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Introduction

Optimal Cities aims to Make Cities That Heal by providing a digital planning companion to create interoperable Plans that Evolve as the World Changes.

Our Spatial Decision Support System helps Urban Planners and Authorities plan healthy and prosperous places quickly and precisely by leveraging our GeoAI, intuitive mapping tools and satellite-derived indicators for multi-use applications in planning and development, including:
– Urban planning,
– Urban management & monitoring,
– Urban mobility,
– Masterplanning,
– Local planning & Technical evidence base
– Land search and analysis,
– Infrastructure planning,
– Neighbourhood planning,
– Real Estate Portofolio Management,
– Health Impact Assessments,
– Environmental Impact Assessments.

By using Optimal Cities, our users can save up to 80% of time spent on urban analysis and planning and improve 60% of factors influencing human health. We demonstrated our technology with:

1) Pilots validated by Urban Planners, Local Authorities and OEM in the areas of Public Health Planning and Management, Regeneration, Air&Land Mobility Integration and Decarbonisation, Active Travel, Urban Management and Monitoring.

2) Projects funded by the European Space Agency, Connected Places Catapult, Satellite Applications Catapult, Department for Transport, InnovateUK, Ordnance Survey.

3) Core Team with experience in +1000 projects in Urban Planning, GeoAI, Public Health, Urban Economy, Real Estate Development, Earth Observation, Re/Insurance, Financial Sector Services, Telecoms.

5) Awarded the best geospatial start-up during London Tech Week, included in the Seraphim Space Accelerator as one of the top 1% SpaceTech companies, double-nominated at Innovate Zero, nominated at Geovation Awards and The Earthshot Prize 2024.

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Industry recognition

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Optimal Cities awarded funding to develop regenerative planning projects that connect people and nature
2025
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Optimal Cities selected in top SpaceTech companies
2023
Award
Optimal Cities awarded Transport Research and Innovation Grant
2023
Award
Optimal Cities awarded grant in the Future of Air Mobility program
2024
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Optimal Cities featured in Financial Times' Sifted
2023
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Optimal Cities featured at the UN General Assembly
2023

Useful links

LinkedIn
Company Updates - LinkedIn
Making Cities That Heal - The Next Chapter in Urban Planning
The Trilemma: Making thriving places for People, Nature, Portfolios Planning a healthy city is a complex task, involving many factors like public health, housing, green space, viability, policy, infrastructure, soil, air and water quality. It’s hard to get all of these things right, and even harder to keep them balanced.
Optimal Cities - Partners, Supporters & Affiliations
Our Partners, Supporters and Affiliations