Best Maritime Tech Companies in France
The 77 best Maritime Tech companies in France in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Ayro.
Ranked: Best Maritime Tech companies in France
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayro Manufacturer of wind-powered propulsion systems for the maritime sector | $33M | 32 mo ago | Series B | — | 2018 | — | 38 patents Marine wind‑driven propulsion systems integrating sails and turbine units for vessels | 1 award |
| 2 | Spinergie Cloud based predictive analytics solutions for oil and gas industry | $12M | 47 mo ago | Series A | — | 2016 | WebflowGSAPHubSpot+15 | — | 1 partnership |
| 3 | Sinay Provider of AI-powered marine data tracking solutions | $7M | 37 mo ago | Series A | Yanis Souami CEO | 2008 | WordPressMySQLPHP+35 | 15 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 4 | Bluefins Developing zero fuel auxiliary propulsion systems based on a wave energy converting technology | $4M | 20 mo ago | Series A | Olivier Giusti Founder & CEO | 2021 | WordPressMySQLPHP+26 | 5 patents Wave-driven marine propulsion technology for ships and offshore vessels. | — |
| 5 | Forssea Robotics Provider of autonomous underwater robotics and visual localization systems | $3M | 93 mo ago | Acquired | Maxime Cerramon Co-founder | 2016 | NginxGoogle Font APIMicrosoft 365+1 | 8 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 6 | Alseamar Underwater robotics and underwater positioning equipment | $3M | 41 mo ago | Funding Raised | Thibaud Bezacier Chief Executive Officer | 1987 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMySQL+19 | 17 patents Underwater vehicle launch, power storage, autonomous glider, and sub‑sea communication systems | 2 job openings |
| 7 | SeaBubbles Manufacturer of electric hydrofoil boats | $2M | 87 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 2016 | WordPressMySQLPHP+30 | 23 patents Retractable hydrofoil foils and flight‑height measurement systems for high‑speed watercraft. | — |
| 8 | Iguana Yachts Manufacturer of electric boats | $2M | 105 mo ago | Seed | — | 2008 | WordPressMySQLPHP+29 | 19 patents Amphibious tracked vehicle systems and retractable drawbar mechanisms for marine‑land transport. | 2 launchs |
| 9 | Ewake AI powered platform focused on revolutionizing incident resolution for engineering and support teams in the… | $2M | 8 mo ago | Seed | Omid Gosha Co-Founder | 2024 | Framer SitesApple iCloud MailReact+10 | — | — |
| 10 | Notilo Plus Developer of underwater robotic systems, data management, and AI-powered analysis | $2M | 69 mo ago | Series A | Benjamin Valtin Co-Founder | 2015 | — | 3 patents Autonomous underwater imaging cameras and acoustic source localization systems | — |
| 11 | Navily Provides cruising guide for booking service | $1M | 95 mo ago | Seed | Edouard Fiess Co-Founder & CEO | 2014 | WordPress Block EditorElementorWordPress+29 | — | 5 job openings |
| 12 | Falco Provider of cloud-based marina management systems | $1M | 64 mo ago | Seed | Thomas Watteyne Co-Founder | 2021 | — | — | — |
| 13 | Sirehna Provider of shipbuilding and shipping management systems | $1M | 117 mo ago | Funding Raised | Doucy Olivier CEO | 1986 | WordPressMySQLPHP+16 | — | — |
| 14 | eyeGauge Provider of IoT-based solution for building energy management | $575K | 30 mo ago | Seed | Viktoriia Kobenko Co-founder & CTO | 2020 | — | 9 patents Rotating shaft torque/thrust measurement and AI-driven non‑intrusive equipment condition monitoring. | — |
| 15 | Delair Marine Provider of autonomous underwater systems for data collection | $361K | 72 mo ago | Funding Raised | Bastien Mancini CEO | 2016 | WordPressMySQLPHP+28 | — | — |
| 16 | MGI Provider of cargo community systems | $338K | 86 mo ago | Funding Raised | Jaap Hoogen CEO | 1985 | WordPressMySQLPHP+30 | — | — |
| 17 | SeaOwl Technology Solutions Provides vessel monitoring software solutions | $271K | 30 mo ago | Funding Raised | Mathieu Glade Managing Director | 2020 | — | — | — |
Top 12 Maritime Tech companies in France
#1
Seed · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2024$2.3Mraised▾
AI powered platform focused on revolutionizing incident resolution for engineering and support teams in the marine industry. It is company that focuses on developing smart ports and autonomous shipping solutions, fostering a collaborative ecosystem. Their AI powered technical assistant, ewake, helps engineering and support teams reduce incident resolution time by five times, streamlining preparation processes.
- Oct 2025Seed$2.3M
#2
Series A · Plouzane, Brittany · founded 2021$4.5Mraised▾
Developing zero fuel auxiliary propulsion systems based on a wave energy converting technology. It also offers payment and data security across industries. Additionally, offers unmanned underwater vehicles that can be customized for mission and program requirements.
- Sep 2024Series A$4.5M
- 2024PE—
#3
Series B · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2018 · 42 employees$32.6Mraised▾
Manufacturer of wind-powered propulsion systems for the maritime sector. It designs and develops automated sails that can adjust their direction according to the speed and direction of the wind. It also offers software for the remote management and analysis of data. It has applications in the commercial sector.
