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Sofar Ocean

Sofar Ocean

Private
San Francisco, CaliforniaFrontier & Industrial Techhttps://www.sofarocean.com/

Last Round

Early Funding

Jan 7, 2026

Total Funding Raised

$48.23M

Momentum

Top 25%

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Company Overview

Sofar Ocean is a marine technology company that operates a global network of real-time ocean sensors and provides data-driven marine weather forecasting and voyage optimization solutions.

Sector

Frontier & Industrial Tech

Verticals

Maritime & Shipping, Route Optimization, IoT Hardware, Environmental Monitoring

Business Model

B2G

Customer Profile

Hardware + Subscription, Hardware Sales, Government Contracts, Subscription SaaS, Data as a Service

AI Layer

Application

Keywords

ocean intelligenceocean sensor networkvoyage optimizationocean dataweather routingmarine weather forecastsblue techmaritime technologyship routingemissions reductionocean monitoringIoT sensorsBristlemouthopen hardware standardclimate modelingData as a ServiceDaaS

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Sofar Ocean Comps

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Sofar Ocean comps — public and private peers by sector, stage, and business model
CompanyStatusEst. ValuationRev Multiple
OpenAIPrivate$86.0B~40x
CoherePrivate$5.0B--
Competitor 1Public$XX.XBXXx
Competitor 2Public$XX.XBXXx

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Sofar Ocean Funding Rounds

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Data table
RoundDateAmount RaisedValuationInvestorsSources
Early FundingJan 7, 2026
Series BNov 1, 2021
GrantSep 23, 2021
Series AMar 28, 2019
CrowdfundingOct 30, 2015
Seed
Sep 11, 2013

Key People

Founding team and executive leadership

Evan Shapiro

CTO

Executive Team

Iolanthe Stronger

Chief Technology Officer, Wayfinder

Executive Team

Sofar Ocean Investors

Notable investors and investment history

Sofar Ocean investors
InvestorRounds
Union Square VenturesSeries B
Craft VenturesSeries A
Office of Naval ResearchGrant
S2G InvestmentsSeries B
Foundry GroupSeries B
Defense Advanced Research Projects AgencyGrant
True VenturesSeries B, Series A, Seed

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Firmographic Details

HeadquartersSan Francisco, California
Employee Range106
Year Founded2016
Last FundingJan 7, 2026

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