Flagship Founders and Studio 30 50, the two leading maritime technology venture studios, are combining their future venture-building activities under the Flagship Founders brand, according to the company’s release source Port News
Aim of the Collaboration
The collaboration aims to build the next generation of maritime technology companies in Europe and Southeast Asia. Leveraging an unrivaled international partner network and teams based in Berlin and Singapore, this partnership will expand opportunities for maritime industry players worldwide.
Venture studios build companies from scratch: This includes validating ideas for successful business models, finding the right founders, spinning off the startups and then providing ongoing support through operational and strategic resources, network access and funding.
Founded in Berlin in 2020, Flagship Founders is the only European venture studio focussing exclusively on building technology startups for the maritime industry. The company has since successfully built five companies operating in areas such as emissions management, crew planning and ship inspections.
About Studio 30 50
Studio 30 50, launched in 2023, is a collaboration between Hafnia, DNV, IMC Ventures, Microsoft, and Wilhelmsen. It has built a portfolio of startups addressing some of the shipping industry’s most pressing needs.
While Studio 30 50 has operated with a programme-based approach in which startups are founded in batches, Flagship Founders has had a more individual strategy for founding startups to date. The aim is to combine both methods in the future to get the best of both worlds.
As part of combining the two studios’ venture building activities, Shanker Pillai, Director of Studio 30 50, will join the Flagship Founders management team and lead the company together with Fabian Feldhaus and Malte Cherdron. Flagship Founders will operate offices in Berlin and Singapore. Studio 30 50 will continue to offer services to maritime corporates on their innovation and digital business requirements and manage its existing portfolio of companies under the Studio 30 50 business.
Flagship Founders’ Mission
Flagship Founders, focusing on maritime technologies, logistics, and shipping, was founded in 2020 and is based in Berlin and Hamburg. The company works with ambitious founders to build scalable companies with digital product solutions, aiming to bring cutting-edge technologies and innovation to the shipping industry. To deliver successful results, Flagship Founders provides support from the creative process through company founding and financing to an exit. The team brings a wealth of expertise in startup and company building, along with access to a first-class network and specialist shipping knowledge.
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Source: Port News
