Climate Changed
SoftBank Backs Startup Pioneering Hyper-Accurate Weather Reports
- ClimaCell gets $7 million investment from Softbank unit
- Company boosts forecasts with data from drones and more
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SoftBank Group Corp. is investing $7 million in a weather startup that combines traditional forecasting with wireless signals, street cameras, drones and more to provide hyper-accurate reports for power generators and others.
Boston-based ClimaCell Inc. will use the investment from SB Energy, a wholly owned unit of the Japanese conglomerate, to speed deployment of its “microweather” system, the forecasting company said in a statement Monday.