Focussing predominantly within the crop insurance industry, we turn months of manual assessment into minutes of automated analysis. Our accurate and efficient analysis, available on a global scale, is used by the crop insurance industry to support insurance policies and validate claims data.
Location: United Kingdom, England, London
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $14.54M
Founded date: 2016
Investors 4
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Resolute V... | resolute.v... |
| - | Autonomy V... | autonomyve... |
| - | Seraphim | seraphim.v... |
| - | Zora Ventu... | zora.vc |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 27.09.2022 | Series A | $11M | - |
| 05.06.2021 | Series A | $3.54M | - |
Mentions in press and media 7
| Date | Title | Description |
| 26.09.2022 | London-based crop monitoring startup PlanetWatchers raises $11M to support crop insurers and drive its expansion plans | We covered PlanetWatchers In June 2021 after the London-based geospatial intelligence startup raised $3.5 million in Series A funding to provide Analytics as a Service (AaaS) to the crop insurance industry. The round was co-led by Seraphim ... |
| 11.07.2022 | PlanetWatchers Analysis Finds $2.6 Billion in 2022 Crop Insurance Premiums at Risk Due to Imprecise Acreage Reporting | PlanetWatchers Synthetic Aperture Radar Data Spotlights Errors and Inaccuracies in Reported Planting Date, Crop Type and Total Acreage The fact is, insurers are writing upwards of $10 billion a year in new premiums based on incomplete, inac... |
| 05.06.2021 | London-based geospatial intelligence startup PlanetWatchers raises $3.5M to provide Analytics as a Service (AaaS) to the crop insurance industry | PlanetWatchers, a London, England-based crop monitoring startup that uses advanced machine learning to provide detailed insurance claims assessment, has closed $3.5 million in the Pre-A series funding round. The round was co-led by Seraphim... |
| 04.06.2021 | Bill Ackman’s twisty not-exactly-a-SPAC deal | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox. Bill Ackman’s mega-special purpose acquisition company has found a much-anticipated potential tar... |
| 03.06.2021 | London-based PlanetWatchers grabs £2.5M funding to support crop insurers | London-based PlanetWatchers is a revolutionary crop monitoring company that provides detailed insurance and claims to provide assessment in just one hour. Today, the company has announced to have pocketed $3.5 million (nearly £2.5 million) ... |
| 05.05.2021 | 8 startups reshaping the global food system | Editor’s note: This post is part of a collaboration with F&A Next, an AgFunder Network Partner. F&A Next was founded by Anterra Capital, StartLife, Rabobank, and Wageningen University & Research. F&A Next is a platform dedic... |
| - | PlanetWatchers | “Providing SAR analysis to support the insurance industry with crop growth, storm and flood damage assessment at scale.” |