- Sep 2023Series B$21M
- Dec 2021Series A$11.6M
- Nov 2021Grant (prize money)—
#4
Series A · France · founded 2008 · 89 employees$7.3Mraised▾
Provider of AI-powered marine data tracking solutions. It provides users with AI algorithms to compute, combine and analyze performance indicators on marine data such as marine vessel position, ETA, air and water quality, aerial noise, and underwater acoustics. It also caters to the study of maritime environments and vessels.
- Apr 2023Series A$5.5M
- Jun 2019Seed$1.8M
- Oct 2017Grant (prize money)$58.1K
- May 2017Grant (prize money)$54.5K
#5
Series A · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2016 · 44 employees$11.6Mraised▾
Cloud based predictive analytics solutions for the oil and gas industry. The SaaS solution uses natural language processing and machine learning algorithms to structure publicly available data and generate actionable insights to optimize operations.
- Jun 2022Series A$11.6M
#6
Funding Raised · Marseille, Provence Alpes Cote d Azur · founded 1987$3.1Mraised▾
Alseamar develops underwater robotics and underwater positioning equipment. The company's core offering includes a series of underwater gliders namely SEAEXPLORER, DEEPEXPLORER, and ULTRADEEPEXPLORER. The above-mentioned products are underwater unmanned vehicle featuring an endurance of up to 4-8 weeks, in the sea. Its buoyancy variation propulsion mode enables it to be silent and making it ideal for oil & gas data monitoring, marine environment surveys, anti-submarine warfare, and rapid environmental assessment. The company also offers an unmanned sub-surface vehicle and an underwater vehicle to transport combat swimmers making it ideal for ISR missions. Apart from these, the company develops GIB acoustic systems for tracking underwater vehicles and ultra-deepwater buoyancy materials. In addition to the above, the company also provides services such as life extension, search & rescue, and marine exploration using proprietary systems.
- Jan 2023Grant (prize money)$325.7K
- Feb 2022Grant (prize money)$304.5K
- Dec 2021Grant (prize money)$340.9K
- Sep 2019Grant (prize money)$302.3K
#7
Seed · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2020 · 6 employees$575.5Kraised▾
Provider of IoT-based solution for building energy management. It provides users with a platform that offers intelligent data collection solution for facility equipment monitoring and maintenance based on a digital twin platform. Its features include sea vision which is an integral non-intrusive accessible solution for digital fleet performance monitoring for the manufacturing industry that allows auxiliary and facility equipment to be digitally transformed.
- Dec 2023Seed$575.5K
- May 2022Grant (prize money)—
#8
Funding Raised · La Seyne sur Mer, Provence Alpes Cote d Azur · founded 2020$270.9Kraised▾
SeaOwl Technology Solutions provides vessel monitoring software solutions. It provides self-defense systems such as naval pointers for maritime protection systems, drone monitoring alert systems, and vessel monitoring systems. It can be used for self-defense for preserving human lives, valuable assets, and vessels up to exclusive economic zones. It has partnered with GICAN, Mediterranean Marine Competitivity Center, COFIS, System Factory, and ADEME.
- Dec 2023Grant (prize money)$270.9K
#9
Series A · Marseille, Provence Alpes Cote d Azur · founded 2015 · 30 employees$2.2Mraised▾
Developer of underwater robotic systems, data management, and AI-powered analysis. The company provides remotely operated vehicles for underwater inspections. It offers data management solutions and automated report generation from underwater video. The company's products support data collection and analysis.
- Sep 2020Grant (prize money)$1.9M
- May 2018Series A$2.2M
#10
Acquired · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2016 · 27 employees$3.4Mraised▾
Provider of autonomous underwater robotics and visual localization systems. It develops and manufactures remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) with advanced auto-navigation and remote supervision capabilities, designed for offshore operations. The company also offers a visual localization technology that provides real-time subsea visual tracking for highly accurate marine surveys. Its focus is on enhancing system resilience and software performance in underwater robotics to enable more reliable and efficient subsea operations.
- Sep 2018Series A$2.8M
- 2016Seed$553.6K
#11
Funding Raised · Lyon, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2016 · 18 employees$2.4Mraised▾
Manufacturer of electric hydrofoil boats. It develops electric shuttles that utilize stabilizing foils and hydrogen fuel cells to generate electric energy. It also comprises sensors, ventilation systems, transducers, chart plotters, and a self-draining cockpit. It can carry multiple passengers.
- Mar 2019Grant (prize money)$2.3M
- May 2017Grant (prize money)$54.5K
- Jan 2017Grant (prize money)$53K
#12
Seed · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2021$1.2Mraised▾
Provider of cloud-based marina management systems. It offers software to manage marina operations and connected boats. Its features include real-time marina monitoring, team coordination, operation management, reporting and analysis, boat monitoring, and real-time status of boats. Its boat monitoring features include geofencing, intrusion and fire detection, collision detection, and monitoring of location, temperature, and humidity.
- Jan 2021Seed$1.2M
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How research on Maritime & Shipping Tech is moving in France
A read on the academic research around Maritime & Shipping Tech — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 22 France-affiliated papers.
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique8
- Bureau Veritas4
- Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux4
- École Normale Supérieure de l'Enseignement Technique de Mohammedia3
- Laboratoire de l'Intégration du Matériau au Système3
- Propulsion3
- Marine engineering2
- Robustness (evolution)2
- Lift (data mining)1
- Drag1
- Propulsion6
- Marine engineering3
- Automation2
- Environmental economics2
- Hull2
- Human error1
- Human reliability1
- Task (project management)1
- Reliability (semiconductor)1
- Event tree1
Common questions
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