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AI-powered weather and climate intelligence provides localized forecasts for farmers, businesses, and organizations.
Ignitia, based in Ghana, develops AI-powered weather and climate intelligence systems, providing highly accurate, localized forecasts for climate resilience. Leveraging physics-informed AI and proprietary reforecast data, the company achieves 84% rainfall prediction accuracy, delivering forecasts via text message, mobile apps, and data platforms. IKEA Social Entrepreneurship is an equity investor, supporting the company led by CEO Andrew Lala and Co-Founder and Chief Scientist Andreas Vallgren. Founded in 2011, Ignitia operates in 11 countries, targeting 200 million individuals, with over 12 multinational companies piloting its tools. It serves smallholder farmers with subscription alerts and provides data services to financial institutions, insurance companies, and infrastructure asset owners, recently expanding to the Global North. The firm focuses on agricultural , financial services, insurance, infrastructure asset owners, local governments, and climate-vulnerable communities. The company currently operates in 11 countries.
Ignitia has raised $5.0M across 2 funding rounds.
Ignitia has raised $5.0M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Ignitia has raised $5.0M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Ignitia's investors include Novastar Ventures, Hack VC, BITKRAFT Ventures, Cavalry Ventures, Amadeo Brenninkmeijer, FINCA Ventures, Tove Larsson.
Ignitia has raised $5.0M across 2 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $4.0M Series A in July 2021.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2021 | $4M Series A | — | Novastar Ventures | Announced |
| Aug 1, 2018 | $1M Series A | Hack VC | BITKRAFT Ventures, Cavalry Ventures, Amadeo Brenninkmeijer, Finca Ventures, Tove Larsson | Announced |
Ignitia is a Swedish deep-tech company specializing in AI-driven hyper-local weather forecasting and climate intelligence, particularly for tropical regions where traditional models fail.[1][2][3] It serves smallholder farmers, agribusinesses, financial institutions, insurers, infrastructure operators, and governments by delivering accurate, real-time forecasts via SMS, WhatsApp, apps, and APIs—achieving 84-87% accuracy in predicting rainfall and hazards, enabling better decisions on planting, harvesting, fertilizers, and risk management.[2][3][4] With over 2 million clients worldwide, primarily in West Africa (e.g., Ghana, Nigeria, Mali) and expanding to Latin America, Ignitia addresses climate resilience in weather-dependent economies, outperforming legacy systems through 15+ years of proprietary data training its hybrid remote-sensing and AI models.[1][2][4]
Founded around 2009-2010 in Stockholm, Sweden, Ignitia emerged from a deep-tech initiative by physicists, meteorologists, and engineers tackling poor weather data in low- and middle-income countries, starting with rainfall forecasting challenges for Ghanaian farmers.[1][2][3] Co-founders include Chief Scientist Andreas Vallgren, who led early tech efforts in Ghana; CIO Hafen McCormick; and current CEO Andrew Lala, with the team expanding to regional directors for Africa (Kwabena Frimpong), Latin America (João Castro), and other functions.[1] Early traction came from SMS-based alerts to farmers, building on 10+ years of high-resolution numerical models to train superior AI, marking a pivot from basic deep tech to scalable climate solutions amid rising extremes.[1][3]
Ignitia rides the wave of AI-enhanced climate tech amid climate change's unpredictable patterns, targeting the $3B hazard warning market and tropical agriculture's vulnerabilities in emerging economies.[3] Timing aligns with global food security pressures, where 80% of poor farmers rely on rain-fed systems disrupted by extremes—its tech builds resilience, influencing ecosystems by enabling precise ag decisions, insurance products, and infrastructure planning.[1][2][3] As a pioneer in tropical forecasting, it democratizes data gaps filled by satellites/AI, supporting UN sustainability goals and fostering agtech innovation in the Global South.[3][5][6]
Ignitia is poised to scale from farmer alerts to enterprise dominance, capturing financial/insurance revenues while sustaining its DNA of reaching climate-vulnerable millions through apps and partnerships.[3] Trends like AI model refinement, satellite proliferation, and extreme weather frequency will amplify its edge, potentially evolving into a full climate intelligence platform influencing global resilience strategies. This positions Ignitia as a linchpin in tropical agtech, transforming weather barriers into growth opportunities for underserved economies.[1][3]