Augurisk

Augurisk is a New York City-based risk analytics company that provides disaster, climate and societal risk assessments for locations across the United States. Its consumer-facing platform lets users generate instant, free risk reports for a home, neighborhood or city, with risks scored on a five-level scale from Very Low to Very High. Coverage spans all US states plus territories including American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands and the Virgin Islands, with state-level pages covering crime combined with flood, wildfire or general disaster risk.

The platform covers crime, floods, wildfires, earthquakes and storm events. A Risk Explorer allows navigation of these hazard layers, and the Augurisk Now product notifies users when they enter high-crime blocks and supplies a localized crime report along with emergency contact information for nearby hospitals and police departments. Users can also generate risk assessments for individual properties. The company describes 12 proprietary risk models on its platform.

Augurisk positions its work around climate change awareness, stating that its team is focused on helping people understand and prepare for the consequences of climate change and on promoting cleaner energy use.

Founding story

Founder Mohamed Mezian, born in Casablanca, is a serial entrepreneur who previously founded multiple startups, two of which had exits, and has over a decade of experience in digital marketing and web development. He started Augurisk around the premise that millions of Americans face daily exposure to crime and natural disasters and that people and businesses need better tools to prepare.

Business model

Augurisk distributes free instant risk reports to consumers through its website while also maintaining an enterprise section aimed at business users, with customer success managers assigned to accounts.

Traction

The website reports roughly 200,000 users per year and describes the user base as growing; aVenture lists the company at 6 employees, while a 2022-era startup profile listed 1-5 employees.

Latest developments

The company states on its homepage that it is open to acquisition inquiries and invites contact from interested parties.