Earth Networks

company

About

Earth Networks operates weather observation and lightning networks in the U.S., Europe, and internationally.

  • Germantown,Maryland,United States
  • 101 - 250

Details

Last Funding Type
Series B
Last Funding Money Raised
$23M
Industries
Environmental Engineering,Information Services,Software
Founded date
Jan 1, 1993
Number Of Employee
101 - 250
Operating Status
Active
Legal Name
Earth Networks, Inc.
Also Known As
AWS Convergence Technologies

Earth Networks, Inc. operates weather observation and lightning networks in the United States, Europe, and internationally. It gathers, analyzes, and distributes environmental observations from around the world to help promote a better understanding of the planet and its atmosphere. The company’s products and services include forecasting, LCD weather display, GIS data services, data feed, meteorological, online weather, plume modeling, lightning network, weather stations, dangerous thunderstorm alerts, weather monitoring and alerting, atmospheric data, and risk notification systems; and weather cameras. It serves various industries, such as agriculture, education, energy and utilities, media, sports and recreation, electric power, and transportation; and federal, state, and local emergency response and government agencies, clubs, societies, consumers, and organizations. The company was formerly known as AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. and changed its name to Earth Networks, Inc. in January 2011. The company was founded in 1993 and is based in Germantown, Maryland.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
4
$43.90M
Earth Networks has raised a total of $43.90M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Oct 19, 2017 from a Grant round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Oct 19, 2017 Grant Detail
Mar 4, 2013 Series Unknown $5.90M Detail
Apr 29, 2004 Series B $23M 3 Detail
Jun 28, 2000 Series Unknown $15M 1 HarbourVest Partners Detail

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
1
0
Earth Networks has made 1 investments. Their most recent investment was on Aug 18, 2015, when SENSE AI raised $422.27K.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
Aug 18, 2015 SENSE AI
Seed $422.27K Artificial Intelligence

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
1
3
Earth Networks is funded by 3 investors. Sequoia Capital and HarbourVest Partners are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Sequoia Capital Series B
HarbourVest Partners Series B
Polaris Partners Series B

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
8
Earth Networks has 8 current employee profiles, including Board member Michael Moritz
Board member
Board member
Board member

Acquisition

Earth Networks has acquired 1 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was Whisker Labs on Dec 5, 2016. They acquired Whisker Labs for 0.

Date Company Name
Industry Acquisition Type Price
Dec 5, 2016 Whisker Labs
Hardware acquisition Detail