MeteoGroup

MeteoGroup
Company typePrivate
IndustryMeteorology
Founded1986
FounderHarry Otten
DefunctNovember 2019 (2019-11)
FateIntegrated into DTN
Headquarters,
The Netherlands
Number of locations
Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States[1][2]
Key people
Marc Chesover (President and Member of the Board)[3]

David Porter (COO)[4]

Ben Kelly (General Counsel and Member of the Board)[4]
ProductsSPOS, NowCastingPro, WeatherAPI, RoadMaster, RunwayMaster, WeatherSuite, FleetGuard, RouteGuard, MetOceanPro, DynamicLineRating
ServicesWeather Technology & Data
Number of employees
400+
ParentTBG AG
Websitewww.meteogroup.com

MeteoGroup was a private weather forecasting organisation based in Europe, with offices in Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States. MeteoGroup provided weather information to markets that included transport, marine, agriculture, energy and the media.[5] MeteoGroup had a portfolio of weather apps: WeatherPro, MeteoEarth and Magical Weather.[6] In 2013, MeteoGroup was acquired by General Atlantic.[7][8] In 2018, MeteoGroup was acquired by TBG AG.[9]

In November 2019, MeteoGroup was integrated into US weather services company DTN (also owned by TBG).[10]

  1. ^ "to acquire The Weather Network Commercial Services Division from Pelmorex Media Inc". MeteoGroup.com. 30 September 2015. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Offices and Agencies". MeteoGroup.com. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Marc Chesover takes over as CEO of". MeteoGroup.com. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Leadership team of". MeteoGroup.com. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Offers and Promotions - Competitions and Discounts". Telegraph. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  6. ^ Nick Spence (15 July 2009). "Weather Pro for iPhone review - Review - Macworld UK". Macworld.co.uk. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  7. ^ "MeteoGroup Partners with Global Growth Investor, General Atlantic". General Atlantic website. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  8. ^ "Portfolio of Growth Equity Investments". General Atlantic. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  9. ^ "Acquisition MeteoGroup completed". MeteoGroup. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  10. ^ "MeteoGroup and DTN Join to Build Largest Private Weather Company". 25 November 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2023.