Portcast offers a real-time transportation visibility platform with predictive analytics. It enhances productivity, reduces operational costs, and minimizes carbon emissions through accurate demand forecasting and integration capabilities.
Hefring Marine
Venture Round in 2024
Hefring Marine is an Icelandic deep-tech startup based in Reykjavík that specializes in providing advanced marine solutions through its Intelligent Marine Assistance System (IMAS). This innovative hardware-enabled software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform utilizes artificial intelligence, machine learning, and the Internet of Things to deliver real-time navigation guidance for both manned and unmanned vessels. By leveraging data-driven insights, Hefring Marine's system helps operators enhance safety, reduce fuel consumption by up to 25%, and significantly lower carbon emissions. Additionally, it mitigates the risks associated with wave slamming, potentially reducing impacts by up to 70%, thereby ensuring a safer and more comfortable experience for crew and passengers. The continuous learning capability of the AI improves operational guidance over time, addressing issues of inexperience and enhancing situational awareness among operators.
ANNEA is a software platform designed for predictive maintenance of renewable energy assets such as wind turbines, solar farms, and hydroelectric plants. It uses modules to analyze performance and predict maintenance needs proactively, enhancing efficiency, reducing downtime, and extending asset lifespan.
Zero44 is a software company focused on digitizing the maritime industry. It operates a maritime emissions reporting platform designed to streamline compliance for shipping companies. This platform aids in various tasks, including reporting emissions, managing allowances, and preparing for future regulations. By leveraging its technology, Zero44 enables maritime businesses to reduce administrative burdens and ensure adherence to environmental regulations, thereby enhancing operational efficiency within the sector.
Signol is a London-based technology company that provides a behavior-change platform designed to improve fuel efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions in demanding transportation operations. The platform delivers personalized feedback and insights to professionals such as captains and crew, using behavioral science to motivate decisions that lower fuel use. It targets sectors like aviation and shipping, where small behavioral changes can yield meaningful environmental and operational gains. The solution complements existing management dashboards and programs, enabling immediate savings in fuel and carbon intensity through improved decision-making and operational practices.
Signol is a London-based technology company that provides a behavior-change platform designed to improve fuel efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions in demanding transportation operations. The platform delivers personalized feedback and insights to professionals such as captains and crew, using behavioral science to motivate decisions that lower fuel use. It targets sectors like aviation and shipping, where small behavioral changes can yield meaningful environmental and operational gains. The solution complements existing management dashboards and programs, enabling immediate savings in fuel and carbon intensity through improved decision-making and operational practices.
Bigyellowfish
Seed Round in 2022
Bigyellowfish is a technology company that develops digital platforms focusing on employee performance enhancement. Their platform concentrates on cognitive, behavioral, and emotional aspects of employee experience, offering skill-building, resilience-building, and on-demand well-being support to improve overall situational responsiveness.
Harbor Lab
Seed Round in 2022
Harbor Lab offers a cloud-based platform that optimizes port cost management processes. It streamlines disbursement account analysis for dispute handling and integrates with shipping and ERP systems, enabling ship owners, management companies, and charterers to enhance operational efficiencies.
Intugine
Seed Round in 2022
Intugine Technologies is a Bangalore-based SaaS company established in 2017 that specializes in motion sensing and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies aimed at optimizing logistics and supply chain operations. Focused on transforming the logistics sector in India, Intugine offers solutions for real-time vehicle tracking, SIM-based in-plant tracking, and centralized control systems. These innovations help businesses eliminate operational inefficiencies, reduce logistics costs, and minimize dwelling and detention times. With a dedicated team of experts, Intugine Technologies is committed to digitizing and modernizing the logistics industry through its advanced technological offerings.
Hoopo is a company specializing in geolocation solutions for low-power, wide-area networks. Its technology facilitates the tracking and monitoring of logistics operations by providing real-time data and analytics. This enables businesses to efficiently manage their logistics and assets both indoors and outdoors, thanks to the capability of transmitting messages and data over long distances. Hoopo's systems are designed to be cost-effective, maintaining affordable ownership and power efficiency while enhancing the overall management of logistics operations.
ANNEA is a software platform designed for predictive maintenance of renewable energy assets such as wind turbines, solar farms, and hydroelectric plants. It uses modules to analyze performance and predict maintenance needs proactively, enhancing efficiency, reducing downtime, and extending asset lifespan.
Boxhub operates as an online platform and digital marketplace for buying and selling shipping containers. It provides a comprehensive inventory of new and used containers, upfront pricing, automated checkout, and door-to-door delivery, with a strong focus on customer service. The service enables businesses and individuals to source storage and logistics materials efficiently, offering flexible delivery options and quick access to containers for logistics, construction, or storage projects.
Gozem is a digital platform offering diverse transportation services such as motorcycle-taxis, car-taxis, tricycle-taxis, along with grocery delivery and cashless payment options. It aims to serve under-served populations in West and Central Africa.
Portcast
Seed Round in 2021
Portcast offers a real-time transportation visibility platform with predictive analytics. It enhances productivity, reduces operational costs, and minimizes carbon emissions through accurate demand forecasting and integration capabilities.
Hefring Marine
Venture Round in 2021
Hefring Marine is an Icelandic deep-tech startup based in Reykjavík that specializes in providing advanced marine solutions through its Intelligent Marine Assistance System (IMAS). This innovative hardware-enabled software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform utilizes artificial intelligence, machine learning, and the Internet of Things to deliver real-time navigation guidance for both manned and unmanned vessels. By leveraging data-driven insights, Hefring Marine's system helps operators enhance safety, reduce fuel consumption by up to 25%, and significantly lower carbon emissions. Additionally, it mitigates the risks associated with wave slamming, potentially reducing impacts by up to 70%, thereby ensuring a safer and more comfortable experience for crew and passengers. The continuous learning capability of the AI improves operational guidance over time, addressing issues of inexperience and enhancing situational awareness among operators.
Secro is an early-stage startup developing a cloud-based supply chain platform to eliminate fraud, inefficiencies and exploitation from global trade. The platform enables secure collaboration across the lifecycle of cross-border transactions, including negotiation, signing, financing, execution and audit, and uses technology to vet customers, protect data, prevent fraud, detect suspicious activity and maintain confidentiality. It supports end-to-end paperless workflows, electronic bills of lading, contract negotiation and execution, and performance tracking, aiming to streamline trade processes and expand opportunities for communities underserved by globalization. Secro was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware.