Illuminating the Maritime Domain
Across the world's oceans, over 90% of global trade moves silently through shipping lanes while illegal fishing depletes marine resources, vessels circumvent sanctions, and ecosystems face unprecedented threats. The maritime domain presents significant monitoring challenges due to its vast scale and complexity.
Starboard Maritime Intelligence emerged in 2020 from the Xerra Earth Observation Institute, with a vision to transform how organisations monitor and understand activity at sea. What began as government-funded research into earth observation applications evolved into a powerful platform with global commercial potential.
Starboard's maritime domain awareness solution ingests over 200 million data points daily from diverse sources, combining automatic identification system (AIS) and geospatial satellite data to help customers track vessel movements with unprecedented clarity. The platform's sophistication lies in how it applies advanced algorithms and machine learning models to transform raw data into actionable intelligence.
Customer quote: "The platform is extremely accurate and provides an additional layer of detail that others don't."
Starboard's innovation addresses critical challenges across multiple sectors. For fisheries management, it enables monitoring of illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing that threatens ocean ecosystems. For border security agencies, it supports proactive threat identification before vessels reach port. For asset protection, it monitors submarine cables and offshore infrastructure vulnerable to accidental damage or sabotage.
Partnership
Altered Capital recognised Starboard's potential to become the leading maritime intelligence platform globally. Our investment thesis centred on:
Best-in-class product developed through years of focused research and substantial government funding
Technical excellence demonstrated by the platform's ability to process over 200 million data points daily while providing intuitive analysis tools
Clear expansion opportunities both geographically beyond the Pacific region and into adjacent verticals such as financial services and commercial shipping
Strong sector tailwinds driven by increasing demand for maritime compliance tools as international sanctions, environmental regulations, and security concerns intensify
As strategic investors, we provide governance expertise and strategic direction to help Starboard realise its commercial potential. Through board representation, we work with management to identify and execute on growth opportunities in financial services, trade finance, and commercial shipping verticals.
As maritime monitoring becomes increasingly vital for global security, environmental protection, and regulatory compliance, Starboard is positioned to become the intelligence platform of choice for organisations seeking clarity in the maritime domain.