Another Earth Raises €3.5M Seed for Synthetic Satellite Imagery
Another Earth, a Vienna-based developer of an AI-powered synthetic data and simulation engine for Earth Observation, has raised €3.5M ($4M) in seed funding led by Wake-Up Capital. The platform generates unlimited variations of synthetic satellite imagery and labels to accelerate AI model training, scenario modeling, and risk prediction for planetary changes. The capital will scale the Synthetic Data Engine from R&D to commercial deployment.
EO Data Scarcity Drives Funding Wave
The round comes amid growing demand for scalable Earth Observation AI solutions, where high-quality training data remains scarce and costly. Existing backers Rockstart, Inovexus, and Stamco AG joined, alongside grants from FFG and AWS. Another Earth's generative AI and 3D modeling approach produces bias-free, auto-labeled data, addressing gaps in real-world satellite imagery like cloud cover and rare events. Partnerships with GeoTerra Image and NovaTerra signal early traction in mining and deforestation monitoring.
Real Satellite Data Falls Short
Earth Observation AI struggles with data scarcity, prohibitive costs, and biases in training datasets for environmental monitoring and climate tracking. Real satellite imagery often lacks pixel-perfect labels, multispectral consistency, or coverage for edge cases like extreme weather. This limits model accuracy for applications in mining, agriculture, and biodiversity. Synthetic alternatives enable what-if scenarios without privacy or compliance issues.
Generative AI Simulates Satellites
Another Earth's engine creates high-fidelity synthetic datasets with pixel-perfect segmentation masks, multispectral information, and temporal consistency. Unlike real data collection, it penetrates clouds via SAR-optical fusion and scales infinitely for rare event training. The platform supports ESG compliance and EUDR traceability in vulnerable regions.
As Maya Pindeus, CEO noted:
"The biggest barrier to scaling Earth Observation AI is the scarcity and prohibitive cost of high-quality training data. With this funding… we are generating data where there is none."
Wake-Up Capital Fuels Commercial Shift
Wake-Up Capital led the €3.5M seed, providing growth capital to transition from technical R&D to market rollout. The investor mix signals conviction in geospatial AI for climate resilience, with strategic grants from FFG and AWS validating the tech stack. Existing accelerators like Rockstart add ecosystem ties. This backs expansion into high-impact sectors like cocoa supply chains and flood prediction.
Synthetic Data Reshapes EO Landscape
Capital flows into tools addressing EO data gaps for AI in climate action, sustainability, and raw materials monitoring. Another Earth positions as an enabler for SMEs via FIERCE vouchers up to €50k and projects like CoMPASS for cocoa health. The 7-person team leverages prior exits in AI vision and VFX to compete in a space shifting from research to deployment.
Repeat Founder's Proven Track Record
CEO Maya Pindeus co-founded Humanising Autonomy, an AI computer vision startup for pedestrian prediction acquired by Nextbase in 2025 after raising $6M. Her Forbes 30 under 30 recognition and UK Transport advisory role bring domain expertise to EO behavior modeling. CTO Felix Geremus founded VFX studio Kaiserlicht and GIS/AI digital twin app Fondo, providing 3D simulation mastery for synthetic imagery.
Africa Brazil Expansion Accelerates
Post-funding, Another Earth targets Brazil for deforestation and Sub-Saharan Africa for mining impacts via partners NovaTerra and GeoTerra Image. As an official FIERCE provider, it offers synthetic datasets to European SMEs. Commercial scaling includes event presence at COP30 and EO Summit, plus CoMPASS project for AI cocoa warnings.
As the company shared:
"This funding marks a pivotal moment for us—moving from deep technical R&D to commercial scaling."