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Forestry Tech Landscape
55 companies building technology for forests, from drone inventory and harvester automation to wildfire satellites and carbon measurement. Every company has been covered in Boreal Tech Brief, with links to the issues where it appeared.
55 companies · 15 countries · 91 stories · latest 29 Sep 2026
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- Harvesting & machineryUppsala
AirForestry
Drone-based harvesting: a heavy-lift drone carries a light cutting tool that fells, prunes and lifts single trees to the road, with no ground disturbance.
5 stories · latest Jun 2026
- Inventory & mappingLinköping
Arboair
AI forest inventory from drone and satellite imagery, turning standard RGB photos into tree-level species, height, crown and volume data.
4 stories · latest Jun 2026
- Inventory & mappingWest Lafayette
Arbomapper
Purdue University spin-out that maps individual urban trees at scale with deep learning, computer vision and satellite data.
1 story · latest Mar 2026
Arboreal
Smartphone forest inventory using AR, lidar and GNSS, plus TreeID, which identifies individual logs from their end-grain pattern.
4 stories · latest Jun 2026
Arevo
Arginine-based plant nutrition from SLU research on organic nitrogen uptake, used on more than 95 million planted seedlings.
1 story · latest Jan 2026
Arkadiah
AI, lidar and satellite measurement for reforestation and agroforestry carbon projects in Southeast Asia and Australia.
1 story · latest Feb 2026
Biodiv
Quantifies biodiversity across the Nordics with its CLIMB metric, for mining, energy, infrastructure and urban development.
1 story · latest May 2026
- Planning & decision supportCopenhagen
cBrain
Digital government platform F2, which runs case management for Denmark's largest afforestation grant programme.
1 story · latest Oct 2025
- Inventory & mappingUppsala
Deep Forestry
Autonomous drones that fly below the canopy and combine RGB, lidar and hyperspectral sensors into single-tree inventory data.
1 story · latest May 2026
- Biodiversity & wildlifeEdinburgh
DroneWild
Field-ready drone systems for rangers, landowners and researchers working on wildlife management and conservation.
1 story · latest Apr 2026
- WildfireEberswalde
Dryad Networks
Solar-powered gas sensor networks that detect smouldering wildfires before flames or visible smoke appear.
3 stories · latest Sep 2026
- Planning & decision supportUppsala
Ecotype
Skogshubben, a platform that generates forest management plans, cash-flow forecasts and carbon calculations from satellite and public data.
5 stories · latest Jun 2026
- Biodiversity & wildlifeÖrnsköldsvik
EcoVibes
Acoustic sensors and AI that measure forest biodiversity and detect rare species before harvesting or construction.
1 story · latest Feb 2026
Emlid
Affordable RTK GNSS receivers that keep survey-grade accuracy under forest canopy.
1 story · latest Dec 2025
Farmonaut
Satellite vegetation monitoring for agriculture and forestry, delivered through mobile and web apps.
1 story · latest Oct 2025
- Planting & silvicultureToronto
Flash Forest
Drone swarms and seed pods for planting trees at scale after wildfires and deforestation.
1 story · latest Aug 2025
ForestX
Digitalisation consultancy for the forest industry, distributing Trimble Connected Forest and Remsoft planning software in Scandinavia.
2 stories · latest Sep 2026
Forsler
Skovkortet, a forest management platform used on more than 3,000 Danish forest properties.
1 story · latest Dec 2025
- Planning & decision supportGroßsölk
Grünecho
Custom forestry software and field apps, including the FoVis decision support system and QGIS plugins.
1 story · latest Jan 2026
- Forest land useHagfors
Happie Camp
Leases unused forest land for eco-glamping, giving forest owners an income stream that does not depend on logging.
1 story · latest Apr 2026
ICEYE
Operates one of the largest synthetic-aperture radar satellite constellations, imaging through cloud and darkness.
2 stories · latest Aug 2026
- Carbon & climateParis
Kanop
Measures forest carbon, biomass and canopy height from high-resolution satellite imagery for carbon project MRV.
2 stories · latest Jun 2026
- Harvesting & machinerySan Francisco
Kodama Systems
Teleoperated and autonomous forestry machines for thinning fire-prone forests, combined with biomass burial for carbon removal.
3 stories · latest Apr 2026
- Timber logistics & traceabilityMountain View
Kodiak AI
Driverless technology for heavy trucks, piloted for log haulage with West Fraser in Alberta.
1 story · latest May 2026
- Satellite & remote sensingHelsinki
KOKO Forest
Satellite and AI analysis of forest health, insect damage and climate risk, supplying national pest data in Finland.
1 story · latest Mar 2026
- Timber logistics & traceabilitySkellefteå
Mabema
Camera and laser systems that measure timber volume on log trucks, feeding Biometria's national measurement system.
