Ford Smart Mobility and JetBlue Technology Ventures-backed ClimaCell will put the series C capital towards R&D and commercialisation activities.

ClimaCell, a US-based weather forecasting and intelligence service backed by carmaker Ford and airline operator JetBlue Airways, has collected $23m of series C funding co-led by Pitango Growth and Square Peg Capital, TechCrunch has reported.

Founded in 2015, ClimaCell provides weather forecasting data collected from communications and internet-of-things infrastructure such as cell tower transmissions and connected cars.

The company’s flagship service, dubbed MicroWeather, is intended to be highly accurate and is tailored to enterprises which depend on forecasts relevant to…