Earth Blox

Earth Blox is a UK-based company that offers a no-code, software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform for climate and nature analytics derived from satellite imagery. The company was founded in 2019 by Iain Woodhouse, Ben Butchart, Sam Fleming, and CEO Dr. Genevieve Patenaude. Patenaude, a former associate professor at the University of Edinburgh and a contributing author to the IPCC, has a background in research projects focused on global challenges. The founding team includes experts in Earth observation, with Iain Woodhouse being a Professor of Applied Earth Observation at the University of Edinburgh with over 27 years of experience.

The business enables organizations to analyze and map key metrics for biodiversity, water, and carbon across sectors like forestry, agriculture, and finance. Its core product is a cloud-based platform that transforms complex environmental data into actionable insights for risk mitigation, opportunity identification, and regulatory compliance. The platform utilizes a 'drag and drop' interface, allowing users without coding expertise to build custom analyses using petabytes of data from sources like Google Earth Engine and the European Space Agency. This approach is designed to make earth observation insights more accessible for strategic planning, monitoring, and reporting related to climate risks and environmental degradation.

Earth Blox operates on a subscription-based business model, providing its software to a range of clients including enterprises, financial institutions, consultancies, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Its customer base includes prominent names such as Shell Nature Based Solutions, The Nature Conservancy, WWF, and Greenpeace. The company targets the growing Earth observation market for value-added services, which is driven by net-zero and ESG goals. By removing technical barriers, Earth Blox allows sustainability, risk, and commercial teams to assess environmental impacts and dependencies.

Since its inception, Earth Blox has achieved several milestones. The company won the Converge Challenge in 2020 and launched its services in May of that year. It secured a seed funding round of £1.5 million from the angel investment syndicate Archangels in June 2022 to scale its product and expand into new markets. In October 2024, it raised another £3.4 million in a round led by Mercia Ventures to accelerate its expansion in the financial sector. Headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland, the company operates with a remote-first team.

Keywords: climate analytics, nature analytics, satellite imagery analysis, no-code platform, earth observation, geospatial data, sustainability reporting, ESG, biodiversity monitoring, carbon tracking, risk mitigation, environmental data, SaaS, financial services, agriculture technology, forestry management, supply chain monitoring, climate risk assessment, disaster response, regulatory compliance