Associazione MeteoNetwork ODV

Name

Associazione MeteoNetwork ODV

Legal name

Associazione MeteoNetwork ODV

Website

https://meteonetwork.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Meteorological Data Platform

NAICS

Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (54136)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Multicultural/Language Broadcasters (Spanish/Asian/Other Local Markets) (MPABACAI)

Keywords

• Weather station network
• Meteorological data services
• Climate data archive
• Amateur weather observations
• Weather forecasting platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Milan

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees and Donations: The association generates revenue through membership subscriptions and voluntary donations. Members pay to join and support the network, with the funds used to maintain stations and free services for all users.
2. Free Services for General Public: Core services including LiveMap, weather data access, and blog content are provided free of charge to all users. The network relies on community contributions and membership fees to sustain operations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

MeteoNetwork operates Italy's largest amateur weather station network, aggregating real-time meteorological data from volunteer-operated personal stations. The association provides free public access to a station management platform (myMeteoNetwork), a real-time weather map (LiveMap), an API for programmatic data queries, a severe weather reporting system (Storm Report/Pretemp), and a digitized historical climate archive (ReData, 1879-1940) built in partnership with the Università degli Studi di Milano.

Product overview

Associazione MeteoNetwork ODV operates a comprehensive meteorological observation network and data platform for Italy. The core offering consists of myMeteoNetwork, a weather station management platform enabling contributors to upload and manage station data; LiveMap, providing real-time visualization of weather data from stations across Italy; and the MeteoNetwork API for programmatic data access. Supporting services include ReData (historical climate data recovery project 1879-1940 in partnership with University of Milan), Storm Report for severe weather documentation, MJO analysis tables, webcam projects, radiosonde data, a community forum, and a technical wiki covering meteorological instrumentation. The platform is built on open data principles, with meteorological data licensed under CC-BY 4.0.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ReData: Recovery of Data project - a collaboration with Università degli Studi di Milano to digitize historical climate bulletins from 1879 to 1940.

Products and services

• myMeteoNetwork (myMNW)
• LiveMap
• ReData
• MeteoNetwork API
• Storm Report (Pretemp)
• MJO Tables
• Webcam Venezia
• Radiosondaggi
• MeteoNetwork Wiki
• MeteoNetwork Forum

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 60 years of historical climate data available through ReData (1879-1940)

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Politecnico di MilanocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates with Politecnico di Milano for using MNW network data in various studies, including hydraulic simulation models. The university uses the weather data for research projects requiring meteorological inputs.
• Università degli Studi di MilanocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Prof. Maurizio Maugeri for the ReData project - 'Recovery of Data' - to digitize historical paper bulletins from 1879 to 1940. The project recovers and preserves valuable climate records for research.
• METEO.IT (Mediaset)majorTechnology or IntegrationData sharing partnership for creating weather maps and plots for Mediaset network weather broadcasts. MeteoNetwork provides station data while METEO.IT uses it for television weather dissemination.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Netatmo (Legrand): Consumer smart-weather-station manufacturer whose Weathermap community aggregates hyperlocal data from Netatmo stations — directly comparable to MeteoNetwork's LiveMap and myMeteoNetwork offering, but anchored in commercial hardware sales.
• Weather Underground: Originally a citizen-science weather station network analogous to MeteoNetwork, aggregating real-time data from amateur personal weather stations globally. Now part of The Weather Company (IBM), it represents the scaled-up commercial analogue of MeteoNetwork's community-led model.
• METEO.IT (Mediaset): Italian weather information service owned by Mediaset and an existing data-sharing partner of MeteoNetwork. It serves the same Italian audience with weather maps, forecasts, and station data, making it the closest direct competitor in the domestic Italian market.
• Weathercloud: Global citizen-science weather network that aggregates station data from amateur operators worldwide and exposes it via map, charts and API. Closely comparable to MeteoNetwork's station aggregation and LiveMap product.
• Blitzortung: Volunteer-driven community network of lightning detection stations spanning many countries. It mirrors MeteoNetwork's volunteer-contributed station model but for a different physical phenomenon (lightning vs. surface meteorology).

Broad incumbents

• Ambient Weather: Weather-station retailer and online community (with a station-sharing map) serving the hobbyist and prosumer segments. Operates an adjacent community-led network that competes for the same contributor demographics as MeteoNetwork.
• Servizio Meteorologico dell'Aeronautica Militare: Italian national military meteorological service producing official forecasts, radar and station data. Represents the incumbent, government-funded counterpart to MeteoNetwork's amateur network within Italy.
• Davis Instruments: Established manufacturer of professional and prosumer-grade weather stations. While not a data aggregator itself, it supplies the hardware many MeteoNetwork contributors use, making it a key adjacent incumbent in the amateur weather-station ecosystem.

Regional players

• Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (AEMET): Spanish national meteorological agency offering weather data, forecasts and historical climate records. Functionally analogous to the Italian national service but in a different geography, serving as a regional benchmark for what state-funded meteorology looks like in southern Europe.

Others

• Centro Epson Meteo: Italian meteorological outreach and computing-platform entity listed as a MeteoNetwork partner. Functions as a collaborating infrastructure and outreach provider rather than a direct competitor, but is thematically adjacent in Italian amateur meteorology.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/meteonetwork
• Facebookfacebook.com/meteonetwork
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/meteonetwork

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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