Daily Briefing: Maritime tech startup Claritecs raised $850,000 in pre-Series A round; Grange Road car park to be redeveloped into event space

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From e27:

Maritime technology startup Claritecs has secured an $850,000 in pre-Series A funding from INNOPORT, the corporate venture capital unit of the globally operating ship owner and ship management company Bernhard Schulte. Claritecs CEO Wong Hong Lee said that the company will use the funding to support product development and market roll-out.

A separate private angel investor from Singapore’s maritime industry also joined as investors.

Claritecs’ suite comprises BunkerMaestro, an algorithm-based SaaS platform that provides data-driven insights for bunker scheduling, aiming to increase work efficiencies and bunker fleet optimisation.

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