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Sensible Weather provides a climate risk technology platform delivering Weather Guarantees to the travel and hospitality sectors. Its core product offers proactive reimbursements to consumers when adverse weather impacts booked experiences. The company utilizes proprietary weather data and advanced analytics, enabling partners to integrate this protection and enhance customer confidence.
Dr. Nick Cavanaugh, a climate scientist, founded Sensible Weather and is its CEO. His background in climate science drove the initial insight. Cavanaugh recognized the financial and experiential risks from unpredictable weather in travel, prompting development of a data-driven solution safeguarding consumers and service providers.
The company primarily serves businesses within the travel and hospitality industries, which extend Weather Guarantees to their clientele. Sensible Weather aims to be the premier weather protection platform, improving satisfaction and building resilience against climate disruptions. Its vision is to redefine how the travel industry navigates weather risks globally.
Sensible Weather has raised $16.0M across 2 funding rounds.
Sensible Weather has raised $16.0M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Sensible Weather has raised $16.0M across 2 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $12.0M Series A in May 2022.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2022 | $12M Series A | Infinity Ventures | A'Z Angels, Floodgate, LUX Capital, Uncork Capital, Michael MA, Certares, Derive Ventures, Group 1001, Spencer Rascoff, Thomas Mcinerney, Wonder Ventures | Announced |
| Dec 23, 2021 | $4M Seed | Walkabout Ventures, Wonder Ventures | Gordon Wintrob, Kiran Bhatraju, RAJ Gokal, Spike Lipkin, Spencer Rascoff, Group 1001 | Announced |
Sensible Weather is a climate‑tech company that builds weather-data and parametric insurance products to help consumers and businesses understand, plan for, and insure against weather and climate risk. [1][2]
High‑Level Overview
As a portfolio‑company style summary: Sensible builds a weather‑technology platform and consumer‑facing “Weather Guarantee” insurance products that reimburse customers for inclement weather on trips; it serves consumers (travelers) and business partners (travel platforms, insurers, and quantitative asset managers) and solves the problem of unpredictable weather risk via calibrated probabilistic forecasts and parametric payouts.[1][2][3] The company has shown growth momentum evidenced by product launches, partnerships with travel platforms, and a reported $12M Series A used to scale engineering and operations.[3]
Origin Story
Core Differentiators
Role in the Broader Tech Landscape
Quick Take & Future Outlook
Quick take: Sensible Weather blends rigorous climate science with productized parametric insurance and embedded distribution—positioning it as a practical infrastructure player in the fast‑growing intersection of climate data, risk transfer, and consumer protection.[1][2][3]
(If you’d like, I can prepare a one‑page investment memo, a list of Sensible’s public partnerships and product launches, or a short competitor map comparing Sensible to other climate‑tech and parametric insurance providers.)
Sensible Weather has raised $16.0M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Sensible Weather's investors include Infinity Ventures, A'Z Angels, Floodgate, Lux Capital, Uncork Capital, Michael Ma, Certares, Derive Ventures, Group 1001, Spencer Rascoff, Thomas McInerney, Wonder Ventures.