1 story · latest Apr 2026
- Harvesting & machineryHyssna
Malwa Forest
Compact wheeled harvesters and forwarders for low-impact thinning. Komatsu Forest has agreed to acquire the company.
1 story · latest Apr 2026
- Planting & silvicultureSeattle
Mast Reforestation
Post-wildfire reforestation with its own nursery and seed bank, formerly known as DroneSeed.
1 story · latest Apr 2026
MiCROTEC
Scanning and optimisation for sawmills, including CT-Log, which X-rays whole logs to find knots, cracks and rot.
1 story · latest Oct 2025
Nordic Forestry Automation
AI perception for harvesters that supports operators during thinning, built on sensor fusion and computer vision.
4 stories · latest Jun 2026
- Planting & silvicultureStockholm
Nordluft Automation
Autonomous drone swarms that spread bioash and forest fertiliser from a truck-based station.
1 story · latest Jun 2026
- Inventory & mappingHollywood, FL
NV5 Global
Geospatial services that derive tree height, canopy cover and stem density from lidar and hyperspectral data.
1 story · latest May 2026
- WildfireMunich
OroraTech
Thermal-infrared satellite constellation for early wildfire detection and fire behaviour prediction.
4 stories · latest Jul 2026
OTMETKA
Stamps encrypted codes on logs at felling, giving each log a traceable identity from forest to sawmill.
1 story · latest Oct 2025
OXO Earth
Digital MRV for forest carbon credits, combining ground plots, satellite imagery and ESA-funded AI models.
1 story · latest Nov 2025
- WildfireSan Francisco
Pano AI
Wildfire detection from pan-tilt-zoom cameras, satellite data and AI, with human verification before alerts go out.
2 stories · latest Sep 2026
- Planting & silvicultureMontreal
Planteva
Seedling-as-a-service for North American nurseries, using Swedish vertical cultivation technology.
1 story · latest Sep 2025
- Planting & silvicultureKvissleby
PlantVation
QS GreenBox, an automated vertical cultivation system for forest seedlings with very small floor space.
1 story · latest Sep 2025
- Carbon & climateHelsinki
Puro.earth
Standard and registry for durable carbon removal credits, owned by Nasdaq.
1 story · latest Apr 2026
RFCx
Rainforest Connection: acoustic sensors and AI that detect illegal logging and identify species from forest sound.
1 story · latest Aug 2025
SkogsAI
AI decision support for Swedish forest owners, built on official Swedish forestry sources. Run by the editor of Boreal Tech Brief.
2 stories · latest May 2026
- WildfireToronto
Skyforest
Satellite-based wildfire risk and forest analytics software. Acquired by EarthDaily Analytics in 2025.
3 stories · latest Jul 2026
- Harvesting & machineryÖrnsköldsvik
Sleipner Robotics
Unmanned ground vehicles that use AI terrain interpretation to move through forest and mining terrain without roads.
1 story · latest May 2026
SonicFlora
Acoustic monitoring that listens to plants to detect stress in real time, with use cases in tree nurseries.
1 story · latest Sep 2025
SweTree Technologies
Precision breeding and automated somatic embryogenesis for forest seedlings, backed by the major Swedish forest companies.
2 stories · latest Jun 2026
- Harvesting & machineryPalo Alto
Teleo
Retrofit kit for remote and autonomous operation of heavy equipment, in use at log yards and pulp mills.
1 story · latest Sep 2025
- Inventory & mappingStockholm
Terra Labs
AI platform that inventories forests from satellite data and produces fully digital forest management plans.
4 stories · latest Sep 2026
TerraLab
Field data loggers for planting mapping, weed tracking and stand density, integrated with ArcGIS.
1 story · latest Jan 2026
- Satellite & remote sensingNorth Potomac
terraPulse
Global maps of tree cover, deforestation and land-use change from NASA and ESA imagery, back to 1984.
1 story · latest Mar 2026
TreeMetrics
ForestHQ combines satellite, drone and phone measurements for forest monitoring and carbon certification.
2 stories · latest Dec 2025
- Timber logistics & traceabilityBorlänge
Triona
Software for forestry supply chain, transport and operational planning, used by major Nordic forest companies.
1 story · latest Feb 2026
- Carbon & climateVancouver
veritree
Verification platform for tree planting and restoration, using satellite, drone and sensor data.
1 story · latest Jan 2026
Vidheim
Forest data and maps for decision support, including tree height and laser data maps, forest registers and valuation reports.
1 story · latest Dec 2025
Viltförvaltning.se
Drone and thermal-camera wildlife surveys with AI, replacing manual pellet counts for forest owners.
1 story · latest Mar 2026
- Inventory & mappingBoxholm
WoodComp
Open data on the world's wood fibre consumers: pulp mills, sawmills and their owners, mapped and kept current by AI agents with a human in the loop.
1 story · latest Aug 2026