Venture
Capital with a course.
A planned fund focused on founders connecting maritime hardware with AI-powered functionality.
Get in touch A NEW CURRENT IN MARITIME TECHNOLOGYSAN FRANCISCO · DOGPATCH
High signal.High seas.
Bringing AI to the water’s edge.
A planned venture fund, incubator, and studio
for the next wave of maritime founders.
SEAMAPHORE
01 / A NEW CURRENT
The next frontier
is right at the
water’s edge.
The ocean is full of possibility.
We’re here to build what’s next.
We’re developing a maritime venture fund, incubator, and studio in San Francisco’s Dogpatch. Our aim: connect founders, capital, and a working waterfront to help turn AI and real-world hardware into maritime companies.
Find your sea legsIncubator
Good company. Open water.
Building a community of founders, researchers, and operators around ambitious maritime ideas.
Studio
From concept to sea trial.
A studio concept designed to help founders bridge software and hardware, from prototype to water.
02 / THE SPACESF BOATYARDS
Silicon meets
salt water.
Taking shape in the Dogpatch.
Made for the open ocean.
With a planned home at the SF Boatyards, Seamaphore aims to connect San Francisco’s AI talent and venture community with the practical knowledge of a working waterfront.
Our goal is a place where founders can get closer to the people, the hardware, and the water—and take ideas beyond the whiteboard.
Explore the neighborhoodTHE CITY × THE SEA
DOGPATCH
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
OUR PLANNED HOME PORTMeet us at
Meet us at
the water.
Dogpatch, San Francisco.
A working waterfront in a city of builders.
03 / THE SEA
A world of
blue-sky thinking.
Just add water.
For founders bridging existing hardware with AI-driven autonomy. For ideas that belong out in the world. For the next generation of ocean technology.
01
Commercial
Smarter maritime operations, sensing, and autonomous systems.
02
Ocean science
New tools to understand, monitor, and work with the marine environment.
03
Defense
Maritime awareness, resilient systems, and real-world autonomy.
04 / THE PEOPLE
Founders.
With sea legs.
John Rodriguez
J-Ro
Brand marketer, startup founder, and angel investor. John brings experience working with incubators, accelerators, and venture-backed companies to help founders find their signal.
Alex Higby
Founder. Sailor. Builder.
A startup founder and marine project manager with experience on the 34th America’s Cup, 52 Super Series, and Extreme Sailing Series circuits. Alex is also building SailScan, a maritime computer vision platform.
05 / SEND A SIGNALTHE NEXT WAVE STARTS HERE
Build something
that makes
waves.
Let’s talk 
Founders, investors, researchers,
and fellow believers in the sea.
Let’s explore what we can build.
LET’S START A CONVERSATION
Send a signal.
Tell us what you’re building or how you’d like to get involved.
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