WorldCover uses technology to help commercial growers and agribusinesses reduce climate risk. Our featured product CropAssure is tailored to help almond growers protect against weather risk from frost and excess rain events.
Location: United States, New York
Employees: 11-50
Phone: +1 646-854-3012
Total raised: $6M
Founded date: 2015
Investors 9
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 03.05.2019 | Series A | $6M | - |
Mentions in press and media 10
| Date | Title | Description |
| 27.05.2019 | So, let’s call it out – what then is an African startup? | What is an African startup? Is it any startup that operates in Africa even if headquartered outside the continent, or must a firm be based on the continent itself to be considered African? And most importantly — must the startup have been f... |
| 27.05.2019 | So, let’s call it out – what then is an African startup? | What is an African startup? Is it any startup that operates in Africa even if headquartered outside the continent, or must a firm be based on the continent itself to be considered African? And most importantly — must the startup have been ... |
| 03.05.2019 | WorldCover Raises $6 million Fund to Provide Insurance for Smallholder Farmers, Call for Application: Nokia Open Innovation Challenge 2019 and More | Happy weekend guys! Its World Press Freedom Day! We have some juicy news for today’s Big 5 Daily. Have a good read! Big news! WorldCover has raised a sum of $6 million Series A fund. They intend to use the fund to help smallholder farmers i... |
| 03.05.2019 | WorldCover raises $6M round for emerging markets’ climate insurance | WorldCover, a New York and Africa-based climate insurance provider to smallholder farmers, has raised a $6 million Series A round led by MS&AD Ventures. Y Combinator, Western Technology Investment and EchoVC also participated in the rou... |
| 03.05.2019 | WorldCover Raises $6 million Fund to Provide Insurance for Smallholder Farmers | WorldCover has raised a sum of $6 million Series A fund to help support smallholder farmers in emerging countries in Africa. The company reduces the risk of farming for smallholder farmers with the use of satellite imagery, on-ground sensor... |
| 05.04.2016 | 5 Agtech Startups Present at Y Combinator’s Demo Day as Sector Moves Further into Mainstream | In September 2015, we reported that food and agtech companies have been taking a big bite out of general tech competitions, accelerators and more. And if Y Combinator’s recent Winter 2016 Demo Day is any indication, this trend is not only c... |
| 22.03.2016 | All 60 startups that launched at Y Combinator Winter 2016 Demo Day 1 | “You’ll notice we have many more startups that aren’t in the traditional software category,” said Y Combinator President Sam Altman at the start of its Winter 2016 Demo Day 1. While once upon a time YC was known for legions of social and ma... |
| 17.03.2016 | WorldCover (YC W16) is Peer-to-Peer Funded Crop Insurance in the Developing World | Right now, farmers in Africa and in much of the developing world who get hit by drought lose more than just their income — they lose the ability to pay for school fees for their children and provide complete meals for their family. Unlike ... |
| - | WorldCover Raises $6 million Fund to Provide Insurance for Smallholder Farmers, Call for Application: Nokia Open Innovation Challenge 2019 and More | Happy weekend guys! Its World Press Freedom Day! We have some juicy news for today’s Big 5 Daily. Have a good read! Big news! WorldCover has raised a sum of $6 million Series A fund. They intend to use the fund to help smallholder farmers i... |
| - | WorldCover Raises $6 million Fund to Provide Insurance for Smallholder Farmers | WorldCover has raised a sum of $6 million Series A fund to help support smallholder farmers in emerging countries in Africa. The company reduces the risk of farming for smallholder farmers with the use of satellite imagery, on-ground sensor... |