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257 Maria Yiassa, Co-Founder SeaOrama

Maritime as a gaming concept

Maria Yiassa is the Co-Founder of SeaOrama, a strategic game in which you can experience the challenges of running a successful shipping company. This is a way to raise the profile of the maritime industry! Get the gamers and their parents interested; there is a way to influence young people to choose a career within the maritime sector. Brilliant!

Listen to Maria and hear the story of a startup in the new digital age. Remember to support this initiative—it’s one of a...

https://shippingpodcast.com/257-maria-yiassa-co-founder-seaorama/

Revolución Startup: Las empresas que están transformando a Latinoamérica

En los últimos años, América Latina y el Caribe han emergido como regiones clave en el ecosistema global de startups. Gracias a la digitalización, el acceso a capital de riesgo y el talento local, numerosas empresas han logrado expandirse rápidamente y atraer inversiones millonarias. Desde fintech...

https://fullavantenews.com/revolucion-startup-las-empresas-que-estan-transformando-a-latinoamerica/?lang=es

222 Philip Chaabane – CEO i-tech

Revisiting a Swedish maritime startup, now noted on NASDAQ

Antifouling coatings are necessary to protect a ship’s hull from attaching marine organisms. Ship owners need marine coating solutions that deliver fouling prevention for vessels with differing activity levels, shipping routes and construction. 

Selektope® is a unique biocide that, through biotechnology, creates the possibility of more sustainable and efficient marine paint systems.
When attached to a ship’s hull, barnacles harm the...

https://shippingpodcast.com/222-philip-chaabane-ceo-i-tech/

215 Magic Port – Ship agents makes it all happen

The future is digital

Listen to Pacmar, an experienced Singapore-based ship agent who recently embarked on their digital transformation journey with MagicPort‘s Ship Agency solution. Capt Sitki Kok, the founder,  joins us, and Mr Osman Budak, the Operations Manager for their agency business.

Together with Magoic Port, we will create dedicated content focused on the digital transformation journeys of these crucial maritime industry players in a series of podcasts. This episode focuses on the Ships...

https://shippingpodcast.com/215-magic-port-ship-agents-makes-it-all-happen/

Zim’s $8M Investment Fuels Spinframe’s Vehicle-Inspection AI Platform

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Israeli startup Spinframe has secured $8 million in a recent investment round, led by shipping giant Zim, as reported by C-Tech. Other investors, including Sharona Partners and Singularity Capital, also participated in the round. Spinframe, established in 2020 by Ori Dangur, operates with a team of 12 employees based in Yokneam. With this funding, the company’s total raised capital now amounts to $10 million.

‘Digital Twins’ in supply chain 

Spinframe is an Israeli...

https://mfame.guru/zims-8m-investment-fuels-spinframes-vehicle-inspection-ai-platform/

Einride announces $500M for autonomous, electric vehicle development

FreightTech startup Einride announced Wednesday it had raised $500 million in financing through a combination of a Series C equity raise and a debt facility.

The Sweden-based company raised $200 million in the Series C with the Swedish pension fund AMF, EQT Ventures, Northzone, Polar Structure, Norrsken VC and Temasek, among others participating in the round. In addition, Einride said it secured a $300 million debt facility led by Barclays Europe.

“The time is now to act on not only developing...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/einride-announces-500m-for-autonomous-electric-vehicle-development

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