EagleView Technologies
| Industry | Technology |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2008 |
| Founder | Dave Carlson & Chris Pershing |
| Headquarters | Bothell, Washington |
| Products | Aerial imagery, Data analytics & GIS solutions |
| Owner | Vista Equity Partners |
| Website | eagleview |
EagleView is a technology provider of aerial imagery, data analytics and geographic information system solutions based in Bothell, Washington in the Seattle metropolitan area with operations in Rochester, New York. The company was founded by Chris Pershing and Dave Carlson in 2008. EagleView merged with aerial image company Pictometry International in 2013 and was acquired by Vista Equity Partners in June 2015.
EagleView was founded in 2008. After talking with his brother-in-law Dave Carlson, who was a roofing salesperson at the time, software engineer Chris Pershing came up with the idea to develop software that could measure a roof using photography. Pershing found that aerial photography provided a close view with high resolutions that were able to obtain accurate roof measurements. Using a birdhouse as a model, Pershing developed software that uses algorithms to infer size, shape, pitch and area of the roof.
Pershing filed the first EagleView patent in spring 2007. The company launched in early 2008 and brought on Chris Barrow, a tech executive, a few months later to be CEO with Pershing as the company’s CTO. On December 13, 2011, EagleView's first U.S. patent was issued. The company merged with aerial image company Pictometry International in 2013.
In 2012, EagleView provided tens of thousands of roof and wall reports in response to the damage done by Hurricane Sandy. The 3D modeling and measurements of the properties’ roofs and walls assisted in analyzing the storm’s effects on homes and buildings quicker and with more accuracy. The company provided the same service in response to the 2013 Oklahoma tornadoes.
In January 2014, Verisk Analytics announced a $650 million acquisition of EagleView Technologies in order to add an image library encompassing about 90 percent of U.S. structures. 11 months later, the takeover failed following a vote by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) due to antitrust concerns.
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