Airly, Inc., a Palo Alto, CA-based cleantech company providing ultra-local, accurate, predictive air quality data to help tackle air pollution globally, raised $3.3mĀ in funding.
The round was led by firstminute capital, with partcipation from Uber founderĀ Garrett CampĀ via Expa, Bolt CEOĀ Markus Villig, founding Editor-in-Chief of WIRED David Rowan, Pipedrive founderĀ Ragnar SassĀ and Ferry Heilemann, co-founder of Leaders for Climate Action and previous investors, including Sir Richard Branson Family Office and Henkel board memberĀ Konstantin von Unger.
The company intends to use the funds to scale its AI-powered air quality platform globally and to expand its team with the addition of sales, marketing and engineering talents in several countries, approximately doubling its current 35-person staff by the end of 2021.
Led by CEO and co-founder Wiktor WarchaÅowski, Airly provides actionable insights about air quality with its AI-driven algorithms that predict air pollution for the next 24 hours with a verifiability of up to 95%. Airly gives customers across the globe anĀ environmental intelligence platformĀ by installing networks ofĀ sensorsĀ that track all the key pollution markers – particulate matter (PM1, PM2.5, PM10) and gases (NO2, O3, SO2 and CO). The company’s R&D department is also partnering with mobility companies to roll out sensor-equipped cars & scooters to track air quality with even higher resolution.
Customers comprise over 600 local governments and cities includingĀ Hong Kong,Ā Jakarta,Ā Oslo, Granada, corporates such as Philips, Virgin, Innogy, PwC, Veolia and Skanska.
Airly will open offices in the UK and US as it doubles staff count.
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26/03/2021