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September 24th, 2025
Earthmover Raises $7.2 Million Seed Round

Earthmover, a New York–based software company focused on modern workflows for climate, weather, and tensor data, has raised $7.2 million in Seed funding.

Investors

The round was led by Lowercarbon Capital, with participation from Costanoa Ventures and Preston-Werner Ventures.

Lowercarbon Capital is a venture capital firm that focuses exclusively on funding companies dedicated to addressing the climate crisis. Headquartered in Jackson, Wyoming, the firm invests in technologies that reduce CO₂ and other greenhouse gas emissions, remove existing carbon from the atmosphere, and actively cool the planet. Founded in 2018, it primarily invests in early-stage companies at the Seed and Series A stages.

Earthmover Use of Funds 

The company will use the funds to expand its array-native data platform, support product innovation, and accelerate AI/ML model development and deployment across climate, weather, and geoscience applications.

About Earthmover 

Founded by Ryan Abernathey and Joe Hamman, Earthmover PBC is building a cloud-native tensor data platform. The company empowers organizations working with weather, climate, and geospatial data through its exabyte-scale data management platform. Its core components include Icechunk, a cloud-optimized open-source array storage format; Arraylake, a governance and version-controlled data management layer, and Flux, a high-performance API for geospatial queries. Earthmover’s mission is to empower people to use scientific data to solve humanity’s greatest challenges.

Funding Details 

Company: Earthmover PBC

Raised: $7.2M

Round: Seed

Funding Date: September 2025

Lead Investor: Lowercarbon Capital

Additional Investors: Costanoa Ventures, Preston-Werner Ventures

Company Website: https://earthmover.io/

Software Category: Data Infrastructure / Climate & Geospatial AI

Source: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250919639500/en/