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Gaist

Digital mapping company

Company overview

Gaist captures and analyses continuous, high-definition imagery – 900 times the detail of Google Maps – about road conditions and the highways network.

The company has developed this into revolutionary and IP-rich proprietary software, which can be imported into the asset management systems of highways network operators, local authorities, mapping companies, major utilities and other blue-chip firms.

Website
gaist.co.uk

Company information

Head office
  • Lancaster
CEO
  • Steve Birdsall
Chair
BGF office
BGF team
Investment date
  • May 2018
Total BGF investment
  • £2.7 million

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