WindBorne Systems is supercharging weather models with a unique proprietary data source: constellations of next-generation smart weather balloons targeting the most critical atmospheric data.
Total raised: $21M
Investors 4
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Khosla Ven... | khoslavent... |
| - | Ubiquity V... | ubiquity.v... |
| - | Jetstream | jetstream.... |
| - | Harvest Ve... | harvest.ve... |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 04.06.2024 | Series A | $15M | - |
| 26.06.2023 | Seed | $6M | - |
Mentions in press and media 11
| Date | Title | Description |
| 21.10.2025 | Cracked windshield on United flight from Denver to LA may have been caused by weather balloon | A weather balloon may have been the culprit that cracked a United Airlines plane’s windshield while the flight was en route from Denver to California, according to investigators. United flight 1093 took off from Denver International Airport... |
| 05.06.2024 | WindBorne Systems Takes Flight with $15 Million in Series A Funding | WindBorne Systems, a cutting-edge technology company based in Palo Alto, California, has recently secured a significant milestone in its growth journey by raising $15 million in Series A funding. This funding round was spearheaded by Khosla... |
| 04.06.2024 | WindBorne Raises $15M in Series A Funding | WindBorne Systems, a Palo Alto, CA-based provider of an atmospheric sensing system and AI weather model, raised $15M in Series A funding. The round was led by Khosla Ventures. Existing investors Footwork VC, Pear VC, and Convective Capital ... |
| 30.05.2024 | WindBorne closes $15M for weather balloons & AI | figcaption>span]:font-sans"> Smart weather balloon startup WindBorne Systems has closed $15 million led by Khosla Ventures. Why it matters: AI weather prediction is a hot sector, with deep-pocketed players like Nvidia and Google ... |
| 15.02.2024 | WindBorne Systems Breaks World Record with New AI Forecast Offering, “WeatherMesh” | WindBorne’s groundbreaking deep learning model delivers real-time, medium-range global weather forecasts, surpassing previous state-of-the-art records. The model now powers the company’s constellation of smart, long-duration sensing balloon... |
| 26.06.2023 | WindBorne Systems Raises $6M in Seed Funding | WindBorne Systems, a Palo Alto, CA-based weather and climate tech company, raised $6M in Seed Funding. The round was led by Footwork, and included Khosla Ventures, Pear VC, Ubiquity Ventures, Harvest Ventures, and Humba Ventures, among othe... |
| 13.05.2020 | With the CRV-backed Liftoff List competition and prize, student entrepreneurs get rewarded | Justine and Olivia Moore, the twin investors behind the CRV-backed Liftoff List have long believed in the power of student entrepreneurship. The twin sisters were among the early architects of Stanford University’s student investment progra... |
| 02.04.2020 | The space in between: The stratosphere | Tess Hatch Contributor Share on Twitter Tess Hatch hopes to travel to space, in the meantime she is a venture investor at Bessemer Venture Partners, investing in frontier tech. More posts by this contributor The space in between: The strato... |
| 26.09.2019 | At the sixth annual Pear Demo Day, weather balloons, branded credit cards and lots of top degrees | Pear, a Palo Alto-based seed-stage fund that has made its name through early bets on Guardant Health, DoorDash, Memebox and Gusto, hosted its sixth annual demo day this week in what proved to be a scorchingly hot afternoon in Woodside, Cali... |
| - | Windborne | “WindBorne designs, builds, and operates a constellation of long-duration smart weather balloons targeting the most critical data in the atmosphere” |
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