OroraTech
UN Sustainable Development Goals
Protecting people and the planet by detecting and monitoring wildfires, globally
OroraTech leverages proprietary, real-time thermal data from space to enable data-driven decision-making by government agencies and enterprises on how to mitigate and adapt to the effects of Climate Change.
OroraTech's Impact
+ 45% CAGR
impact multiple
When we invested
Today
Four years ago, we decided to explore a high-impact topic that had been largely overlooked by venture capitalists: wildfires.
OroraTech has three satellites in space, >30 global blue chip clients and signed international government contract worth EUR 50M.
Impact KPIs
The data below shows a subset of the Impact KPIs for OroraTech, updated to 12/2024.
508
million hectares of forest area protected (+245% growth compared to 2023)
Why it matters
Every year, wildfires destroy 30-40 million hectares of vegetation and create CO2 emissions of 8 Gt on average.
Catastrophic wildfires endanger whole ecosystems, cause biodiversity loss and water pollution. Air pollution caused by wildfires accounts for 340,000 deaths annually.
Response time of firefighting efforts is critical. The probability of containing a wildfire successfully is doubled when fire size is 20% smaller.
OroraTech in the news
Greece taps AI-powered satellite tech to build wildfire defence system
Greece’s Ministry of Digital Governance has awarded German startup OroraTech a €20mn contract to build a satellite-based early warning system for wildfires, which last year alone cost the Mediterranean nation almost €2bn in damages.
Satellite wildfire detector OroraTech raises €25M Series B
The newly raised funds will be used to expand OroraTech’s existing footprint in North America and the Asia Pacific region—key markets where the need for effective wildfire management is increasing rapidly.
Martin Langer
CEO & CTO
OroraTech
Right now, all the pieces of the puzzle that we’ve built over the past five years, come together. I’m amazed by the number of players looking at our solution.
