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Perry Weather’s $110M Series C: Silversmith Funds Weather Safety Automation
Dallas weather-safety platform Perry Weather raised $110M Series C led by Silversmith on Sep 9, 2026 — with Arthur Ventures returning — as heat and lightning rules force schools, GCs, and stadiums to automate compliance.
By Venture Capital Tracker Editorial
Perry Weather raised $110 million Series C on September 9, 2026, led by Silversmith Capital Partners, with returning backer Arthur Ventures (Dallas Innovates; FinSMEs). Disclosed total capital: about $131.35 million after a $6.25 million Series A and $15 million Series B. Valuation was not disclosed.
Weather policy used to be a coach with a phone app. Regulators and insurers now want consistent enforcement and a paper trail — Perry is selling the automation layer that turns stations into decisions.
Key facts
- Company
- Perry Weather (perryweather.com)
- Round
- $110M Series C (~$131.35M disclosed total)
- Lead
- Silversmith Capital Partners (Sri Rao joining board)
- Follow-on
- Arthur Ventures (led A and B)
- Founder/CEO
- Colin Perry (Texas A&M meteorology)
- HQ / headcount
- Uptown Dallas; a little over 100 employees; hiring >50 through 2027
- Traction (company)
- 3,000+ organizations; LinkedIn post cites 3,200+, MLB, 24/25 ENR Top 400 GCs
Who uses the product — and for what job
Users: athletic directors and coaches, school safety leads, construction and manufacturing safety managers, stadium ops, golf courses, and municipalities that run outdoor programs.
Job: measure conditions on the site → apply the organization’s written heat/lightning/wind policy → clear fields or shut jobs automatically → log every alert and return-to-activity for compliance.
The product pairs purpose-built on-site stations with cloud monitoring for lightning, wet-bulb / heat stress, wind, and air quality, plus sirens and phone notifications. Company framing: nearly all customers have weather policies; most still enforce them inconsistently with consumer apps fed by stations miles away.
Why now
- More than 20 state high school athletic associations now mandate wet-bulb globe temperature monitoring and activity adjustments; Texas UIL’s mandate took effect in August (company / Dallas Innovates).
- Seven states enforce workplace heat standards; OSHA has proposed a first federal heat-injury rule (company).
- Climate disruption plus liability makes “someone watched radar and guessed” an expensive ops model for GCs and school districts.
Why Silversmith — and why Arthur stayed
Silversmith is a growth buyer of category software with clear workflow ownership. Perry already sits in the decision path for thousands of outdoor sites; the Series C thesis is AI + proprietary station data → better decisions → automated action, not another forecast app. Rao called it “category-defining” and joins the board.
Arthur Ventures led Series A and B and is doubling down with Silversmith. GP Pat Meenan’s quote is blunt: weather decisions happen daily at schools, jobsites, and stadiums, and Perry has become how organizations make them. That is classic follow-on conviction once distribution and compliance pull are visible.
Neither Silversmith nor Arthur Ventures has a /fund/ page in this directory.
Competitive map
| Approach | What it is | Gap Perry attacks |
|---|---|---|
| Consumer / national radar apps | Cheap situational awareness | Wrong location granularity; no policy automation or audit log |
| DIY station + radio sirens | Hardware without workflow | Still needs a human to interpret and document |
| Generic IoT weather kits | Sensors without vertical playbooks | Weak athletics/GC compliance packaging |
What to watch
- Whether AI features move beyond alerts into fewer false shutdowns (the ROI story GCs care about).
- Pace of ENR GC and school-district expansion vs. regional weather-safety incumbents.
- Disclosure of ARR or site count beyond “3,000+ organizations.”
Sources
- Dallas Innovates — $110M Series C
- FinSMEs
- Day tape: Sep 9–12 roundup · Month: September 2026 VC news
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