We hope you've had a great start to the year!

At Sofar, we couldn't be more excited for 2022.

Having raised our Series B in November, we plan to expand our ocean intelligence platform capabilities across our Spotter & Smart Mooring, Data Services, and Wayfinder products. We've had a great 2021 and want to thank you for being part of the Sofar family!

Highlights of 2021

• Debuted our Supporting Science at Sea Initiative to provide free access to our ocean data services to all scientists

• Joined Greentown Labs, the largest climatetech startup incubator in North America

• Announced Bristlemouth, an open connectivity standard for marine sensing systems, in partnership with the Office of Naval Research (ONR), DARPA, and Oceankind
• Raised $39M in Series B funding to scale up our ocean intelligence platform
• Held a global team offsite in San Francisco to celebrate our Series B

• Launched Wayfinder, a dynamic route optimization platform that uses our Spotter data. "By using Wayfinder’s data and voyage optimization, we’ve seen efficiency gains in the range of 4.5% on dedicated voyages, which translates into as many as 14 additional sailing days per year per vessel." — James Marshall, Berge Bulk CEO

Spotter network & team growth

Here's how our global network of Spotters has grown through the years from early 2019 to the end of 2021. We've come a long way with Spotters now monitoring all 5 oceans. 

One of our first Spotters has been adrift more than 3 years and traveled 4,000+ miles across the Pacific. We call this one Grandpa Spotter. 😀

Our team's scaling, too

We're growing fast and welcomed 15 new team members just last quarter! And we're hiring more. If you're interested in joining our team, take a look at available openings.

Recent success stories

Spotter buoys were deployed in South Australia to provide real-time wave data for the Adelaide Metropolitan Coast.

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Over 35 Spotter buoys are now helping monitor water conditions around the Great Lakes.

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Spotter + Smart Mooring is helping monitor ocean conditions to support the 2021 beluga habitat program in Canada's Mackenzie Delta.

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More news

• In 2021, the Nobel prize went to a climate scientist for the first time. Hooray!
• Sofar's CEO, Tim Janssen, spoke with Marine Technology News & Cheddar Climate to share the vision for open ocean data. Read this article on MTN and watch this video interview on Cheddar.

Thanks for being on this journey

From our team to yours, we appreciate your support. Planet Ocean needs all of us in 2022 - let's go!