Why we invested in Harbor

Breyer Capital has spent the last few years searching for the best opportunities at the crossroads of sustainability, disaster preparedness, and climate adaptation. Today I am thrilled to announce that Breyer Capital has made an investment in the space: Harbor.

Disaster events caused a whopping $100B in damages in 2020, and that’s not including COVID. As we enter the hottest summer on record, it’s impossible to ignore that our planet is changing and we need to adapt and respond. At Breyer Capital, this means investing in solutions that alleviate the climate crisis and, most pressingly, in solutions that build resilience in the face of emergencies.

Harbor is at the core of this mission.

Harbor’s unique approach is to connect all aspects of household safety — supplies, planning, communication — into one accessible platform. With Harbor, preparing for life’s emergencies becomes an easy digital habit. Think of it like some of our other investments, Grammarly and Headspace, except Harbor applies the same brand-forward gamification to everyday safety. We couldn’t be prouder of the team’s ability to support families and communities across the U.S. through COVID and, broadly, through everyday emergencies, from paper cuts to floods. This technology will change outcomes for families.

We have known Harbor’s CEO Dan Kessler since his days at Headspace, as their VP of Global Business Development. We were impressed by Dan’s approach to household safety as preventative wellness; given his background, he is the perfect leader to tackle the household safety market and unify and simplify it for families.

According to the Red Cross, $1 in preparedness saves $6 in recovery, so it is morally and financially prudent to give families the tools they need to prepare for any home emergency. The Harbor program does that, motivating users through bite-sized daily planning exercises created with expertise from FEMA and the Red Cross.

But empowering families to confidently tackle any emergency requires more than just digital guides. That’s why we admire Dan and the Harbor team’s ambition to be the first trusted household safety super-app. In the last 6 months, we’ve seen Harbor expand from a personalized guidance and planning tool to a robust family safety company. Today on the Harbor app, users can contact emergency responders, engage in household and community planning, and purchase quality supplies. The team continues to inspire us with their vision to expand into every vertical of daily home safety and their track record of speed and success.

Finally, we are impressed by the Harbor team’s methodical approach to building. They have a hunger to build the most comprehensive household safety super app in the world, but the discipline to tackle this goal sequentially, while holding industry experts and families at the core of their work. They are laser-focused on building the right products for scale, knowing Harbor has a responsibility as the partner families turn to in their toughest moments.

Breyer Capital is thrilled with the progress that Harbor is making and excited to continue supporting them on their journey to make every home a safe place.

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