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Maritime Innovators Fund

VC
San Diego, CAWebsite

Maritime Innovators Fund is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Diego, CA investing in Other, Developer Tools, Security. The firm typically writes $500K–$2.0M checks and has 10 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$500K – $2.0M

Portfolio

10+ companies

Team

2 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Dedicated to supporting innovation within maritime security and data solutions for ocean-based operations.

How Maritime Innovators Fund invests

Maritime Innovators Fund is a vc firm based in San Diego, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Developer Tools, Security. It does not invest in Consumer.

Maritime Innovators Fund typically writes checks of $500K–$2.0M per investment.

Maritime Innovators Fund has backed 10 companies in our records, including NauticalNet, Green Marine, Marlow Navigation.

Meet the Team

JH

James Holden

Managing Partner

Maritime Security
Data Infrastructure
UA

Ugurcan Acar

Founder

maritime research
maritime training
EU projects
digital learning
maritime safety training
seafarer career transition

Founder of MARITIME INNOVATORS, founded in 2017. The content states he has two decades of maritime research, training, and EU project experience, including work connected to Erasmus+ projects such as PraC-MARENG, SeaSAFER, and SEA4SHORE.

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Developer Tools
Security

Does Not Invest In

Consumer

Portfolio Companies (10)

Other

NA

NauticalNet

Maritime Security
GR

Green Marine

MA

Marlow Navigation

PA

Pacific Blue Shipping Partnership

CL

ClassNK

RA

Rakuten Maritime

LR

LR Foundation

SE

SeaSense

MI

Mintra Training Development

EX

EXMAR

How to pitch Maritime Innovators Fund
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, Developer Tools, Security — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $500K – $2.0M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as James Holden, Managing Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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