Our Story
Maps have changed for good. We have moved from ‘best guess’ and ‘probably’ to a new era of accuracy and increased certainty in intelligence patterns. Geollect’s founders identified an opportunity to build on their foundation of experience in UK and US intelligence with the rapidly evolving disciplines of data science and location technologies to address these challenges.
In 2017, the founders of Geollect had an idea that quickly evolved into action.
We could see the rapid shift in data availability and the ever-growing requirements for solutions to make sense of that data. Geospatial is part of our DNA, so we knew that to make sense of all this data, we needed to leverage location technologies. We needed to map it to make sense of it. We knew that outdated methodologies would not work, but we knew that there was value in building on the solid foundation of intelligence best practices. So, we started on a journey to build a team that could harness the power of machine learning and advanced geospatial analysis to translate the enormous amount of powerful and actionable data intelligence into decisions and impactful benefits.


Our team started with 2 intelligence officers back in 2017 and is now a continuously expanding team of geospatial analysts, remote sensing experts, intelligence experts, software developers, data scientists, and data engineers. Everyone who joins the team shares the same ambition, passion for geospatial data, and eagerness to just get things done!
Throughout our journey we have recognised the value of partnerships. We have built and fostered partners across the globe who are like-minded organisations who sweat the details, value user experience, and have a passion for acting quickly and efficiently.
Within two years of founding, Geollect has grown a strong customer base across multiple sectors. We grew our capability from the first prototype built in a slides presentation to a catalogue of web-based solutions that look deeper, using pattern-of-life analysis and intelligence expertise to statistically describe normal operations in an area, corroborate social media and reporting agents in near real-time, and identify behaviours that put assets at greater risk.
Geollect History
2020 Scale Up
Empowering users with geospatial intelligence insights anywhere, anytime.
- North P&I Club, partnered with Geollect, wins the 2020 SAFETY4SEA Technology Award
- West P&I Club launches Neptune, a global information portal built by Geollect
- Sight, Situational Insights for Global Health Trends, launched
- Soldiering On Awards Business Scale Up of the Year
- Geonius, a proprietary asset tracking and alerting tool is launched
- Geollect selected for first ever GCHQ mentoring programme
- Geollect recognised for providing ground-breaking services in support of tracking Covid-19
- Geollect part of Amazon’s AWS expansion into the aerospace and satellite industry
- Channel partner and integrator agreement with Kleos
- Staff numbers triple
2019 Growth and Development
Growth beyond insurance into defence and cruise sectors.
- Staff numbers double.
- Pharos Mission Critical Partnership.
- Soldiering On Awards – Business Startup of the Year 2019 Finalist
- English Veterans Awards – Entrepreneur of the Year
- Trade & Transport Impact Programme Winners
- Finalists for Geo Business Awards
2018 Market Entry
Immediate impact, product recognition.
- Staff numbers double.
- Our products save clients over $650 million.
- Selected as part of the first Lloyds Lab.
- Worked with the UK Ministry of Defence Joint Innovation Hub.
- Named in Public’s Top 65 Start-ups Improving Frictionless Trade.
- Keynote speakers at UK Maritime and Disaster Security Expo.
- Panel Speaker at the British Romanian Trade Summit.
2017 Start Up
Geollect launches.
- The Geollect journey began in January 2017.
- First contract signed in October with global leading P&I Club.
- Official launch at the UK Security Expo in London.
- Selected as Esri Emerging Business Partner.