In this episode, Ned Downie and Ellie McDonald chat with a founder from an area of climatetech that's only starting to get the attention it deserves -- adaptation. Guest Bessie Schwarz is co-founder and CEO of Floodbase, a company that provides near real-time data on flood mapping and flood risk for markets including parametric insurance, risk analysis, and disaster management. They announced a $12mn Series A in late January 2023 led by Lowercarbon Capital.
Bessie talks about what Floodbase brings to insurance, risk, and disaster management markets; what it's like to go from being a community organizer to being a startup founder and climate tech; and how adaptation funding as a space has changed since she and her co-founders started working on this company a decade ago.
