Facts

• Segment: Maritime
• Country: United States
• Founded: 2021
• Website: https://www.fleetzero.com/

Profile sections

• Summary
• Market context
• Facts
• Funding
• Investors
• Events
• Team
• Context tags
• Sources

Summary

Fleetzero is a Houston marine-technology company building electric and hybrid propulsion systems plus autonomy products for commercial vessels. Its OctoDrive, OctoPod and OctoBox stack brings autonomy software, teleoperation and retrofit command hardware to marine operators.

Market context

Fleetzero connects to robotics through marine autonomy software, teleoperation control centers and retrofit autonomy hardware for remotely crewed or autonomous vessel operations.

Facts

• Website: https://www.fleetzero.com/
• HQ: Houston, Texas, United States
• Founded: 2021
• Segment: Maritime
• Known funding rounds: 1

Funding

• 2026-01-16 - Series A - $43M - Fleetzero raises USD 43M Series A for maritime electrification and autonomy - source: prnewswire.com

Investors

• 8090 Industries - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-01-16
• Benson Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-01-16
• Breakthrough Energy Ventures - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-01-16
• Maersk Growth - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-01-16
• Obvious Ventures - Lead - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-01-16
• Shorewind - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-01-16
• Y Combinator - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-01-16

Events

• 2026-06-16 - Product Launch - Fleetzero launches OctoDrive marine autonomy stack - The stack adds autonomous and remotely crewed vessel capability alongside Fleetzero marine power products.
• 2026-01-16 - Funding - Fleetzero raises USD 43M Series A for maritime electrification and autonomy - Obvious Ventures led the round, with Maersk Growth, Breakthrough Energy Ventures and 8090 Industries participating.

Team

• Steven Henderson - Co-founder and CEO - He leads Fleetzero as it expands from marine power systems into autonomous and remotely crewed vessel operations.
• Mike Carter - Co-founder and COO - His operating and marine-engineering background connects directly to Fleetzero autonomy, teleoperation and propulsion products for commercial vessels.

Context tags

• Marine autonomy stack - Stack Layer - Fleetzero launched OctoDrive, OctoPod and OctoBox as a commercial marine autonomy stack.
• Marine surface operations - Customer Environment - The launch is aimed at commercial vessel operators and surface marine fleets.
• Maritime autonomy - Workflow - Fleetzero targets autonomous and remotely crewed vessel operations.