We agree! Wildfires are a growing climate, health, social, and insurance risk, but also a significant green field innovation opportunity. Thanks for including us in the list of top startups blazing a trail in wildfire defense, Dealroom.co!
🌍🔥 Wildfires are a growing climate, health, social and insurance catastrophe. Wildfire defence, mitigation and management is a massive opportunity for ecological and social impact, as well as a significant and underfunded green field innovation opportunity. More than 90 startups are blazing a trail in wildfire defence. Governments and the insurance industry are leading interest in wildfire defence tech, but the ecosystem remains nascent and underinvested. Eglantine Dupuy has mapped and tracked every wildfire tech startup, plus given a full low down on the scale of what's at stake, and how startups taking up arms to protect the world's forests, inhabitants and neighbours. Wildfire prevention: use of satellite imagining, drones and other sensors to acquire data and plan forest management, as well as electric lines monitoring. Examples: Overstory | Treeswift | Buzz Solutions | Gridware Wildfire detection tech: using satellite & imaging or gas sensors & IoT networks to fastly detect wildfires. Examples: OroraTech | Chooch | Orbital Sidekick Wildfire threat response: tactical and operational management software for firefighters, as well as tech for firefighting such as drones. Examples: Pano AI | Rain | Drone Hopper Additionally some relevant topics connected to wildfire management include: Air quality monitoring & treatment: Sensors and data analysis solutions to monitor air quality, as well as devices for the purification of air (especially for indoor spaces). Examples: rZero | enVerid Systems, Inc. | Molekule Climate catastrophe insurance: Insurance coverage for extreme-weather events such as wildfire, flooding and storms. Mostly data providers, risk assessment or parametric insurance MGAs. Examples: Descartes Underwriting | ZestyAI | Understory https://lnkd.in/etti6hYM