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Monday, February 07 2022 - 13:06
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SatSure raises Pre-Series A round of US$ 5 million in funding from Baring PE India, ADB Ventures, and others
BENGALURU, India, Feb. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

SatSure(https://www.satsure.co/), a startup working at the intersection of 
spacetech, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Software as a Service (SaaS), 
announces the raise of US$ 5 million in Pre-Series A funding in a round led by 
Baring Private Equity India Pvt. Ltd., who have now been joined by ADB Ventures 
(Asian Development Bank's venture arm). Other investors who participated in the 
round are Flowstate VC, Force Ventures, IndigoEdge Advisors, Toch.ai, Nishchay 
Goel and, Saikiran Krishnamurthy.

SatSure will use the proceeds of this funding towards expanding its footprint 
in Southeast Asia and accelerating its product development, which also includes 
launching its proprietary payloads to Low Earth Orbit. Founded in 2017 by the 
Indian Institute of Space science and Technology (IIST) and Indian Space 
Research Organisation (ISRO) alumni Prateep Basu, Rashmit Singh Sukhmani, along 
with Abhishek Raju, SatSure leverages satellite data, remote sensing, 
Artificial Intelligence, and big data analytics to provide decision 
intelligence solutions to the Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI) 
sector. SatSure's value to the BFSI segment lies in the sustainability nexus of 
agriculture, infrastructure, and climate change.

"SatSure's powerful analytics platform that combines satellite technology and 
operational data to minimize lending risk is unique and best placed to offer 
actionable and timely insights. Its proprietary AI-powered modeling empowers 
financial institutions to issue credit and insurance policies faster, in higher 
volume, and on less conservative terms, which unlocks financing for smallholder 
farms. We're thrilled to partner with SatSure as the company expands its 
footprint in South and Southeast Asia," said Jugnu Pati, Investment Specialist 
at ADB Ventures.

"SatSure's suite of products and robust technology backbone have global 
applications in both emerging and developed markets. The team has demonstrated 
exceptional execution capabilities with an impressive track record of customer 
acquisition. SatSure is well-positioned to emerge as a leader, and we are 
delighted to be a partner in this journey," added Anjani Bansal, Fund Manager 
at Flowstate VC and previously lead for private sector partnerships at Bill & 
Melinda Gates Foundation.

With this round of funding, SatSure is now headquartered in Bengaluru (India), 
with offices in Mumbai (India), St. Gallen (Switzerland), and Liverpool (United 
Kingdom). Currently, the team has 80 members and plans to grow to more than 100 
members strong by the end of this quarter. With 34 enterprise customers across 
8 countries, SatSure's growth comes at a time when the global satellite data 
services market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 22.5% to reach $45.85 billion 
by 2030, according to Allied Market Research 
data(https://www.alliedmarketresearch.com/satellite-data-services-market-A06428)
.

About SatSure

SatSure offers three main decision intelligence products: a) SatSure Sparta: a 
platform for providing agriculture and climate-related insights as an open 
innovation, freemium model; b) SatSure SAGE: life cycle risk monitoring and 
business intelligence platform for agriculture financial services; c) SatSure 
SKIES: high-resolution satellite imagery-based infrastructure change detection 
platform.

For queries, please reach out to:

Sarvesh Kurane info@satsure.co
+91-9769252409

SOURCE:  SatSure
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