Research &
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The Industry That Selected Against Its Own Software

Three deals. Ninety days. A pattern that reveals why maritime leisure software has been stuck for a decade — and why the recent wave of private equity consolidation is about to change that.

27 Jun 20265 min read

Accelerator

Yachting Ventures and Ocean One Ventures Launch Summer Fundraising Bootcamp for Marine Startups

Five-week accelerator combining fundraising support, investor access and a showcase opportunity at the Genoa Boat Show. Applications close 17 July.

23 Jun 20263 min read

FundInteractive

Fund OS — How Two People Launch and Run an Agentic VC Fund

Two investors. Zero engineers. We turned our entire fund operation into an AI operating system — 42 skills, 18 workflows, installed in minutes. The why, the what, the how.

17 Jun 20264 min read

IndustryInteractive

Yachts: The Most Sustainable, Tax-Efficient Asset Class for Founders and Investors

Why a sailing yacht might be one of the smartest and greenest things to do with capital after an exit, and what several months of research, one Bavaria Voyager 45, and a deliberately honest financial model taught me about it.

10 Jun 202612 min read

Fund

The Fundraising Narrative for Emerging Managers Is Wrong

The story told about emerging managers has been consistently grim. The data from the first half of 2026 contradicts it — and signals where the real opportunity lies.

6 Jun 20265 min read

LandscapeInteractive

Leisure Marine Startup Landscape 2026

There are 200+ software companies building for the leisure marine industry right now. Most venture investors have never heard of a single one.

28 May 2026Interactive

Fund

Build Once, Sell Twice: Why the Smartest Maritime Tech Companies Serve Both Sides of the Water

The maritime tech companies worth backing aren't single-market businesses. They build for the physics of the ocean and sell into commercial shipping, passenger ferries, leisure yachts, and navies — same technology stack, completely different buyers.

18 May 20265 min read

$5.65 Billion Says Maritime Leisure Is Not a Niche

In February 2025, Blackstone acquired Safe Harbor Marinas for $5.65 billion — classifying it not as real estate, but as infrastructure. The smart money has already arrived in Maritime Leisure. It's just not arriving through the door that most VCs are watching.

9 May 20264 min read

Why Maritime Leisure Is Booming — And Why Most Investors Haven't Noticed Yet

€11 billion in private capital is allocated to the blue economy. Only 3% of those investors are looking at Maritime Leisure. That is not scepticism — that is structural blindness towards a multi-billion-euro market with no institutional competition.

16 Mar 20265 min read

The Next Wave of Blue Growth: What the EU's 2026 BlueInvest Report Means for Investors and Startups

159 active blue economy investors. €11 billion in AUM. 67% expecting IRR above 20%. The EU's BlueInvest Investor Report 2026 is both a market snapshot and a rallying cry — and its findings map directly onto where Ocean One Ventures invests.

10 Mar 20268 min read