Skyfora
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Founders
About
Skyfora is a Helsinki-based weather intelligence company that converts existing telecom infrastructure — GNSS receivers already installed at millions of mobile sites worldwide — into a real-time atmospheric sensing network without requiring new hardware 1 2. The company’s software measures atmospheric delay in satellite signals and translates it into real-time profiles of precipitable water vapour, humidity, temperature, and pressure to improve AI-driven weather forecasts 1 2. Founded in 2019 by Svante Henriksson and Antti Pasila, Skyfora grew out of Henriksson’s hurricane research at the Finnish Meteorological Institute, which won the Copernicus Masters Disaster Management award in 2018 3.
Funding History
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead | Co-investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-09 | Growth | €6.5M | Eviny Ventures, Ugly Duckling Ventures, LUMO Labs, EIC Fund (collective; no single lead disclosed) | Business Finland (non-dilutive) 1 2 |
| 2025-03 | Seed | €4M | Ugly Duckling Ventures | — 4 |
| ~2022 | Pre-Seed | €600K | Voima Ventures | Icebreaker.vc 3 |
Total raised to date is approximately €11M including grants and equity rounds 2.
What Investors Say
Lars Jacob Sjaastad of Eviny Ventures said of the investment: “Skyfora addresses a real operational problem for the Eviny group, and that’s the starting point for every investment we make.” 2
What Founders Say
CEO Svante Henriksson described the company’s vision in the announcement: “We’re turning existing mobile networks into the data layer for next-generation weather forecasting and climate intelligence.” 2
Sources
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EU-Startups, “Finnish Skyfora raises €6.5 million to quicken deployment of atmospheric sensing network,” June 9, 2026. https://www.eu-startups.com/2026/06/finnish-skyfora-raises-e6-5-million-to-quicken-deployment-of-atmospheric-sensing-network/ — accessed June 2026. ↩↩↩
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Tech Funding News, “Every mobile tower on Earth is already a weather sensor. This Finnish startup is switching them on,” June 2026. https://techfundingnews.com/skyfora-6-5m-mobile-towers-weather-sensors/ — accessed June 2026. ↩↩↩↩↩↩
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Voima Ventures, “Weather Intelligence Company Skyfora Launches the World’s Lightest Weather Sonde,” 2021. https://voimaventures.com/weather-intelligence-company-skyfora-launches-worlds-lightest-weather-sonde/ — accessed June 2026. ↩↩
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Skyfora, “Skyfora secures €4 Million to supercharge AI weather forecasts using Telecom GNSS Meteorology,” March 2025. https://www.skyfora.com/skyfora-secures-4-million-euros/ — accessed June 2026. ↩