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Mapxus

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Hardware-free indoor mapping and navigation services platform

Sham Shui Po District, Hong KongFounded 2018Transportation

Valuation $25–50M Last recorded · 2023

Headcount <100 Current team size

Total funding $10–50M Disclosed equity funding

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About Mapxus

Mapxus is a Hong Kong-based indoor Geographic Information System (GIS) platform founded in 2017 by Dr. John Chan, who serves as CEO, and Ocean Ng, the COO. The inspiration for the company came from Chan's personal experiences, including a tragic fire in 1996 and his early career work, which highlighted the need for accurate indoor positioning for safety and efficiency. The company aims to make indoor mapping smart, simple, and accessible for everyone, including those with disabilities.

The firm offers a hardware-free, cloud-based platform for indoor mapping, positioning, and navigation. Its technology utilizes a combination of Wi-Fi fingerprinting, sensor fusion from mobile devices, and artificial intelligence to create a three-layer indoor map system: a digital map, a signal map, and a 360° panoramic visual map. This approach avoids the need for dedicated hardware like beacons, which significantly reduces deployment costs. The platform provides an average positioning accuracy of 3-5 meters. Mapxus delivers its technology through a Software Development Kit (SDK) and APIs, allowing clients to integrate indoor mapping into their own applications for iOS, Android, and the web.

The company serves a diverse client base that includes shopping malls, airports, transit authorities, hospitals, universities, and government bodies. Its business model is based on providing its mapping services to these entities, enabling applications such as location-based marketing, traffic analysis, and enhanced facility management. Mapxus is also one of Apple's Indoor Mapping Data Format (IMDF) platform service providers. Headquartered in Hong Kong, Mapxus has expanded its services to over 25 cities across the Asia-Pacific region, including Japan, Singapore, and Taiwan, with a portfolio of over 1,500 venues. The company has secured significant funding, including a $3 million round in 2019 led by Beyond Ventures and a $5 million Series B round in 2023 led by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, bringing its total raised capital to over $8 million.

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At a glance

Status: Operational
Founded: 2018
Headquarters: Sham Shui Po District, Hong Kong
Employees: 33
Open positions: None listed
Dealroom signal: 64.2/100
Sector: Transportation, Information Technology, Navigation, Analytics, Mapping, Location Based, Indoor Navigation, Platform, Arts & Culture
Technology: Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Machine Learning, IoT InternetOfThings
Business model: SaaS
Client focus: b2c
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Funding history

4 recorded events

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Deal type	Date	Amount	Valuation	Investors	Source
SERIES B✓Equity / VC	Mar 2023	$5M	$45M	Kawasaki	↗
SERIES A✓Equity / VC	Nov 2021	$9M	$36M	Undisclosed	—

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Mapxus website traffic

Latest recorded traffic for Mapxus is 19K monthly website visits, up 126.2% over the last three months. Mapxus's team grew 0% over the past year.

Latest monthly visits19K 3-month web change+126.2% 1-year team growth0%

Monthly website visitsDec 2018–Jul 2026

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