Climate Intelligence company Ambee collaborates with Zapier to automate marketing campaigns

Ambee, an environmental and climate intelligence company that supplies actionable environmental and climate data in real-time, has collaborated with Zapier, the leader in easy automation for small businesses, to help organizations automate marketing campaigns.

Zapier’s users can now connect Ambee with over 5000+ applications and automate their marketing campaigns in just a few steps. For example, businesses or individual users can set up a ‘zap’ that tracks air quality, weather, and pollen levels on a daily basis through Ambee. Whenever it reaches a cautionary level set by the user, a campaign via Mailchimp or any other marketing tool can be automatically pushed out.

Ambee uses data from on-ground sensors and remote imagery from satellites to analyze environmental factors such as air quality, soil, micro weather, pollen, and more to help millions worldwide stay safe and mitigate the impact of climate change. Through this integration with Zapier, businesses can roll out timely and informational marketing campaigns that can help consumers take appropriate actions against environmental factors such as pollen, air quality, weather, and much more.

Commenting on the collaboration, Jaideep Singh Bachher, CEO and Co-founder of Ambee, said, “At Ambee, our aim is to bring businesses closer to their customers by providing them with actionable environmental data. Many businesses across sectors have used Ambee’s data to craft personalized marketing campaigns that have helped their customers stay updated about environmental changes around them and take appropriate measures. This integration with Zapier further allows us to reach out to many more businesses and users to help them stay safe and protected from potential environmental triggers.”

About Ambee

Ambee is an environmental and climate intelligence company that builds hyperlocal datasets for air quality, pollen, weather, active fires, and other climate parameters. The company was founded with a mission to democratize access to environmental data and tools that enable a better and healthier living experience.


Ambee’s environmental APIs aggregate raw data from multiple sources, such as on-ground sensors, satellite imagery, and open-source traffic data, and process it with proprietary AI algorithms to build reliable and accurate datasets.

Ambee provides location-specific and real-time data that can be used by a wide range of markets that aim to build a healthier planet. Businesses and administrators across the globe integrate Ambee’s AI-powered, scientifically-validated data into their businesses and lives to create sustainable and climate-friendly surroundings.

To find out more, visit Ambee.

Ambee Launches New Severe Weather Alerts API to Notify Users of Heatwaves, Storms and Hurricanes

The New API Notifies Users of Hurricanes, Storms, and Heatwaves.

Ambee, a climate intelligence company that supplies actionable environmental and climate data in real-time, has launched a new API to alert users of severe weather events such as hurricanes, storms, and heatwaves. Ambee’s severe weather alerts API can help users to take precautions, build necessary solutions, and, most of all, prepare for the future.

Hurricanes, heatwaves, wildfires, floods, and other extreme weather conditions cause considerable losses to societies and individuals worldwide. 70% of businesses worldwide experience disruption in operations and finances due to abnormal weather events. It is critical to consider the causes of these events, as well as their relationship to climate change and how various environmental factors interact with one another.

Severe weather alerts by Ambee are available in the form of APIs. This API provides alerts of extreme weather events on a real-time basis, at a frequency of once every hour. Ambee’s new severe weather alert API is designed to notify you of the likelihood of the occurrence of the following extreme weather events:

• Tornado: clouds, strong wind, rain, hail.
• Hurricane or cyclone: strong wind, heavy rain.
• Blizzard: heavy snow, ice, and cold temperatures.
• Dust storm: strong currents and arid conditions.
• Flood: heavy rainfall
• Hail Storm: cold or warm temperatures, rain, ice.
• Ice storm: freezing rain

As the intensity and frequency of severe weather disasters increase, we need to track Earth’s climatic changes more closely. With the launch of the new severe weather alerts API, Ambee offers stakeholders the chance to take the next step towards a deeper understanding of the climate.

