DARES TECHNOLOGY SL

Their core work

DARES Technology is a Barcelona-based SME specializing in real-time ground motion monitoring using satellite, drone, and ground-based radar imagery. They provide slope stability and subsidence monitoring services for infrastructure protection, mining operations, and natural hazard management. Their core product, MotionMapper, combines multi-source radar data to detect ground deformation and prevent disasters in real time. They also contribute Earth observation and data fusion capabilities to projects in the mining and extractive industries sector.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

DARES began with a clear focus on natural hazard monitoring — landslides, floods, and engineering modeling for infrastructure resilience (2017-2018). By 2020, their focus expanded toward the extractive industries, applying their radar and Earth observation expertise to mining operations covering exploration, extraction, closure, safety, and sustainability. This shift represents a strategic pivot from disaster response toward industrial applications where continuous ground monitoring has direct commercial value.

DARES is moving from natural hazard research toward commercial Earth observation services for the mining sector, suggesting future collaborations should target resource extraction, site safety, and environmental compliance monitoring.

How they like to work

DARES splits evenly between leading and joining projects — they coordinated both MotionMapper phases (demonstrating product ownership) while participating as a specialist in larger consortia like HERCULES and Goldeneye. With 32 unique partners across 20 countries from just 4 projects, they operate in broad, diverse consortia rather than a tight recurring network. This suggests they are easy to integrate into new partnerships and comfortable working across institutional and cultural boundaries.

Despite only 4 projects, DARES has built a remarkably wide network of 32 partners across 20 countries, reflecting the large international consortia typical of MSCA and Innovation Action projects. Their reach is pan-European with no apparent geographic concentration.

What sets them apart

DARES occupies a niche at the intersection of radar remote sensing, real-time ground monitoring, and commercial service delivery — a combination rare among SMEs. Their successful progression through both phases of the SME Instrument (Phase 1 feasibility to Phase 2 scale-up with €1.4M funding) demonstrates a validated product with market traction, not just a research concept. For consortium builders, they bring both a proven monitoring technology platform and direct experience commercializing EU-funded research.

Highlights from their portfolio

• MOTIONMAPPER
  Largest project at €1.4M (SME-2 phase), representing successful scale-up of their core ground motion monitoring product from feasibility to market.
• Goldeneye
  Marks their strategic expansion into mining sector Earth observation, combining GNSS and EO data for the full mine lifecycle from exploration to closure.
• HERCULES
  MSCA-RISE project connecting DARES to an international research network focused on geohazard-resilient infrastructure under climate change.