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GEOMATRIX UAB

Lithuanian geospatial SME building Sentinel satellite applications for agriculture and engaging in European remote sensing industry development.

Technology SMEspaceLTSMENo active H2020 projectsThin data (2/5)
H2020 projects
2
As coordinator
1
Total EC funding
€196K
Unique partners
8
What they do

Their core work

GEOMATRIX UAB is a Lithuanian geospatial technology SME based in Vilnius, specialising in earth observation and remote sensing applications built on EU Copernicus Sentinel satellite data. Their documented work includes developing satellite-based information services for the agriculture sector — translating raw Sentinel imagery into actionable crop and land management insights. Beyond product development, they have participated in European-level efforts to strengthen the commercial competitiveness of remote sensing companies, working across industry clusters on internationalisation and market access. They operate at the junction of space technology and practical business application, translating public satellite infrastructure into commercially viable tools.

Core expertise

What they specialise in

Sentinel satellite data applicationsprimary
2 projects

SAGRIS directly built an agriculture information service on Sentinel data; PARSEC involved the broader remote sensing ecosystem where EO data products are central.

Agriculture information servicesprimary
1 project

SAGRIS (2017–2018) was specifically a Sentinels-based Agriculture Information Service Component, coordinated by GEOMATRIX under the SME Instrument.

Remote sensing industry developmentsecondary
1 project

PARSEC (2019–2021) focused on promoting the international competitiveness of European remote sensing companies through cross-cluster collaboration.

SME internationalisation and market accessemerging
1 project

PARSEC keywords include 'access to capital' and 'internationalisation support', indicating exposure to business development beyond pure technical work.

Evolution & trajectory

How they've shifted over time

Early focus
Sentinel-based agriculture application
Recent focus
EO industry competitiveness and internationalisation

In their first H2020 project (2017–2018), GEOMATRIX was focused squarely on technology application — building a working agriculture information service on top of Sentinel satellite data as a coordinator, a typical SME Instrument phase-1 feasibility play. By 2019–2021, their second project shifted emphasis toward the European EO market ecosystem: internationalisation support, access to capital, and cross-cluster competitiveness rather than direct product development. This suggests they moved from building a product to positioning themselves within the commercial remote sensing industry as both a practitioner and an industry participant.

GEOMATRIX appears to be evolving from single-product EO application development toward broader European remote sensing market engagement — a trajectory that suits consortium roles in space-economy or Copernicus downstream service projects.

Collaboration profile

How they like to work

Role: active_partnerReach: European6 countries collaborated

GEOMATRIX has taken the coordinator role in a small, focused SME Instrument project and the participant role in a larger Innovation Action — showing adaptability rather than a fixed position. Their coordination experience is limited to the compact SME-1 format (€50k feasibility study), which reflects entrepreneurial initiative but not large-consortium management experience. With only 8 total partners across 6 countries, their network is modest and internationally distributed, suggesting they work best in focused, specialist roles within mid-sized consortia.

GEOMATRIX has collaborated with 8 partners across 6 countries, a small but geographically spread network typical of SME Instrument and cluster-type projects. Their partnerships span both direct technology development (SAGRIS) and cross-cluster industry collaboration (PARSEC), giving them contacts in both the EO application and EO business development communities.

Why partner with them

What sets them apart

GEOMATRIX occupies a niche as one of few Lithuanian SMEs with documented Copernicus Sentinel application development experience, which gives them a Central/Eastern European anchor point useful for geographically balanced consortia. Their dual exposure — hands-on EO product development in SAGRIS and EO industry ecosystem work in PARSEC — means they can contribute both as a technical implementer and as a bridge to Baltic/CEE remote sensing markets. For a consortium building a downstream Copernicus service or a space-economy innovation project, they offer a credible SME voice from an underrepresented EU geography.

Notable projects

Highlights from their portfolio

  • SAGRIS
    GEOMATRIX coordinated this project under the competitive SME Instrument phase 1, demonstrating enough commercial potential to win EU funding for a Sentinel-based precision agriculture service — a strong signal of product-market ambition.
  • PARSEC
    With €146,212 in funding as a participant in this Innovation Action, PARSEC represents their largest H2020 engagement and connected them to the European remote sensing industry cluster ecosystem, expanding beyond their single-product origin.
Cross-sector capabilities
agriculturesecuritydigitalinnovation_sme_support
Analysis note: Profile rests on only 2 projects, and SAGRIS carries no keyword metadata — early-period characterisation is inferred from the project title alone. Conclusions about expertise and evolution are plausible but should be verified against the organisation's website or project deliverables before use in high-stakes matchmaking.