Floodbase
Brooklyn, US · Founded 2015 · 26 employees on LinkedIn · 12 known investors
Find your way into Floodbase
157 people in our graph share verified history with the Floodbase team — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Karthik Ardhanareeswaranunlockedknows Bessie Schwarz · together at Yale University (overlapped)
×9knows the team · via Yale University
×2knows the team · via Carleton College
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.
BS
Bessie SchwarzinCo-founder & CEOShe previously earned a master's degree in science from Yale University and founded the consulting arm of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communications.
BT
Beth TellmaninCo-founder
Board
MS
Marty SchneiderBoard director
SB
Sasha BrownBoard director
JL
Investors · 12
BURNT ISLAND VENTURESBrooklyn
Ecosystem Integrity FundLafayette · $2M – $5M
Floating PointBoston
GroundForce CapitalVenice · $10M – $35M
LOWERCARBONJackson · $1M – $50M
Lowercarbon CapitalNew York · $100K – $5M
Mercy Corps Ventures
Pulse Fund
Collaborative Fundreported · 2 sourcesNew York · $500K – $1M
Overture ClimatereportedSanta Monica · $1M – $3M
Refactor CapitalreportedBurlingame · $1M – $2M
Also in the syndicate · 1
Vidavo
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)
▶$5MraisedFeb 2025 · 2 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- 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)
▶$12MraisedSep 2022 · 12 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- 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)
▶$6.9MraisedAug 2021 · 17 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- 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.
In the news
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, Ecosystem Integrity Fund, Floating Point, GroundForce Capital, LOWERCARBON, Lowercarbon Capital, Mercy Corps Ventures, Pulse Fund and 3 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.