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Descartes Labs
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About Descartes Labs
Descartes Labs operates in the geospatial data and analytics market, providing high-resolution satellite imagery and advanced data analytics. The company serves a wide range of clients including commercial agriculture, consumer goods, mining, metals, government, defense, and intelligence agencies. Descartes Labs leverages its platform to offer packaged analytics for market forecasting, deforestation tracking, forest carbon assessment, and advanced mineral exploration. The business model is based on a subscription service where clients pay for access to the platform and its various analytical tools. Revenue is generated through these subscriptions as well as customized analytics services tailored to specific client needs. The company aims to help organizations make data-driven decisions by providing actionable insights derived from geospatial data.
Source: Dealroom company dataAt a glance
- Status
- Acquired
- Founded
- 2014
- Headquarters
- Santa Fe, United States
- Employees
- 16
- Open positions
- None listed
- Dealroom signal
- 65.0/100
- Sector
- AI, Mining Technologies, Geopositioning, Market Intelligence, Weather Forecasting, Core AI, Immersive Technologies, Spinout, Sustainable Development Goals, Satellite Imagery, Space Tech, Govtech and Civictech, Metaverse, Climate Tech
- Business model
- SaaS
- Investment activity
- 1 company, latest Apr 2024
- Capital deployed
- —
- Preferred round
- ACQUISITION
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Funding history
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| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACQUISITIONOther financing | Oct 2024 | $0 | — | EarthDaily Analytics | ↗ |
| BUYOUTOther financing | Aug 2022 | $0 | — | Antarctica Capital | ↗ |
Growth signals
Latest recorded traffic for Descartes Labs is 800 monthly website visits, down 60% over the last three months. Descartes Labs's team declined 11.1% over the past year.
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Investments and acquisitions
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Investors
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Seed5 investors entered at this stage
Correlation Ventures
Expansion Capital
Milliways Ventures
Venky Harinarayan
Crosslink Capital
Series A6 investors entered at this stage
Cultivian Sandbox Ventures
TenOneTen Ventures
DCVC- VLValueStream Labs
March Capital Partners
Union Grove Venture Partners
Series B and later1 investor entered at this stage
Antarctica Capital
Other known investors2 additional known investors
EarthDaily Analytics
Los Alamos National Laboratory
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