Treeswift

Backed byPathbreaker Ventures

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Total raised$24.8M
StageSeed
Hiring pace10 roles / 90d
Founded2020
Team size11-50
HQPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
Industries

About Treeswift

Treeswift is a critical infrastructure technology company focused on enabling better decision-making for power utilities facing threats from severe storms and wildfires. The company delivers scalable technology to manage large-scale distributed infrastructure, beginning with vegetation risk management for power lines and expanding into asset management, construction planning, and disaster recovery. Working with three of the five largest utilities in the United States, Treeswift has rapidly grown since launching its first utility pilot approximately eighteen months prior. The company's team combines deep expertise from Palantir, robotics PhDs, Skydio alumni, wildfire firefighters, and forest service veterans, positioning it to revolutionize field work in the energy sector and beyond.

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Company at a glance

Locations
Philadelphia, United States ·New York City, United States
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Founders & Leadership

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Elizabeth Hunter

COO & Co-founder @ Treeswift | Forbes 30 Under 30 | PhD in Robotics

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Michael Shomin

CTO and Co-Founder at Treeswift

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Steven Chen

CEO & Co-founder @ Treeswift

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Bianca Rahill-Marier

Product & Business Development - Builder - Advisor - Working on Climate.

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Clay Ramel

VP of Revenue at Treeswift

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Location

About the Team

Team Distribution

  • Software Engineering28%
  • Leadership16%
  • Sales & Business Development16%
  • Operations13%
  • Specialized9%

Where the Team Studied

  1. 1.University of Pennsylvania
  2. 2.Carnegie Mellon University
  3. 3.Stanford University
  4. 4.Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  5. 5.Cornell University

Team Worked At

  • Palantir Technologies
  • Skydio
  • NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
  • Stripe
  • Microsoft

Team Composition

27 people
  • Engineering8
  • Product Management1 senior3
  • Administrative2
  • Leadership2 senior2
  • Arts and Design1
  • Consulting1
  • Customer Success and Support1
  • Information Technology1 senior1

Culture & values

Team is mission-driven

Team composed of experts with deep industry experience

Team includes former Palantir leadership

Team includes PhDs from top robotics programs

Team includes Skydio alumni

Team includes wildfire firefighters

Team includes forest service alumni

Culture focused on innovation across the technical stack

Emphasis on transformative impact

Funding History

SeedMar 2022

$4.8M

raised

Treeswift, a drone-swarm forest-monitoring startup, raised a $4.8M seed round led by Pathbreaker Ventures, bringing total funding to $6.4M.

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