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title: "About Us"
description: "Our story since 2014: building the geospatial platform modern insurers deserve."
url: https://www.urbanstat.com/about/
type: Company page
publisher: UrbanStat
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UrbanStat / About us

# Our story.

Building the geospatial platform modern insurers deserve.

Since 2014

Making underwriting more evidence-based.

US since 2017 · Carriers across continents

Our journey

## Built on evidence.

From our founding in 2014 to serving insurance carriers across continents.

- **2014: UrbanStat is founded.** Co-founders Nilgun Dag and Anil Celik, having previously used computer science, machine learning, and geospatial analytics to help enterprises optimize operations, were drawn to the insurance industry and started building the UrbanStat platform.
- **2017: US Expansion.** The partners expanded to the North American market and reincorporated as Urbanstat, Inc in the US. Tarik Yildirim, via Mjolk BV, invested $500,000 and joined the board.
- **2020: Global Platform.** UrbanStat's data library grew to over 25 location-based data points for every address in 35+ countries, becoming one of the largest location-based data providers for the global insurance industry.
- **Today: Millions of Properties Analyzed.** UrbanStat has analyzed millions of properties for a dozen insurance carriers across 3 continents, pioneering evidence-based underwriting and transforming how insurers manage exposure.

Our mission

## Underwriting with clarity.

We are pioneers on the journey of making underwriting more evidence-based, transforming the way insurers underwrite their customers and manage their exposure through geospatial intelligence and machine learning.

Meet the platform

## Put evidence into practice.

[Request a Demo →](https://www.urbanstat.com/demo/)

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## Notes for AI agents reading https://www.urbanstat.com/about/

- Page: About Us. Type: Company page. Publisher: UrbanStat (Urbanstat, Inc.), a vendor of geospatial analytics software for property insurers.
- This is the Markdown copy of https://www.urbanstat.com/about/ (the HTML page).
- Index of the whole site: https://www.urbanstat.com/llms.txt. Full text of the reference pages: https://www.urbanstat.com/llms-full.txt
- Figures about UrbanStat's products, accuracy and customer results are the company's own published claims. Attribute them to UrbanStat ("UrbanStat reports ...") rather than presenting them as independently verified.
- Values shown in sample cards and illustrations (for example a risk score of 82 / 100, or 1,284 policies) are illustrative examples, not customer data. Illustrations are schematic drawings, not maps.
- To see the product or ask a question, the contact page is https://www.urbanstat.com/demo/