
Cloud to Street
Model & Strategy
Cloud to Street is a flood-mapping and monitoring system designed to protect the most vulnerable communities from natural disasters. Cloud to Street’s industry-leading, high-resolution mapping of flood-prone areas is used by planners, insurers and disaster response agencies to better understand and price flood risk, insure vulnerable populations, prepare for floods, and respond to flood events in near real-time. By leveraging machine learning, satellite imagery, crowd-sourced data, and new data platforms like Google Earth Engine, their technology platform can dynamically map the 100-year floodplain for any community around the world within seconds



Cloud to Street is led by co-founders Bessie Schwarz, CEO, and Beth Tellman, Chief of Science, who met as Masters students at Yale University’s School of Environmental Sciences and Forestry, where Cloud to Street started as their thesis research. Beth previously worked as a scientist at the Nature Conservancy and on disaster relief and resilience in El Salvador on a Fulbright Scholarship, where she co-founded a local non-profit, Ceiba Foundation, focused on conservation and post-disaster reconstruction. Beth is currently completing her Ph.D. at Arizona State University studying human-flood interactions globally, with an emphasis on Latin American cities. Bessie previously worked as a community organizer and director at organizations including Green Corps, Environment America, and Environment Colorado, and serves as a research affiliate at The Data Pop Alliance.
Impact
So far, Cloud to Street has identified 5 million people at risk in 13 countries.
Within 5 years, they plan to power catastrophe insurance for 10 million people and to provide risk data to the majority of the world’s 100 most vulnerable watersheds.
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Catch @BessieSchwarz on this week's episode of The Stream with @will_sarni and @TomFWater. They cover Cloud to Str… https://t.co/VSynzasIjF
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New post from the always insightful @mouthofmorrison on the importance for verticalized expertise and data applicat… https://t.co/wi71wI7BCk
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We're excited to welcome Peter Lacovara as our new Head of Commercial! Peter has extensive experience in parametri… https://t.co/EIJtydoavT
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RT @BessieSchwarz: Proud to have @Cloud2Street featured in @washingtonpost as a leading environmental intelligence startup. #Floods are the…
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Congratulations to our Senior Hydrologist, Jonathan Frame, for winning @UofAlabama's award for Outstanding Research… https://t.co/Y4cADUBKMz
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"On a macro level, Cloud to Street has helped Republic of Congo and other countries gather the data needed to decla… https://t.co/LZZpSb9o5o
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RT @leslieatlarge: From predicting floods to battling illegal loggers, Google’s little-known Earth Engine has become a key tool for helping…
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We're proud to be featured in this article by @leslieatlarge on how #EarthEngine has transformed climate science, a… https://t.co/Du6uU44Ora
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Register here to see @pazjusticiavida speak! https://t.co/J76eyQClc1
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Our CEO, @BessieSchwarz just spoke at #SOCAP21 with @MCSocialVenture on the protection gap in insurance, and what e… https://t.co/KxlH2oUicq
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RT @SOCAPmarkets: "Our future solutions on climate risk really are dependent on everybody" - @Bessieschwarz of @Cloud2Street. #SOCAP21
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Tomorrow, our Director of Disaster Analytics, Emmalina, will be speaking on how technology can help us all reach su… https://t.co/HzgpzqMezq
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Cloud to Street is hiring a Director of #Marketing! We are looking for a world-class marketer with all-around skill… https://t.co/ZQWf8U0mO9
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Cloud to Street is helping to build the future of climate resilience, and we're now hiring a Remote Sensing Analyst… https://t.co/q9Y8RAPfkl
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"The partnership between Cloud to Street and the @WTWhr Research Network works to address the insurance gap in the… https://t.co/4DGsLUGuVK
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Our investors at @lowercarbon are leading the way to a sustainable future by investing in companies that address th… https://t.co/QihXp3DUz2
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Join our new #challenge on @drivendataorg with @aiforearth! Build a machine learning algorithm to map floodwater wi… https://t.co/VIHsARdomv
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Cloud to Street is #hiring a best-in-class remote sensing scientist! Be a part of the future of climate resilience,… https://t.co/3IzvTfi46T