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Pole Star Global
Maritime intelligence technologies
- 101-200 employees
- B2B
- Security
- Enterprise
- Logistics
- Freight
- Supply Chain
- SaaS
- API
- Data Analysis
- Notting Hill, London, UK
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Company mission
To create a world where maritime transport & trade is transparent, efficient, accountable, safe, and secure.
38% female employees
5% employee growth in 12 months
Glassdoor (3.8)
Our take
Pole Star Global has kept something of a low profile for well over two decades since it was founded. Its services, however, are of global reach: it provides maritime intelligence solutions for vessels across the world, from ships to fisheries, with a focus on geospatial data.
The company’s maritime intelligence suite includes solutions for risk mitigation and real-time decision making, including vessel and risk intelligence, and satellite tracking for ships. This is good business: maritime transport remains critical to the global economy, accounting for 80% of trade across the world. So Pole Star Global’s addressable market isn’t shrinking any time soon.
The company is also responsible for Pole Star Defense, the government contractor arm which caters to clients like the Department of Homeland Security and the Coast Guard. This kind of high-calibre customer base speaks highly of Pole Star Global’s technical prowess - and it will help cement the company’s position. Whilst the likes of BigOceanData and Informa offer maritime intelligence of a sort, Pole Star Global is the largest player with an expressly technical focus combined with heavy-hitting customers. Its outlook is strong.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Health and Dental insurance
- Life insurance, company funded to 3x salary
- Employee assistance program
- 25 days annual leave (can buy or sell more days)
- Up to a 10% Annual bonus
- Up to a 5% matching pension
- Gym membership subsidy
- Volunteer Day PTO
- Refer-a-friend recruitment bonus
- Perkbox
- 5 wellbeing days
- Hybrid/Flexible Working
- Unlimited learning & development opportunities with our brand new learning platform
Company values
- Innovation - Our people believe in developing innovative products that deliver real business value to our customers. Our agility and clear understanding of the maritime industry allow us to develop cutting-edge solutions ahead of the competition.
- Collaboration - We believe in leveraging our collective talent by empowering, encouraging, listening and communicating effectively with all our stakeholders: staff, customers, and partners. We will avoid internal department silos. We will listen to customers. We will develop strong alliance partnerships.
- Caring - Our staff and customers come first. We will work tirelessly to protect the well-being and best interests of our teams, our customers, the maritime industry, and the planet.
- Growth - We are hungry and never satisfied with the status quo. We push for action and improvements that can lead to both personal growth for our employees and corporate growth for our stakeholders.
Funding (1 round)
Apr 2015
$0.2m
GRANT
Total funding: $0.2m
This company has top investors
Leadership
Robert Skea
(CEO (Not Founder))Previously the CEO of Discovery Data, Managing Partner and Founder of Decklor Consulting Group LLC, North American Head at Dun & Bradstreet and Executive Vice President at ICE Data Services.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Pole Star Global
Yvonne McCool (People Ops/Office Manager)
- We have a very diverse business here at Pole Star, our teams are made up of over 19 nationalities, speaking 25 different languages, inclusive of many cultural backgrounds.
- We remove all bias when hiring, we care about your skills and ability to do the role.
- We dont believe in culture FIT, we believe in culture ADD!
- We aim to provide every team member what they need to thrive in their role, with the freedom to bring and develop your ideas!
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Nice people (3)
Career progression (1)
Great work is recognised (1)
People of all backgrounds are welcomed (1)
Flexible working (1)
Team energy (1)
Innovative product (1)
Pole Star has a great diverse team. Everyone has something to bring to the table. In addition the environment is happy, with a good focus on growing and learning!
People, HR, Recruitment
Nice people
Nov 2023
Pole Star's diversity brings great energy to the team. Everyone is able to feel like they are contributing to the end goal. Happy to be part of the Dream Team!
People, HR, Recruitment
Team energy
Nov 2023
Pole Star is an innovative company that will continue to grow with the help of a fantastic team of people that contribute to the end product - and work with our customers to ensure a win win
People, HR, Recruitment
Innovative product
Nov 2023
Ive always felt like ive been working towards something, my career path is well defined and the people i work with are easy to get along with. Maritime tech might not set your world on fire when you first hear it but we are doing some really interesting & innovative things and making a difference. The recruitment process and onboarding was seamless and enjoyable & we have just been given access to a new learning platform which seems brilliant!
Sales & Account Management
Career progression
Nov 2023
There is a really mixed team here from many different cultural, ethnic and social economic backgrounds, its a pretty inclusive place to work.
Sales & Account Management
People of all backgrounds are welcomed
Nov 2023
I like the people who i work with, we have good fun and do important work. I would describe the people here as being helpful, kind and respectful.
Sales & Account Management
Nice people
Nov 2023
Staff here are friendly, hard working and help each other. Teamwork is valued here as well as cross team collaboration. We are diverse workforce geographically and ethnically which is great.
Other Engineering
Nice people
Aug 2022
Pole Star is growing, however, we are not so big that you never get noticed when you do great work! We all strive to do great and complete work - it's part of the company ethic.
Other Engineering
Great work is recognised
Aug 2022
Pole Star has embraced hybrid working and we also have a brand new London HQ office in Shepherd's Bush that is well served by public transport - plenty of bike spaces and we are very close to the Westfield shopping centre at White City. An excellent location to get to! We also have offices in Florida, Panama, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Other Engineering
Flexible working
Aug 2022