Intensel Limited

Companies are not set up with the necessary scientific expertise to measure, assess and report on complex climate-related risks. Moreover, rising expectations by regulators to disclose on climate risks places a burden on teams. Meaningful analysis requires highly granular, asset-level data which are often not available.  By providing in-depth intelligence on dollar-value financial losses from climate change at the asset level in minutes, Intensel’s platform addresses these challenges and fills the gap for a capability that most corporations do not possess in-house.  Asset managers can quantify the impact of climate-related hazards on individual assets in their portfolio and respond proactively to key disclosure requirements or undertake portfolio reallocation for risk mitigation.  Beyond disclosure, real estate investors can screen for key risks in existing investments and potentially reduce their losses via building mitigation or retrofits, or to conduct due diligence prior to investment to avoid losses, especially in high-risk locations such as coastal cities.   Climate risk analysis on supply chains can allow managers to minimise downtime or business interruption days or minimise water scarcity risk, especially for semiconductors, mining and fashion industries.

Intensel offers three AI-based climate risk analytics platforms: Blueswan, Blackswan, and Whiteswan. 1) Blueswan is a comprehensive climate risk analytics solution, 2) Blackswan is a platform for flood analysis, and 3) Whiteswan is a platform for identifying opportunities due to climate change.

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Intensel offers three AI-based climate risk analytics platforms: Blueswan, Blackswan, and Whiteswan. 1) Blueswan is a comprehensive climate risk analytics solution, 2) Blackswan is a platform for flood analysis, and 3) Whiteswan is a platform for identifying opportunities due to climate change.Intensel’s proprietary climate risk analytics provide portfolio and asset-level analysis for climate-informed decision making. The company incorporates future climate scenarios over multiple time zones to model asset vulnerabilities and calculates financial value-at-risk (VaR). Furthermore, Intensel offers customers with Intensel TCFD Climate Risk Report together with Intensel Climate Risk &amp; Opportunity Assessment for climate-related risk disclosures.Intensel’s pilot-stage customers include Dragon Capital, Hang Lung Properties, SilverCrest Metals, Towngas, and Jardine Matheson.&nbsp;

Tomorrow.io (formerly called ClimaCell) is a short-term weather analytics platform, serving businesses across a wide range of industries, including aviation, energy, insurance, on-demand companies, professional sports and venues, and logistics, as well as government agencies globally.The company’s proprietary Weather and Climate Security platform uses machine learning to translate hyperlocal forecasts into actionable insights for business decision-making. The platform aggregates real-time data from existing numerical weather prediction models to provide customized climate risk dashboards and alerts for businesses using AI and machine learning. Tomorrow.io’s key value proposition is its five-day advanced warning on adverse weather.In May 2023, the company launched its first satellite, Tomorrow-R1, the world’s first commercially built weather-radar satellite. Tomorrow.io launched a second satellite (R2) in <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/19726">June 2023 </a>. This makes Tomorrow.io the first company to launch precipitation radar-equipped satellites following NASA’s GPM satellite.Key customers and partnershipsTomorrow.io was serving 1,000+ customers as of November 2022, which included some high-profile clients such as Microsoft, Uber Technologies, Ford Motor Company, Delta Airlines, JetBlue Airways, National Grid and the U.S. Air Force.Funding and financialsTomorrow.io’s most recent funding was in <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/19726">June 2023 </a>, when it raised USD 87 million in a Series E funding round led by Activate Capital. The funds were used to launch the complete constellation of 20 satellites. In March 2021, Tomorrow.io raised USD 77 million in a Series D funding round led by Stonecourt Capital, to launch more radar-equipped satellites and to improve the company's overall product offering.

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Climavision offers an AI-powered radar-as-a-service solution to provide real-time weather prediction models and analytics. Climavision was a spin-off of Enterprise Electronics Corporation (EEC), a weather radar and satellite service provider. The company develops a private network of weather radars and satellites to fill in the coverage gaps across existing National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and National Weather Service (NWS) systems. This reportedly allows Climavision to collect additional data points to provide more accurate weather predictions than those solutions that only use legacy weather data.Climavision’s product offering includes Radar-As-A-Service (RaaS), Numerical Weather Prediction with GPS Radio Occultation (RO), and Numerical Weather Prediction with GPS-RO+ Radar. 1) RaaS provides real-time weather data, via Climavision's proprietary sensing network. 2) Numerical Weather Prediction with GPS-RO is a numerical weather prediction model. 3) Numerical Weather Prediction with GPS-RO+ Radar leverages the real-time power of Climavision’s sensing network. In <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/21793">September 2023</a>, Climavision installed its weather X-Band weather radar system in Alabama, to fill a low-level coverage gap in the Appalachian Plateau region. &nbsp;In <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/30169">June 2024</a>, the company launched a new product suite called Horizon AI to support the renewable energy sector. The suite improves the accuracy and scope of forecasting models by integrating machine learning and AI-based tools.In <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/30156">May 2024</a>, Climavision acquired Intersphere, a sub-seasonal to seasonal (S2S) weather forecasting platform (up to a year in advance), to enhance AI-powered weather prediction.&nbsp;Key customers and partnershipsIn June 2022, the company partnered with GE Digital, a provider of machine data to produce analytics and insights, to support the latter’s customers, improve their weather prediction ability, and better plan for severe storm events. Previously, in February 2022, the company added Cargill, a food and agricultural company to its customer portfolio.In June 2021, Climavision also entered into a strategic collaboration with GeoOptics, an Earth remote-sensing provider, to improve its weather forecasting solutions.Funding and financialsClimavision’s most recent funding round was in June 2021, when it raised USD 100 million in a Series A funding round led by The Rise Fund.

