Helsinki-based weather technology company Skyfora has secured €6.5 million in fresh funding to expand a platform that transforms existing telecom infrastructure into a large-scale weather monitoring network.
The investment round was backed by several strategic and impact-focused investors, including Eviny Ventures, Ugly Duckling Ventures, LUMO Labs, and the European Innovation Council Fund. Additional non-dilutive support was provided by Business Finland.
Skyfora is developing a global atmospheric data network by using existing telecom infrastructure, including cell towers and base stations, as weather sensors. Its technology analyses signals from Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) to collect real-time atmospheric data without requiring major new infrastructure investments.
The newly raised capital will help the company expand its software platform and weather intelligence products, strengthen partnerships with telecom operators and forecasting organisations, and support commercial deployments across Europe, the United States, Africa, and the Middle East. The funding will also be used to grow the company’s workforce as it moves beyond early-stage deployments and into wider market adoption.
Skyfora’s technology converts telecom infrastructure into a real-time atmospheric monitoring network capable of delivering high-resolution weather information at the speed and scale needed by modern artificial intelligence forecasting systems. The company is already working on projects and customer opportunities across several countries in Europe, North America, Africa, and the Middle East.
For telecom operators, the platform offers an additional revenue opportunity by turning existing infrastructure into weather-monitoring assets. Because the solution is software-based, operators can participate without investing in new hardware. The company says this approach can improve resilience to extreme weather events while also supporting sustainability goals and strengthening operators’ role as providers of critical national infrastructure.
“We’re turning existing mobile networks into the data layer for next-generation weather forecasting and climate intelligence,” said Fredrik Borgström, Chief Executive Officer of Skyfora.
He added that the company is building a telecom-powered sensing network to meet growing demand from AI-driven forecasting platforms and industries affected by weather conditions.
The company’s core technology uses GNSS receivers that are already installed across telecom networks. Where such equipment is unavailable, Skyfora supplements coverage with its own StreamGNSS hardware. The system measures atmospheric humidity by analysing delays in GNSS signals and converts that information into real-time weather data streams.
According to the company, this approach addresses a long-standing challenge in weather forecasting. Large parts of the atmosphere remain poorly monitored, limiting the effectiveness of modern AI weather models that require large amounts of high-quality data. By using existing telecom infrastructure, Skyfora can scale data collection more quickly and cost-effectively than traditional weather observation systems.
Among the investors joining the round is Eviny Ventures, the investment arm of Norwegian energy company Eviny. The investment reflects increasing demand for more accurate weather information in energy production and grid management.
“Skyfora addresses a real operational problem for the Eviny group,” said Lars Jacob Sjaastad, Investment Manager at Eviny Ventures.
For energy companies operating hydroelectric, wind, and solar assets, accurate short-term weather forecasts can improve power generation planning, reduce balancing costs, and support electricity trading decisions.
Existing investor Ugly Duckling Ventures also participated in the funding round. The firm has backed Skyfora since its early stages and believes the company has significantly reduced the technical risks associated with deploying its technology.
“When we first invested in Skyfora, there was a technical risk in the feasibility of rolling it out in the ecosystem,” said Andreas Green Rasmussen. He noted that the company’s next challenge is commercialising what he described as a unique atmospheric data platform.
LUMO Labs also continued its support. The investment firm focuses on technology companies working at the intersection of climate, connectivity, and data infrastructure.
Linn-Cecilie Linnemann, Partner at LUMO Labs, said the company is building a valuable competitive advantage through proprietary atmospheric data and is positioning itself to create one of the world’s largest real-time GNSS weather data assets.
As demand for more accurate weather forecasting grows, particularly in sectors such as energy, agriculture, logistics, and climate management, Skyfora is betting that telecom infrastructure can become a key source of the high-quality data needed to power the next generation of AI-driven weather intelligence.
