Starboard Maritime Intelligence, the AI startup aiming to safeguard the world’s oceans and critical subsea infrastructure, has raised $23 million NZ in an oversubscribed Series A funding round.

The raise was co-led by Altered Capital—Starboard’s earliest investor—together with new partners OIF Ventures and King River Capital, with additional support from Co:Act Capital, Icehouse Ventures, and Whakatupu Aotearoa Foundation.

Amid escalating maritime security risks, including undersea cable sabotage, illegal marine activity, and contested trade routes, Starboard delivers the next generation of maritime domain awareness. Its AI platform fuses more than 1 billion maritime data points daily across AIS, satellite imagery, radar, oceanographic, and autonomous sensors to detect suspicious activity, highlight risks to subsea infrastructure, and issue real-time alerts that enable operators to act before incidents occur.

For governments, Starboard strengthens maritime security by detecting adversarial behavior, protecting subsea infrastructure, and supporting classified operations with real-time threat intervention.

For commercial operators, the platform reduces operational risk, safeguards supply chains, and improves trade resilience by providing unparalleled visibility across global shipping activity.

With clients in more than 30 countries, Starboard safeguards more than 840,000 km of subsea cable infrastructure and monitors a significant share of the world’s commercial fleet traffic.

The new funding will accelerate Starboard’s global expansion into North America, Europe, and the Indo-Pacific; strengthen its capabilities for classified and commercial maritime environments; and scale product innovation to meet rising demand for real-time threat prevention.

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