Flagship Founders
Venture studio for maritime tech startups
- 1-20 employees
- B2B
- Logistics
- Supply Chain
- Venture Capital
- Schöneberg, Berlin, Germany
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Company mission
To build agile and scalable solutions for the global maritime market.
Our take
Around 90% of goods are traded over the sea, but the maritime industry has been somewhat left behind by the digital transformation that has swept through land-based logistics and most other industries. However, this situation is starting to change. One company helping to reshape the maritime sector is Flagship Founders, a venture studio focused on supporting startups seeking to disrupt the shipping industry.
Flagship Founders provides significant support in industry expertise and investment to founders with ideas that can move the industry forward, helping them achieve product/market fit and build successful, scalable products. To date it has launched four startups: Kaiko, a shipping fleet management system, Tilla, a platform for optimizing crew changes, ZERO44, providing carbon emission reduction software to the shipping industry, and Sealenic, compliant maritime information powered by Agentic AI.
Flagship Founders have also closed a seed funding round which was led by F. Laeisz, a major shipping, trade and insurance group. It has used this capital to build out its team and continue supporting its portfolio of startups. As the maritime industry moves to adopt digital improvements to its operations to drive efficiency and cut waste, Flagship Founders is in an excellent position to bring the digital revolution to a sector in need of change.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Funding (1 round)
Mar 2023
$4.1m
SEED
Total funding: $4.1m
Leadership
Fabian Feldhaus
(Co-Founder & Managing Director)Previously the Director of Marketing & Startup Scouting for Commerzbank. Before that, they were Managing Director at BOOK A TIGER and Head of Business Development for TruVenturo. They also co-founded e-ditio CTC.
Malte Cherdron
(Co-Founder & Managing Director)Currently an Advisor & Business Angel for Alpha 19. Former COO for Moviepilot and Vznet Netzwerke.