Funceme

Name

Funceme

Legal name

Fundação Cearense de Meteorologia e Recursos Hídricos

Website

https://funceme.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1972

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Meteorological and Hydrological Services

NAICS

Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs (92411), Administration of Conservation Programs (92412)

akta.pro industry

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Decision Support & Agronomic Modeling (Yield, Irrigation, Pest/Disease Forecasting)

Agriculture & Food Production/Agricultural Equipment & Technology/Precision Agriculture & Farm Management Software (GIS, IoT, Telematics)

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Farm Data Management & Decision Support Services (FMIS Setup, Data Integration, Analytics)

Agriculture & Food Production/Agricultural Services (Custom Farming, Agronomy, Veterinary)/Precision Agriculture Services (Remote Sensing, Variable Rate, Farm Data Services)

SECONDARYAFACACAE

Soil & Terrain Mapping Services (EC/EM Scanning, Topography, Zone Delineation)

Agriculture & Food Production/Agricultural Services (Custom Farming, Agronomy, Veterinary)/Precision Agriculture Services (Remote Sensing, Variable Rate, Farm Data Services)

SECONDARYAFACACAF

Precision Irrigation & Water Optimization Services (Sensor-Based Scheduling, VRI Prescriptions)

Agriculture & Food Production/Agricultural Services (Custom Farming, Agronomy, Veterinary)/Precision Agriculture Services (Remote Sensing, Variable Rate, Farm Data Services)

SECONDARYAFACACAJ

IoT/On-Farm Sensor Deployment & Monitoring Services (Weather Stations, Soil Moisture, Telemetry)

Agriculture & Food Production/Agricultural Services (Custom Farming, Agronomy, Veterinary)/Precision Agriculture Services (Remote Sensing, Variable Rate, Farm Data Services)

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Precision Irrigation & Water Management (Smart Irrigation, Scheduling, VRI, Water Sensors)

Agriculture & Food Production/Crop Farming/Precision Agriculture Technology

Keywords

• Weather forecasting services
• Climate monitoring
• Water resource management
• Hydrological monitoring
• Meteorological research

Headquarters

HQ city

Fortaleza

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Operations, Others

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Funceme provides meteorological forecasts, climate predictions, and water resource monitoring services for the state of Ceará, Brazil. It operates observation stations, radar, and satellite-data systems to produce weather, climate, and hydrological information. It disseminates this information to government agencies, civil defense, agricultural producers, and the general public through web platforms and mobile applications.

Product overview

Funceme offers a portfolio of meteorology, water resources, and environmental monitoring products consisting of mobile applications (Funceme Tempo, Monitor de Secas, Funceme Marés, Calendário de Chuvas, Portal Hidrológico do Ceará, Solos + Ceará), web-based systems (QUALIGRAF, SIMIC, PNT, NOWCASTSIG), and services (climate prognostics, weather forecasting, soil moisture monitoring). The core offering centers on weather and climate prediction using numerical models and observational networks, supplemented by agricultural applications (SIMIC for irrigation, Probabilidade de Lucros for planting decisions) and environmental mapping tools.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Funceme Tempo: Weather forecast application providing essential information about weather conditions in Northeast Brazil with predictions for various cities in the region.
• Monitor de Secas
• Calendário de Chuvas
• Funceme Marés
• Portal Hidrológico do Ceará
• Solos + Ceará
• SIMIC
• QUALIGRAF
• PRODHAM

Products and services

• Weather Forecasting Services
• Climate Prediction and Seasonal Forecasting Seasonal and long-range climate predictions for the state of Ceará, used by government agencies, agricultural producers, and the public for planning drought, rainfall, and agricultural cycles.
• Water Resource Monitoring Monitoring of water resources, reservoirs, river levels, and rainfall for the state of Ceará, supporting water resource management and planning.
• Rain Monitoring Mobile Application Mobile application providing real-time and historical rainfall information for the state of Ceará, intended for farmers, civil defense, and the general public.
• Weather Mobile Application Mobile application providing weather forecasts and current conditions for the state of Ceará.
• Tide Tables Mobile Application Mobile application providing tide table information for coastal regions of Ceará, intended for fishermen, coastal communities, and the public.
• Web Platform for Meteorological and Hydrological Data Web platform (funceme.br) providing access to weather forecasts, climate predictions, hydrological data, and historical data for government agencies, researchers, and the public.

