Funding for Maranics from Disruptive Ventures – operational data management system on 150 vessels

Maranics, the operational data platform for demanding industries, today announces the

closing of a financing round led by Disruptive Ventures, the Swedish operational investor

focused on accelerating fast-growing technology companies. The round includes

participation from Norwegian co-investors Benedicte Mjös Hagen and Tom Melbye Eide,

both senior executives with long careers in shipping and energy. Existing shareholders

Västekustens Affärsänglar (VASTAF), the west Swedish business angel network, and

private investor VK Mooring also participated in the round, reinforcing the confidence of the company’s earliest backers in Maranics’ continued trajectory. VASTAF holds a deputy board seat in the company.

The announcement comes as Maranics reaches a significant operational milestone: the

platform is now deployed across 150 vessels, with customers executing more than 28,500

operational flows per month. The financing will be used to accelerate commercial growth, deepen the platform’s capabilities, and extend Maranics’ presence across the maritime, energy, and adjacent operational industries the platform serves.

Concurrent with the financing, Arne Peder Blix has been appointed Chairman of the Board. Anders Nordlund, co-founder and Chairman since the company’s inception, steps down following more than four decades in shipping and a tenure that has guided Maranics from its earliest stages to a platform operating at production scale.

Disruptive Ventures is structured as an operational investor, providing portfolio companies with capital alongside hands-on support across sales, commercialisation, brand building, international expansion, HR, and IT development. The firm’s evergreen investment model reflects a long-term commitment to company building rather than short-cycle returns.

For Maranics, this means access to the operational infrastructure and expertise needed to scale commercially across multiple industry verticals, at the pace the market opportunity demands.

“The investors who backed this round are not passive capital. They bring networks,

operational expertise, and a genuine understanding of the industries we serve.

Disruptive Ventures has a proven model for helping technology companies grow.

Benedicte and Tom bring maritime and energy credibility that changes the

conversations we are able to have with operators. And having VASTAF and VK

Mooring reinvest is a signal that matters: the people who have been with us from the

beginning chose to back us again. Together, this is the foundation that allows us to

move at the speed this market requires.”

Thomas Örnevik, CEO, Maranics

Board leadership and the chairman transition

Arne Peder Blix brings to the chairmanship a career rooted in operational maritime

experience. A graduate of the Norwegian Navy with subsequent roles across shipping and maritime technology, Blix led the initiative that brought electronic logbooks into SOLAS Chapter V at IMO in the late 1990s. He also participates as an investor in the current financing round.

“Most technology built for this industry was designed in offices, by people who had

never stood a watch. Maranics is different. It is built for the environment, by the

environment, not adapted to it. I led the initiative that brought electronic logbooks

into SOLAS Chapter V at IMO in the late 1990s. That was the foundation. Maranics

is what it makes possible. Rare enough to chair. Rare enough to invest in.”

Arne Peder Blix, Chairman, Maranics

Anders Nordlund, who co-founded Maranics and has served as Chairman throughout the

company’s development, steps down having guided the platform from conception to

operational scale. With more than forty years in the shipping industry, Nordlund’s tenure

represents the deep domain knowledge that has shaped Maranics’ product and commercial direction from the start.

“What I am passing to Arne is a company that has already proven its platform works

at production scale with demanding customers. We have 150 vessels running on the

platform and more than 28,500 operational flows executing every month. That is not

potential. That is proof. I am proud of what has been built and confident in the team

and the board taking it forward.”

Anders Nordlund, outgoing Chairman and Co-founder, Maranics