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Safehub Raises $9 Million Series A to Make Every Building an IoT Device for Assessing Earthquake Damage Remotely
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The Company will use the capital to augment its growth and scale globally, based on demand from multinational organizations


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Apr 27, 2021, 08:00 ET

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SAN FRANCISCO, April 27, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- San Francisco-based Safehub, which builds sensors and analytics software to deliver real-time, building-specific earthquake damage information, has raised $9 million of Series A financing led by A/O PropTech, Europe's largest proptech VC, headquartered in London. Additional backers are Hannover Digital Investments (HDI Group) and JLL Spark, the strategic investment arm of commercial real estate services firm JLL. Existing investors Fusion Fund, Ubiquity Ventures, Promus Ventures, Bolt, Blackhorn Ventures, Maschmeyer Group Ventures, and Team Builder Ventures also contributed to the round.

Safehub has built the world's first IoT-based analytics platform to reduce business interruption losses from catastrophic events for enterprise customers by remotely monitoring real-time structural damage. As seen during COVID-19, business interruption is a significant challenge for businesses of all types. Catastrophic events like earthquakes and hurricanes cause significant disruption to operations and supply-chains, resulting in major long-term impacts. According to an industry survey by Allianz, business interruption is the most important business risk of 2021, with a third of respondents fearing the impact of natural disasters the most. This is understandable given that 2020 economic losses from natural disasters are estimated to be $268 billion.

To address this need, Safehub employs a combination of proprietary sensors, analytics, and third-party data to provide real-time, building-specific structural damage information, with an initial focus on earthquakes. Their low-cost, easy-to-install sensors measure earthquake ground motion and building response, as well as changes in building natural frequencies, which can indicate damage. Safehub's cloud-based platform analyzes the data and deploys actionable information through a web-based dashboard, text messages, and email alerts. The information generated is used to estimate damage to individual buildings and portfolios, gauge related business interruption losses, and inform customers within a matter of minutes. A New York-based pharmaceutical company, for example, with a distribution center in California and facilities in Mexico and Japan, can check the status of their facilities on their smartphone from anywhere in the world in real-time.

The end result is the ability to safely continue operations. Major technology and third-party logistics firms are among Safehub's early adopters. Companies recognize the significant savings in reducing or eliminating downtime, and also the significant risk in not knowing if a building is safe to occupy.

"Never before have businesses had this level of information at their fingertips, allowing them to quickly assess damage resulting from catastrophic events, often on the other side of the world," said Andy Thompson, Co-Founder and CEO of Safehub. "Our vision is to use IoT building sensors and advanced data analytics to provide real-time risk insight for all global commercial buildings, for multiple hazards. We are transforming the entire risk ecosystem, including emergency response, business continuity, structural engineering, and insurance."

"As COVID-19 and Suez have demonstrated, supply chain and business interruption can have catastrophic effects on our economies and businesses," said Gregory Dewerpe, founder of A/O Proptech. "Extreme weather and natural-disaster-related interruptions have the potential to be just as devastating to companies around the world, regardless of their location. In a globalized world, having real-time access to valuable data and insights has become critical to understand, assess and make fast paced decisions impacting lives, costs and operations. Technologies that enable businesses to better evaluate building structural performance in real-time have become critical, not just to mitigate the economic impact of extreme weather, but for response to the wider climate crisis. At A/O, we are committed to helping real-estate harness technology to help tackle Environmental, Social, and Governance related pain points. Safehub is a perfect addition to our growing family of companies, getting us closer to our mission and vision as a firm."

"Our mission drives us to seek out technologies that digitally transform both insurance and reinsurance for the benefit of our clients. Safehub's solution for delivering real-time building-specific earthquake damage information fits well within that mission," said Ulrich Wallin, head of Hannover Digital Investments, the investment arm of HDI Group, and former CEO of Hannover Re. "Safehub will be a value-add for our corporate insurance clients, and can potentially be at the forefront of innovation for advances in reinsurance solutions, including parametrically-triggered products."

"Safehub's technology-based approach to business continuity solves a challenge facing many companies today. Its cost-effective solution is easy to install across an entire portfolio of buildings and dramatically reduces the risk of business interruption from seismic events," said David Gerster, Vice President at JLL Spark. "We're excited to partner with this innovative proptech startup to transform how companies around the globe, including JLL clients, manage seismic risk."

About Safehub

Based in San Francisco, Safehub provides organizations with real-time, building-specific earthquake damage information to expedite emergency response and recovery. Through its cloud-based Safehub platform, business continuity and resilience managers are able to prioritize building assessments and resources while resuming operations as quickly as possible.

Safehub was founded by Andy Thompson and Doug Frazier, catastrophe risk management veterans. Andy is a globally renowned earthquake and extreme events expert, has 25 years of experience, and is co-author of Peace of Mind in Earthquake Country, recognized as the 'bible of earthquake risk'. Prior to Safehub he led the Catastrophe Risk & Insurance practice at the global engineering consultancy Arup. Doug is the former CEO & Chairman of EQE International and EQECAT, growing the organization to 750 people, the world's largest catastrophe risk management organization.

For more information, please visit http://www.safehub.io.

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Michelle Andersen, Safehub, +1 4159632289, [email protected]

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