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FatMap
Web & mobile outdoor platform
- 21-100 employees
- B2C
- Travel
- Deep Tech
- SaaS
- Sports
- Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
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Company mission
From mountains to deserts, oceans to forests, and beyond - FATMAP wants to make these extraordinary places and their endless possibilities more accessible.
Our take
Launched in 2015, FatMap is a high-resolution 3D global map platform aimed at hikers and adventure sports enthusiasts. With its detailed maps and relevant information on route planning and terrain, FatMap was designed in conjunction with leading athletes and local guides.
Though it’s true that Google, a far larger company, has already created some features for its map app that are focused on adventure sports, FatMap’s application is far more detail and context-oriented and based on an ethos of sustainability. This comes as no surprise as one of its founders was a member of the British Ski Mountaineering team.
Between its founding and 2018, FatMap gained two sets of seed and early VC funding each and has expanded its map service and digital flythroughs from France to over 50 countries. The app itself is in competition with MemoryMap, ViewRanger, and Strava when it comes to resort and on-piste map tracking. These are far larger companies with a grip on the adventure holiday industry, but when it comes to off-piste route and terrain-generating intelligence, FatMap is in a league of its own and has the backing of leading skiers and snowboarders.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- 3 inspiring office hubs in Chamonix, Berlin and Vilnius
- Flexible and remote working - working adventure trips are encouraged
- Really awesome technical setup (laptop, screens, headset etc.) of your choice
- All your outdoor gear at pro pricing
- Career celebrations
- Unlimited reference and learning materials - for your work and adventures!
- Regular team/company trips to outdoor adventure destinations
- Free use of our Chamonix apartment - 100m from the lift and surrounded by the biggest mountain range in Europe! With a stash of gear including tents, bouldering mats, sleeping bags, harnesses, ropes to borrow for free any time you like
Company values
- Outdoor experiences are a profound source of pleasure and joy. Moments to break from our increasingly connected, hyper-urban daily lives that not only help to improve our mental and physical health but also contribute to our overall happiness.
- By enabling more people to experience the wonders of our world FatMap hopes to help build greater respect for it and in turn protect it. This doesn’t have to mean crowds or higher pressure on our beauty spots, but instead better ways to share adventures with one another. FatMap believes this helps our relationships, local economies, and a sustainable future for the planet, but more importantly, is the way to enjoy life.
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Apr 2020
$16.5m
SERIES A
Jul 2019
$1.3m
GRANT
Total funding: $30.7m
Leadership
Misha Gopaul
(Co-Founder)Previously Director at Abide Financial, Images&Co and Advanced 365
David Cowell
(Co-Founder)Currently CTO at Snonav. Previously Principal Engineer at VoiceVault and Solutions Architect at Midi Consulting.