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Floodbase
Brooklyn, US · Founded 2015 · 26 employees on LinkedIn · 11 known investors
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Floodbase offers a parametric insurance platform that uses flood data and near real-time flood event monitoring to help insurers design, price, underwrite, and trigger flood coverage. It targets insurers seeking to provide parametric flood policies for hard-to-insure locations and risk types, with data coverage of U.S. floods.
Founders & leadership
Floodbase was founded in 2015 by Bessie Schwarz and Beth Tellman.
Board
Investors · 11
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Also in the syndicate · 1
Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$23.9M disclosed across 3 of 4 rounds · 2021–2025
▶$5MraisedFeb 2025 · 2 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Bessie SchwarzExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
- Marty SchneiderDirector
- Elizabeth TellmanExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
- Sasha BrownDirector
- John LoserDirector
- Offering amount
- $5M
- Amount sold
- $5M
- First sale
- Feb 2025
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$12MraisedSep 2022 · 12 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Elizabeth TellmanDirector, Promoter
- Bessie SchwarzExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
- John LoserDirector
- Martin SchneiderDirector
- Offering amount
- $12.1M
- Amount sold
- $12M
- First sale
- Sep 2022
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2018
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$6.9MraisedAug 2021 · 17 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Martin SchneiderDirector
- John LoserDirector
- Elizabeth TellmanExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
- Bessie SchwarzExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
- Offering amount
- $6.9M
- Amount sold
- $6.9M
- First sale
- May 2021
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2018
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Floodbase do?
- Floodbase offers a parametric insurance platform that uses flood data and near real-time flood event monitoring to help insurers design, price, underwrite, and trigger flood coverage. It targets insurers seeking to provide parametric flood policies for hard-to-insure locations and risk types, with data coverage of U.S. floods.
- Who founded Floodbase?
- Floodbase was founded by Bessie Schwarz, Beth Tellman in 2015.
- Who are Floodbase's investors?
- Floodbase's investors include BURNT ISLAND VENTURES, Collaborative Fund, Ecosystem Integrity Fund, Floating Point, GroundForce Capital, Lowercarbon Capital, Mercy Corps Ventures, Pulse Fund and 2 more.
- How much funding has Floodbase raised?
- Floodbase has disclosed $23.9M raised across 3 of its 4 known rounds.
- Where is Floodbase headquartered?
- Floodbase is headquartered in Brooklyn, US.