Rainmaker raises $100M to scale drone cloud seeding across the American West
Augustus Doricko's El Segundo startup will use the Series B to expand atmospheric research and lower the cost of producing freshwater from clouds.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: X - Augustus Doricko
Why it matters
Rainmaker is attempting to turn cloud seeding from a difficult-to-measure service into water infrastructure priced by verified output. The $100M round funds the science needed to prove that model.
Augustus Doricko (@ADoricko) said in a thread on X on September 21st that Rainmaker has raised a $100M Series B to expand its atmospheric research operation and scale a drone-based system for producing additional rain and snow from existing storms.
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