Post by François FAUVIN

⚓ Maritime Fundraising & Acquisitions – April & May 2026 🌊 Fourth edition of GO CAPITAL monthly Blue Economy deal tracker covering April and May 2026. It was (again) a strong period: two outsized rounds in maritime power and AI compute drove the total while autonomous and robotic systems accounted for most of the deals. 📈 13 fundraisings | $640M raised | 4 acquisitions ──────────────── 💰 FUNDRAISINGS Blue Energy | U.S. | $380M | Led by VXI Capital – Builds grid-scale nuclear reactors in shipyards to cut deployment cost and time. Panthalassa | U.S. | $140M | Led by Peter Thiel – Wave-powered floating nodes that generate clean electricity and run AI computing at sea. Quartermaster | U.S. | $43M | Led by First Round Capital and Quiet Capital – Vessel-mounted sensor network collecting maritime data for insurers, logistics firms, and agencies. Ulysses | U.S. | $38M | Led by a16z – Autonomous underwater and surface vehicles for ocean survey, inspection, and habitat restoration. Kelluu | Finland | €15M | Led by NATO Innovation Fund – Autonomous hydrogen-powered airships for surveillance and ocean monitoring. WaiV Robotics | UK | $7.5M – Gyro-stabilized platform for automatic drone landing and takeoff on vessels at sea. Online Oceans | UK | $5M (£4M) | Led by Seraphim Space – Autonomous surface vessels and fleet software for maritime security and defence. Bubble Robotics | Switzerland | $5M | Led by Episode 1 Ventures, Asterion Ventures and Norrsken – Resident autonomous robots for continuous ocean monitoring, inspection, and data collection. Zeabuz | Norway | $4.2M (NOK 40M) | Led by Grieg Kapital – Autonomous navigation systems for commercial and defence vessels. Gander Robotics | U.S. | $1.1M | Led by Impellent Ventures and Underscore VC – Autonomous rescue-swimmer robots for man-overboard response at sea. VIKRA OCEAN TECH PVT.LTD | India | $1M | Led by Finvolve and India Accelerator – Subsea robots for defence, hydrographic surveys, and disaster response. NeptuneZero | Greece | €500K | Led by Corallia Ventures – Maritime reporting and fleet-performance platform automating vessel data capture and compliance. Cequra, Inc | U.S. | Undisclosed | Led by Motion Ventures – Maritime cybersecurity software that helps crews and shore teams decide which onboard data to trust. ──────────────── 🤝 ACQUISITIONS MariTrace | UK | Acquirer: SINAY – Vessel-tracking platform providing security, risk, and trade intelligence across high-risk corridors. Prominent Edge | U.S. | Acquirer: Windward – Geospatial and mission software for US defence and national security. LunaPath | U.S. | Acquirer: project44 – AI agents that automate logistics and supply-chain operations. Teqplay | Netherlands | Acquirer: Ofiniti – Maritime intelligence platform tracking vessels and cargo movements across global ports. ──────────────── #BlueEconomy #Maritime #VentureCapital #Climatetech #Shipping #Decarbonization #MaritimeTech #ImpactInvesting #OceanTech