Maritime Tech startups in North America
There are 875 Maritime Tech startups in North America which include Anduril, Saronic, Haven, Sofar Ocean, Corvus Energy. Out of these, 182 startups are funded, with 111 having secured Series A+ funding, and 2 achieving unicorn status.
Over the past 10 years, an average of 38 new companies have been launched annually. Notably, several of these startups have been founded by alumni of Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Cornell University.
Here is the list of top Maritime Tech startups in North America

1. Anduril
Provider of AI-based drone surveillance solutions for defense and maritime sector. It provides users with a company that offers an autonomous operational platform based on sensor fusion, machine learning, and mesh networking to monitor and control warfare assets and provide security across land, sea and air. It also provides an autonomous single-rotor drone security systems that can be controlled through a web platform or mobile app. It also provides underwater vehicles for deep water survey and inspection.
Key facts about Anduril
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Orange (United States)
- Stage: Series G
- Total Funding till date: $6.26B
- Investors: Founders Fund, Sands Capital and 60 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series G, Jun 05, 2025, $*****
- Tracxn Score: 77/100 What is this?
- Competitors Rank: 2 of 491 Competitors

2. Saronic
Developer of autonomous surface vessels for naval and maritime applications. It provides autonomous surface vessels that enhance awareness, extend reach, and improve survivability. The vessels are capable of launching, maneuvering, perceiving, communicating, executing, enabling, and recovering. They navigate the environment with adaptive path planning, identify and track targets, leverage resilient communications, deliver user-defined effects, complement existing concepts of operations, and flexibly adapt to mission-specific requirements.
Key facts about Saronic
- Founded Year: 2022
- Location: Austin (United States)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $830M
- Investors: Andreessen Horowitz, Caffeinated Capital and 13 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Feb 14, 2025, $*****
- Tracxn Score: 70/100 What is this?
- Competitors Rank: 2 of 78 Competitors

3. Haven
Haven facilitates automated ocean freight reservation by providing shippers with transparent billing. It is marketplace for buying and selling ocean freight capacity. It offers live spot rates, route utilization and port volume data. Shippers can request quotes or bid for guaranteed shipping container capacity and carriers can sell their slot capacity. It also allows a customer to choose from a number of available carriers and indicate their preferred partners. Haven charges a low flat fee per-container for a port-to-port booking.
Key facts about Haven
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $19.2M
- Investors: DCVC, Spark Capital and 11 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Nov 26, 2019, $*****
- Tracxn Score: 65/100 What is this?
- Competitors Rank: 1 of 261 Competitors
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4. Sofar Ocean
Manufacturer of cloud-based ocean sensors and exploration tools. Its detailed product portfolio includes ocean sensors. The sensors offer colour correction algorithms to enable underwater monitoring in all colours and also are used for measuring and sensing the wind speed and wind directions and also enable the prediction of the wave height and mean and peak period. The products of the company cater to multiple applications including marine weather & environmental monitoring and custom research.
Key facts about Sofar Ocean
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $69.9M
- Investors: Union Square Ventures, Craft Ventures and 9 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Nov 22, 2024, $*****
- Tracxn Score: 64/100 What is this?
- Competitors Rank: 1 of 31 Competitors
Developer of energy storage systems (ESS) based on lithium NMC technology. It provides users with a company designed and built for industrial, commercial, and high power applications. It provide solutions for commercial hybrid and electric vessels. Vessels and equipment hybridized or fully electrified with the ESS, consume less fuel, operate more efficiently and effectively, and emit substantially fewer greenhouse gases.
Key facts about Corvus Energy
- Founded Year: 2009
- Location: Richmond (Canada)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $84.7M
- Investors: Morgan Stanley, Shell Ventures and 10 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Oct 10, 2025, $*****
- Tracxn Score: 64/100 What is this?
- Competitors Rank: 3 of 404 Competitors