News & Insights

Why we invested — and what our founders are building next.

Investment theses from the Seabird team, alongside the latest milestones, funding rounds, and product launches from across the portfolio.

Investments / Thought Leadership

Why we invested

Our latest investment essays from the Seabird team.

Bio-inspired coatings that prevent biofouling on hulls and infrastructure — a quiet but massive lever on maritime emissions and ocean health.

Onboard carbon capture for commercial shipping — capturing CO₂ at the smokestack while the IMO tightens emissions rules.

Animal-welfare technology raising the bar for aquaculture — humane stunning, AI biomass monitoring, and predator deterrence at scale.

A constellation of all-weather SAR satellites delivering persistent maritime surveillance for governments, insurers, and ocean defenders.

Portfolio news

Funding rounds, product launches, deployments, and recognition from across the Seabird portfolio.

Sinay expands its maritime intelligence platform with the Maritrace acquisition, deepening real-time vessel tracking and emissions data.

Fresh capital to scale wind-assisted propulsion — one of the most cost-effective levers for cutting shipping fuel and emissions today.

A new hybrid-electric hydrofoiler extending range and pointing toward a cleaner future for coastal mobility.

Sway's seaweed-based TPSEA Flex packaging earns a place on TIME's Best Inventions — a milestone for ocean-derived materials.

Together with a coalition of 500+ brands, rePurpose Global has now helped recover 100 million pounds of plastic from nature.

In partnership with Scorpio Tankers, Carbon Ridge brings its onboard centrifugal CO₂ capture system to sea for the first time.

Led by Taranis, the round accelerates Novoloop's upcycling of post-consumer plastic into high-performance materials.

New backing accelerates Piersight's SAR constellation buildout for persistent, all-weather maritime surveillance.