Monsanto Acquires Weather Big Data Company Climate Corporation For $930M
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Re: Monsanto Acquires Weather Big Data Company Climate Corporation For $930M
#2Congrats, I hope all the awesome Cascalog hackers at Climate Corporation made out well in the acquisition. I was impressed by these guys out at Clojure/West a couple of years ago.
Re: Monsanto Acquires Weather Big Data Company Climate Corporation For $930M
#3Congrats, I hope all the awesome Cascalog hackers at Climate Corporation made out well in the acquisition. I was impressed by these guys out at Clojure/West a couple of years ago.
Yeah, they're very kind to host many of the Clojure meetups here in SF, and seem to be very sharp. They were working with some impressive amounts of data, and made it look easy.
That said, Monsanto....
Re: Monsanto Acquires Weather Big Data Company Climate Corporation For $930M
#4Congrats, I hope all the awesome Cascalog hackers at Climate Corporation made out well in the acquisition. I was impressed by these guys out at Clojure/West a couple of years ago.
Yeah, they're very kind to host many of the Clojure meetups here in SF, and seem to be very sharp. They were working with some impressive amounts of data, and made it look easy. That said, Monsanto....
yea, that name is enough to taint anything associated with it, to me at least.
Re: Monsanto Acquires Weather Big Data Company Climate Corporation For $930M
#5I don't think this has a lot to do with good PR. It's a smart acquisition. Weather plays a big role in agriculture in Asian countries.
Re: Monsanto Acquires Weather Big Data Company Climate Corporation For $930M
#6Congrats, I hope all the awesome Cascalog hackers at Climate Corporation made out well in the acquisition. I was impressed by these guys out at Clojure/West a couple of years ago.
Yeah, they're very kind to host many of the Clojure meetups here in SF, and seem to be very sharp. They were working with some impressive amounts of data, and made it look easy. That said, Monsanto....
....is what?
Re: Monsanto Acquires Weather Big Data Company Climate Corporation For $930M
#7I see that weather forecasting companies are now referred to as weather big data companies, even though most people know that forecasting means crunching large data sets.
Re: Monsanto Acquires Weather Big Data Company Climate Corporation For $930M
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Re: Monsanto Acquires Weather Big Data Company Climate Corporation For $930M
#9It's a smart move in several ways. For one, Monsanto has to grow all the seed it is going to sell, so knowing which areas will most likely have the weather patterns conducive to that particular hybrid will increase their yield. Secondly, knowing what to expect in weather trends means they can decide what to focus on for crop traits, both in research and marketing. The recent drought caused Pioneer's first-to-market drought-tolerant seed to sell out, and I'm sure Monsanto is looking to find the next hit seller trait.
Re: Monsanto Acquires Weather Big Data Company Climate Corporation For $930M
#10How was a startup able to offer an insurance product with only a few tens of millions in VC? Were they partnering with someone? I would love to read more about their business model.