspection services
• 3D scanning digital twins
• AR/VR development
• Immersive media production

Headquarters

HQ city

Hamburg

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, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. 360° Film Production Services: Professional 360° video and film production services for tourism, media, and industrial applications. Includes aerial panoramas and stationary shots using proprietary Spherie drone technology.
2. Linear Film Production Services: Classic film production services for commercials, advertisements, image films, and marketing clips. High-resolution sensors enable reframing in post-production.
3. 3D Scanning and Digital Twin Services: High-resolution 3D scanning services for AR applications, construction planning, and industrial inspection. Captures accurate 3D representations of objects and environments.
4. VR/AR Experience Development: Custom AR/VR application development using 3D spatial scans or creative concepts. Includes virtual inspection tools, AR projections, and immersive experiences for various industries.
5. Drone Inspection Services: Automated and manual drone inspection services for industrial plants, construction sites, cranes, and critical infrastructure. Includes condition analysis and regular monitoring.
6. 360° Live Streaming: Live streaming solutions for events using professional camera systems. Compatible with RTMP platforms including Facebook and YouTube.
7. SkyTrip360 Platform (Virtual Travel): Virtual travel platform for tourism boards, cities, and companies to present destinations in immersive VR. Can be deployed at fairs, conferences, and marketing events.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Spherie GmbH delivers reality capture solutions built on its internationally patented Spherie 42 and Spherie 86 drone systems, providing 360° film production, 3D scanning, drone inspection, AR/VR development, and the SkyTrip360 virtual travel platform. Services are delivered to enterprise clients in tourism, industry/real estate, and media production, combining proprietary drone hardware, LIDAR-based digital twin pipelines, and bespoke immersive content development.

Product overview

Spherie GmbH is an award-winning service provider and technology company specializing in reality capture solutions for creating spatial data and immersive media. Their portfolio centers on proprietary drone systems (Spherie 42 and Spherie 86) that capture unobstructed 360° footage, combined with a range of professional services including 360° film production, 3D scanning, drone inspection, and AR/VR development. They offer two main product platforms: SkyTrip360/SkyTrip for virtual travel and immersive destination experiences, and Digital Twin Solutions for industrial and real estate applications. The company serves tourism, media, and industry sectors with end-to-end solutions from concept through post-production.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SkyTrip360: Virtual travel platform combining real 360-degree video environments with interactive VR for immersive destination experiences.
• Spherie 42
• Spherie 86

Products and services

• 360° Film Production Full-service 360° video production for tourism, media, and industrial clients, ranging from stationary panoramic shots to aerial footage, leveraging proprietary Spherie drones that capture unobstructed 360° spheres without requiring post-production drone removal.
• Linear Film Production Classic film production for commercials, advertisements, image films, and marketing clips, utilizing high-resolution sensors and overcapture reframing to re-compose any part of captured footage in post-production.
• 3D Scanning High-resolution 3D scanning of objects and environments combined with drone-captured imagery for AR applications, construction planning, and digital twin creation.
• Drone Inspection Automated and manual drone-based inspection of industrial plants, construction sites, cranes, buildings, and critical infrastructure, delivering high-resolution condition analysis and ongoing monitoring.
• Digital Twin Solutions Creation of virtual replicas of physical entities by combining drone-captured data with LIDAR scanner 3D data, enabling simultaneous inspection, planning, and condition analysis alongside the physical originals for industrial and real estate applications.
• AR/VR Development Custom AR and VR application development using 3D spatial scans or creative content for tourism, real estate visualization, game development, and industrial applications.
• 360° Live Streaming Live event streaming using professional 360° camera systems, compatible with RTMP platforms including Facebook and YouTube.
• Spherie 42 Drone Compact quadrocopter drone with interchangeable camera setups, 18mm thin form factor enabling indoor flight, 10 minutes flight time, up to 15 km LOS range, LIDAR height control, GPS waypoint navigation, and up to 100 km/h speed.
• Spherie 86 Drone High-performance coax-octa drone with 9K 60fps 360° video, 100MP 360° photos, six synchronized cameras, redundant ESCs and motors, vibration-dampening motor mounts, and up to 120 km/h speed.
• SkyTrip360 Platform Virtual travel platform combining real 360° video environments with interactive VR for immersive destination experiences, supporting up to six simultaneous users with motion-sickness mitigation via virtual vehicle reference points; deployable at fairs, conferences, and marketing events.

Quantifiable outcome

• Captures narrow cracks or minor irregularities with high-resolution sensors for detailed inspection
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature6 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• DJI Enterprise: Global drone manufacturer with a large commercial/enterprise division producing camera-equipped drones used in inspection, surveying, and cinematography. Directly comparable hardware category to Spherie's Spherie 42/86, though at vastly larger scale and broader product portfolio.
• Hexagon (Reality Capture / Leica Geosystems): Global technology group with a substantial reality capture and digital twin portfolio through Leica Geosystems and other units, serving surveying, infrastructure, and industrial customers. Broad incumbent competing across Spherie's digital twin and inspection segments at enterprise scale.
• FARO Technologies: Established 3D measurement and imaging company providing LIDAR-based scanning hardware and software for industrial metrology, construction, and public safety. Comparable to Spherie's LIDAR + drone-based 3D scanning capability, though FARO is a much larger incumbent focused on hardware/software tools.

Direct peers

• Matterport: Market leader in 3D spatial capture and digital twin creation for real estate, insurance, and industrial applications. Comparable to Spherie's 3D scanning and digital twin services, though Matterport uses tripod-mounted cameras rather than drones and operates at much larger scale.
• Pix4D: Switzerland-based photogrammetry software platform for converting drone and aerial imagery into 3D models, maps, and digital twins. Directly overlaps with Spherie's digital twin and photogrammetry services for industrial inspection and surveying.
• Skydio: US-based autonomous drone manufacturer specializing in inspection, mapping, and public safety applications with strong autonomy software. Closest direct peer to Spherie's patented drone-plus-capture approach, competing for industrial inspection and 360° reality capture use cases.
• Cyberhawk Innovations: UK-based industrial drone inspection services company serving oil & gas, utilities, and infrastructure operators. Closest comparable in industrial drone inspection services targeting enterprise customers, operating at similar scale in Europe.
• DroneDeploy: Cloud-based drone inspection and mapping platform for construction, agriculture, and mining. Comparable to Spherie's industrial drone inspection offering, though DroneDeploy is software/platform-led while Spherie is vertically integrated drone-to-deliverable.

Emerging players

• Arvizio: Enterprise AR/VR platform for industrial training, digital twin visualization, and collaborative review. Comparable to Spherie's AR/VR development and SkyTrip360 immersive platform offerings, particularly for industrial use cases like HHLA and DNV GL.
• Aerodyne Group: Malaysia-headquartered drone-based enterprise solutions provider for asset management, inspection, and digital twin creation across multiple geographies. Comparable industrial inspection and digital twin offering with a strong enterprise services model similar to Spherie's Industry segment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCUHeNt7B4NwkcI5pPNd3v5w
• Facebookfacebook.com/spherie.vr
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/spherie-ug
• Instagraminstagram.com/spherievr

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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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