Commenting on the new API, Chandrashekar D, VP of Engineering, Ambee, said, “Several environmental factors interact to increase the frequency and risk of extreme weather events and poor air quality." Businesses and organizations need to take steps to help protect communities from the harmful impacts of climate change. At Ambee, we use the power of data science and machine learning to better support scientists in understanding these environmental disasters. We apply Ambee’s proprietary algorithms to monitor these events and offer alerts based on any new anomalies detected. "

To know more, visit https://www.getambee.com/api/severe-weather-alerts.

About Ambee

Ambee is an environmental and climate intelligence company that builds hyperlocal datasets for air quality, pollen, weather, active fires, and other climate parameters. The company was founded with a mission to democratize access to environmental data and tools that enable a better and healthier living experience.

Ambee’s environmental APIs aggregate raw data from multiple sources, such as on-ground sensors, satellite imagery, and open-source traffic data, and process it with proprietary AI algorithms to build reliable and accurate datasets.

Ambee provides location-specific and real-time data that can be used by a wide range of markets that aim to build a healthier planet. Businesses and administrators across the globe integrate Ambee’s AI-powered, scientifically-validated data into their businesses and lives to create sustainable and climate-friendly surroundings.

Ambee Launches Greenhouse Gas API To Track Hyperlocal Emissions

Ambee, a climate intelligence company that supplies actionable environmental & climate data in real-time, has launched a greenhouse gas API to track emissions at a hyperlocal level. With Ambee’s API, businesses, government bodies, administrators, and ESG stakeholders can readily obtain near real-time data for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in their immediate vicinity.

Greenhouse gases have existed in the atmosphere at relatively stable levels for thousands of years until the industrial processes were developed. After industrialization, the levels of greenhouse gases have risen at an unprecedented rate. This sudden rise in GHG concentrations has intensified the greenhouse effect, pushing it beyond its natural limits. The increase in greenhouse gas emissions traps heat in the atmosphere and alters the climate. Rising temperatures increase the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events such as heatwaves, floods, forest fires, etc. The only way to minimize these events is by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. To do so, the first step is to be aware of how much we emit. Ambee’s greenhouse gas API helps businesses quantify emissions and alert their customers about the level of emissions in their surroundings.

With Ambee’s GHG API, a user can understand the greenhouse gas levels present in the atmosphere at particular geo-coordinates. Along with global daily coverage of greenhouse gas data, it also provides information on carbon dioxide (CO2), water vapor, methane (CH4) and ozone (O3).

Commenting on the new launch, Chandrashekar D, VP of Engineering, Ambee, said, “Countries across the globe have been reporting emissions data for decades. However, there are still a lot of gaps in terms of access to the right data and the expertise required to quantify emissions. There is a large unmet need for accurate and hyperlocal GHG data on a global scale. Our goal is to address this need through our GHG API.”

“Ambee uses raw data from multiple earth observational satellites, which we then combine with insights from our on ground sensors. These insights are generated from our learnings collected from the proprietary devices we’ve deployed in Mumbai. These proprietary devices deployed in various critical locations across Mumbai are the foundation of the research that backs Ambee’s GHG API”, Chandrashekar adds.

Ambee’s Greenhouse Gas API use cases

Global corporations, institutions, and governments can use Ambee’s GHG API to implement domestic policies related to the management of greenhouse gas emissions. The data can be used to set GHG reduction targets in different departments.

Companies can also assess their climate risks and opportunities with GHG data. GHG dataset can help businesses track and compare their internal greenhouse gas emissions, identify opportunities to reduce pollution, decrease energy wastage, and save money.

Cities can use Ambee’s GHG API to find the high-emitting points in a particular region, compare the insights between similar facilities, and develop unified climate policies.

For more details, visit, https://www.getambee.com/api/greenhouse-gas

Ambee is a climate and environmental intelligence company that builds hyperlocal datasets for air quality, pollen, greenhouse gas, weather, active fires, and other climate parameters. The company was founded to democratize access to environmental data and it now aims to deliver evidence-based science-backed climate data to help stakeholders take action.

Ambee’s APIs aggregate raw data from multiple sources, such as on-ground sensors, earth observation satellites, and open-source traffic data, and process it with beyond the best-in-class proprietary AI algorithms to build reliable and accurate datasets.

