# Salient Predictions

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/salient-predictions

- Industry: Software
- Headquarters: Cambridge, US
- Website: www.salientpredictions.com
- Total disclosed funding: $5.7M
- Latest round: Seed (May 11, 2022)
- Investors on record: 6

## About

Based in Massachusetts, US, and founded in 2019 by co-founders Matt Stein, and Raymond Schmitt, Salient Predictions, Inc. provides artificial intelligence-based weather forecast and analytics software that provides weather predictions to a wide range of applications across the agriculture, energy, financial, and logistics industries. In May 2022, Salient Predictions, Inc. raised USD 5.65 million in seed funding led by new investor Wireframe Ventures, with participation from other new investors Blindspot Ventures, Endeavor 8, Powerhouse Ventures, and Munich Re Ventures.

Salient Predictions, Inc. provides forecasts for precipitation, temperature, and other meteorological variables at up to 1/4° (25km) spatial precision. The company combines novel ocean and land-surface data with machine learning and climate expertise to provide the world's most accurate S2S weather forecasts from 2 to 52 weeks in advance. The system offers perceptions and analysis on the kinds of timescales, such as sub-seasonal-to-seasonal projections, that are important to business, from weeks to months and even seasons in advance. The web-based Salient interface contains forecast maps, probability plots, historical performance graphs, and comparative predictions at various spatial and temporal scales that are integrated with digital products, dashboards, and practically any forecasting tool.

## Funding rounds

- Seed, May 11, 2022, $5.7M — Powerhouse Ventures, First Star Ventures, Munich Re Ventures, Wireframe Ventures, Blindspot Ventures, Endeavor8

## Investors

- Powerhouse Ventures — Seed
- First Star Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/first-star-ventures) — Seed
- Munich Re Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/munich-re-ventures) — Seed
- Wireframe Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/wireframe-ventures) — Seed
- Blindspot Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/blindspot-ventures) — Seed
- Endeavor8 (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/endeavor8) — Seed