D-ICE raises €6 million to decarbonize the maritime transport

Nantes & Paris, July 24, 2024 – Blueprint Partners, a leading corporate finance company for European technology venture and growth start-ups, advised D-ICE Engineering on its €6 million Serie A financing. This round was led by SWEN CP’s Blue Ocean fund. Blueprint Partners acted as exclusive financial advisor to the company.

D-ICE Engineering is a pioneering deeptech company providing cutting-edge solutions for the energy transition and decarbonization of the maritime and offshore industries. Thanks to this financing, the company is accelerating the commercialization of its proven, high-impact solutions. Mer Invest also joins the company as a new investor, alongside the historical investors who have reinvested.

D-ICE has developed a new generation of navigation systems, based on advanced digital twins, multi-physics modelling, real-time solvers. It delivers highly accurate command-control capabilities and performs optimized weather routing and energy savings.

Enters OCEANiCS!
D-ICE Engineering has integrated these ground-breaking innovations into a single platform called OCEANiCS. OCEANiCS offers shipowners a rapid return on investment and an easy-to-use solution designed with crews in mind. With numerous commercial successes and excellent feedback, OCEANiCS has rapidly established itself as the new benchmark in this industry.

Sofien Kerkeni
Founder & CEO
D-ICE Engineering

“After years of research and work, we are proud to offer high-performance solutions to all maritime stakeholders. Our solutions have proven their operational efficiency, in terms of safety, energy savings and user-centred design. We are now ready to take on the global challenges of this transformation, supported by investors who share our values, our vision and our motivation.

“Finally, a big thank you to Blueprint Partners, who supported us throughout the entire process. With their knowledge of the maritime sector, they first challenged us on key elements of our marketing and organisation in a friendly and demanding way. They then executed the roadshow and closing process quickly and professionally.”

Marc Chancerel
Founding Partner
Blueprint Partners

“D-ICE Engineering offers ship owners and operators a real and tangible solution to reduce their $220 billion energy bill by 10% or more. Based on over 100 man-years of research, they have developed a modular platform that outperforms all existing solutions. With a global impact in prospect!”

“For us, D-ICE Engineering is the tenth transaction in the maritime sector and the fifteenth in the field of decarbonisation.”

Company PR: D-ICE Engineering
In the press: API, Le Marin, Cluster Maritime

About Blueprint Partners
Blueprint Partners is a European corporate finance company specializing in the digitization of the economy. With a team based in Paris and a network of partners in the USA, Singapore and Germany, Blueprint Partners advises high-growth companies on mergers, acquisitions and capital raising. Thanks to its in-depth knowledge of technology and broad international exposure, the Blueprint Partners team has completed more than 150 successful technology transactions, with fund-raisings in the [5-30] million euros range and mergers & acquisitions in the [10-100] million euros range in Enterprise Value.

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