Ambee provides location-specific and real-time data that can be used by a wide range of markets that aim to build a healthier planet. Businesses and administrators across the globe integrate Ambee’s AI-powered, scientifically-validated data into their businesses and lives to create sustainable and climate-friendly surroundings.

Bengaluru-based Ambee Joins NASA’s Pace Mission as an Early Adopter

Ambee joins NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission.

Ambee, a global platform for hyperlocal and geospatial datasets on air quality, weather, pollen, soil, water vapor, fire, and more, has joined NASA’s PACE Mission as an early adopter.

The Collaboration with NASA and PACE scientists will allow Ambee to develop in-depth solutions that can mitigate the impact of climate change.

Datair Technology Pvt Ltd (Ambee), a global platform for hyperlocal and geospatial datasets on air quality, weather, pollen, soil, water vapor, fire, and more, has joined NASA’s PACE Mission as an early adopter. PACE elongates to the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission developed by NASA to be a low orbit satellite gathering geospatial data.

The PACE mission, scheduled to launch in 2024, will add to NASA’s existing satellite observations of global ocean biology and aerosols, continuing the analysis of global ocean health and atmospheric quality. The data collected will be utilized by the scientific community, including universities and government agencies, to forecast weather and develop research that can aid in mitigating climate change. As part of the PACE Early Adopter program, sustainably driven companies like Ambee can integrate valuable PACE data into their offering.

Madhusudhan Anand, CTO, and Co-Founder, Ambee, said, “We are excited to be a part of NASA’s PACE mission. At Ambee, our mission is to help people breathe cleaner air by making accurate, real-time, actionable air quality data easily accessible to governments, businesses, and people to improve everyone’s lives. This collaboration with NASA and PACE scientists will allow us to develop in-depth solutions that can mitigate the impact of climate change and strengthen our vision of creating a healthier, cleaner, and a better planet for everyone.”

In India, air pollution was the cause of an estimated 1.6 million deaths in 2019 – the highest globally – according to a report by the Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health. A significant number of the deaths were caused by particulate matter pollution, while household air pollution came in second. According to the Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air, as of January this year, 132 cities have pollution levels below national standards. More than 90% of the country breathes air quality below World Health Organization’s standards.

The assessment and analysis of these increasing air pollution rates through data can help mitigate the oncoming environmental crisis. For instance, PACE’s data assessment on aerosol suspension can also calculate emissions, forecast visibility, understand extreme weather events, and accounting for climate risks.

Ambee’s air quality datasets are primed to become more accurate with access to NASA’s hyperspectral and polarimetric PACE data. Governing bodies, private companies, and individual initiatives will have access to new and improved datasets to derive correlations and strategize risk mitigation with solutions.

Additionally, Ambee is working with renowned NASA scientists Alexei Lyapustin, Lorraine Remer, and Snorre Stamnes to explore and identify new solutions.

“The PACE Science and Applications Team is thrilled to be working with partners like Ambee who bring a fresh perspective to the work that we do and ensure that the PACE mission will provide societal benefit,” says Lorraine Remer, Atmospheric Scientist, University of Maryland Baltimore County. “Air quality is a pressing global concern, and the PACE mission aims to make significant advances to aid air quality improvement. PACE brings exciting new technology for the study of oceans and atmospheres. The goal of PACE science is to provide benefit to society”, quotes Lorraine.

More about the mission here: https://pace.oceansciences.org/people_ea.htm?id=110&fbclid=IwAR2lLIxYqFH2d1lJWy2tCo_dNL7lACchyLhhLndXdmWjUr-zOGgc4zubDlA


Ambee builds hyperlocal environmental data and intelligence in real-time across the world. Using proprietary data science, Ambee provides location-specific, real-time data and actionable insights on air quality, weather, pollen, and other environmental factors. Businesses and administrators across the globe consume Ambee’s data. The company was founded to democratize access to environmental data and tools that enable a better and healthier living experience.

