Spot Ship Raises £1M To Modernise Ship Chartering

The round also included Improbable CEO Herman Narula, Tradeworks.vc, Marcel Kind, and industry specialists.

Spot Ship is a UK-based cloud company improving efficiency in maritime logistics. Its platform combines machine learning, global fleet tracking and a growing proprietary dataset to deliver actionable insights for brokers, charterers, shipowners and operators. By automating complex data workflows, it cuts chartering timelines from days to hours and integrates seamlessly via an API-first approach.

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Fernando Ferreira, Managing Partner at Ventures.eu, commented, “We are thrilled to support Spot Ship as our inaugural investment. Our mission is to identify Europe’s most promising, market-ready innovations and help them scale by opening doors to the right corporate partners. Spot Ship has demonstrated exceptional technology, strong execution and a clear opportunity to become a category leader.”

Founder and CEO James Kellett said the company aims to bring speed and modern processes to a traditionally slow-moving industry. The new funding will support product development, commercial expansion, and global scaling of Spot Ship’s platform.

“We see Spot Ship as the system of insight and action for fixing ships, cargoes, and insurance. Their AI-driven intelligence, with human-in-the-loop assurance, delivers best-in-class data accuracy, turning unstructured emails into actionable intelligence. This, combined with an amazingly dedicated team, provides a strong foundation for expansion into new markets,” commented Niklas Holck, Managing Partner at Tradeworks.vc.

About Spot Ship

Spot Ship is a shipbroking technology company built by brokers, for brokers. Its platform streamlines chartering through fast, intuitive workflows and an AI-powered email parser, helping users reduce administrative work, make quicker decisions and increase profitability across global shipping operations.