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Jupiter Intelligence provides climate risk analytics solutions across private and public sectors by incorporating AI and machine learning for predictive climate modeling. Jupiter covers a range of natural disasters such as flood, wind, heat, cold, wildfire, drought and water stress, hail, and extreme precipitation.As of November 2022, the company offered its solutions across 30+ companies in the Global 2000, US Department of Defense, and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Jupiter serves across 20 sectors including banking, chemicals, insurance, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, and construction and provides customers with access to nearly 150 trillion data fields using cloud-based supercomputing. The company offers its risk analytics solutions via web-based applications, reports, through an API, and consulting engagements.Jupiter’s ClimateScore Intelligence Platform claims to predict natural disasters from one-hour to 50+ years in advance. The company also offers a ClimateScore Planning suite, which includes FloodScore, HeatScore, WindScore, FireScore and ClimateScore Global solutions for climate risk assessment. As of November 2022, Jupiter’s platform was priced at USD 1 million per year and upward.Key customers and partnershipsIn June 2022, the company partnered with Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to incorporate Jupiter’s climate analytics into BCG’s ClimateImpact.AI platform. In August 2022, Jupiter collaborated with Aon, a professional services firm, to address climate change for financial institutions’ balance sheets, identification of climate risks, and quantification of climate-related disclosure regulations. In January 2023, the company partnered with <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/15706">FORVIS </a>, an accounting and advisory company, to develop a climate risk modeling tool. In March 2024, Jupiter entered into a strategic agreement with <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/27657">Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) </a>, an NYSE-listed real estate and investment management company, to provide AI-powered climate risk analytics for properties and portfolios. In <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/33631">September 2024</a>, the company partnered with DNV, an assurance and risk management provider, to launch climate-driven hail risk service for solar PV across North America.&nbsp;Jupiter’s customers include Hawaiian Electric, Zurich, conEdison, bp, Liberty Mutual, QBE, MS&amp;AS Insurance, Terna, Bephila, New York City, City of Miami, NASA, and US Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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ClimateAi provides climate risk modeling solutions across global supply chains. The company states that its digital platform monitors short-term, seasonal, and long-term climate risks, ranging from one day to 50+ years into the future. ClimateAi’s proprietary AI modeling platform optimizes supply chain operations from production planning, demand estimation, and inventory management to ensure minimum climate disruption across supply chains. The company also launched its Enterprise Climate Planning (ECP) platform, to quantify climate impacts and provide business-specific insights in order to mitigate climate risks across supply chains.Key customers and partnershipsAs of November 2022, the company was working with 20+ food and agricultural companies across 35 countries.Funding and financialsClimateAi’s most recent funding was in April 2023, when it raised <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/17753">USD 22 million </a>in a Series B funding round led by Four Rivers Group. Previously in July 2021, the company raised USD 12 million in a Series A funding round led by Radical Ventures. The proceeds were utilized to expand its platform offering from existing food and agricultural companies to other industry supply chains. Part of the funds were also used to expand the company’s geographical footprint across India and Japan.

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Floodbase (formerly Cloud to street (C2S)) is a flood intelligence platform powered by satellites, machine learning, and on-the-ground observation data to track flood-events in real time. The company’s proprietary satellite imagery, historical data, and flood modeling provide governments and insurance companies with precise data to monitor people and assets at risk, identify blocked roads, and measure property and agricultural damage. The company utilizes 15 satellites to gather flood data.Floodbase also offers a Global Flood Database, a free and an open-sourced platform, which has mapped nearly 913 flood events across 169 countries globally as of November 2022.Key customers and partnershipsFloodbase supported 28 governments and institutions as of November 2022. The company’s customers include WillisRe, an insurance subsidiary of Willis Towers Watson. WillisRe adopted C2S’s platform to optimize its actuarial models in markets like Indonesia.In June 2022, the company partnered with two parametric insurance platforms, Raincoat and Munich Re Group, to deploy the world’s first parametric flood insurance program. Since then, Raincoat has leveraged Floodbase’s flood data to develop a platform that allows payouts to insured farmers within days of a disaster. In October 2023, the company partnered with <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates?industryIds=124">Ag Guard </a>to provide parametric flood insurance programs for farmers and governments in Australia and New Zealand in 2024. In December 2023, Floodbase collaborated with <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/24786">Oneglobal </a>, a UK-based insurance broker, to provide flood insurance solutions for the Asian market. In January 2024, the company partnered with <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/25834">Capella Space</a>,, a space tech firm, to leverage high-resolution satellite data for parametric insurance payouts. In August 2024, Floodbase partnered with <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/32691">Amwins</a>, a specialty insurance distributor, to launch the Tees-to-Green flood insurance program for US golf courses, and in&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/34663">October 2024</a> launched a flood insurance program for California municipalities.Funding and financialsThe company’s most recent funding was in January 2023, when it raised USD 12 million in a Series A funding round led by Lowercarbon Capital, alongside participation from Collaborative Fund, Floating Point, and Vidavo.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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Forecasts weather for up to 14 days by using AI/ ML solutions

Forecasts weather for up to 14 days by using other next-generation solutions

Forecasts long-term climate risks (for up to ~50-80 years into the future) by using AI/ ML solutions

Forecasts long-term climate risks (for up to ~50-80 years into the future) by using other next-generation solutions

Provides long-term climate risk analytics to cover the gap in traditional insurance products

Provides climate risk scores for third-parties

Uses AI/ML tools to forecast climate risks for up to ~50–80 years

Provides tools to identify future hazards to protect industries like agri and insurance

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