AlphaGeo

AlphaGeo, formerly known as Climate Alpha, is a geospatial predictive analytics company that operates as an enterprise SaaS platform. It was established in 2022 by Dr. Parag Khanna, a geopolitical strategist and author, with operations based in Singapore and New York. The company's inception was inspired by Dr. Khanna's efforts to find a climate-resilient retirement location for his parents, which revealed a market need for a comprehensive platform to analyze the complex forces influencing real estate and asset values.

Dr. Khanna's extensive background in global strategy, geopolitics, and his academic credentials, including a PhD from the London School of Economics, directly inform the company's interdisciplinary approach. He has advised U.S. Special Operations Forces and the U.S. National Intelligence Council, authored several books on globalization and migration, and holds fellowships with multiple prestigious institutions. This expertise is foundational to AlphaGeo's mission of fusing data science, climate modeling, and finance to guide sustainable investment.

The firm's core business is to provide data-driven guidance for capital allocation toward resilient assets in the face of increasing global volatility. AlphaGeo serves a sophisticated clientele that includes asset managers, real estate firms, private equity, sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, and insurance companies. Notable clients include Oaktree Capital, BentallGreenOak, Lennar Corporation, and MARA. Revenue is generated through its AI-powered software that helps clients analyze the financial impact of climate change and other risks on their portfolios.

AlphaGeo's platform integrates thousands of datasets, encompassing climate risks, socioeconomic conditions, market factors, and demographic trends, into a spatial index. It utilizes machine learning to analyze over 50 billion datapoints across more than 40 million locations, downscaling projections for various climate risks like heat, storms, floods, and sea-level rise. The platform also accounts for adaptation measures such as sea walls and desalination plants to provide a holistic view of a location's resilience. Key products include the Industrial Renaissance Tracker (IRT), which correlates new corporate activity with location resilience, and GeoSense, which offers customized tracking indices for equity markets. This allows clients to assess arbitrage opportunities, perform site selections, and construct resilient real asset portfolios.

The company secured a $5 million seed funding round in November 2023, led by Jungle Ventures, to expand its research and sales teams and further develop its platform. AlphaGeo planned a Series A funding round for mid-2024 to enhance its global resilience index and expand offerings to public market investors. Keywords: geospatial analytics, predictive analytics, climate risk, asset management, real estate investment, resilience scoring, financial modeling, location intelligence, sustainable finance, private equity, data science, machine learning, geopolitical risk, spatial finance, portfolio management, climate adaptation, investment strategies, sovereign wealth funds, insurance risk, real assets