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Fathom
Flood risk mapping
- 21-100 employees
- B2B
- Enterprise
- Big data
- Machine Learning
- SaaS
- Environmental
- Brandon, Bristol, UK
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Company mission
To provide scientifically rigorous water and climate information for the benefit of businesses and communities worldwide.
Our take
Our changing climate poses an increasing risk to us all. Extreme weather events like flooding are a cause for anxiety across the globe including in rain-stricken U.K. One set of commercial concerns from these climate events are from insurers that are attempting to recalibrate underwriting models to deal with changing flood and other climate risks.
Fathom is part of a crop of flood risk modelling services that exist to aid insurers in this task. However, Fathom’s UK model is the first of its kind to factor in multiple climate change scenarios to predict the impact of flooding in the future, rather than relying solely on historic records.
The company is proving out its best-in-class ability to appreciate flood risk for its commercial clients. Now, it is expanding its offering to be fit for national and regional economies across the globe.
Fathom’s partnership with Reask is a boost to its commercial viability. While the company’s core offering is obviously cutting-edge, for the startup to achieve its goals for growth it will have to embed its offering into the workflows of risk management teams. Partnerships like these with risk analytics providers should greatly help in this regard.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Health Cash Plan
- Access To Mental Health Cover and Support
- Subsidised Gym Memberships
- Group Income Protection
- Pension Contributions Matched Up To 10%
- Group Life Assurance
- Private Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- 28 Days + Bank Holidays
- Enhanced Family Policies
Company values
- One for all—Whenever in need, each individual can lean on the whole team and know that they will receive the support that they need from the company.
- Positive impact—The impact that we have as individuals and as a team will be one that we are proud of. Our work will have purpose and make a real world difference to our customers and society.
- Science at heart—We have a symbiotic relationship with academia. Science is in Fathom’s DNA.
- Open and transparent—Operating as a glass box means that we are transparent. It allows us to be open and honest about our strengths and weaknesses.
- Embracing individuality—At Fathom being different is the norm and all opinions are welcomed. We challenge the status quo and stand out from the crowd.
- Dynamic—We shape our actions around what needs to be done. Fathom is flexible with its employees, adaptable with its customers and agile as a business.
Leadership
Andrew Smith
(COO)Founded Fathom while studying for a PhD at the University of Bristol in flood risk.
Christopher Sampson
(CTO)Studied Geography at Bristol before completing a PhD under Prof Paul Bates that examined how we might begin to understand flooding across the many parts of our world where people are at risk but high quality data is not readily available.
Stuart Whitfield
(CEO, not founder)Joined the senior management team at Fathom in 2018 as a Director. At the time, was the CEO of an international software company, Erlang Solutions, and remains a board member of several tech companies within that group.