WeatherXM is a technology company.
WeatherXM has raised $13.0M across 2 funding rounds.
WeatherXM has raised $13.0M in total across 2 funding rounds.
WeatherXM has raised $13.0M in total across 2 funding rounds.
WeatherXM's investors include Alumni Ventures, Lowercarbon Capital, MATH Venture Partners, SOSV, Mike Moloney.
WeatherXM is a technology company building a decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN) of community-powered weather stations that collect hyper-local, real-time weather data using blockchain and IoT technologies.[1][2][5][7] It serves industries like agriculture, energy, insurance, logistics, sports, climate modeling, and DeFi protocols by providing raw data, forecasts, analytics, and B2B APIs, solving the problem of inaccurate or sparse ground-based weather data especially in underserved regions.[1][2][3][6] With over 9,500 live stations across 80+ countries as of late 2025, WeatherXM has shown strong growth momentum, including the 2024 $WXM token launch, partnerships like SwissBorg and Ensuro, Olympic deployments, and ambitions to reach 50,000 stations by year-end while expanding data sales on- and off-chain.[1][2][3][5]
Founded in 2021 in Zug, Switzerland, WeatherXM emerged from a team of engineers and weather scientists aiming to address global gaps in ground-truth weather data through decentralized incentives.[1][7] The idea leveraged blockchain to crowdsource data collection, rewarding station owners with $WXM tokens based on data quality and location, contrasting centralized networks like NOAA's 14,000 stations.[2][3] Early traction built rapidly: by 2023, thousands of affordable, solar-powered stations (e.g., Helium at $360, Pulse at $810) were deployed by communities worldwide, hitting 5,000+ in 80 countries by mid-2024 and scaling to 9,500+ today, with pivotal moments like 2024's token launch, Olympic Pulse stations, and WeatherXM Pro for enterprise data sales.[1][2][5][8]
WeatherXM rides the DePIN wave, using blockchain to decentralize physical infrastructure like weather sensing, addressing market gaps in real-time, ground-level data amid rising climate risks and AI weather modeling demands.[2][3][7] Timing aligns with Web3 maturation (e.g., Arbitrum integration, $WXM on Solana via Wormhole) and global needs for precise data in agriculture, insurance, and prediction markets like Polymarket, where sparse coverage hampers derivatives and disaster prep.[1][2] Favorable forces include cheap IoT hardware, token incentives for underserved regions, and enterprise hunger for hyper-local intel—positioning WeatherXM to influence ecosystems by feeding AI models, enabling on-chain weather finance, and democratizing data beyond centralized giants.[1][3][8]
WeatherXM is poised to dominate as the world's largest weather network, targeting 50,000+ stations by end-2025 through expanded rewards, tech upgrades, and demand-side growth via data licensing for prediction markets and insurance.[1][2] Trends like AI-driven forecasting, DeFi weather products, and climate adaptation will propel it, potentially evolving its influence from data provider to infrastructure layer for global risk management. This community-powered DePIN exemplifies how blockchain unlocks hyper-local intelligence, transforming sparse weather insights into actionable, rewarded reality.[1][3][6]
WeatherXM has raised $13.0M across 2 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $8.0M Series A in May 2024.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2024 | $8.0M Series A | Alumni Ventures, Lowercarbon Capital, MATH Venture Partners | |
| Jun 1, 2022 | $5.0M Seed | SOSV, Mike Moloney |