Felt is a cloud-native Geographic Information Systems (GIS) platform that connects cloud data sources and enables nontechnical teams to build high-performance spatial tools. The product injects AI and generative AI across common GIS workflows to cut deployment times by 75% and make spatial insights more accessible across organizations. Felt counts customers such as MSCI, Arevon, Cambridge Systematics, INTENT, and the County of Santa Barbara Department of Public Works, and was used by Northern Arizona University to rapidly deploy a fire-prevention tool. The company targets the $9.8 billion GIS market by reducing reliance on specialized GIS expertise and lowering costs tied to legacy tools and consulting. Founded in 2021 and headquartered in Oakland, California, Felt emphasizes intuitive design combined with cloud-native performance. The company plans to use new capital to expand its team and product offerings, including Felt AI development and data analysis tools. Felt builds a collaborative web platform that makes it easy for people to create maps by integrating datasets into map backgrounds. Its data library enables users to add layers such as wildfires, smoke patterns and census data, and users can copy, comment on, and collaborate on maps and team projects. The company has launched a private beta to learn about early adopters and engagement, and plans a consumer free tier while prioritizing paying customers who use mapping in their workflows. Felt has said it will prioritize climate-data integrations and is designing accountability measures to limit misuse of mapping information. The startup is Oakland-based and operates as a fully distributed six-person team; it plans to hire front-end, back-end, and product engineers as well as product and brand designers with the new funding. Founder Sam Hashemi previously built Remix, which was acquired by Via for $100 million.

Total raised

$20M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

Jul 2025