To Increase Agriculture Productivity Ambee Brings Data Science to Farming, Launches ‘SmartFarming Data’, an Environmental Intelligence Suite

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Ambee launches ‘SmartFarming Data’ to increase agriculture productivity using environmental intelligence

Ambee’s ‘SmartFarming Data’ ​​is a suite of agro-weather, satellite imagery, and farm analytics that help farmers monitor and manage farms.

Ambee, an environmental intelligence company that supplies hyperlocal environmental data in real-time, has launched ‘SmartFarming Data’, a new offering that brings data science techniques to farmers and agribusinesses to improve the health of their farms. ‘SmartFarming Data’ by Ambee will help farmers understand their farms better, mitigate the impact of climate change on agriculture, take measures to monitor and mitigate soil degradation, and increase agricultural productivity using environmental data.

A recent report by the United Nations indicates that the world population is expected to grow to 10 Billion by 2050. According to the same report, the world loses around 12 million hectares of productive land each year, resulting in widespread implications such as poor agricultural yields, food scarcity, forced migration, and more. Year-on-year there has been a 40% decline in crop yield and crop quality due to depleting soil nutrition, climate change, and intensive farming techniques that cause significant greenhouse gas emissions.

 

There is a dire need to confront the requirement of increased agricultural production to feed a growing population. The answer as we have come to realise is not aggressive over farming, but sustainable agricultural practices while soldiering through climate change, depletion of natural resources, increased erosion, and more. We have to ensure access to a sufficient supply of healthy, diverse, and safe food for a growing global population while limiting the impact on the environment and coping with climate change. In order to do so, we need to adopt better and smarter farming techniques that not only improve production capacity but also minimise the overuse of water resources, chemicals, and other unsustainable practices that impact the environment.

‘SmartFarming Data’ by Ambee has been designed with a two-fold goal in mind - one, to increase agricultural productivity using environmental data, two, to assist in the implementation of sustainable farming practices to reduce the environmental impact of agriculture. The product provides historical and forecast agro-weather data to improve crop yield, detailed soil data to monitor soil productivity and mitigate the impact of climate change on agriculture. Furthermore, the product can also be used by agri companies to make critical business decisions based on historical and forecast yield quality, and researchers can use SmartFarming Data to find solutions to agricultural concerns.

Commenting on the new offering, Madhusudhan Anand, CTO and Co-Founder, Ambee, said, “The impact of climate-related events is universal. It affects everyone, everywhere, and in every industry. Among the many possible concerns caused by climate change, the threats to global agriculture stand out as one of the most serious. It impacts agricultural yield which will, in turn, cause severe food shortages. The food and agriculture organisation of the United Nations states that the global supply of food will need to increase by 70% by 2050 to meet the demands of the growing population. In order to cater to this demand, farmers need to have an informed and intimate understanding of their fields while ensuring efficient and responsible utilisation of natural resources.”

“At Ambee, we are on a mission to address the interlinked challenges of food security and climate change. Through our ‘SmartFarming Data’, our goal is to create easy access to environmental intelligence to help our farmers grow more with efficient utilisation of natural resources'' added Madhusudhan Anand.

Product features of ‘SmartFarming Data’

• Hyperlocal agro-weather data: Historical and forecast weather data to improve yield.
• Satellite imagery: Satellite images in true and false colours, high resolution, and downloadable formats.
• Real-time soil data: Soil data to monitor soil fertility, control moisture, and temperature level.
• NDVI data: NDVI (Normalised Difference Vegetation Index) and EVI (Enhanced Vegetation Index) are typically used to identify vegetation greenness. Ambee’s ‘SmartFarming Data’ offers NDVI and EVI data to assess vegetation health and behaviour.

Sectors using ‘SmartFarming Data’

• Farmers and Agricultural companies can use ‘SmartFarming Data’ for output enhancement and predictability.
• Crop insurance providers and financial lending institutions can use this for risk prediction and management.
• Government agri agencies and advisory can use this information for output predictability and implementation of sustainable agriculture practices.
• Seed production companies can use this information for quality maximization.

