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ISeeChange
Techstars '20New Orleans, US · Founded 2020 · Delaware corporation · 8 employees on LinkedIn · 1 known investors
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ISeeChange provides a platform where residents report local weather impacts such as flooding and extreme heat, combining these observations with weather data and AI to produce hyperlocal insights. The tool serves cities, communities, and industries to support infrastructure maintenance, emergency management, flood modeling, and climate adaptation.
Also known as ISeeChange Tracker · ISeeChange, Inc.
Founders & leadership
ISeeChange was founded in 2020 by Julia Kumari Drapkin.
Investors · 1
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Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$400K disclosed across 1 round · 2024
▶$400KraisedDec 2024 · 1 investors · OtherRule 506(b)
- Julia Kumari DrapkinExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $1M
- Amount sold
- $400K
- First sale
- Dec 2024
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2020
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Company profile
researched Sep 2026ISeeChange operates a resident-reporting platform that collects street-level observations of weather and environmental conditions and converts them into structured data for public agencies, engineering firms, non-profits and researchers. Residents create accounts and post "sightings" combining photos and written descriptions of what they observe in their neighborhoods; those posts are synced with local weather data and trends. The consumer-facing ISeeChange Tracker app is available for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, with dedicated entry points for FloodTracker and HeatTracker features added in 2024.
On the institutional side, the company positions the platform for incident management, infrastructure planning and community stewardship. Reports are automatically tagged and sorted, with the company stating that more than 50 quantitative data points are derived from each post and that posts are automatically synced with extreme weather data and local sensors. The platform is designed to integrate with systems agencies already run, including 311 service request tools, work order management systems and GIS platforms, and with sensor feeds for heat, rain and air quality. The company states that exact post locations are never shared publicly to protect resident privacy, and that the product is available in English and Spanish with additional languages planned.
Business model
ISeeChange offers a free consumer app for residents while selling platform access and partnership arrangements to institutional customers such as utilities, municipalities, engineering firms, non-profits and researchers. The website directs prospective institutional buyers to schedule a demo and describes partner-specific features, including partner sign-up flows and the ability for partners to share surveys with app users.
Institutional partnerships with public-sector and private organizations; the resident-facing app is free to download and use.
Traction
The ISeeChange Tracker iOS app holds a 4.6 rating from 10 ratings on the App Store and has shipped frequent releases, with version 2.41.0 published 2025-07-25. A published case study describes a partnership with the City of Miami in which the platform centralizes data across city departments and local organizations and manages service requests during tropical storms, including identifying and reporting pump outages; the company states its data was used to win $20 million in infrastructure grants.
Latest developments
Recent app releases added navigation updates and performance improvements (2025-07), a new onboarding experience (2025-06), optional additional questions when creating a sighting and improved profile settings (2025-04), and passwordless sign-in (2025-03). Direct access to FloodTracker and HeatTracker was added in September 2024. A Form D filing reporting $400,000 sold was made on 2024-12-20.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history, risks & controversies
Market position
Positioned as a hyperlocal, resident-sourced data and risk-analytics provider for climate adaptation, flood tracking and infrastructure response, serving public-sector and adjacent stakeholders.
The company emphasizes three differentiators: integration with existing municipal systems rather than a standalone silo; AI-derived insights generated while protecting resident privacy; and representation of community needs in neighborhoods that are often underrepresented in models, supported by multilingual access and outreach to least-heard residents.
Technology
A mobile and web reporting platform in which geolocated resident posts are automatically tagged, sorted and turned into insights using AI, with more than 50 quantitative data points derived per post. Posts are synced with weather data, trends and local sensor feeds (heat, rain, air quality). Integrations are offered with 311 systems, work order management software and GIS platforms. Location data is generalized and exact post locations are withheld from public view.
Go-to-market
Direct sales to institutions via demo requests on the company website, combined with community-level adoption of the free tracker app and collaboration with local groups and non-profits to extend outreach to underrepresented neighborhoods. Partners can distribute surveys through the app and compensate community members for contributions such as inspection checks and light maintenance.
Utilities and municipalities (public works, emergency response, communications and resilience departments), engineering firms, non-profits and researchers, alongside the residents and community organizations who contribute observations.
Geography
Headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, with a documented deployment in the City of Miami and an app available to users globally in English and Spanish.
History
The iOS app has shipped continuous releases at least since 2022, expanding from core sighting and survey features to partner tools, FloodTracker and HeatTracker access, and AI-derived insight products marketed to institutions.
Risks & controversies
The platform collects and links precise location, contact information, physical address, user content and device identifiers to user identities for analytics, personalization and app functionality, as disclosed in App Store privacy labels.
Compiled by commissioned research from 5 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 4
launches, deals, and filingsRelease updating main navigation, plus performance improvements and bug fixes.
ISeeChange partners with the City of Miami to centralize data across city departments and local organizations and to manage service requests during tropical storms, including identifying and reporting pump outages; the company states the data was used to win $20M in infrastructure grants.
ISeeChange, Inc. filed a new Form D reporting $400,000 sold, equity only, under exemption 06b.
$400K source ↗
App version 2.35.0 added direct access to FloodTracker and HeatTracker.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
Legal entities · 1
corporate structure▸Research sources · 5
primary sources listed
- ISeeChange Tracker - App Store - Appleapps.iseechange.org · web
5 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does ISeeChange do?
- ISeeChange turns resident reports of flooding and extreme heat into hyperlocal, AI-processed data for cities and infrastructure planning.
- Who founded ISeeChange?
- ISeeChange was founded by Julia Kumari Drapkin in 2020.
- Who are ISeeChange's investors?
- ISeeChange's investors include Techstars.
- How much funding has ISeeChange raised?
- ISeeChange has disclosed $400K raised across 1 round.
- Where is ISeeChange headquartered?
- ISeeChange is headquartered in New Orleans, US.