Spotr
Founded 2021 · 26 employees on LinkedIn · 1 known investors
Spotr uses computer vision to build visual profiles of properties from address lists, analyzing roofs, façades, context and interiors to detect materials, condition and typology. It applies use-case-specific scoring and delivers property insights through a visual platform or API.
Also known as Octo · Spotr.ai
Investors · 1
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Spotr (Spotr.ai) is a Netherlands-based software company that performs automated, remote inspections of buildings using artificial intelligence and computer vision. Starting from a list of addresses, it collects imagery and data — roof, façade, context and interior images — to assemble a visual profile of each property, then applies image recognition to identify materialization, condition, building elements and typology, and to derive measurements. Use-case-specific scoring surfaces the properties requiring attention, and results are delivered through a visual platform or exported via API.
The company positions two primary applications: helping insurers detect and prevent underinsurance and other property risks, and helping housing associations replace physical property visits with virtual inspections to reduce travel cost and time and support compliance. Additional stated uses include identifying roofs suitable for solar panels, condition surveys, maintenance planning, objective building measurements, lead generation and assessment of physical climate risk. Via an EFRO (European Regional Development Fund) grant, Spotr is developing modules for automated data collection to predict building energy performance.
The underlying data is drawn from imagery captured by satellites, aircraft, drones and vehicles, as well as images taken by inspectors and tenants, and is used to take measurements, run condition surveys and identify upgrade potential in real estate.
Founding story
The company was founded in 2015 under the name Octo by CEO Dirk Huibers together with Marieke Dijksma and Tara Campagne, building a SaaS tool that uses image recognition and AI to gather and maintain asset management data.
Business model
Software-as-a-service: customers supply address lists and receive automated building profiles, scores and insights through Spotr's web platform or via API. The site offers pricing, demo requests and quotes, indicating a sales-led commercial motion; development of energy-performance modules is partly supported by an EFRO fund.
Traction
As of mid-2021 the company reported monitoring and inspecting more than 250,000 buildings in the Netherlands and had recently launched in the UK with 10 housing corporations set to begin inspecting their portfolios. Customer testimonials cite reduced inspection times, such as surveying an estate in four hours instead of three days.
Latest developments
Spotr's blog announces that the company secured 4.5 million in funding to build what it describes as the world's most reliable and largest image-driven property database. Other recent posts address AI tooling for housing associations and the reliability of AI-generated inspection reports. The site also notes ongoing development, through an EFRO fund, of modules for automated data collection to predict energy performance.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
Positioned as an AI-driven remote building inspection and property data provider for the Dutch and UK insurance and social housing markets, claiming to serve influential insurers and housing associations.
Requires only a list of addresses as input, combining multi-source imagery (satellite, aerial, drone, vehicle, inspector and tenant photos) with computer vision and use-case-specific scoring, so portfolio-scale inspections can be completed remotely rather than through on-site visits.
Technology
Computer vision and AI models applied to exterior and interior building imagery sourced from satellites, airplanes, drones, cars and photos taken by inspectors and tenants. The models recognize materialization, condition, typology and building elements, derive measurements, and feed use-case-specific scoring; outputs are surfaced in a visual platform or exported by API.
Go-to-market
Direct enterprise sales supported by demo and quote requests on its website, customer case studies and referenceable users among insurers, housing associations and consultancies. Expansion into the UK was launched with an initial group of 10 housing corporations adopting the software for portfolio inspections.
Insurers and housing associations are the primary segments; the customer base also includes engineering and consulting firms (e.g. Sweco Consultants), portfolio and asset managers, and real-estate/property owners managing large building portfolios.
Geography
Headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands, with operations concentrated in the Netherlands and a launch in the United Kingdom.
History
Founded as Octo in 2015 in the Netherlands and later operating as Spotr.ai from The Hague, the company built an image-recognition platform for building and asset data. It raised a €2.5 million seed round in June 2021 from Volta Ventures, InnovationQuarter and Concrete Ventures, at which point it monitored over 250,000 Dutch buildings and entered the UK market. Its blog subsequently announced a 4.5 million funding round to build an image-driven property database.
Compiled by commissioned research from 7 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 3
launches, deals, and filingsA company blog post announces that Spotr secured 4.5 million in funding to build what it describes as the world's most reliable and largest image-driven property database. Currency and exact date are not stated.
Spotr.ai announced the completion of a €2.5 million ($3M) seed funding round backed by Volta Ventures, InnovationQuarter and Concrete Ventures.
$3M source ↗
Spotr reported a recent UK launch, with 10 housing corporations beginning to inspect their real estate portfolios using its software.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
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primary sources listed
- Spotrspotr.ai · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Spotr do?
- Dutch AI company that remotely inspects buildings at scale from imagery to assess condition, risk and underinsurance.
- Who are Spotr's investors?
- Spotr's investors include Volta Ventures.