Sector
Climate intelligence and satellite data
Status
In portfolio
Year of investment
2026
Website
Hydrosat provides thermal infrared satellite data and AI-powered analytics, with headquarters in Washington, DC and Luxembourg. Its technology measures land surface and crop temperature from space, enabling governments and businesses to monitor water resources, optimise agricultural production and manage critical natural resources more effectively.
The company operates its own constellation of thermal infrared satellites, with a coverage capacity of more than 10 million km² per day. Through its IrriWatch platform, it turns this data into decision-ready insight for more than 90 clients in over 70 countries across agriculture, insurance and the public sector, combining per-hectare SaaS solutions with recurring thermal data subscriptions.
Suma Capital has invested US$10 million in Hydrosat through SC Net Zero Ventures, the scale-up fund within its SC Venture strategy, as part of an extension of the Series B in which the company raised US$60 million in 2026. Our investment supports the expansion of its satellite constellation, improving data frequency and geographic coverage, and the growth of its engineering and commercial teams.
The focus is on accelerating new solutions for water resource management, critical infrastructure monitoring and wildfire detection, and on driving the company’s growth in Spain and across Iberia by opening doors to corporates and institutions in the region.
The Iberian Peninsula is one of Europe’s most water-stressed regions and faces growing challenges from drought, agricultural water demand and increasingly severe wildfires. Hydrosat provides high-frequency thermal data to assess crop water stress and improve irrigation efficiency.
Its platform helps raise agricultural productivity while using water more efficiently, supports earlier detection of risks such as wildfires and strengthens the ability of governments and organisations to anticipate the effects of climate change, turning large volumes of data into operational decisions.