For more details visit: https://www.smartfarmingdata.com/

Gspatial.ai - One of Its Kind Platform for Bulk Historical Air Quality and Weather Data Launched

Ambee’s Gspatial.ai will offer street-by-street, hourly historical air quality, and weather data for over 70+ countries covering the last 20+ years

Businesses, researchers, and government bodies can utilize Gspatial.ai’s historical air quality and weather data to mitigate climate change loss through deep insights and strategic decision-making

Ambee, a climate intelligence company that supplies hyperlocal environmental data in real-time, has launched Gspatial.ai, a new offering that provides historical air quality and weather data to businesses and governments across 70+ countries all over the world. The service includes street-by-street hourly air quality and weather data spanning the last 20+ years.

Ambee’s Gspatial.ai will benefit healthcare, pharma, insurance, logistics, retail, and even government bodies. Gspatial.ai helps mitigate the risks of climate change through deep and actionable insights on environmental factors, helping companies assess risks and make sound business decisions. Businesses can easily shop for historical air quality and weather data through Gspatial.ai’s website or a purpose-built API dashboard.

Commenting on the launch of Gspatial.ai, Madhusudan Anand, CTO and Co-Founder, of Ambee, said, “Our mission is to improve the health of millions of people but also the planet itself by developing products that can impact those affected by climate change.” He added that Gspatial.ai is a step in that direction, with easy access to reliable and accurate historical information on hyperlocal environmental factors. “This will help businesses understand how environmental events can have an impact on revenue. Industries such as oil & gas, energy, automobiles, insurance, healthcare, agriculture, and forestry are amongst the most vulnerable to climate risks. Businesses can use historical environmental data when looking at capital allocation, development of products or services, and supply-chain management. Through this product, we hope businesses can stay resilient to climate disasters, profitable and sustainable while helping their customers stay healthy,” explained Mr. Anand.

Then and Now

The Swiss Re Institute’s recent Climate Economics Index stress test reported that the global economy could lose up to 18% GDP from climate change by 2050. Further, the Environmental Research Letters journal at the University College of London, reports that by the year 2100, climate change will cost the world six times more than originally thought. The United in Science 2021 report says that the average global temperature was the highest on record for the last five years. Carbon dioxide levels are at their highest in 650,000 years. This past year has also recorded extreme weather and climate calamities, an effect of human-induced climate change.

It is clear that climate change is a huge risk to all businesses. Access to accurate and historical environmental data can help reduce loss and insulate against further risk through adaptability and climate resilience.

More on Gspatial Platform

One of the most important benefits of historical environmental data is risk assessment and insurance. Historical environmental data services like Gspatial.ai help in creating risk models that predict weather patterns; protect solvency by better investment decisions; aid resource optimization, and encourage policymakers to take action. For instance, environmental data oversees precipitation events (floods and mudslides); wildfire frequency and severity; temperature spikes; crop growth; soil erosion; and more. In the same vein, when it comes to logistics, for example, environmental intelligence will accurately identify a delivery window or adjust ETAs according to the weather; optimize inventory before inclement weather; and establish clear and cost-effective transportation, among other advantages.

Upcoming features in the Gspatial.ai platform:

• Hyperlocal emissions with CO2 in PPM and CO2e in Gigatons,
• Pollen, vegetation, satellite images, historical fires data,
• Historical severe weather events data,
• Bulk historical climate data,
• Environmental forecast data for more than 80 years and lots more.

For more details, visit https://www.gspatial.ai/

Ambee builds hyperlocal climate data and intelligence in real-time across the world. Using proprietary data science, Ambee provides location-specific, real-time data and actionable insights on air quality, weather, pollen, and various other environmental factors. Ambee’s data is consumed by businesses and administrators across the globe. Ambee was founded with an aim to democratize access to environmental data and tools that enable a better and healthier living experience.

