Company

The nature and climate intelligence company of 3Bee.

Founded in 2017 as a sensor company for pollinators, 3Bee grew into the platform and the expert team behind XNatura: 200+ projects, 12 countries, six products, one standard we helped write.

The XNatura and 3Bee team in front of the greenhouse at the headquarters

Credentials

Who stands behind the signature on your report.

The Italian standard

UNI/PdR 179:2025, the national reference practice for measuring biodiversity. We led the group that wrote it.

European Commission

Our CEO joined the Nature Credits Expert Group in 2025: the panel that advises the Commission on nature credits.

Two EU grants

From the European Innovation Council, the EU programme for high-risk innovation: SME Instrument 2019, EIC Accelerator 2024.

200+ projects

The same method applied across infrastructure, energy, agrifood, real estate, finance and the public sector.

  1. 20173Bee founded in Milan. First IoT sensors for beekeepers.
  2. 2019EIC SME Instrument. Sensors become a biodiversity monitoring network.
  3. 2022XNatura platform: satellite layers, digital twins of sites, first corporate baselines.
  4. 2024EIC Accelerator. 10,000 sensors in the field, 200 projects.
  5. 2025Project leader of UNI/PdR 179, the Italian biodiversity standard. Member of the EC Nature Credits Expert Group.
  6. 2026Six XN products: Clima, FireSight, Water, VMS, Nature, Reporting.

The team behind your projects

The best sector experts in the world, each one worth ten.

Biologists, faunal zoologists, agronomists, environmental engineers, ESG strategists, GIS and remote-sensing analysts, data scientists. They wrote the Italian biodiversity standard, they sit in the European Commission's Nature Credits group, and they sign every deliverable you receive.

40+in-house nature, climate and ESG specialists
7disciplines under one roof
10years of track record
UNI/PdR 179Italian biodiversity standard, project leader (2025)
ECNature Credits Expert Group, European Commission
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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

When was 3Bee founded, and when did XNatura launch?

3Bee was founded in Milan in 2017 building IoT sensors for beekeepers; the XNatura platform followed in 2022.

What funding has XNatura's technology received?

3Bee, the company behind XNatura, received the EIC SME Instrument in 2019 and the EIC Accelerator in 2024 from the European Innovation Council, funding that scaled its sensor network to 10,000 devices across 200 projects.

How large is the XNatura team?

40+ specialists across ecology, climate science, data and engineering: the expert team that signs every XNatura deliverable.

What is XNatura's role in the UNI/PdR 179:2025 biodiversity standard?

XNatura is the project leader of UNI/PdR 179, the Italian biodiversity credit standard, and a member of the European Commission's Nature Credits Expert Group.

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