Quantifiable outcome

• Daily weather forecasts generated for all 184 municipalities of Ceará
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SRH - Secretaria dos Recursos Hídricos do CearácoreOthersFunceme is integrated under the Secretaria dos Recursos Hídricos do Ceará (SRH), which serves as the parent ministry. SRH oversees water resource policy and related agencies including COGERH and SOHIDRA.
• COGERH - Companhia de Gestão dos Recursos HídricoscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCOGERH is a related state agency under SRH that manages water resources in Ceará. Funceme collaborates with COGERH on the Portal Hidrológico application development and joint water resource monitoring initiatives. Both organizations are part of the state water management system.
• Secretaria do Desenvolvimento Econômico (SDE)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with SDE specifically under the Water Security Project component for strengthening public sector management. Actions aim to increase efficiency of water use in the agricultural sector for watersheds in Ceará, particularly in the Jaguaribe River Basin.
• DNOCS - Departamento Nacional de Obras Contra as SecasminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDNOCS collaborated with Funceme on the development of the Zoneamento Ecológico-Econômico (ZEE) for areas susceptible to desertification, specifically for Nucleus I (Irauçuba/Centro-Norte) and Nucleus II (Inhamuns).
• Ipece - Instituto de Pesquisa e Estratégia Econômica do CearáminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIpece serves as the implementing entity for the Water Security and Governance Project, coordinating detailed information about the initiative. Funceme is one of the implementing institutions under this project.
• PIRATA - Pilot Research Moored Array in the Tropical Atlantic (Brazil, France, USA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPIRATA is an international oceanography program conducted under cooperation between Brazil, France, and the United States. The program studies ocean-atmosphere interactions in the tropical Atlantic and their impacts on regional climate variability. Funceme participates as the Brazilian partner providing data collection and research contributions.
• UFC - Universidade Federal do CearáminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHistorical connection from the origins of Funceme. The Bureau de Estudos das Secas was created at the Faculty of Pharmacy and Dentistry of UFC before evolving into the meteorology foundation. Current collaboration includes academic partnerships in environmental studies.
• CAGECE - Companhia de Água e Esgoto do CearáminorOthersRelated state government agency under the same state government structure, providing water and sewage services. Listed as a related site under the Funceme government portal.
• CGE - Controladoria e Ouvidoria Geral do EstadominorOthersThe State Comptroller and Ombudsman General's office oversees the state ombudsman network including Funceme's Sectoral Ombudsman. Funceme follows guidelines and regulations set by CGE for transparency and ombudsman operations.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• MetSul Meteorologia: Private Brazilian meteorological forecasting and consulting firm specializing in severe weather and climate analysis. Comparable to Funceme in domain expertise but operating as a private commercial entity serving media, agriculture, and corporate clients.
• Climatempo: Brazil's largest private commercial weather company providing forecasts via web, mobile, and media channels. Climatempo competes for end-user attention against Funceme's free apps and represents the private-sector commercial model that Funceme could potentially emulate for data commercialization.

Regional players

• SEMARH (Secretaria de Estado do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Hídricos - Alagoas): Alagoas state's environmental and water resources secretariat performing comparable state-level meteorology, hydrology, and environmental monitoring functions for another semi-arid Northeast Brazilian state. Represents the typical structural shape of Funceme-equivalent agencies across the region.
• AESA (Agência Executiva de Gestão das Águas do Estado da Paraíba): State water resources management agency in Paraíba, a neighboring Northeast Brazilian state with similar semi-arid conditions. AESA parallels Funceme's role at the state level, including hydrological monitoring and drought assessment, making it a direct regional peer with comparable mandate in an adjacent geography.

Broad incumbents

• ANA (Agência Nacional de Águas e Saneamento Básico): Brazil's national water resources regulator that operates the Monitor de Secas drought monitor in partnership with Funceme. ANA is a direct institutional peer in water resource monitoring and the federal counterpart that hosts Funceme's drought mapping outputs on its portal.
• INMET: Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia is Brazil's federal meteorological agency operating national weather stations and forecasts. INMET also contributes models to Funceme's seasonal forecast ensemble, making it the closest functional peer at the federal level for observation networks, public forecasting, and meteorological data dissemination.
• INPE / CPTEC: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais and its Centro de Previsão de Tempo e Estudos Climáticos operate Brazil's flagship numerical weather prediction and climate modeling capability. Funceme participates in CPTEC's National Model Ensemble (Superconjunto Nacional de Modelos), making CPTEC a direct technical collaborator and the primary national-scale peer in forecasting and modeling.

Direct peers

• CEMADEN: Centro Nacional de Monitoramento e Alertas de Desastres Naturais monitors natural disasters including droughts and extreme weather. Its mandate overlaps directly with Funceme's drought monitoring (Monitor de Secas) and Fortaleza early warning system, making it the closest national-level peer in disaster and climate risk monitoring.
• COGERH: Companhia de Gestão dos Recursos Hídricos manages water reservoirs and allocation in Ceará under the same parent ministry (SRH). COGERH co-develops the Portal Hidrológico with Funceme and jointly executes water resource monitoring, making it the most operationally adjacent state-level peer.
• INSA (Instituto Nacional do Semiárido): Brazilian federal research institute focused on the semi-arid region, sharing Funceme's domain specialization in Northeast Brazil drought, climate, and water resource research. INSA's research mandate and regional focus make it a close thematic peer, though with broader research scope beyond operational meteorology.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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