Website: https://www.getambee.com/

Ambee Launches an All New Air Quality and Pollen Monitoring App for Real-time, Street-level Environmental Data

Know what you breathe with Ambee’s new and updated app for air quality data and environmental summary of your surroundings

Ambee, an environmental intelligence company that supplies hyperlocal data on environmental factors in real-time, has launched an all new version of their air quality monitoring app for accessing real-time air quality data at a street by street level.

The app will provide personalized, location-based air quality recommendations, send out alerts in case of higher pollution levels, and provide updates on other environmental factors such as pollen, rainfall, and a 7-day weather forecast for a user’s location of choice.

A report by the World Health Organization indicates that air pollution kills an estimated 7 million people worldwide. The air you breathe is a direct indicator of immediate and long-term health. Small changes in air pollution – the kind you might find between different streets or neighborhoods – are proven to significantly increase health risks. Even the COVID-19 pandemic has been shown to increase fatalities in areas with high air pollution. As per a study by Harvard University, a slight increase in long-term exposure to PM2.5 (Particulate Matter) leads to a significant increase in the COVID-19 death rate.

The first step towards mitigating the impact of air pollution is being aware of the air we breathe. Air quality data helps visualize and quantify the ambient air pollution at any given location, down to the postcode and neighborhood level. Through the Ambee app, users can get detailed insights into air pollutants such as PM2.5, PM10, and their health effects, personalized action-driven health recommendations to optimize daily activities, and receive regular air quality alerts to make healthier data-driven decisions. Ambee’s app provides air quality data for the largest number of locations on the planet.

Commenting on the app, Madhusudan Anand, CTO and Co-Founder, Ambee, said “Air pollution has become an inevitable part of our everyday lives. With increasing population and urbanization, air pollution is likely to increase in the years to come, and it is bound to have an adverse impact on the health of millions. One of the ways to mitigate the health impact of air pollution is to be aware of what you breathe and make conscious data-driven decisions that can minimize exposure to polluted air. At Ambee, our mission is to help people breathe clean air by making accurate, real-time, actionable air quality data easily accessible to people, businesses, and governments to improve overall world health. This app by Ambee is a step towards making air quality data easily available at your fingertips''

Ambee App is available on Android and iOS. To download, click on the link - https://apps.apple.com/in/app/air-quality-pollen-app-ambee/id1363721253 or https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ambee.android

About Ambee:

Ambee builds hyperlocal environmental data and intelligence in real-time across the world. Using proprietary data science, Ambee provides location-specific, real-time data and actionable insights on air quality, weather, pollen, and various other environmental factors. Ambee’s data is consumed by businesses and administrators across the globe. Ambee was founded with an aim to democratize access to environmental data and tools that enable a better and healthier living experienceWebsite: https://www.getambee.com/

Environment Startup Ambee launches Website for Real-Time Hyperlocal Data about Air Quality

Ambee, an environment intelligence startup has launched www.indianairpollution.com, a website that provides hyperlocal air quality data in near real time. The website provides a quick overview of real time air quality information from more than 15,000 monitoring stations from over 65 countries, covering 150000 locations.

Founded by Madhusudan Anand, Akshay Joshi and Jaideep Singh Bachher in 2017, Ambee is an environment intelligence startup which was started with a goal  to create an environmentally informed society by providing access to data, and tools that enable a better living experience. Ambee aims to make hyperlocal air quality data accessible to developers, consumers, health researchers and media companies

Ambee has installed 100 sensors across Bangalore with over 500 sensors currently being installed across India. Ambee’s sensors measure  air quality, particulate matter, volatile organic compounds, temperature, humidity, and other environmental factors. In addition to proprietary sensor data, Ambee uses multiple sources of satellite imagery, government pollution data from across the world, meteorological data, and every open-source air pollution data set currently in existence. All this data is processed using Ambee’s proprietary intelligence methods.

