🔥 Why Invest in EmberWatch?
1. Wildfire Costs Are Skyrocketing
- $120+ billion in U.S. wildfire damages in 2023 alone (NIFC, NOAA, CoreLogic).
- Over 50,000 wildfires annually, burning 7–10 million acres.
- Fire suppression costs exceed $5 billion/year — and growing.
- Property loss, infrastructure damage, health impacts, and insurance costs are accelerating year over year.
2. The Market is Starving for Prevention
- Prevention makes up less than 5% of wildfire spending — despite being the most cost-effective solution.
- Every $1 spent on prevention saves $6–$10 in future losses (FEMA).
- Insurers are dropping coverage in high-risk zones — they need scalable, real-time solutions like EmberWatch.
3. Climate Change Is Fueling Demand
- Longer, hotter fire seasons and more frequent megafires.
- 1 in 3 U.S. homes is now in a wildland-urban interface zone.
- Fires are emerging in previously low-risk regions — Canada, Europe, Appalachians.
4. Government & Public Sector Momentum
- $3.5B+ in new bipartisan funding for prevention and resilience (Infrastructure & Inflation Reduction Acts).
- CalFire, FEMA, and USFS are actively seeking innovation pilots.
- DOD, DHS, and NASA fund wildfire tech for defense and security.
5. Massive Tech Opportunity
- AI detection + automated suppression = blue-ocean market.
- EmberWatch solves the hardest problems:
- Real-time ember detection
- Automated foam deployment
- Terrain-aware drone coordination
- Peer companies (e.g., Rain, Pano AI) have raised $17M–$50M early.
6. Compelling Business Model
- Subscription + hardware: Drones, software, foam refills.
- Scales across: municipalities, utilities, landowners, insurers, federal agencies.
- Strong potential for long-term contracts with governments and insurers.
7. Tangible Impact, Real ROI
- Protect homes, lives, ecosystems.
- Reduce catastrophic losses and keep areas insurable.
- Save billions — and help build the future of climate resilience and smart infrastructure.
