PlanetWatchers is a space technology company that provides data and analytics to the crop insurance and agricultural industries. They utilize synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and other satellite data to deliver insights on planting dates, acreage reporting, crop classification, and damage analysis. PlanetWatchers partners with major companies in global food supply chains to support insurance policies and validate claims, helping to protect farmers from monetary loss due to natural disasters.
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PlanetWatchers raised $3,500,000 on 2021-06-03 to support its growth plans.
There are paying customers for Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) according to Dominic Edmunds of PlanetWatchers.
PlanetWatchers gathers Synthetic Aperture Radar and optical imagery to build new datasets, expand capabilities, and train artificial intelligence models for new markets.
PlanetWatchers was founded in 2016 by two Israeli entrepreneurs to use Synthetic Aperture Radar data to help governments, corporations, and nonprofits that depend on natural resources increase productivity and better manage their assets.
PlanetWatchers is seeking to raise $3,000,000 to $4,000,000 in a second seed round.
PlanetWatchers developed Foresights, a risk management and analytics platform that provides forestry managers with geolocated reports identifying stands of trees showing early signs of drought stress.
PlanetWatchers raised approximately $1,750,000 in seed funding in 2017 in a round led by Resolute Ventures.