Komunidad, a Manila and Singapore-based startup that collects data from government and private sources and turns it into customizable analytics to help clients react quickly to potential disasters raised $1 Million in a Seed round.
The round was led by Wavemaker Partners with participation from ADB Ventures, the Asian Development Bank’s venture arm.
Komunidad new fund will be used to build a scalable platform, launch self-service customizable dashboards next year that will allow clients to drag-and-drop widgets, similar to creating a website in Wix or WordPress.
The seed round will also help Komunidad take on new business opportunities in India, Thailand, Cambodia, and other markets, grow its sales teams and pay for more data sources.
Company: Komunidad Global Pte Ltd
Raised: $1.0M
Round: Seed round
Funding Month: October 2021
Lead Investors: Wavemaker Partners
Additional Investors: ADB Ventures
Company Website: https://komunidad.co/
Software Category: Environmental Intelligence Platform
About the Company: Founded in 2019, Komunidad has clients in the
Philippines, India, Cambodia, and Vietnam, and serves multiple sectors, including utilities, agriculture, mining, education, local governments, and business outsourcing centers. Before launching the startup, Ayque worked as an IT developer at several weather agencies, including the state-owned New Zealand MetService. He began creating cyclone reports on his own as a consultant after Typhoon Haiyan in 2013, also known as Super Typhoon Yolanda, killed at least 6,300 people in the Philippines. Komunidad began earning enough revenue to expand and for Ayque to hire employees, including meteorologists, data scientists, software developers, and business development teams based in India and Southeast Asia. Komunidad helped cities monitor people's density so they can decide what areas need more crowd control.
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/03/komunidad-a-philippines-based-environmental-intelligence-platform-lands-seed-round/