Top 10 Maritime startups

Updated: Apr 26, 2026
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These startups enable ship route optimization, maritime border surveillance, ocean pollution tracking, fishing activity monitoring, weather forecasting for navigation, etc.
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Planet Labs
Country: USA | Funding: $1B
Planet operates own satellite constellation and provides a platform for geospatial data analysis for various industries (agriculture, maritime, energy, insurance, etc.). The company manufactures own small satellites. Its flagship satellite, Owl, provides near-daily imagery at 1-meter resolution across the entire Earth's surface to support critical global safety and environmental sustainability measures, while also ensuring uninterrupted communications. The Pelican satellite is designed to perform missions faster and with greater clarity thanks to ultra-high-resolution imagery. Its improved optical performance and extended spectral range are designed to deliver sharper and more detailed images.
2
HawkEye 360
Country: USA | Funding: $412.3M
HawkEye 360 is a data analytics company that develops space-based radio frequency mapping.
3
UnseenLabs
Country: France | Funding: €112.5M
Unseenlabs designs and develops a spectrum surveillance payload.
4
Astrocast
Country: Switzerland | Funding: $80.8M
Astrocast provides bidirectional and secure data transfer service with IoT devices for industries including maritime transportation, agriculture, livestock farming, environmental protection, utilities, land transportation, mining, oil and gas. The company operates its own constellation of proprietary nanosatellites in LEO. For its customers, the company provides L-band IoT chipsets, Astronode S modules, antennas, developer SDK and Azure-compatible API (pull mode) for easy integration. Its data transfer protocol is optimized for the LEO satellite network. Bidirectional communications enable confirmations, asset management commands, and the deployment of security patches and software updates.
5
Ursa Space Systems
Country: USA | Funding: $72.5M
Ursa helps traders and analysts in the finance and energy industries make informed decisions.
6
PierSight
Country: India | Funding: $6.6M
PierSight is constructing a SAR satellite network to provide continuous monitoring for the maritime industry.
7
SI Imaging Services
Country: South Korea | Funding: ₩2B
SI Imaging Services(SIIS) is a leading Satellite Imagery Provider for Remote Sensing and Earth Observation.
8
Little Place Labs
Country: USA | Funding: $475K
Building machine learning solutions for space edge computing in a scalable way.
9
Pontos
Country: France
Pontos offers an interactive software to receive sustainable predictions for fisheries value chain. These insights allow fishing companies to manage their operation and production in order to optimize cost and reduce risks.
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SARsat Arabia
Country: UAE
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Boris Maslennikov
Editor: Boris Maslennikov
Boris Maslennikov is a senior editor for Space-Startups. He has spent more than a decade covering the global space industry as a business journalist. He earned a Ph.D. in planetary sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s degree with honors in geophysics and planetary science from the California Institute of Technology. In his free time, Boris enjoys studying history and mathematics, with a particular interest in the history of mathematics. You can contact Boris at borismaslenikov(at)space-startups(dot)com