Commenting on the launch, Akshay Joshi, CEO and Co-Founder of Ambee said “ Every year over 9 Million deaths worldwide are due to air pollution. Unfortunately, most people are unaware about the impact of air pollution on their health. At Ambee, our goal is to provide real time air quality data to everyone and spread awareness amongst people about the state of the world we live in. As the famous quote goes, we can only improve what we can measure. At Ambee our mission is to measure and democratize access to data and eventually work towards improving air quality for  future generations."

Ambee’s analysis of recent air quality data across cities like Bangalore, Hyderabad, New Delhi and Mumbai  showcase interesting insights on the overall air quality in all these cities. Air Quality Index or AQI is a measure of air quality computed by taking into account major air pollutants such as particulate matter, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide.

Over the last month, Air Quality Index(AQI) in Bangalore has averaged between 80 to 120 which is approximately 2.5 to 3.5 times above the desired range of 0-50. The reasons include increased urban emissions from vehicular traffic, particularly so in the month of October due to increased movement of trucks and buses for festive season, industrial pollution, garbage burning and ongoing construction activity, road repair and metro construction. Although rain reduces PM2.5 count, it does little or has no impact to the gaseous pollutants like CO, SO2, No2 etc., 

Similarly, AQI in Delhi indicates hazardous levels of air pollution in more than 30 areas with numbers averaging between 300 to 400 AQI for the last month. Post Diwali, Ambee predicts a 45% increase in PM 2.5, a carcinogenic pollutant that the human body has no immunity against. In the next one week, with the increase in stubble burning, AQI in some areas can go upto 500, indicating hazardous levels of air quality in the national capital. 

However, Mumbai on the other hand will have safe to moderate levels of AQI due to continued rains and PM 2.5 will remain within safe limits in most parts of the city. Likewise, In Hyderabad, due to pre-diwali showers in some parts of the city,  there was considerably lower pollution levels compared to other cities. However, AQI in Hyderabad will average between 120 to 150 for the entire month due to vehicular traffic and industrial pollution. 

Ambee has air quality data for over 1 lakh pin codes across 65 countries. Ambee analyzes air quality data at a hyperlocal level and predicts air quality trends  for the next 15 years by taking into consideration factors like traffic, population density, climate change and its impact on human health, businesses, and other socio economic factors. 

Ambee and Foodiebaba Secure Investments from Omaxe and iProspect India in The Vault

With more than Rs. 3 crore already invested into promising ventures in just two episodes, the funding windfall on The Vault, a one-of-its-kind reality show in India, shows no signs of abating! The latest episode of the show, aired on television recently, saw the entrepreneurial dreams of two start-ups – Ambee and Foodiebaba – fulfilled with a cumulative investment of Rs. 45 lakh by investors on the show.

Bangalore-based Ambee, Unique Gadget to protect air pollution, secured an investment of Rs. 25 lakh from Mohit Goel, CEO – Omaxe Limited, in exchange of 15% equity. On the other hand, Foodiebaba, a desserts and snacks delivery service from New Delhi, managed to get a sweet deal by securing Rs. 20 lakh in exchange of 26% equity from Vivek Bhargava, CEO – iProspect India. The third start-up featuring on the show, BookMyChotu, a unique domestic help service, didn’t manage to cinch any offers, but got valuable advice from the investors on the show.

Jatin Goel, Creator, The Vault, said, “Given how The Vault was conceptualised as a unique platform to give aspiring entrepreneurs a chance to gain investments and visibility, we are extremely delighted with the response to the show so far. The fact that several start-ups have already secured investments from some of the leading entrepreneurs in the country is very encouraging and motivates us to aspire for greater heights. We are confident that the interest that the show has generated will play a vital role in nurturing entrepreneurship across the length and breadth of the country.”

By giving budding entrepreneurs a unique opportunity to pitch their business ideas to a panel of investors on television, The Vault has been garnering great praise for its unique approach to boost entrepreneurship in India. Open to emerging start-ups, SMEs, the student community as well as household & rural ventures, the show gives television exposure to innovative business ideas and highlights what goes on behind closed doors during an entrepreneur-investor funding pitch.

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