Previsico's co-founders on predicting and preventing flood risk

Scouting for Growth

Sabine VdL

Business, Entrepreneurship

5 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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On this episode of the Scouting For Growth podcast, Sabine VdL talks to Dr. Avi Baruch, co-founder and COO of Previsico, and Jonathan Jackson, co-founder and CEO of Previsico. Previsico is a surface water flood forecasting specialist, enabling people and organisations to minimise the impact of flooding.

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0:00.0	The Hi everyone on this edition of scouting for growth I would be joined by
0:20.4	Dr. Avi Barric co-founder and CEO of Provizico, and Jonathan Jackson, co-founder and CEO of Provizico.
0:30.0	Provizico is a surface with flood forecasting specialist, enabling people and organization
0:34.6	to minimize the impact of flooding. Flooding cost the global economy more than 82 billion dollars in 2021, accounting for nearly a third of all losses from
0:48.9	natural catastrophes, and this is reported by Swiss Re Institute in a 2022 study.
0:57.0	Estimates from Statista shows that 29 million people were affected by flooding in 2021 and would believe this number will increase in 2022.
1:08.7	Flooding is the second largest weather related perils after droughts. During the course of the podcast,
1:14.9	Avi, Jonathan and I, discussed a number of topics. Flooding and the difference
1:20.8	between natural hazard and man-made disasters,
1:25.0	Provizico's four-step method to reduce flood risk,
1:30.0	build back better, and while we ought to protect the small and medium-sized business from flooding,
1:36.5	protect, predict and prevent and top tips to reduce the risk of flood.
1:42.1	And if you like this podcast, don't forget to
1:46.2	subscribe, rate and comment as well as leave me a little message as to what else
1:51.2	you want to listen to. So let's dive in.
2:09.0	Good morning Avi and Jonathan. Welcome to scouting for growth. How are you doing this morning? Very good indeed. Good to see you again, Seville.
2:12.0	Great to see you again, Seville. Great to see you Jonathan. I happy. So the
2:16.4	west of the podcast is getting to do you a little bit better. So I'll start
2:21.0	with you, Jonathan. So can you tell us who you are? What you do every day as a CEO of Provisico and what got you to what you do today?
2:31.0	It's a lot less of being, but anyway, I'll try and unpack it all. So, yeah, so Jonathan Jackson, I'm the CEO of Provisico. And my role is, is like most CEOs of an early stage business, kind of jack of all trades,
2:47.5	get involved in lots of different things.
2:51.7	My background is I'm I'm a commercial individual so I come as a as a sort of a seasoned
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