Sunshine offers an iOS weather application that combines phone-sensor data with crowdsourced user reports to deliver hyper-local, personalized forecasts. A core feature lets users label current conditions on a sliding scale from “freezing” to “hot,” enabling the service to learn each person’s subjective comfort range and tailor future alerts. The platform positions itself as the “Waze of Weather,” encouraging users to submit real-time information about sky conditions, hazards, and precipitation; to date, more than 1.1 million reports have been logged. Daily reporting volume averages 10,000–15,000 posts and almost doubles during major rain or snow events. Early traction has come from a young demographic—70 % of users are aged 14–24 and 65 % are women—prompting the team to market the service as “not your parents’ weather app.” Recent updates added anonymous reporting and one-hour rain/snow alerts, and the company plans to monetize through context-relevant brand partnerships rather than intrusive ads. Sunshine has raised $2 million in venture funding to support continued product development and expansion across the U.S. and Canada.

Total raised

$2M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Oct 2015