Based in Japan and India. Has led to 1 successful fundraise in Japan. Been working the space of Venture Capital and Private Equity for the last 3 years.

Today ClimaCell a software-based hyper-local weather forecasting company announced that the company has closed 15 million in Series A funding ClimaCell creates proprietary weather observation data from wireless networks that then feed into its models The results pinpoint weather prediction down to city-block-level granularity in real-time and at one minute intervals 6 hours in the future for businesses and government agencies

Canaan led the financing round with participation from Fontinalis Partners as well as existing investor Square Peg Capital The latest investment will be used to accelerate ClimaCell’s expansion outside of the U S , speed product development efforts and support new hires

Nearly 3 trillion of the U S economy’s GDP is at risk due to weather every year and ClimaCell’s technology is poised to help verticals like aviation insurance financial services logistics and defense change that said Rich Boyle General Partner at Canaan who is joining ClimaCell’s board By shifting from forecasting to more accurate granular real-time predictions – what we call nowcasting ClimaCell is changing the way massive industries assess manage and make decisions around weather risk ”

ClimaCell’s current offerings which serve customers in financial services broadcast media retail construction aviation automotive and on-demand economy companies currently include HyperCast a web-based interactive HD weather map which provides street-level precision that is 10x better than other weather sources and BroadCast API which opens up ClimaCell’s unique weather sensing technology to be integrated with any digital enterprise or to be offered as part of any SaaS-based solution

The ClimaCell team is excited about the opportunities in the market and the ability to rapidly scale our technology worldwide said Shimon Elkabetz CEO and Co-Founder ClimaCell We are thrilled about the support and confidence we have received from our investors and look forward to continuing to provide the most accurate weather data technologies to our customers ”

While ClimaCell’s software serves a variety of industries some of its most impactful and immediate use cases lie in the aviation and mobility sectors As a result the company has attracted investment from leading venture capital firms within each of these industries

ClimaCell’s technology also gives organizations across the mobility space a similar ability to reduce weather-related inefficiencies and to incorporate real-time weather data into business processes Fontinalis invests in the most impactful companies across mobility said Chris Cheever co-founder and partner at Fontinalis ClimaCell’s cutting-edge technology enables the mobility industry to harness weather data in entirely new ways driving operational efficiencies and unlocking new value for businesses in mobility sub-sectors such as aviation connected cars logistics on-demand services and many others We are excited about the opportunity and to be affiliated with this great team and group of investors ”

About ClimaCell
ClimaCell Inc is a Boston-based weather technology company that provides high-definition weather forecasting tools to businesses and governments worldwide ClimaCell is the first to offer instant access to actionable street-level weather data in real-time For more information please visit www climacell co and follow on Twitter @WeatherRevealed

About Canaan
Canaan is an early stage venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs with visionary ideas Over the past 30 years and with 5B under management a diversified fund and over 190 exits to date Canaan has invested in some of the world’s leading technology and healthcare companies Canaan’s focus areas include fintech enterprise/cloud marketplaces frontier tech biopharma digital health and medtech To learn more about our people and our portfolio please visit canaan com

About Fontinalis Partners
Fontinalis Partners with offices in Detroit and Boston is a venture capital firm strategically focused on next-generation mobility The firm was founded in 2009 by Bill Ford Ralph Booth Chris Cheever Chris Thomas and Mark Schulz Fontinalis invests across all facets of the world’s mobility systems on a stage- and size-agnostic basis More information is available at www fontinalis com

About SquarePeg
Square Peg is a global technology venture capital investor with offices in Australia Israel and the United States Our approach is to back outstanding entrepreneurs solving big problems in a differentiated way We are a group of individuals united by a passion for technology and its potential to change our world We partner with outstanding entrepreneurs that are building online and technology leaders of tomorrow and support them by leveraging our decades of experience building investing in and advising technology businesses from start-up to multi-billion dollar public enterprises

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