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GeoSpock develops GeoSpock DB, a high-performance, massively scalable space-time analytics database. This platform efficiently processes and queries immense volumes of spatial and temporal data. It empowers enterprises to ingest, store, and analyze petabytes of diverse information, delivering rapid insights and addressing the limitations of traditional database architectures for planetary-scale data challenges.
The company was co-founded by Dr. Steve Marsh, its CEO, and Darrin M Disley, its Chairman. Dr. Marsh conceived the core technology during his doctoral studies at the University of Cambridge. He recognized existing database solutions were inadequate for the surging data from connected devices and geospatial applications, inspiring a novel, scalable data management approach.
GeoSpock’s technology serves organizations needing real-time analytical capabilities for extremely large, dynamic datasets, particularly within IoT and connected environments. Sectors like smart infrastructure, telematics, and logistics utilize it for critical movement analysis. The company's vision is to empower businesses to derive transformative intelligence from complex data, driving advanced decision-making.
GeoSpock has raised $42.4M across 8 funding rounds.
GeoSpock has raised $42.4M in total across 8 funding rounds.
GeoSpock has raised $42.4M across 8 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $5.4M Other Equity in October 2020.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2020 | $5.4M Venture Round | Carol Cheung, David Washburn | 31 Ventures, Global Brain, KDDI, Meltwind, NTT DOCOMO Ventures, Parkwalk Advisors | Announced |
| Oct 1, 2020 | $5M Series U | — | Downing Ventures, Parkwalk Advisors, Jonathan Milner | Announced |
| Mar 26, 2019 | $2.6M Venture Round | Parkwalk Advisors | — | Announced |
| Mar 1, 2019 | $3M Series U | — | Downing Ventures, Parkwalk Advisors, Jonathan Milner | Announced |
| Jan 1, 2019 | $13M Series B | Parkwalk Advisors, 31 Ventures, Victor Christou, Global Brain | Downing Ventures, Jonathan Milner, KDDI Supership | Announced |
| Feb 1, 2018 | $7M Series A | Victor Christou | Downing Ventures, Parkwalk Advisors, Jonathan Milner, Michael Marshall, 31 Ventures, Naoki Kamimaeda | Announced |
| Oct 1, 2015 | $5M Series A | — | Downing Ventures, Parkwalk Advisors, Jonathan Milner, Darrin Disley, Michael Marshall, Richard Youngman, Victor Christou | Announced |
| Nov 10, 2014 | $1.3M Venture Round | — | — | Announced |
GeoSpock has raised $42.4M in total across 8 funding rounds.
GeoSpock's investors include Carol Cheung, David Washburn, 31 Ventures, Global Brain, KDDI, Meltwind, NTT DOCOMO Ventures, Parkwalk Advisors, Downing Ventures, Jonathan Milner, Victor Christou, KDDI Supership.
GeoSpock is a deep-tech software company founded in Cambridge, UK, specializing in an analytics database optimized for extreme-scale spatial and temporal big data from IoT sensors, connected vehicles, and smart infrastructure.[1][2][4] It serves governments, enterprises in smart cities, transportation, logistics, telecommunications, retail, and real estate by solving the challenges of storing, indexing, querying, and analyzing massive, real-time geospatial datasets that overwhelm traditional databases.[1][4][7] The core product, GeoSpock DB, enables high-speed data fusion, on-the-fly analytics, and decision-making applications like traffic optimization, congestion pricing, footfall analysis, and predictive services, with growth evidenced by a £3.5M Series A in 2016 and a €4.6M raise around 2021.[2][5]
GeoSpock was founded in 2013 by Steve Marsh, who was pursuing a doctorate in computer science at the University of Cambridge, where he built a supercomputer mimicking human brain architectures for massively parallel processing—a concept that inspired GeoSpock DB's design.[2][4] The idea emerged from the need to handle exploding volumes of geospatial data from IoT and mobile devices, which traditional databases couldn't process efficiently due to latency, scalability, and "heat map" issues with transient nearby data.[2][4] Early traction included a £3.5M Series A funding round to launch its first product, appointing non-executive directors like Victor Christou from Cambridge Innovation Capital and Stephen Churchhouse from Rolls-Royce, positioning it as a go-to solution for complex big data in fleet management and smart services.[2]
GeoSpock stands out in geospatial analytics through brain-inspired, multi-dimensional database technology that scales to petabytes with low latency. Key strengths include:
GeoSpock rides the IoT and smart infrastructure boom, where sensors on streets, vehicles, and devices generate petabyte-scale spatial-temporal data for real-time urban operations, predictive analytics, and AI-driven decisions.[1][2][4] Timing aligns with 5G, edge computing, and gamification trends (e.g., Unity engines for city ops), as market forces like rising data volumes from connected cars and smart cities outpace conventional databases.[1][7] It influences the ecosystem by partnering (e.g., with X-Locations for Location AI platforms enhancing ML and demand forecasting across retail/finance) and enabling sectors like transportation/logistics to optimize resources geographically.[3][7]
GeoSpock is poised to expand as spatial AI and edge analytics dominate, integrating deeper with blockchain for ledger-posted data and multi-cloud/edge deployments to power autonomous systems and hyper-personalized services.[1][3][4] Trends like AI-fused geospatial insights will shape its path, potentially through acquisitions or larger partnerships, evolving its influence from niche IoT enabler to foundational layer for global smart ecosystems—translating raw sensor meshes into actionable intelligence at planetary scale.[1][3]
