Dutch deep-tech SME building fast 3D laser imaging for collision avoidance in autonomous urban transport systems.
Fastree3D is a Dutch technology SME specializing in fast 3D laser imaging — likely LiDAR or similar point-cloud sensing — designed for real-time perception of surroundings in urban environments. Their core product targets collision avoidance and situational awareness for autonomous and connected vehicles, as evidenced by their Fastsight proof-of-concept project framed explicitly around "safe and smarter urban transportation." Beyond sensing hardware or software, they have demonstrated relevance to cybersecurity in automated systems through their participation in SECREDAS, a major EU research initiative on reliable, dependable automated systems. They are a niche deep-tech SME bringing sensor-level perception technology into larger safety and autonomy ecosystems.
Their company name, product name (Fastsight), and F3D-Fastsight-PoC description all center on fast 3D laser sensing for detecting surroundings, which also contributed their sensing layer to SECREDAS.
F3D-Fastsight-PoC explicitly targets safe urban transportation through laser imaging to avoid collisions, positioning Fastree3D as a perception provider for autonomous mobility.
Participation in SECREDAS — a large RIA on Cyber Security for Cross Domain Reliable Dependable Automated Systems — indicates their technology is relevant to secure, safety-critical automated environments.
Both H2020 projects are recorded from 2018, making it impossible to trace a meaningful temporal shift in focus from the available data. What can be inferred is that in their earliest EU-funded phase, they pursued two parallel tracks simultaneously: commercial validation of their core sensing product (via the SME Phase 1 feasibility grant) and integration into a large security-oriented research consortium. With no later projects in the dataset, it is unclear whether they scaled the Fastsight product commercially, pivoted, or simply did not pursue further EU funding after 2018.
Based on available data, Fastree3D was positioning their LiDAR technology at the intersection of autonomous mobility and safety-critical systems security — a direction still highly relevant given the growth of automated vehicles, smart infrastructure, and safety certification requirements in Europe.
Fastree3D has participated exclusively as a consortium member and has never led an H2020 project, which is typical for early-stage deep-tech SMEs validating a product rather than coordinating research programs. Their participation in SECREDAS — a large RIA with 75 unique partners across 18 countries — suggests they operate as a specialist technology contributor within large multi-partner consortia, bringing a specific sensing capability rather than providing general coordination. Working with them means accessing a focused hardware or software component, not a broad research partner.
Fastree3D has collaborated with 75 unique partners across 18 countries, almost entirely through their participation in SECREDAS, which was a large pan-European consortium. Their network is broad geographically but shallow in terms of depth — driven by a single large project rather than repeated collaboration.
Fastree3D occupies a rare niche as a Dutch SME offering fast 3D laser imaging specifically engineered for real-time collision avoidance in urban settings — this is a hardware/software layer that most research consortia in autonomous mobility or smart city projects need but do not build themselves. Their combination of a commercial product proof-of-concept and validation within a serious EU cybersecurity and dependability program (SECREDAS) gives them credibility at both the market and safety-standards level. For consortium builders in autonomous transport, smart infrastructure, or safety-critical systems, they represent a ready technology module rather than a research-stage lab.
